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Ship's Bell Bourbon

Image of the dark roast manhattan, a cocktail made using bourbon, coffee liqueur and bitters. Served up in a coupe with a cherry and orange twist.

Dark Roast Manhattan

2.5 oz. Ship’s Bell Bourbon
0.75 oz. Coffee Liqueur
2 Dashes black walnut bitters
2 Dashes orange bitters

Build in mixing glass, stir until well chilled and strain into coupe glass or rocks glass with a big cube.

Sink a cherry and garnish with an orange twist.

Harvest Moon Mule cocktail with orange peel garnish and clove,

Harvest Moon Mule

1.5 oz. Ship’s Bell Bourbon
0.75 oz. Lemon Juice
0.5 oz. Ginger simple syrup
5 oz. Apple cider

Serve cold or with hot cider.

Garnish with clove & orange.

To make ginger simple syrup combine 1 cup each water, sugar and fresh peeled ginger slices. Simmer for 15 minutes, allow to cool then strain. Keeps for up to a month in the fridge. For more or less spice; more or less ginger.

Boston Tea Derby cocktail in a highball glass filled with ice, garnish with mint on a wood table at a leather booth.

Boston Tea Derby

2 oz. Ship’s Bell Bourbon
0.75 oz. Black tea
0.25 oz. Simple syrup
8 Mint leaves

Muddle mint leaves in shaker tin with simple syrup. Add Ship’s Bell and fresh brewed black tea. Shake until well chilled and strain into highball glass.

Garnish with fresh mint leaves.

Close up image of the Captains Coffee cocktail using Ship's Bell Bourbon, Coffee Liqueur and topped with whipped cream and cinnamon.

Captain's Coffee

1 oz. Ship’s Bell Bourbon
1 oz. Veritable Coffee Liqueur
0.5 oz. Half & half (optional)
Fresh brewed coffee
2 Dashes cardamom bitters

Combine spirits & cream in a coffee mug then top with fresh brewed hot coffee.

Add bitters and garnish with whipped cream, a cinnamon stick, and fresh grated nutmeg.

Long Island Iced Coffee

1 oz. Ship’s Bell Bourbon
1 oz. Veritable Coffee Liqueur
2-3 oz. Good Quality Tonic Water
1 Lemon Wedge

Pour spirits over ice in a rocks glass or similar, squeeze lemon wedge over the mix then drop in for garnish.
Top with tonic and stir gently to incorporate before serving.

Image of Wraith in the Goldmine cocktail in a rocks glass. Bourbon, lemon and honey with chili oil a paprika rim.

Wraith In The Goldmine

2 oz. Ship’s Bell Bourbon
0.75 oz. Lemon Juice
0.25 oz. Honey syrup
2 Dashes cardamom bitters

Combine all ingredients and shake. Strain into a rocks glass.

Garnish with chili oil, pepper flakes or a salt and smoked paprika rim.

Southwick's American Gin

Image of the B&B Fizz cocktail, a blackberry and basil gin flip. Seen in a rocks glass the deep purple drink has a head of foam from the egg white.

The B&B Fizz

2 oz. Southwick's Gin
3 to 4 Blackberries
3 to 4 Basil leaves
0.5 oz. Lemon juice
0.5 oz. Simple syrup
0.5 oz. Egg white

Muddle blackberries & basil leaves with simple syrup and lemon juice in shaker tin. Add gin and an egg white then dry shake 30 seconds. Add ice then shake again. Pour into a rocks glass with fresh ice and top with club soda.
Garnish with a fresh blackberry & basil leaf.

Sailor's Delight Hugo
(Red Sky at Night)

0.75 oz. Southwick's NAVY STRENGTH Gin
0.75 oz. Elderflower Liqueur
0.25 oz. Tawny Port
1.5 oz. Prosecco
2 oz. Club Soda
1 Dash Aromatic Bitters
Mint Sprig & Grated Nutmeg

Combine gin, elderflower liqueur & port in a wine glass half filled with ice. Stir briefly then add Prosecco & club before topping off the glass with ice.

Stir gently to incorporate, dash with bitters and garnish with a mint sprig then serve.

The Coastal Hugo

0.75 oz. Southwick's Gin
1 oz. Elderflower Liqueur
2 oz. Prosecco
2 oz. Club Soda
10 Dops Saline (20%)
Mint Sprig & Lemon Twist

Combine gin and elderflower liqueur in a wine glass half filled with ice. Stir briefly then add Prosecco, club & saline before topping off the glass with ice.

Stir gently to incorporate, express a lemon peel & drop in the glass then garnish with the mint sprigs & serve.

Warmth of The Sun

1.5 oz. Southwick's Gin
0.5 oz. Pineapple Juice
0.25 oz. Lime Juice
0.25 oz. Simple Syrup (1:1)
1 bar spoon (1/8oz or 5mL) Hot Honey Syrup (1:1 hot honey & water)
1.5 oz. Fever Tree Sparkling Grapefruit

Combine all ingredients except the Sparking Grapefruit in a shaker tin with ice. Shake until well chilled then double strain intro an ice filled highball glass, top with Sparkling Grapefruit, gently stir & garnish with a lime twist ( or alternatively, Tajin rim).

Clipper Club

1 oz. Southwick's Gin
1 oz. Veritable Limoncello
0.5 oz. Lemon Juice
0.75 oz. Raspberry Syrup (equal parts raspberry jam & water)
10 drops 20% saline solution
2 Dashes Orange Bitters
1 oz. Club soda to top

Combine gin, limoncello, juice & syrup in a shaker tin & shake until well chilled. Double strain into a collins glass, add saline & bitters cthen top with club soda. Stir gently to incorporate then serve.

75 Something...

1.5 oz. Southwick's Gin
0.5 oz. Lemon juice
0.5 oz.. Simple syrup
2 oz. German Pilsner

Combine gin, lemon juice & simple in shaker tin and shake until cold. Strain into a glass and top with 2oz german pilsner.

Veritable Coffee Liqueur

Image of Cafe Cabana cocktail, a tiki style cocktail using rum, coffee liqueur, velvet falernum, espresso, pineapple juice, cream of coconut and lemon juice.

Café Cabana

1 oz. Real McCoy 3 Year Aged Rum
0.5 oz. Veritable Coffee Liqueur
0.25 oz. John D. Taylor's Velvet Falernum
1 oz. Fresh brewed espresso (or cold brew concentrate)
0.75 oz. Pineapple juice
0.25 oz. Cream of coconut
0.25 oz. Lemon juice

Combine all ingredients with cubed ice & shake until very cold. Strain and serve up in a large coupe or tulip glass with a pineapple leaf garnish.

(Bahama Mama riff)

Close up shot of the Dark Roast Negroni cocktail in a vintage crystal coupe glass with a maraschino cherry garnish on a brass platter.

Dark Roast Negroni

1.5 oz. Southwick's American Gin
1 oz. Veritable Coffee Liqueur
1 oz. Bitter Red Apertivo

Combine ingredients in a mixing glass and stir until chilled. Strain into a coupe and express an orange peel over top then drop it in for garnish.

(Negroni riff)

The Shallows

1.25 oz. Southwick's NAVY STRENGTH Gin
0.25 oz. Veritable Coffee Liqueur
1 oz Black Current Juice
2 Dashes Black Walnut Bitters
10 Drop Saline (20%)

Stir until chilled, over a large cube in a rocks glass. Garnish with an orange twist.

(Negroni riff)

Bottle of 'Veritable Coffee Liqueur' on a white pedestal against a beige background

Lost in the Glades

2 oz. Southwick's American Gin
0.5 oz. Veritable Coffee Liqueur
0.5 oz. Alpine Amaro

Combine ingredients in a mixing glass and stir until cold. Serve up in a tulip glass with a small sprig of thyme.

Veritable Limoncello

Hugo Limon

1.5 oz. Veritable Limoncello
0.75 oz. Elderflower Liqueur
0.25 oz. Lemon Juice
2 oz. Prosecco
2 oz. Club Soda
Mint Sprig & Lemon Twist

Combine Limoncello, elderflower liqueur & lemon juice in a wine glass half filled with ice. Stir briefly then add Prosecco & club before topping off the glass with ice.

Stir gently to incorporate, express a lemon peel & drop in the glass then garnish with the mint sprigs & serve.

Poetry By The Sea

1.5 oz. Veritable Limoncello
0.5 oz. Lemon Juice
1.25 oz. Fever Tree Blood Orange Ginger Beer
0.25 oz. Fever Tree Club Soda
1/4mL (5 drops) 20% Saline Solution

Combine Limoncello, Lemon Juice & saline in a shaker tin with ice. Shake until well chilled then double strain into a champagne glass, top with Blood Orange Ginger Beer & Club Soda, gently stir & garnish with a mint sprig.

Image of the strawberry blond cocktail made using Veritable Limoncello, fresh strawberries and white wine and served in a whine glass garnished with a strawberry heart

Strawberry Blond

2 oz. Veritable Limoncello
1 oz. Sancerre (or other dry) white wine
0.5 oz. Lemon juice
1tsp Sugar
2 Strawberries

Muddle two strawberries with the juice of one lemon wedge (~1/2 oz.) and a teaspoon of sugar in a mixing glass. Transfer everything to a tulip or wine glass then top with ice, Limoncello and Sancerre.

Garnish with a strawberry heart and a lemon wheel.

Sun Kissed & Wind Swept

2 oz. Veritable Limoncello
1.25 oz. Coconut Milk
0.5 oz. Lemon juice
4 Basil leaves

Muddle basil & lemon juice in a shaker tin. Add Limoncello & coconut milk then shake with ice. Strain into a high ball with crushed ice.

Garnish with a lemon peel & a few more basil leaves.

Limoncello cocktail in coupe glass with sugar rim and a lemon wheel. Made with Limoncello, cream, lemon juice and bitters.

Cloud 9.5

2.5 oz. Veritable Limoncello
1 oz. Cream
0.75 oz. Lemon juice
2 Dashes cardamom bitters

Build in shaker tin and shake until well chilled. Strain contents into a coupe glass with a sugar rim.

Garnish with a lemon wheel.