Barr Hill Gin, Tom Cat & Barr Hill Vodka gets us ready for the cool nights of fall. We asked Sam Nelis, Caledonia Spirits Beverage Director for some fall cocktails to sip by the fire pit with family and friends. 

Cheers and Enjoy.

AMARRO SOURR 

• 1 OZ BARR HILL GIN
• 1 OZ AMARO (BESPOKE)
• 1 OZ FRESH LEMON JUICE 
• 0.5 OZ RAW HONEY SYRUP
• 1 EGG WHITE 

OLD FASHIONED MILL NO. 4 

• 1 OZ TOM CAT GIN 
• 1 OZ APPLE BRANDY
• ½ TSP CINNAMON SYRUP
• 1 DASH ANGOSTURA BITTERS 
• 1 DASH APPLE BITTERS

POLLENITA 

• 1 OZ TOM CAT GIN
• 0.5 OZ MEZCAL ESPADIN 
• 0.5 OZ DRY CURACAO
• 1.5 OZ GRAPEFRUIT JUICE
• 0.75 OZ LIME JUICE
• 0.75 OZ SERRANO PEPPER HONEY
• SMOKED ROSEMARY
• SALT

Torch some rosemary, place rocks glass over it to smother the fire and smoke the glass.  Then shake other ingredients with ice and strain over fresh ice in the smoked glass. Garnish with a fresh rosemary sprig and a pinch of salt.

(c. 2019 Nathan Canan-Zucker @ Caledonia Spirits) (Pollenita #2 uses Gobo in place of Mezcal) 

GRANITE ST SOUR   

• 1 OZ TOM CAT GIN
• 1 OZ ANGOSTURA BITTERS
• 1 OZ FRESH LEMON JUICE
• 1 OZ PECAN ORGEAT

Shake; coupe; no garnish

(c. Fall 2019 Sam Nelis @ Caledonia Spirits, inspired by Giuseppe Gonzalez’s 2009 Trinidad Sour Cocktail from Clover Club in Brooklyn, NYC)

LEAVING HARDWICK

• 2 OZ TOM CAT GIN
• 0.5 OZ CARPANO ANTICA
• 0.25 OZ AMARO NARDINI BASSANO
• 0.25 OZ SMOKED LAPSANG TEA SYRUP
• SMOKE A ROCKS GLASS WITH LAPSANG TEA; STIR; ROCKS; ORANGE TWIST.

A play on a Leaving Manhattan

(c. 2019 Emma Sanford @ Caledonia Spirits)

FIZZ-NESS CASUAL

• 1.5 OZ TOM CAT GIN 
• 1 OZ SLOE GIN 
• 1.5 OZ PECAN MILK
• 1 OZ LEMON JUICE
• 1 OZ PECAN ORGEAT
• 8 DROPS CINNAMON TINCTURE
• 1 EGG WHITE
• TOP SODA WATER 

SHAKE; TOP SELTZER; FIZZ GLASS; NO ICE; GRATED CINNAMON GARNISH

(c.2019 Emma Catlin @ Caledonia Spirits)

HIVE 75 

• 1.5 OZ BARR HILL GIN or TOM CAT GIN 
• .5 OZ LEMON 
• .5 OZ RAW HONEY SYRUP 
• TOP DRY HARD CIDER 

SHAKE; FLUTE or COLLINS WITH ICE; TOP SPARKLING; LEMON TWIST

(c. 2019 Sam Nelis @ Caledonia Spirits - a play on the classic French 75 Cocktail)

NATURE’S PLAYGROUND

• 2 OZ BARR HILL GIN
• 0.75 OZ FRESH LEMON JUICE
• 0.25 OZ BENEDICTINE
• 0.25 OZ CEDAR SYRUP
• 0.25 OZ ELDERBERRY MAPLE SHRUB
• 8 dash ANGOSTURA BITTERS FLOAT 

SHAKE; TALL GLASS CRUSHED ICE; CEDAR TIP + EDIBLE FLOWER 

(C. 2019 NADIA WOMBLE @ VERMONT)