ELS/Holiday Cocktail Kit (2020)

Rosemary Dish Walk Cooler [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-forward 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 spirit forward shaken cocktail with a bit of something for every pallette.

Instructions

• 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.

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 stemmed coupe or cocktail glass
• Garnish with a expressed grapefruit peel as garnish (lemon will work too if that's what you have)

Credit and inspiration

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

Name TBD

In a few words

A low-alcohol vermouth based libati9on. The optional ingredients will take things 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 lemon twist

Credit and inspiration

Inspired by A Thousand Blue Eyes by Nick Detrich (New Orleans)