June Recipes
Old-Fashioned
Kyle’s all-time favorite. A classic simple recipe sure to always satisfy. This drink can always be changed to fit your personal taste add a little more simple syrup to make it sweeter if you prefer, or a little less if you want it stronger! An added bonus, there are so many different types of bitters out there and many of them are from small craft companies! Don’t be afraid to try new things!
Equipment:
Jigger or shot glass
Spoon
Peeler or knife
Rocks glass
Ingredients
2 oz. of your favorite local Bourbon or rye whiskey
1 tsp simple syrup
3 dashes Angostura Bitters
3 dashes Orange bitters
Orange peel
Cherry
Steps
In a rocks glass add bitters, simple syrup, and whiskey over ice.
Stir to combine ingredients.
When mixed, express orange peel oils over the drink, rub the orange peel around the rim of glass.
Garnish with a cherry and the expressed orange peel. Enjoy!
Miss Hannah
A sweet drink invented by me for Hannah after we discovered Kansas City Canning’s Smoked Pear Shrub at Smoky Valley Distilling. I couldn’t decide on a name and when I asked my dad for a suggestion he said, “Well it’s a drink Hannah loves? How ‘bout calling it the ‘Miss Hannah?’”
Equipment:
Jigger or shot glass
Teaspoon
Peeler or knife
Rocks Glass
Ingredients:
1.5 or 2 oz favorite local whiskey, (we love Smoky Valley or J. Rieger & Co.)
.75 oz Kansas City Canning Smoked Pear Shrub
.5 oz simple syrup
4 dashes Angostura Bitters
1 tsp maraschino cherry juice
Club soda to top
Orange peel
Cherry
Steps:
Combine whiskey, Smoked Pear Shrub, Simple Syrup, bitters, cherry juice in a rocks glass over ice.
Stir to combine.
Top with Club soda.
Stir gently to mix in club soda.
Express an orange peel over drink and rub the peel around the rim of glass.
Garnish with the expressed orange peel and a cherry.
To make it a true Miss Hannah add an additional cherry or two.
The Sagist (Kyle’s Version)
This cocktail recipe is from The Monarch in Wichita, one of our favorite local restaurants and cocktail bars (go visit if you haven’t yet!) But I decided to add a touch of bitters to add a little more complexity to the taste. This simple cocktail recipe is perfect for a summer day!
Equipment:
Jigger or shot glass
Knife
Citrus juicer
Spoon
Ingredients:
2 oz of your favorite local whiskey
.75 oz Sage infused simple syrup
.25 oz lemon juice
3 dashes bitters
Lemon wedge or peel
Steps:
Add all ingredients in a rocks glass with ice.
Stir to combine.
Garnish with a lemon wedge or a lemon peel.
Gin and Tonic
Equipment:
Rocks Glass
Knife
Ingredients:
2 oz craft gin (Company Distilling’s Ghost Rail Gin brings amazing botanicals)
quality tonic water
Lime wedges
Steps:
Add your favorite gin to a rocks glass with ice.
Top with tonic water.
Juice from a lime wedge.
Stir gently and enjoy!
I always enjoy a little extra lime in mine, so I usually add an additional lime wedge. At least as a garnish!
Simple Syrup
Don’t be a goober and buy a bottle of over-priced simple syrup. It’s so easy to make at home! It’s just sugar and water. Unless you want to change it up which is great. But you can easily do that however you’d like. Adjust amounts as necessary to make more or less!
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
Heat water to a boil. Turn down heat to a simmer. Add sugar. Stir until combined and sugar is dissolved. Let cool to at least room temp. Store in fridge. Bing Bang Boom ya got some simple syrup that didn’t cost you $5 for half the amount.
Honey Sage Simple
1/2 cup honey
1/2 cup water
1 bunch sage
Heat water to a boil. Add honey. Reduce heat to a simmer. Stir until combined and all honey is dissolved. Add sage and stir to incorporate. Let sage steep as syrup cools. Remove sage and strain syrup. Enjoy!