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 amber rum
- 1 oz dark rum
- .75 oz fresh lime juice
- .5 oz orgeat
- .5 oz orange curacao
Shake well and strain into a hurricane glass over crushed ice. Add 6 drop Crude "Bitterless Marriage", "Sycophant", “X” Cardamom-Raisin, or Tiki Series bitters. Garnish with maraschino cherry.
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 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".
- 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.
• 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.
- 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 ½ ounces Islay scotch (Laphroaig or Lagavulin)
- ½ ounce amaretto
- 1 dropper Crude "Rizzo" or "Big Bear" bitters
In rocks glass with a few ice cubes, stir scotch and amaretto for 10-15 seconds. Add bitters and garnish with a boozy cherry. For a “lighter” drink, use Rizzo bitters; for a “darker” drink use Big Bear or “X” Cardamom-Raisin bitters.
- 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.