Elevate Your Holiday Festivities with These Creative Craft Cocktails
SHARP & Proximo Spirits
Bust out the turtleneck sweaters and throw another log on the fire: ’tis the season for elevated winter entertaining. In addition to setting the right ambience for the holidays, a few seasonal upgrades will probably benefit your bar, too. These mixologist-approved cocktails are designed to complement the flavours of the season while offering new ways to enjoy Maestro Dobel Diamante Tequila, The Kraken Black Spiced Rum, and Bushmills Black Bush Irish Whiskey. Grab your shaker, put on some Sinatra, and let’s get to it.
Cocktail: Black Bush Old Fashioned
Spirit: Bushmills Black Bush Irish Whiskey
Glassware: Rocks glass
Bushmills Black Bush Irish Whiskey is handcrafted at the world’s oldest licensed whiskey distillery and distilled in small batches using traditional copper pot stills. After being triple-distilled, this Irish whiskey is matured in Oloroso sherry and bourbon barrels for exceptional depth of flavour.
Ingredients:
2 oz Bushmills Black Bush Irish Whiskey
1⁄4 oz simple syrup
4 dashes aromatic bitters
Method:
Build all ingredients into a rocks glass with ice. Stir to chill and dilute, and garnish with lemon and orange zest.
Cocktail: Deepsea Flip
Spirit: The Kraken Black Spiced Rum, The Kraken Black Roast
Glassware: Vintage coupe
The Kraken Black Spiced Rum is blended with more than 13 secret spices to create a unique spirit with rich aromas of molasses, spice, and brown sugar on the nose. Combined with flavours of coffee, chocolate, vanilla bean, and clove, it’s a versatile addition to your bar this season and beyond.
Ingredients:
1 1⁄2 oz The Kraken Black Spiced Rum
1⁄2 oz The Kraken Black Roast
1⁄2 oz hazelnut & chocolate orgeat
1 whole egg
Method:
Pour all ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice; hard shake. Strain out ice and dry shake to aerate. Fine strain and garnish with grated nutmeg.
Cocktail: Vino y Fino
Spirit: Maestro Dobel Diamante Tequila
Glassware: Vintage Champagne coupe
As the world’s first cristalino tequila, Maestro Dobel Diamante is created using a blend of aged tequilas for a complex mix of flavours. In addition to aromas of vanilla and flavours of caramel and honey, a proprietary filtration process creates a spirit with unparalleled smoothness.
Ingredients:
1 1⁄2 oz Maestro Dobel Diamante Tequila
1⁄2 oz Riesling syrup
3⁄4 oz clarified lemon juice
1 dash absinthe
Champagne
Method:
Pour all ingredients except Champagne into a cocktail shaker with ice; shake hard. Fine strain into the glass and top with Champagne and garnish with a sprinkle of lemon zest.
