ELS/Holiday Cocktail Kit (2020)

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Name TBD [No EtOH]

In a few words
Sparkling rosemary lemonade.
Ingredients
  • 1oz (30ml) ELS Rosemary Syrup
  • ⅔oz (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 spiced fruit martini suitable for a cold winter night.
Ingredients
  • 2½oz (75ml) ELS Pear Gin
  • ½oz (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.
  • 2oz ELS Pear Gin
  • ¾oz ELS Spiced Vermouth
  • ¾ oz Fresh-squeezed lemon juice
  • ½oz ELS Rosemary syrup
  • [Optional] 1 dash Grapefruit bitters
  • [Optiona] If you have a fruit eau-de-vie like pear or plum, swap in ½oz of eau-de-vie for the same aount of gin.

1 twst Grapefruit peel (as garnish)

Credit and inspiration
Inspired by Death & Taxes by Joaquín Simó (Pouring Ribbons, NYC)

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
  • 1½oz ELS Spiced Vermouth
  • ½oz ELS Pear Gin
  • ½ oz ELS Rosemary Syrup
  • ¾oz 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 (New Orleans)