Category Archives: Recipes

This Thursday you can stuff your face the old-fashioned way, or you can go boozy. These five concoctions come from our friends at Skyy Spirits — I’m not sure if you want to try for all five this Thursday, but a couple of alcoholic twists on the Thanksgiving feast aren’t going to kill anyone…

Cocktail Hour: We start things off with a classic for cocktail hour. This year, we are thankful for the Negroni and all its variations. The Boulevardier, an American twist of Italian classic, prepares the palate for the Thanksgiving feast ahead.

The Boulevardier

3/4 oz. Campari
3/4 oz. Sweet Vermouth
1 1/2 oz. Wild Turkey 81 Bourbon

Stir with ice, and strain into a chilled 5 1/2 oz. coupe. Garnish with an orange (or lemon) twist.

Sides: No Thanksgiving is complete without the sides! Cranberry and sweet potatoes are particularly suited to cocktail versions. Aren’t you glad we didn’t try to make a cocktail with stuffing or green bean casserole? We might be creative, but we’re not crazy. For mashed potatoes, we direct you to the classic Old Potato Cocktail, which is 1 oz Apple Jack (another American classic), 1 oz Dry Vermouth, 2 oz Irish Whiskey.

Turkey’s Best Friend

Created by Master Sommelier Fred Dexheimer
1.5 oz Wild Turkey 81
2 oz apple cider
1 Tbsp cranberry jelly
1 sprig fresh sage
1 sprig fresh thyme

Muddle sage and thyme with apple cider. Add ice, top with Wild Turkey and cranberry jelly. Shake well, strain over ice in a glass rimmed with turkey jus and breadcrumbs.

Sweet Potato Pie-Eyed

1 ½ oz Skyy Infusions Blood Orange Vodka
½ oz Irish Mist
1 oz fresh lime juice
¼ oz maple syrup
¼ oz molasses
1 tbsp roasted or mashed sweet potato

In a cocktail shaker, combine syrup, molasses and sweet potato. Muddle gently. Add ice and the remaining ingredients. Shake vigorously and strain into a glass. Garnish with a sage leaf and garnish.

The Bird: We promise this bird won’t be dry! Thanksgiving 101 is the quintessential classic American cocktail that ridiculously easy to prepare. All you need is a bottle of Wild Turkey 101 and a punch bowl. We provide mixers, such as cola, ginger ale, and soda water for guests to customize their own drinks. Thanksgiving-seasonal garnishes, such as cranberries, rosemary, sage, and cinnamon sticks help add that festive touch. A no-fuss salute to the “American spirit.”

Thanksgiving 101 (a bit of a punt on this one, folks!)

Wild Turkey 101 Bourbon
Ice
Punch Bowl

Dessert: Finishing off our Thanksgiving feast is a pumpkin pie, of course. Thankfully, there is no word yet of a pumpkin pie filling shortage this year. Where would we be without pie? Guess we’d all be eating cake.

Pumpkin Smash

1 ¼ oz Frangelico
1 ¼ oz Flor de Caña 7 Year Grand Reserve
¾ oz pumpkin purée

Shake hard with ice and strain out into a semi martini glass or small rocks glass. Garnish sprinkle of ground clove or nutmeg. Serve in a martini glass.

The time of year is upon us for cauldron’s full of bubbly and foul-looking stuff… designed to woo the grown-ups at the Halloween party instead of the kiddoes.

These cocktail (the term is used loosely here) recipes come variously to us courtesy of Kanon Vodka and Shindigz.

Kanon Vodka Witches Brew

2 parts Kanon Vodka
1 part blood orange juice
½ part aperol
½ part lime juice
½ part simple syrup

Combine ingredients and shake vigorously. Strain into a Martini or Antoinette champagne glass. Created by Demetrios Saites at The Fat Radish.

The (Other) Witch’s Brew – wow, this sounds incredibly bad

2 oz Yellow Chartreuse
1 1/2 oz Blue Curacao
1/2 oz Brandy
1/4 tsp cloves
1 dash nutmeg
1 dash allspice

Mix Yellow Chartreuse, Blue Curacao, brandy and the rest in a shaker. Shake well and serve in a chilled glass. Serve in a Highball glass.

Vampire Juice

1 oz Coconut Rum
1 oz Blue Curacao
1 oz Bacardi Rum
8 oz orange juice

Mix rums and Blue Curacao in shaker over ice. Fill up with orange juice, shake well and strain into a glass. Serve in an Old-fashioned glass.

Pumpkin Pie Cocktail

1 oz Malibu Rum
1/2 oz Kahlua
3/4 oz canned pumpkin pie filling
2 oz cold milk
cinnamon

Mix rum, Kahlua, milk and pumpkin pie filling in a blender with ice and blend well. Pour into graham cracker-rimmed highball glass and garnish with a sprinkle of cinnamon.

Gates of Hell

1 1/2 oz Cuervo Tequila
2 tsp lime juice
2 tsp lemon juice
1 tsp Cherry Brandy

Mix tequila, lemon and lime juice in a shaker over ice. Shake well. Strain into a cocktail glass with crushed ice. Pour cherry brandy over top. Serve in a Cocktail glass.

This weekend a NASA satellite will come crashing to earth… and no one knows where. (The odds of someone, somewhere getting hit by a piece are about 1 in 3,200.) In honor of the event, the Cellar Bar at the Bryant Park Hotel in Manhattan has three cocktails on offer for the rest of the month. Try them in your bomb shelter.

Lonely Satellite (adapted Russian Satellite cocktail)
1 oz. of Raspberry vodka
½ oz. of Raspberry liqueur
1 oz. of Milk
1 oz. of Crème de Cacao
1 oz. of Raspberry Puree

Method: Shake all ingredients well then pour it into glass. Garnish: Raspberry Floating in the middle. Glass: Martini

Duck and Cover
1 ½ oz of Beefeater Gin
1 tsp. of brown sugar
½ oz. fresh lime juice
1 egg white
1 oz of strawberry puree

Method: Shake every ingredient inside the shaker. Then pour the concoction into glass. Garnish: mint leaf floating on top. Glass: Martini

Mir Space Station
2 oz. vodka
1 oz. Crème de Cassis
2 fresh squeezes of lemon juice
1 dash of simple syrup
Top with club soda

Build it. Garnish: Orchid on a rim. Glass: Highball