* 1.0 ounce gin
* 0.5 ounce Campari
* 0.5 ounce Cynar
* 1.0 ounce sweet vermouth
* 6-8 drops Crude Cardamom and Caramelized Raisin bitters, or half-dropper Crude Shiitake-Sesame-Banana bitters
Add all ingredients except bitters to a mixing glass. Add ice and stir. Strain into a rocks glass with a large cube. Top with bitters.
In a shaker, add:
* 2.0 ounce rye whiskey
* 1.0 ounce dry vermouth
* 0.5 ounce sweet vermouth
* barspoon Yellow Chartreuse
* half dropper Crude Shiitake-Sesame-Banana bitters
Add all ingredients except bitters to a mixing glass. Add ice and stir. Strain into a chilled coupe glass. Top with bitters.
In a shaker with ice, add:
- 2 oz London Dry gin
- .5 oz orange liqueur
- .5 oz sweet vermouth or amaro
- 1 barspoon lemon juice
Add ice and shake for 20 seconds. Strain into coupe or martini glass. Add "Rizzo" or "Sycophant" bitters to top. Garnish with lemon peel.
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.
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
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.
• 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.