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Spirits

Hudson Valley Drake Manhattan

Iron Horse Grill, Pleasantville Serves 1 Ingredients 2 1/4 ounce  Hudson Baby Bourbon 1 ounce Graham’s 10-year Tawny Port 1/2-ounce maple syrup Dash of Angostura Bitters Method Pour all ingredients over ice into

As You Wish

Tuthill House Serves 1 Ingredients 2 ounces strawberry-infused Half Moon Gin 1/4 ounce organic aged balsamic vinegar 1 ounce Demerara syrup 1 cup egg whites 2 ounces lime juice 1

Le Express Fizz

John Lekic, Le Express / Photo by Eva Deitch Serves 1 Ingredients 2 oz Laird’s apple jack brandy 3/4 oz Apple cider syrup  3/4 oz lemon juice  1 local farm-raised

Hudson Valley Whiskey: Tasting Notes

BLACK DIRT DISTILLERY Black Dirt Bourbon This whiskey is deep in flavor, spice, oak, grain; there are a myriad of drinks waiting to be mixed with this. CATSKILL DISTILLING CO.

Roman Punch

Peter Rose Serves 5 Ingredients 1 pint lemon sorbet 1/2 cup each: orange juice, rum, seltzer Method Combine in a blender, mix thoroughly. Serve immediately or keep in the freezer.

Hudson Valley Whiskey

THERE ARE FEW more satisfying winter tipples than a glass of whiskey. A finger or two of warming spirits charms many of us on a cold winter’s night. Perhaps the

Old New York

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

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

Strawberry & Basil Martini

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

Southside Sazerac

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

The Dinah Washington

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

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

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 Rose (Parisian Recipe, c.1920)

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)

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

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

Hudson Valley Restaurant Week is back this October 28 to November 10!