ELS/Holiday Cocktail Kit (2020)

Name TBD

In a few words

A spiced fruit martini suitable for a cold winter night.

Ingredients

• 2.5oz (75ml) ELS Pear Gin
• 0.5oz (15m) ELS Spice Vermouth

Instructions

• Mix ingredients into a mixing glass
• Add ice and stir for 40-60 seconds until cold
• Strain the ice and pour the liquid into a chilled stemmed cocktail class or coupe
• If you've got either on on hand, garnish with a piece of dried pear no a toothpick or a twisted orange peel

Name TBD

In a few words

A rosemary spritz or cooler.

Name TBD [No EtOH]

In a few words

Sparkling rosemary lemonade.

Ingredients

• 1oz (30ml) ELS Rosemary Syrup
• ⅔3oz (20ml) Fresh-squeezed lemon juice
• 2oz (60ml) Sparkling water (normal water will be OK too!)
• [optional] 1oz ELS Pear Gin

Instructions

• Mix all ingredients except water into a cocktail shaker
• And ice and shake for 45-60 seconds until cold and diluted
• Strain into a highball or collins glass over ice cubes
• If you've got them on hand, garnish with a sprig of rosemary

Name TBD

In a few words

A rosemary spritz or cooler.

Name TBD

In a few words

A low-alcohol vermouth based drink. The optional ingredients will takes it in a floral direction but it's good without them too!

Ingredients

• 1.5oz ELS Spiced Vermouth
• 0.5oz ELS Pear Gin
• 0.5 oz ELS Rosemary Syrup
• 0.75oz Fresh squeezed lemon juice
• [Optional] 5 drops orange flower water
• [Optional] 5 drops aromatic cocktails bitters (e.g., Angostura or even ELS Aromatic Cycle Old Fashion Bitters, which we hope you do not have around any more!)

Instructions

• Mix ingredients into a mixing glass
• Add ice and stir for 40-60 seconds until cold
• Strain the ice and pour the liquid into a lowball or DOF glass over a single large ice cube if you've got one.
• Garnish with a twist of lemon

Credit and inspiration

Largely inspired by A Thousand Blue Eyes by Nick Detrich.