In a mixing glass, add:
- 2.5 oz rye whiskey
- .5 oz bourbon
- 1 oz sweet vermouth
- Optional: Add .25 oz Crude Barrel-Aged Black Tea shrub
Add ice and stir for 20 seconds. Strain into martini glass. Add 6-8 drops Crude “Big Bear”, half a dropper of Crude “Bitterless Marriage” or "Sycophant" or “X” Cardamom-Raisin. Also try one dropper Cherry and Walnut bitters or Sweet and Thai Basil bitters to top.
In a shaker with ice, add:
- 1 oz chocolate liqueur (Durham Distillery)
- .25 oz bourbon
- 1 oz Campari
- 1 oz Dolin dry vermouth
Shake vigorously for 15 seconds and pour entire contents into pint or collins glass. Add 1 dropper Crude Tiki Series or Rhubarb bitters to top.
Jungle Bird
In a shaker with ice, add
- 1.5 oz dark rum
- .75 oz coconut rum (Optional, reduce dark rum to 1 oz)
- .75 oz Campari
- .5 oz fresh lime juice
- 1.5 oz pineapple juice
- .5 oz simple syrup
Shake well and strain into rocks glass over large ice cube. Add dropper Crude Tiki Series, Rhubarb, "Sycophant" or "Rizzo" bitters to top.
In a rocks glass with ice, add:
- Choose 1 ½ oz gin, bourbon or rum (spiced or dark)
- 1 oz Crude Old Fashioned Tonicola
Top with seltzer water and stir. Add 8 drops of bitters: "Rizzo", "Bitterless Marriage" “Apothecary 18”, or Sweet and Thai Basil bitters if gin was used, "Sycophant", "Lindsay", or "Pooter" if bourbon or rum was used.
In a shaker with ice, add:
- 1 oz gin
- ½ oz lemon juice
- 1 tsp simple syrup
Shake for 10 seconds, strain into a champagne flute. Top with 3-4 oz champagne or cava. Add 6-8 drops Crude "Rizzo", "Bitterless Marriage", “Apothecary 18”, Pear and Hazelnut or Rhubarb bitters.
In a champagne flute, add:
- ½ oz Crude Watermelon Basil, Grapefruit-Jalapeño, Apple and Spice, or Cucumber shrub
- Add 8-10 drops of Crude "Sycophant", "Bitterless Marriage", "Rizzo", Pear and Hazelnut or Rhubarb bitters
Top with 3-4 oz of Champagne or Cava. Top with orange peel.
- 1 ½ ounce un-aged whiskey
- ½ ounce bourbon
- ½ ounce honey syrup
- 1 dropper Crude Big Bear, Lindsay or Sweet and Thai Basil bitters
In a rocks glass with ice, combine all ingredients except bitters and stir well. Top with bitters. Garnish with boozy cherry and a lime wedge.
- 2 ounces dark rum
- ½ ounce falernum
- Small lime wedge
In a Shaker with ice, add ingredients and shake well. Pour contents into a rocks glass and top with 6-8 drops Tiki Series, "Sycophant", "Big Bear", "Attawanhood", or “X” Cardamom-Raisin bitters.
Nor’Easter
- 1 ½ ounces whiskey or bourbon
- ½ ounce fresh lime juice
- ½ ounce maple syrup
- ginger beer
- 1 dropper Crude "Big Bear", "Lindsay", Pear and Hazelnut or "Pooter" bitters
Combine all ingredients except bitters in a shaker with ice. Shake and serve over ice in a rocks glass. Top with ginger beer and bitters.
- 1 ½ ounces rye or bourbon
- 1 ounce Dolin dry vermouth
- ¾ ounce fresh lemon juice
- ¾ ounce grenadine
- 1 dropper Crude "Bitterless Marriage", "Sycophant", “Apothecary 18” or Sweet and Thai Basil bitters
Combine all ingredients except bitters in a shaker with ice. Shake and serve in a martini glass. Top with bitters.
- 1 ½ ounces gin
- ½ ounce Cointreau or Grand Marnier
- ¾ ounce fresh lime juice
- 1 dropper Crude "Bitterless Marriage", "Rizzo", "Sycophant", Pear and Hazelnut or Rhubarb bitters
Combine all ingredients except bitters in a shaker with ice. Shake and serve over ice in a rocks glass. Top with bitters.
- 1 ½ ounce amber rum
- 1 ounce gin
- 2 ounces fresh orange juice
- 1 ounce fresh lemon juice
- ½ ounce orgeat syrup
- 1 dropper Crude "Rizzo", "Sycophant", Pear-Hazelnut or "Lindsay" bitters
Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake and serve over ice in a collins glass. Garnish with a boozy cherry.
- 1 ounce rye whiskey
- ¾ ounce Campari or Cappalletti
- 1 ounce Cardamaro (or sweet vermouth)
• 1 dropper Crude "Big Bear", "Bitterless Marriage", Pear and Hazelnut, “ Apothecary 18”, Cherry-Clove-Cinnamon, "Pooter", Sweet and Thai Basil, or either “X” series bitters
In a mixing glass with ice stir rye, Campari and Cardamaro and pour into coupe or martini glass. Top with bitters.
- 1 ounce Applejack
- ½ ounce St. Germain
- ½ ounce apple cider
- 2 droppers Crude "Rizzo", "Sycophant" or Rhubarb bitters
- soda water
Combine all ingredients except bitters and soda in a shaker with ice. Shake and serve in collins glass. Top with soda water and bitters. No Applejack? Replace with vodka and use one ounce of cider.
- 1.5 oz gin
- 1 oz tonic concentrate (Alley 26 or Jack Rudy)
- 1 dropper Crude "Rizzo", "Bitterless Marriage", “Apothecary 18”, Pear and Hazelnut, Spruce and Birch, Rhubarb or Sweet and Thai Basil or “X” Shiitake bitters
• .5 ounce Crude Grapefruit-Jalapeño, or Cucumber Shrub (optional)
In a rocks glass with ice, combine gin and tonic syrup. Top with seltzer. Add bitters to finish.
- 1 ½ ounces blanco tequila
- ½ ounce grapefruit juice
- juice of half a lime
- ginger beer
- 1 dropper Crude "Rizzo", Pear and Hazelnut, Spruce and Birch or Rhubarb bitters
In a collins glass with ice: add tequila, grapefruit juice, lime juice and salt. Stir and top with ginger beer, add bitters to finish.
In a rocks glass, add
- 2oz rye whiskey or bourbon
- 1 tsp simple syrup
- 1 dropper bitters. Each flavor will change aroma and character slightly.
Add one large ice cube and stir to incorporate.