FW 24' Flashcards
Stelvio Pass
LIGHT & PLAYFUL
By: Tim Miner, D&C 2019
Description: a wintery, dark, richer spritz that has notes of rhubarb, alpine, spices, & herbs.
- 1 oz Braulio Amaro
- 0.5 oz Ron Zacapa 23 Guatemalan Rum
- 2 tsp Creme de Framboise
- 1 tsp Simple syrup
- 2 oz Lambrusco
- 1 oz soda
Braulio Amaro: botanicals & herbs native to the Bormio hillside, predominately gentian & juniper. Aged two years in Slavonian oak barrels
Ron Zacapa Guatemalan Rum: No. 23, blend of aged rums between 6 & 23 years old, aged in ex-bourbon and ex-sherry barrels; “sistema solera” aging process
Giffard Framboise: Willamette raspberries, hand harvested and macerated into neutral spirit
Simple Syrup
Lambrusco: sparkling red wine that ranges from dry to sweet from Emilia-Romagna region of Italy; this one is full bodied, dark fruited, herbaceous & juicy
Wine Glass, KD, Orange Half Moon
Lost In Translation
LIGHT & PLAYFUL
By: Jordan Dishon
Description: a plum, hibiscus, coconut ukiyo. It’s a creamy, floral, and fruity lower ABV, Japanese cocktail.
Name: Japanese Movie title that features Suntory, based in Tokyo.
- 1.5 oz Heiwa Plum Sake
- 0.75 oz Haku Vodka
- 0.25 oz Fred Jerbis Alchermes
- 0.5 oz Lemon juice
- 0.5 oz Coco Lopez
- 0.25 oz Vanilla syrup
Heiwa Plum Sake: 40:60 ratio blend of “umeshu” (plum wine); made with Wakayama’s locak Nankobai ume fruit, and natural strawberry juice
Haku Vodka: distilled from white rice and a blend of column still distillate + column pot distillate, allowing more complex flavors and aromas; filtered through bamboo charcoal to remove sediment
Fred Jerbis Alchemes Amaro: 16 botanicals including: chinese rhubarb root, masterwort, lime, mulberry, hibiscus, mase, black currant. All botanicals are infused into the neutral spirit at the same time; no added color or caramel (rare for amaro); sugar content is 30% less than most other amari
Lemon Juice
Coco Lopez: cream of coconut; blend of coconut flesh + cane sugar; most coconuts are grown in the DR
Vanilla Syrup
Bucket, pebble, lemon hair + hibiscus powder
Morning Dove
LIGHT & PLAYFUL
By: Thomas Eslinger, D&C LA 2021
Description: paloma variation with notes of grapefruit, cinnamon, orange, bitter coffee forward. It’s bright, refreshing, & slightly bitter.
- 1.5 oz Lalo Blanco Tequila
- 0.75 oz J Reiger Caffe amaro
- 1.0 oz Grapefruit juice
- 0.5 oz Cinnamon syrup
- 0.75 oz Lime juice
- 0.25 oz Simple syrup
- Soda Water (to top)
El Tesoro Blanco: from the Altos (Highlands) region of Jalisco; blue weber agave cooked in stone ovens, crushed by Tahona wheel, distilled twice in copper pot stills; distilled to proof and bottled immediately post distillation; no additives
J. Reiger Caffe Amaro: Kansas City; collaborative spirits with a KC based coffee roasters, Thou Mayest, who selects a single-origin coffee roast; neutral grain base spirit distilled from corn, influse of Sumatra coffee, juniper berries, cardamom, orange peel, star anise, spearmint leaves, gential & vanilla beans; aged in ex-whiskey barrels
Campari: a bitter aperitivo created by Gaspare campari in 1860, the original recipe; only change is carmine (made of cochineal insects) to red dye; intensely orange bitter backbone
Lime juice
Simple Syrup
Soda
Collins, KD, Grapefruit half moon
Gramophone
LIGHT & PLAYFUL
By: Tyson Buhler, D&C Denver 2018
Description: All around fall sour; cinnamon, chamomile, floral, robust & juicy. Rounder and rougher from the armagnac, draws rich flavors
- 1 oz Chamomile infused Armagnac
- 1 oz Tanqueray London Dry Gin
- 0.5 oz Pineapple juice
- 0.5 oz Lemon juice
- 0.5 oz Cinnamon syrup
- 0.25 oz Honey syrup
Tanquerary Gin: london dry gin; produced in Bloomsbury, London; distilled four times, with botanicals added in the second distillation; Juniper is the key, with coriander, angelica root, and licorice root.
Chamomile Delord Napoleon Bas Armagnac: Bas Armagnac is the largest and most well known area of the Armagnac region; a grape based brandy and one of the three big brandies of France; Napoleon is an age statement that is minimum of 10 years old; Delord is the producer that started in 1893, one of the most well known Armagnac producers.
Cinnamon Syrup
Honey Syrup
Pineapple Juice
Lemon Juice
Coupe, no garnish
Mr. Brightside
LIGHT & PLAYFUL
By: Felix Argenzio, D&C Denver 2024
Description: Nutty, rich, round, tart. sweet + juicy from cab - PB&J sour esc.
- 1.5 oz Wild Turkey 101 Rye (inf. Peanut Butter)
- 0.5 oz Lustau ‘Don Nuno’ Oloroso Sherry
- 0.5 oz Lemon juice
- 0.5 oz Cinnamon syrup
- 1 tsp Vanilla syrup
- 0.5 oz Cabernet Sauvignon (to float)
Peanut Butter infused Wild Turkey Rye: 51% Rye, 37% Corn, 12% Malted Barely; rougly 6-7 year old rye made in Lawrenceburg, KY; open air fermentation, distilled to lower proof when it enters the barrel; less dilution is needed for final product,
DOF, large cube, .5oz cabernet float
Jersey Devil
LIGHT & PLAYFUL
By: Scott Ruggiero, D&C Denver 2024
Description: A cranberry, ginger, lime, apple swizzle; tart, fruity, spicy, bitter refresshing.
- 1.25 oz Appleton Signature Jamaican Rum
- 0.75 oz Grove Street Cranberry Liqueur
- 0.5 oz Rihei Ginger Shochu
- 0.5 oz Lime juice
- 0.5 oz Cane syrup
Appleton Signature: blend of both pot still and column still Jamaican rums, aged between 5-10 years; Blend in oak vats, aged for seveal months
Grove Street Cranberry: Based in CO; certfied GMO free spirit + cane sugar; seasonal offering
Rihei GInger Shochu: 20% ginger, 30% rice, 50% barely; single distilled shochu made from local ginger to Japan’s Miyazaki prefracture; named after distillery founder Rihei Ochiai; born after local farmers came to distillery requesting for new shochu made from their ginger
Cane Syrup
Lime Juice
Whip shake, footed pilsner, pebble, mint bouquet
Swan Song
BRIGHT & CONFIDENT
By: Kyler Nolan, D&C Denver, 2024
Description:
- 1.5 oz Busnel VSOP Calvados
- 0.5 oz Blandy’s 5yr Malmsey Madeira
- 0.25 oz JM Creole Shrubb
- 0.5 oz Lemon juice
- 0.5 oz Herbs de Provence syrup
- 0.5 dash Scrappys Lavender bitters
- Tonic (to top)
Hearts on Fire
BRIGHT & CONFIDENT
By: Courtney Sheehan, D&C Denver, 2024
Description:
- 1.0 oz Mistral Nobel Aged Pisco
- 0.5 oz Leopold Bros. Silver Tree Vodka
- 0.25 oz Fred Alkemil Bergamotto
- 0.25 oz Fusion Red Verjus
- 0.5 oz Grenadine
- 0.5 oz Lemon Juice
- Egg White
Sound & Fury
BRIGHT & CONFIDENT
By: Tyson Buhler, D&C East Village 2015
Description:
- 1.0 oz El Tesoro Blanco Tequila
- 1.0 oz Arette Blanco Tequila
- 0.5 oz Ancho Reyes Chile liqueur
- 0.75 oz Lime juice
- 0.75 oz Raspberry syrup
- 0.5 oz Red Bell Pepper juice
Phandalin
BRIGHT & CONFIDENT
By: Graham Steele, D&C Denver 2024
Description:
Wolf Parade
BRIGHT & CONFIDENT
By: Matthew Belanger, D&C LA 2021
Coupe, no garnish
County Line
BRIGHT & CONFIDENT
By: Vinny Ramirez Boyce, D&C Denver, 2024
Bucket, pebble, mint + lime wheel
New Slang
ELEGANT & TIMELESS
By: Scott Ruggiero, D&C Denver 2024
N&N, Lemon twist + $8 caviar
Problem Child
ELEGANT & TIMELESS
By: Trevor Shores, D&C Denver 2024
N&N, Olive + Sweet Tear Drop Pepper
Spirit Quest
ELEGANT & TIMELESS
By: Micah Carey, D&C Denver 2024
Collins, KD, lemon twist
