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Break The Fast Punch

For this clarified milk punch, you’ll need:

  • 8 lemons

  • 1 pineapple

  • 1/2 tsp coriander

  • 3 cloves

  • 1 cinnamon stick

  • 1 star anise

  • 2 cups granulated sugar

  • 24 oz aged rum

  • 24 oz brandy

  • 1 oz Crude “Attawanhood”, “Bitterless Marriage”, “Sycophant”, “X'“, or “Booty” bitters

  • 8 oz green tea

  • 14 oz boiling water

  • 40 oz whole milk

  1. Peel lemons and add peels to a large airtight container. Juice 6 lemons and add the juice to the container.

  2. Core the pineapple and cut into large chunks. Add to the container with lemon peels/juice.

  3. Coarsely grind the coriander, cloves, and anise with a mortar/pestle or grinder. Add to the container, along with the cinnamon, sugar, and green tea. Stir the mixture.

  4. Add boiling water, stir, then cover. Let cool and rest for half hour to one hour, then strain the mixture into a clean container and add alcohols and bitters.

  5. Over medium heat: bring the milk to a near-boil, stirring the entire time. Remove from heat and add the juice of the remaining 2 lemons, and then the alcohol mixture. Gently stir for one minute — the milk will curdle and the solids will coagulate. Let the mixture cool and rest for 15 minutes.

  6. Strain the punch a little at a time through a chinois double-lined with cheesecloth into a clean container. Be sure not to disturb the curds at the bottom of cheesecloth. Refrigerate overnight to to give the remaining milk solids time to settle. Strain again through cheesecloth, or ladle the clarified punch into a container, taking care not to disturb the solids at the bottom. Store clarified punch in glass bottle(s) in the fridge.

Darquirita

In a shaker, add:

- 1.5 oz reposado tequila

- 1 oz Cynar

- .5 oz lime juice

- .5 oz maple syrup

Add ice and shake lightly. Strain into coupe or martini glass. Add one dropper Crude “Lindsay”, Tiki Series, "Pooter", or "Attawanhood" bitters to top.

Gin or Dark and Tonic

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. 

Hot Toddy

In a mug, add:

- 1 tbsp honey

- juice of one lemon wedge

- 1 oz irish whiskey or blended scotch

- 5 oz hot water

Stir until honey is dissolved.  Add 6 drops Crude “Bitterless Marriage” or "Sycophant", or “X” Cardamom-Raisin bitters and 2 drops Crude "Pooter".

Spiced Negroni

Spiced Negroni
In a mixing glass, add

- 1 oz navy strength gin (Durham Distillery)

- 1 oz Cardamaro (or sweet vermouth)

- ¾ oz Campari or Cappalletti

- ½ oz Crude Old Fashioned Tonicola

Add ice, stir for 10-15 seconds and strain into a rocks glass with a large ice cube. Top with 6-8 drops Crude "Pooter" and an orange peel.

Fox in the Hen House

- 2 ounces rye or bourbon

- ½ ounce ginger syrup

- 1 slice of jalapeño

- Crude Big Bear bitters

- Crude Rizzo bitters

- Crude Pooter bitters (optional)

Muddle the jalapeño in a rocks glass. Fill glass with ice. Top with rye, ginger syrup, squeeze lemon wedge and stir to combine.  Add a few drops of each bitters. 

Blood and Sand

•  1 ounce Scotch (blended)

- 1 ounce orange juice

- ½ ounce Cherry Heering, or grenadine

- ½ ounce Cocchi Americano (or sweet vermouth)

- 1 dropper Crude Bitterless Marriage or Pooter or Cardamom-Raisin bitters

Combine all ingredients except bitters in a shaker with ice. Shake and serve over ice in a rocks glass. Top with bitters and garnish with a boozy cherry. 

Nor'Easter

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.

Boulevardier

- 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. 

 

Old Fashioned

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.