Winter Cocktails – Long Island Weekly


Check out the newest winter recipes from Gray Whale Gin, Bib & Tucker Small Batch Bourbon and Cantera Negra Tequila, including a new winter margarita and a twist on the Old Fashioned.

Winter Marg

Cantera Negra Tequila, the new award-winning, ultra-premium brand that is additive-free and hand-crafted in small batch quantities from 100 percent mature Blue Weber agave and 40 years of family tradition in Mexico, has an entire portfolio of tequila and liqueur for your winter drinking pleasure, including Reposado, Añejo, Extra Añejo and Café.
Let every sip warm you up from the inside out! A perfect combination of Cantera Negra Reposado, fresh lime and blood orange juice, complemented by a flavorful winter spice rim.

1.5 parts Cantera Negra Reposado Tequila
0.5 part fresh lime juice
0.5 part fresh blood orange juice
0.5 part agave syrup
0.75 tsp vanilla extract
Rim a rocks glass with winter spice mix.* Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake vigorously. Strain into prepped rocks glass over fresh ice. Garnish with a cinnamon stick. Make it a winter sprice mix by adding 1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp sugar, 1/4 tsp cinnamon and 1/4 tsp chili powder.

Campfire Old Fashioned

Bib & Tucker Small Batch Bourbon recently released a new expression, inspired by the turn of the century and cooking on the open flame, named Double Char Bourbon.

2 parts Bib & Tucker Double Char Bourbon
0.25 part maple syrup
2 dashes coffee pecan bitters
2 dashes black walnut bitters
Orange peel for garnish
Add Bib & Tucker Double Char Bourbon, maple syrup and bitters to mixing glass over ice. Stir for 30 seconds until cold. Strain liquid over fresh ice into rocks glass and garnish with orange peel.

Big Sur Sunset

Gray Whale Gin, the fastest growing gin in America that benefits Oceana, has a new signature cocktail inspired by the very place that the brand and its philanthropic cause were conceived, Big Sur.

2 parts Gray Whale Gin
1 part lemon juice
0.75 parts raspberry syrup
0.5 parts orgeat
1 egg white
Raspberries and mint leaves for garnish
Reverse dry shake and double strain into a coupe glass. Garnish with raspberries
and mint leaves.

—Recipes courtesy of Cantera Negra, Bib & Tucker and Golden State Distillery

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