CHEERS! Photos by 1GS Photos Francine Dominguez The following recipes were created by Emily Ross-Johnson, founder of the Astoria Whiskey Society The Holly And The Ivy 2 oz Macallan 10 Year Fine Oak 3/4 oz Lemon Juice 3/4 oz Simple Syrup 5-6 Cranberries 2 Large Basil Leaves Instructions: Muddle the basil and cranberries together at the bottom of a mixing glass. Add remaining ingredients and shake with ice. Strain over crushed ice and garnish with two cranberries and 2 small basil leaves (so that it looks like holly). Sage AppleJack Old Fashioned 1 oz Rye Whiskey 1 oz Laird’s AppleJack 1/4 oz Sage Simple Syrup 2-3 dashes Angostura Bitters Instructions: Add simple syrup and bitters to the bottom of a rocks glass. Add ice and pour rye and AppleJack over the ice and stir. Garnish with a lemon twist and a fresh sage leaf. *Syrup: Bring 1 1/2 cups water, 1 cup sugar and 20 sage leaves to a boil. Once sugar is dissolved, turn off heat and steep sage leaves for 20 minutes. Once cooled, strain into a jar, discard herbs, and store syrup in the refrigerator for up to a month. The Irish Raj 2 oz Irishman Founder’s Reserve Whiskey 3/4 oz Lemon Juice 1/2 oz Irish Breakfast Cardamom Honey Syrup * 1 Egg White Instructions: Dry shake all ingredients until egg whites are frothy, shake with ice and strain into a coupe or over a large cube in a rocks glass. Garnish with a few dashes of aromatic bitters and 3 cardamom pods. *Syrup: boil 1 1/2 cups water, steep a good quality Irish Breakfast tea bag in it for 5-6 minutes. Remove tea bag, bring the tea to a boil and add 1 cup of honey and 1/4 of green cardamom pods. Remove from heat and let sit for 15 minutes. Strain the pods out and store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to one month. Blood Lust 2 oz Glenrothes Select Reserve 3/4 oz Blood Orange Juice 3/4 oz Sweet Vermouth 1/2 oz Cherry Heering 1/2 oz Domaine de Canton (or Barrow’s Intense Ginger Liqueur) Instructions: Combine all ingredients and shake with ice. Serve up with a slice of candied ginger for garnish. Blood Lust The Holly And The Ivy The Irish Raj Sage AppleJack Old Fashioned
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