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Cocktail Corner

A weekly exploration into the world of boutique wines + the occasional cheeky cocktail. 

Cocktail Corner: w/ Ben from Bedford Soda & Liquor: July 26, 2018

Cocktail Corner: w/ Ben from Bedford Soda & Liquor: July 26, 2018 Cocktail Corner: w/ Ben from Bedford Soda & Liquor: July 26, 2018, 14.69 MB
Thu 26 Jul 2018

Ben from Bedford Soda & Liquor makes a "Pineapple Express"

In one glass create a citrus blend: 

30ml x fresh Pineapple Juice 

25ml x Lemon Juice

30ml x Lemongrass Syrup

+ 2 dash Tiki Bitters

In a tumber with ice add:

45ml x Plantation Pineapple Rum

ADD citrus blend to taste

Simple and delicious!

Cocktail Corner: w/ Ben from Bedford Soda & Liquor: July 19, 2018

Cocktail Corner: w/ Ben from Bedford Soda & Liquor: July 19, 2018 Cocktail Corner: w/ Ben from Bedford Soda & Liquor: July 19, 2018, 23.68 MB
Thu 19 Jul 2018

Ben from Bedford Soda & Liquor makes an FBI a.k.a Flash Brewed Infusion.

Brew tea - with boiling water mixture of Black Tea, Blue Berry Tea

In a glass add:

30 ml x Citadelle Gin

30 ml x Peach Liquor

15 ml x Amaro Montenegro

15 ml x Orget Almond Syrup

Add Dry Ice. Bubble away.

Add tea.

Serve in small tea cup.

Big Hungry is stoked!

Cocktail Corner: w/ Ben from Bedford Soda and Liquor: July 5, 2018

Cocktail Corner: w/ Ben from Bedford Soda and Liquor: July 5, 2018 Cocktail Corner: w/ Ben from Bedford Soda and Liquor: July 5, 2018, 13.12 MB
Thu 5 Jul 2018

Ben from Bedford Soda and Liquor makes a very impressive Plantation Rum cocktail.

Polynesian Painkiller Volcano

In a boston shaker add:

50 ml x Plantation Original Dark

50 ml x Appletons Estate Reserve

10 ml x Cruzan Black Strap Blackstrap Rum

15 ml x Pomegranate syrup

15 ml x Passion fruit syrup

3 dash x Angostura bitters

3 dash x Bittermens Tiki bitters

Fill shaker to the top with even parts fresh Apple Juice Pineapple Juice.

Add tiny bit of ice to shaker. Shake.

Strain into vessel full of ice.

Garnish with slices of Lime, Lemon, Mandarin, Mint... Sprinkle with cinnamon.

YUM!

Cocktail Corner: w/ Ben from The Cork: June 28, 2018

Cocktail Corner: w/ Ben from The Cork: June 28, 2018 Cocktail Corner: w/ Ben from The Cork: June 28, 2018, 25.55 MB
Thu 28 Jun 2018

Ben from The Cork makes an absoluely amazing Ableforth's Bathtub Gin Fizz

In a coupe glass add:

1/2 fill with soda water

In a boston shaker add:

20 ml x Ableforth's Sloe Gin

20 ml x Ableforth's Bathtub Gin

20 ml x Lime juice

20 ml x Sugar Syrup

1 x Egg white

Dry Shake

Add Ice & wet shake

Strain into coupe - garnish with dehydrated blood orange.

Everyone agrees it is delcious!

 

Cocktail Corner: w/ Ben from The Cork: June 21, 2018

Cocktail Corner: w/ Ben from The Cork: June 21, 2018 Cocktail Corner: w/ Ben from The Cork: June 21, 2018, 23.56 MB
Thu 21 Jun 2018

Ben from the Cork Gin & Whisky Bar serves up a 10/10 Albeforth's Bathub Gin Cocktail.

Build in a mixing glass:

2 dashes (or to taste) x Bittermans Hellfire Habanero Shrub

1 teaspoon x Sugar

30 ml x Albeforth's Bathtub Gin

30 ml x Apricot Brandy

Add ice to mixing glass - stir to mix down.

Strain into small rocks glass on ice.

Garnish with rosemary.

(If you have a weird wood smoking machine - you can smoke the cocktail - to make it extra yum)

 

 

Cocktail Corner: w/ Ben from The Cork: June 14, 2018

Cocktail Corner: w/ Ben from The Cork: June 14, 2018 Cocktail Corner: w/ Ben from The Cork: June 14, 2018, 24.87 MB
Thu 14 Jun 2018

Ben from The Cork Gin and Whisky Bar offers his take on a White Lady.

In a boston shaker add:

45ml x Ableforths Bathtub Gin

15ml x Pierre Ferrand Dry Curacao

2 dash x Angus Bitters

2 dash x Lemon bitters

1 x Egg white

15ml x Cinnamon infused sugar syrup

DRY SHAKE

Add ice - WET SHAKE

Double strain into a coupe glass

Dust with Cinnamon

Cocktail Corner: w/ Ben from The Cork: June 7, 2018

Cocktail Corner: w/ Ben from The Cork: June 7, 2018 Cocktail Corner: w/ Ben from The Cork: June 7, 2018, 24.8 MB
Thu 7 Jun 2018

Ben from The Cork Gin & Whisky bar makes a classic negroni with Ableforth's Bathtub Gin.

In a mixing glass add:

30 ml x Ableforth's Bathtub Gin

30 ml x Campari

30 ml x Mancino Vermouth (Rosso Amaranto)

Add ice and stir. 

Double strain into tumbler.

Rim glass, garnish with orange zest/peel.

Cocktail Corner: w/ Cassie from Lovebucket: May 31, 2018

Cocktail Corner: w/ Cassie from Lovebucket: May 31, 2018 Cocktail Corner: w/ Cassie from Lovebucket: May 31, 2018, 22.34 MB
Thu 31 May 2018

Cassie from Lovebucket makes another wonderous Ableforth's Rumbullion cocktail.

In a boston or bullet shaker add

1 x Demararo cube

1/2 x lime juiced

1 x bar spoon pomegranet molasses

1 x dash house made molasses bitters

30 ml x cold water

60 ml x Ableforths Rum (3 rum blend Rumbullion/gunpowder/blackstrap)

Shake on ice.

Strain into ice filled tumbler. 

Garnish with coffee & pimento bitters. 

Cocktail Corner: w/ Cassie from Lovebucket: May 24, 2018

Cocktail Corner: w/ Cassie from Lovebucket: May 24, 2018 Cocktail Corner: w/ Cassie from Lovebucket: May 24, 2018, 31.85 MB
Thu 24 May 2018

Cassie from Lovebucket serves up a truly sophisticated Ableforth's Rum Cocktail

East India Trading Co.

Wash/bathe coupe glass with Ableforth's Rumbullion Rum - then...

The following ingredients are stirred down in a mixing glass

2 x Heavy dashes Tiki Bitters

2 x Heavy dashes burlesque bitters

2 x Heavy dashes frankincense bitters

1 x bar spoon of curacao

30 ml x Pierre Ferrand Cognac

20ml x Tepache Spiced Pineapple Liqueur

15ml x Ableforth's Rumbullion Rum

Add ice - and slowly stir.

Strain into coupe. Garnish with orange zest.

Cocktail Corner: w/ Cassie from Lovebucket: May 17, 2018

Cocktail Corner: w/ Cassie from Lovebucket: May 17, 2018 Cocktail Corner: w/ Cassie from Lovebucket: May 17, 2018, 27.49 MB
Thu 17 May 2018

Cassie from Lovebucket makes a classy Ableforth's Rum cocktail.

Into a boston shaker add:

1 x Demarara cube

1 x juice of half a lime

60ml x Blend of Rum (Ableforth's, Plantation, Black Rum)

20 ml x Campari

45 ml x Pineapple Juice

2 x heave dashes tiki bitters

Add ice into shaker. Shake hard! Then double strain into a tumbler with giant ice cube

Garnish - black strap & coffee molasses