The Midnight Dash
After spending the night anxiously waiting outside stores for door-buster deals, wind down with an uncomplicated, low-abv cocktail featuring La Quintinye Vermouth Royal.
Ingredients:
2 oz. La Quintinye Vermouth Royal Extra Dry
2 slices fresh Ginger
3 1/2 oz. Ginger Ale
Gently crush ginger in a tumblr, add ingredients and ice. Garnish with an orange twist.
Amanda Picotte
The Money Rush
A tasty mix of sweet and savory, this golden-hued cocktail is the perfect way to recover from a day of holiday spending and sales.
Ingredients:
2 oz. Blue Nectar Reposado Special Craft
3 tablespoons crushed pineapple
1 sage leaf
½ oz. lemon juice
¾ oz. agave nectar
Combine all the ingredients in a cocktail shaker. Top with ice and shake vigorously. Strain over crushed ice. Garnish with pineapple & sage leaf.
Amanda Picotte
Noche Española
Unwind the night with this dark and delicious cocktail. Simple and easy to prepare, you’ll forget all about standing in those lines.
Ingredients:
2 oz. Diplomatico Reserva Exclusiva
1/2 oz. amontillado sherry
1/2 oz. lime
1/2 oz. dark sugar simple
Shaken and served up martini glass or coupe.
Amanda Picotte
Into The Black
This year, embrace the retail bonanza that is Black Friday with a drink that follows the same logic. Into The Black, trades vodka for Sombra Mezcal, which adds an undeniably satisfying smokiness to the classic cocktail. Spanish for “shadow”, Sombra adds a subtle nod to the occasion when stores and shops go “into the black.”
Ingredients:
4 oz. Q Ginger Beer
1 1/2 oz. Sombra Mezcal
1/6 oz. fresh lime juice
Combine Sombra Mezcal and ginger beer in a copper mug or highball glass filled with ice. Add lime juice. Stir gently and garnish with a lime slice.
Amanda Picotte
A Gift for Myself
Though most of us are running around purchasing holiday gifts for the family, there’s always one purchase that we make for ourselves. Toast to self-indulgence with this decadent combination of rich flavors.
Ingredients:
2 oz. Usquaebach Reserve blended scotch whisky
1 oz. Amaro Lucano
2 strawberries
Dash of chocolate bitters
Slice of strawberry
Add strawberries and bitters to a mixing glass and muddle. Add ice, Usquaebach Scotch and Amaro Lucano. Stir until very cold. Strain into a cocktail coupe. Fit strawberry slice onto the rim of the glass.
