MAPLE COCKTAILS WE LOVE

Spring is the sweetest time of the year in Vermont! The trees are thawing and the sap is flowing. Toast sugaring season with some of our favorite maple cocktail recipes to make at home.

Maple Old Fashioned

Nothing old fashioned about this

2 oz Tom Cat Gin
1/2 tsp Maple syrup
3-4 dashes Angostura bitters

Stir ingredients in a mixing glass. Strain over a single large ice cube in a chilled rocks glass. Garnish with an expressed orange twist.

Red berry cocktail with foam on top. The cocktail is on a table next to a bottle of Barr Hill Vodka and blackberries and raspberries.

Twist of Vermont

maple with a twist of summer berries

2 oz Barr Hill Vodka
4-5 Blackberries, Raspberries, or a combination
0.75 oz Lemon Juice
0.5 oz Maple Syrup
Maple Foam to top* (optional!)

Gently muddle syrup and berries in a mixing tin. Add vodka, lemon juice and ice, and shake. Double strain into a Nick and Nora glass. Top with maple foam.

*Maple foam:
2 egg whites
3oz water
1.5oz maple syrup
1oz lemon juice (strained)

Whisk together then add to an iSi whipping siphon. Double charge with two N2O canisters shaking vigorously and chill in the fridge for at least an hour.

Bee's Trees

A classic Bee's Knees with a maple riff

2 oz Barr Hill Gin
0.75 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
0.75 oz Maple Syrup

Combine ingredients in a mixing tin with ice and shake. Strain into a coupe glass and garnish with a fresh lemon twist.

Jungle Cat

Maple meets tropical

1.5 oz Tom Cat Gin
0.75 oz Campari
1.5 oz Fresh Pineapple Juice
0.5 oz Fresh Lime Juice
0.5 oz Maple Syrup

Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a glass over fresh pebble ice. Garnish with a cherry and pineapple wedge.

Maple Tom Cat Sour

Delicious maple flavor

2 oz Tom Cat Gin
0.75 oz Lemon Juice
0.5 oz Maple Syrup
Egg White
Bitters for garnish

Add ingredients to a mixing tin and dry shake without ice. Add ice and shake again then double-strain into a chilled coupe glass. Garnish with bitters drops.