Cocktails Flashcards
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Pine-ing For You.. (East Coast)
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- margarita
- pine: infused tequila, syrup + salt
- pine trees are dominant on East Coast
- chartreuse (herbaceous, bitter) balanced by pine syrup + “lime”
- no allergens
- 1800 Blanco Tequila + Green Chartreuse - will make our own once stock runs out
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Nothing to Grappa ‘Bout (Shield)
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- booze-forward cocktail with a sweetness to it
- Quebec maple syrup
- booziness balanced by maple syrup + “lime”
- no allergens
- Wild Life Wheat Whiskey + Bridgeland Distillery Bada Bing Grappa (Moscato-based)
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Snowball Effect (Shield)
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- Sugar Bush - Maple syrup rolled in snow and served on a stick
- Quebec maple syrup
- no balancing required -
- oat milk (celiac)
- Potter’s Spiced Rum - Highwood Distillers (High River)
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Sage Advice (Shield)
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- sage old fashioned
- sage - native to Ontario
- booziness balanced by maple syrup and “lemon” juice
- no allergens -
- Buffalo Trace
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Prairie Sunrise (Prairies)
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- like a cabbage gin sour
- cabbage - grows very well in Manitoba. Bright red colour reminiscent of Prairie sunsets
- balanced with egg whites
- WildLife’s Classic Gin
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Thorn in My Side (Prairies)
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- Sea Buckthorn Mule
- showcases sea buckthorn, commonly grown in Saskatchewan
- unbalanced, no allergies
- WildLife Mule Syrup + Vodka
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Horse + Honey (Prairies)
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- savoury cocktail showcasing Alberta horseradish
- balanced by HOTEL STARLINO (less bitter Campari) + DON’T CALL ME SWEETPEA Amaro (Field Notes Spirits)
- WildLife Vodka
- allergens- honey, so not vegan friendly. Tomato -dehydrated garnish
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Rok 2.0 (West Coast)
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- booze-forward cocktail with smoky notes
- showcasing BC cedar trees
- Liquor 43 helps to balance?
- no allergens
- WildLife’s Single Malt Whiskey, Canadian produced cedar bitters
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Sour Intentions (West Coast)
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- cherry amaretto sour of your dreams
- BC cherries are showcased
- balanced by egg whites, “lemon juice”, honey syrup
- nut allergens (almonds) + not vegan friendly (honey, egg whites)
- Amaretto from Rocky Mountain Big Horn Distillery (Edson, AB) + Taber Corn “Berbon” (Bridgeland)
