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Nux Alpina Walnut Liqueur
RECIPES
Alpine Flip
Dry shake:
1.5 oz Nux Alpina Walnut Liqueur
0.75 oz The Scarlet Ibis Trinidad Rum
0.25 oz John D. Taylor’s Velvet Falernum
0.5 oz heavy cream
1 egg
Shake again with ice.
Strain into a coupe.
Garnish with grated nutmeg.
Ambassador of Koin
(Karli Koinzan, Ambassador Hotel, Oklahoma City, OK)
Build in a flute:
1 raw sugar cube
2 dashes Angostura Bitters
1 oz Cardamaro Vino Amaro
0.5 bar spoon Nux Alpina Walnut Liqueur
Stir to combine.
Fill with 4 oz sparkling wine.
Stir to combine.
Black Manhattan
Stir with ice.
2 oz. rye whiskey
1 oz. Cocchi Vermouth di Torino ‘Storico’
0.5 oz Nux Alpina Walnut Liqueur
Strain into a coupe.
Garnish with an orange peel.
Clingstone Club
Dry shake:
1 oz Averell Damson Plum Gin Liqueur
0.5 oz Nux Alpina Walnut Liqueur
0.75 oz simple syrup
0.75 oz lemon juice
1 egg white
Shake again with ice and strain into a coupe.
Garnish with a lemon twist.
Floor-Length Kilt
Build in a warm mug:
2 oz Scotch whisky
1 oz Nux Alpina Walnut Liqueur
0.5 oz honey
0.25 oz lemon juice
6 oz hot water
Garnish with a lemon wheel.
Green Team
Stir with ice:
1.5 oz Irish whiskey
1 oz Dolin Blanc Vermouth de Chambéry
0.5 oz Nux Alpina Walnut Liqueur
Strain into a coupe.
Garnish with lemon peel.
In Vida Veritas
(Misty Kalkofen, Boston, MA)
Stir with ice:
1.5 oz Del Maguey Mezcal Vida
0.75 oz Zirbenz Stone Pine Liqueur
0.75 oz Nux Alpina Walnut Liqueur
0.5 oz Benedictine Liqueur
1 dash Bitter Truth Xocolatl Mole Bitters
Strain into a cocktail glass.
Garnish with an orange peel.
The JoJo Cortado
Build in a warmed mug or gibraltar glass:
1 oz Nux Alpina Walnut Liqueur
2 oz espresso
0.25 oz Velvet Falernum
2 oz steamed milk
Juneau Suisse
Shake with ice:
1.5 oz Purkhart Pear Williams Eau-de-Vie
1 oz heavy cream
0.5 oz Dolin Génépy le Chamois Liqueur
0.5 oz Nux Alpina Walnut Liqueur
0.5 bar spoon white crème de cacao
2 dashes Angostura Bitters
Strain into a coupe.
Juneau
Stir with ice:
1.5 oz Purkhart Pear Williams Eau-de-Vie
0.5 oz Dolin Génépy le Chamois Liqueur
0.5 oz Nux Alpina Walnut Liqueur
0.5 bar spoon white crème de cacao
2 dashes Angostura Bitters
Strain into a double rocks glass filled with ice.
Garnish with a lemon peel.
Maria Vittoria
(Sarah Goyne, Fort Smith, AR)
Stir with ice:
2 oz aged rum (5+ years)
1 oz Cocchi Dopo Teatro Vermouth Amaro
.5 oz Nux Alpina Walnut Liqueur
Strain into a coupe.
Garnish with an orange peel.
Mississauga Cocktail
Stir with ice:
2 oz rye whiskey
0.5 oz Nux Alpina Walnut Liqueur
1 bar spoon simple syrup (1:1)
1 Dash Angostura Bitters
1 Dash orange bitters
Strain into a coupe.
Garnish with an orange peel.
Nux Alpina Whipped Cream
1 cup heavy cream
2 tbsp Nux Alpina Walnut Liqueur
Combine ingredients in a medium mixing bowl and put bowl in the freezer for 5 minutes. Remove bowl from freezer and whisk cream mixture until it forms soft peaks.
Orchard Fence Collins
Shake with ice:
1.5 oz Purkhart Pear Williams Eau-de-Vie
0.75 oz Nux Alpina Walnut Liqueur
0.5 oz lemon juice
Strain into a collins glass filled with ice.
Top with 2 oz non-alcoholic apple cider.
Garnish with an apple slice.
El Poco Loco
Stir with ice:
1.5 oz Hayman’s Old Tom Gin
1 oz Dolin Rouge Vermouth de Chambéry
.5 oz Nux Alpina Walnut Liqueur
Strain into a coupe.
Garnish with an orange peel.
Sawbuck
(Kirkland Tap & Trotter, Cambridge, MA)
Shake with ice:
1 oz rye whiskey
0.5 oz cinnamon syrup
0.5 oz lemon juice
0.25 oz Nux Alpina Walnut Liqueur
Strain into a snifter filled with cracked ice.
Top with 3 oz strong IPA.
Gently stir.
Social Animal
(Tony Roehr, San Diego)
Stir without ice:
2 oz Bourbon
0.5 oz Crème de Banana
0.25 oz Nux Alpina Walnut Liqueur
2 dash Angostura Bitters
Large Cube. Rocks Glass. Lemon Twist.