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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.

Japalac Cocktail

In a shaker with ice, add:

  • .75 oz rye whiskey
  • .75 oz dry vermouth
  • 1 tsp raspberry syrup
  • 2-3 tsp fresh orange juice

Shake until cold. Strain into chilled cocktail  or rocks glass. Add 6-8 drops Crude "Sycophant" or "Bitterless Marriage"  bitters to top. Orange peel optional. 

Vermouth Cocktail

In a rocks glass, with or without ice:

- 3-4 oz chilled sweet vermouth (Carpano Antica, Dolin, Punt E Mes)

- orange or lemon peel

- Optional: Add .25 oz Crude Barrel-Aged Black tea shrub

Top with 6-8 drops of your choice of bitters. "Rizzo", "Sycophant", "Bitterless Marriage", "Big Bear", “Apothecary 18”, Pear and Hazelnut, Cherry and Walnut, "Lindsay", "Attawanhood", Spruce and Birch, Sweet and Thai Basil, or either “X” bitters

 

Last Word

In a shaker, add:

- 1 oz gin

- .75 oz Chartreuse

- .5 oz Maraschino liqueur

- .75 oz fresh lime juice

Add ice and shake 15-20 seconds. Strain into chilled martini glass. Add 1 dropper Crude “Bitterless Marriage”, "Sycophant", Rhubarb or Sweet and Thai Basil bitters.

Shrub and Soda - Clear

In a rocks glass with ice, add:

- 1 oz white rum, blanco tequila, or gin

- .75 oz Crude Watermelon-Basil, Grapefruit-Jalapeño, or Cucumber shrub

- top with seltzer

Stir gently to incorporate. If using Watermelon Basil: Add 6-8 drops Crude Rhubarb or "Bitterless Marriage" bitters to top. If using Cucumber: Add 6-8 drops Crude "Rizzo" or Sweet and Thai Basil bitters to top.

Manhattan

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. 

Mai Tai

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.

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. 

French 75

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. 

Champagne Cocktail

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. 

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".

West Ernest

West Ernest
•  ½ ounce white rum

- ½ ounce fresh grapefruit juice

- ½ ounce fresh lime juice

- ¼ ounce grenadine

- Can/bottle of IPA beer

- Crude Bitterless Marriage or Rizzo bitters

Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake and serve over ice in a collins glass. Top with IPA and a couple drops of bitters. (Drink remaining IPA.)

Ol' Rita

•  1 ½ ounces reposado tequila

- 1 ounce fresh lime juice

- ½ ounce fresh orange juice

- 1 ounce Cointreau (or triple sec)

- 1 dropper Crude Bitterless Marriage bitters

- 1 dropper Crude Rizzo bitters

- dropper "Tiki" bitters

Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake and serve over ice in a margarita or collins glass.  Top with bitters.