The Son of a Preacher Man

12 ounces rye whiskey

8 ounces Domaine de Canton ginger liqueur

2 1/2 ounces freshly-squeezed lime juice

Finely-grated lime zest, for garnish

Special equipment needed: home soda maker.

Carbonate the mixture and refrigerate one hour. Serve in a rocks glass over ice and garnish the top with the lime zest.

Yield: 5 servings

We didn't have a soda siphon available so we divided the recipe by five, shook with ice, and strained into a chilled coupe. The drink was stellar! I'm looking forward to trying this the way it was intended though.

Jarnac Cocktail

I wasn't too into this. As you can see from the pictures there were a
few substitutions so I might give it another shot. All the flavors
got lost in this drink. I might up the ginger next time.

1 ½ oz Famous Grouse Scotch
½ oz Canton ginger liqueur
½ oz Amaro Nonino
2 dashes Peychaud's bitters
Stir and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

Newellgroni

Perfect Autumn Apertif! We just finished our jack o lantern and
roasted the seeds. They go perfectly with this...
1 oz. Aviation Gin
1 oz. Dolin Blanc vermouth
8-10 dashes of Matt Newell's cherry bitters
Stir over ice and strain into chilled coupe. Consume.

Lambic Blinker

This is my new favorite! Jamie Boudreau recipe based on the Blinker
Cocktail.

2 oz rye
½ oz Framboise Lambic Liqueur (recipe below)
1 oz grapefruit juice
Shake and strain into a cocktail glass.

Framboise Lambic Liqueur
16 oz Framboise Lambic
16 oz sugar
20 oz vodka
Place lambic in a glass and stir, releasing CO2.
Place lambic in fridge overnight (releasing the rest of the CO2).
Place lambic in a pot on high heat.
Slowly add sugar, stirring all the while.
As the beer heats a head will form; remove from heat.
Skim off head and allow to cool.
When cooled, if any "chunks" of head left, skim off.
Place syrup in bottle and add vodka.
Shake well.

Introducing... The unfortunately named "Dirty Ho"!

My sister is visiting and shared a recipe she learned at an event at
the World Forestry Center where she works.
**Hoegaarden beer with a splash of Framboise Lambic**
We did a little experimentation and decided that half and half was a
better ratio.

Blood & Sand

1oz orange juice
1oz Scotch whisky
3/4 oz cherry-flavored brandy liqueur
3/4 oz sweet vermouth
Shake with ice.
Strain into cocktail glass.
Garnish with a cherry

Nirvana Cocktail

2 oz Rittenhouse 100 proof bonded rye
1 oz Amer Picon or Torani Amer
¼ oz maraschino liqueur
¼ oz Benedictine
Stir and strain.
Garnish with orange twist if desired.

I wanted to like this more than I did. I only had lemons, the orange
peel would have helped.