Shrub “Adult” Soda
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The Hudson Standard Serves 1 Ingredients 1 ounce shrub 6 ounces seltzer lemon twist Method Mix all of the ingredients with ice. Adjust with more seltzer or shrub to taste
Drinks
Saffron & Mango Green Tea
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Darren Joseph, Tuthill House Ingredients 1 cup water 1 cup apple cider vinegar 1 cup sugar in the raw 2 tea bags of saffron and mango green tea Method In
Old New York
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by Kelly Verardo, Restaurant North Serves 1 Ingredients 1 1/2 ounces bourbon 1 ounce Bittermans grapefruit bitter liqueur 1 ounces homemade grenadine orange twist Method In a mixing glass gilled
Nights in Mink
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By Darren Joseph, Tuthill House Ingredients 3 dashes whiskey barrel aged bitters 1/4 ounce spiced maple syrup 1/4 ounce saffron and mango green tea shrub 1/2 once fresh lemon juice
Homemade Grenadine
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Kelly Verardo, Restaurant North Makes about 16 cocktails Ingredients 2 cups fresh pomegranate juice 2 cups sugar 1/4 cup dried hibiscus flowers 2 tablespoons molasses 1 teaspoon orange blossom water
The Last Word
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By Jordan Thomas, The Shelter A classic cocktail first published in Ted Saucier’s 1951 cocktail guide Bottom’s Up, but dates back to the Detroit Athletic Club around the time of
Dancing Damson
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Jordan Thomas, The Shelter Ingredients 1 ounce malty herbaceous gin such as Orange County 1 ounce Averell damson plum gin 1/2 ounce Cocchi Americano (Lillet Blanc also works well) 1/2
Strawberry & Basil Martini
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Scott Levi, Nina Ingredients 1/2 ounce freshly squeezed lime juice 1/2 ounce simple syrup 3 large leaves fresh basil 6 slices fresh strawberries 1 ounce Orange County Gin 1 ounce
Cucumber Gimlet
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Scott Levi, Nina / Photo by Samantha Seeley Ingredients 2 quarters fresh lime, plus thin slice to garnish 4 slices cucumber 1 ounce St. Germain Liqueur 2 ounces Orange County
Southside Sazerac
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Jason Steinberg, Saint George Bistro Ingredients 2 1/2 ounces high-proof rye just under 1/2 ounce simple syrup 3 dashes aromatic bitters 2 dashes orange bitters Delaware Phoenix Walton Waters Absinthe
Corpse Reviver
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Cassie Fellet, Rock & Rye Tavern Ingredients 3/4 ounce Tuthilltown Half Moon Orchard Gin 3/4 ounce Cointreau 3/4 ounce Lillet Blanc 3/4 ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice 3 dashes
The Dinah Washington
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Riley Murkett, Club Helsinki Hudson Ingredients 2 ounces Harvest Spirits Core Vodka 1/2 ounce Chambord 2 sprigs thyme 1/2 ounce cranberry juice 1 tablespoon “Sugar in the Raw” (turbinado sugar)
The Bitter Jack
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Derek Williams, The Huguenot Ingredients 2 1/2 ounces Tuthilltown Spirits Indigenous Apple Vodka 2 ounces Hudson Valley Distillers Chancellor’s Hardscrabble Applejack 1 ounce fresh grapefruit juice 6 drops Dutch’s Colonial
La Luna alla Salvia
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Derek Williams, a Tavola / Photo by Berg’s Imagery Ingredients 3 ounces Tuthilltown Spirits Half Moon Orchard Gin 1 1/2 ounces strong brewed chamomile tea (cooled) 1 ounce Cardamaro 2
The Twentieth Century Cocktail (UK Recipe, c.1937)
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Gary Regan Ingredients 1 1/2 ounces gin 1/2 ounce Lillet Blonde (or Dubonnet Blonde) 1/2 ounce white creme de cacao 1/2 ounce fresh lemon juice Method Shake over ice and
The Rose (Parisian Recipe, c.1920)
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Gary Regan Ingredients 2 ounces dry vermouth 1 ounce kirschwasser 1 teaspoon raspberry syrup (or Chambord liqueur) Method Stir over ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
The O.C.C. (Orange County Cocktail)
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The Valley Table Staff Ingredients 6 oz Charbay Blood Orange Vodka 1 tsp Wood’s Boiled Cider Juice of 1 temple orange, or other juice orange Juice of 1 lime Method
Gin Gimlet
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Jordan Thomas, The Shelter Serves 1 Ingredients Gimlet 2 ounces Catskill Distilling Company Curious Gin ¾ ounce lime cordial (may be adjusted to taste; recipe follows) 1 kaffir lime leaf
