Recipes & Pairings

Michelada Summer Solstice Ale

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Taking another twist on a Mexican classic, the Michelada is the Latin American Bloody Mary. With a mixture of spices and flavors this cocktail is sure to find its way onto your summer menu! This is our twist on the recipe from Beer Cocktails! YIELD: 1 16oz beverage    ACTIVE TIME: 7 minutes Ingredients 1 oz Tequila  5 oz of Anderson Valley Summer Solstice 1.5 oz Medmont Mercantile Hot Shot Bloody Mary Mixer 3.75 oz fresh lime juice Generous pinch chile lime seasoning 2 dashes Worcestershire sauce A few dashes of Medmont Mercantile Cocktail Sauce to taste 4 oz of ice Lime Instructions: Add...

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Classic Mint Julep Cocktail Recipe

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YIELD: 1 Cocktail    ACTIVE TIME: 5 minutes  TOTAL TIME: 5 minutes Ingredients 2 ½ oz Bourbon 2 Sugar Cubes or .5 oz of Simple Syrup 3-5 Mint Leaves 1 cup of Crushed Ice To Garnish Mint Sprig Instructions Place mint leaves and sugar cubes or simple syrup in the bottom of a julep cup and gently press together to release the flavor in the mint leaves. (Muddle mint gently enough to release the essential oils containing flavor but not hard enough to tear the leaves.) Next add ice, pour bourbon on top, and stir until cup becomes slightly frosty. Garnish with mint...

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Classic Old Fashioned Cocktail Recipe with a Modern Twist

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YIELD: 1 Cocktail    ACTIVE TIME: 5 minutes  TOTAL TIME: 5 minutes Ingredients 2 oz Bourbon (or Hobble Creek Fortified Wine) 1 Storied Goods Whiskey Cube or ¼ oz of Simple Syrup 2 dashes of bitters Mixing Ice 1 large Ice Cube To Garnish Orange Peel Instructions Place bourbon, bitters, and whiskey cube or simple syrup into a cocktail shaker or mixing glass. Then add ice intended for mixing and stir briefly. Strain into glass cocktail glass over one large ice cube. Zest the orange peel for added flavor, rim the glass with the peel, then twist and drop in for the garnish....

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Vodka Sour Cocktail Recipe

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YIELD: 1 Cocktail    ACTIVE TIME: 5 minutes  TOTAL TIME: 5 minutes Ingredients 2 oz Vodka 1/4 oz Lemon Juice 1/2 oz Fabbri Liquid Sugar (or Simple Syrup) 1/4 oz Amarena Fabbri Juice Ice To Garnish Amarena Fabbri Instructions Shake all the ingredients in a cocktail shaker and strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with Amarena Fabbri on a pick. Recipe courtesy of Fabbri 1905.

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Un Americano A Bologna Cocktail Recipe

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YIELD: 1 Cocktail    ACTIVE TIME: 5 minutes  TOTAL TIME: 5 minutes Ingredients 50 ml Marendry (or Campari) 20 ml red vermouth 5 ml Amarena Fabbri Syrup 30 ml soda water To Garnish orange twist Amarena Fabbri Instructions Pour 5ml of the syrup the cherries come in into a glass and fill with remaining Marendry, Red Vermouth, and Soda Water. Stir and strain over ice. Decorate with an orange twist and two cocktail cherries on a pick. Recipe courtesy of Fabbri 1905.

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