INGREDIENTS:
- 2 oz Apple Cider
- 2 oz Thousand Cranes Sake
- 1 oz Cinna-Simple Syrup
- .75 oz Ruby Port
Cinna Simple Syrup:
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 cups water
- Heat in a pot until dissolved
- Add 4 cinnamon sticks and allow to cool
- Take out cinnamon sticks 24 hours later
- Store in an airtight container.
PREPARATION:
- Combine ingredients in a rock glass and stir
- Garnish with a dehydrated apple
- Add ice to create a lighter, fruitier flavor, or leave it straight up to allow more cinnamon notes to surface.
By: Angela Guillory
Fall N Fruit
Ingredients:
- 3 oz Thousand Cranes Sake
- 2 oz White Vermouth Mix
- Lemon Rind
White vermouth mix:
- 2 parts extra dry vermouth (Recommend: Gonzalez Byass extra dry or Dos Deus extra dry)
- 1 part sweet white vermouth (Recommend: Dos Deus White)
- 1/2 part Lilet Blanc
Preparation
- Chill glass
- Combine ingredients in a mixing glass with ice
- stir
- Remove ice from glass and strain into Nick & Nora glass/coupe
- Important: Express the oils from the lemon rind over the glass, wipe the rim with the rind, and put in or over the glass
- Serve
By: Alex Thaley
Vesperish
Ingredients:
- 3-5 English cucumber ribbons
- 1 pinch salt
- 3/4 oz lemon juice
- 3/4 oz lime juice
- 4 oz Thousand Cranes Sake
- 1.25 oz lemongrass simple syrup
- 1 egg white
- 5-6 dashes of aromatic bitters
lemongrass simple syrup:
- 3-5 crushed lemongrass stalks
- 1 C water
- 1 C sugar
- Bring water and lemongrass to a boil
- Remove from heat
- Steep for a minimum of 2 hours (preferably overnight). Combine lemongrass tea with sugar and return to heat to melt sugar.
- Store in an airtight container with a freshly crushed lemongrass stalk.
Preparation:
- Muddle cucumber with salt and citrus juices.
- Add remaining ingredients and reverse dry shake.
- Double strain into a coupe glass where the oils of both lemon and lime have been expressed and along the outer rim and edge/side of the glass beforehand.
- Spread the dashes of aromatic bitters using a toothpick
- Garnish with a cucumber ribbon.
By: Brenna Sullivan
One Wish