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Salers Gentian Apéritif
RECIPES
Alpine Negroni
(Adapted from Naren Young, NYC)
Stir with ice:
0.75 oz Salers Gentiane
0.75 oz Cocchi Americano Bianco
0.5 oz Dolin Génépy le Chamois
1 barspoon white crème de menthe
3 dashes lemon bitters
Strain into a double rocks glass over a large ice cube.
Garnish with a rosemary sprig
Astral Plank
(Adapted from Tyson Buhler)
Build in collins glass:
1 oz Henriques & Henriques ‘Seco Especial’ 5-year Madeira
1 oz Salers Gentiane
1 oz lemon juice
0.75 oz simple syrup
2 dashes peychaud’s bitters
Top with 2 oz club soda.
Stir to combine.
Garnish with grapefruit slice.
Auvergne Summer
Build in a collins glass:
1.5 oz Rothman & Winter Orchard Peach Liqueur
1.5 oz Salers Gentian Apéritif
1.5 oz club soda
Stir.
Add ice.
Garnish with a lemon wedge.
Garnish with a grapefruit twist (discard the peel).
Basil South Side
Shake with ice:
1 oz blanco tequila
1 oz lime juice
6 basil leaves
Strain into a coupe.
Garnish with a lemon wheel and basil leaf.
Blond Negroni
Stir with ice:
1 oz Dolin Blanc Vermouth de Chambéry
Strain into a double rocks glass filled with ice.
Garnish with a grapefruit peel.
Clear and Present Highball
Build in a highball glass filled with ice:
1.5 oz Salers Gentian Apéritif
1.5 oz Dolin Blanc
3 oz club soda
Garnish with a grapefruit peel.
A Cooler for Alain
Build in a highball glass filled with ice:
4.5 oz tonic water
Garnish with a lemon wedge.
Count of Mount Kisco
(Scott Krahn, New York City)
Stir with ice:
1 oz Averell Damson Gin
1 oz Dolin Dry Vermouth de Chambéry
Strain into a double rocks glass filled with ice.
Garnish with a grapefruit peel.
The Devil Walking Next to Me
(Frederic Yarm, Boston)
Shake with ice:
1.25 oz Batavia Arrack van Oosten
0.5 oz Dolin Rouge Vermouth de Chambéry
0.5 oz lime juice
0.5 oz Salers Gentian Apéritif
0.25 oz St. Elizabeth Allspice Dram
Strain into a coupe.
Garnish with a lime wheel.
Digging in the Dirt
Build in a highball glass filled with ice:
1.5 oz Salers Gentian Apéritif
1.5 oz Cardamaro
4.5 oz tonic water
Garnish with a lemon peel.
Drink Without Name
(Andy Arrington, Austin, Texas)
Stir with ice:
1 oz aged rhum agricole
1 oz Pineau des Charentes
Strain into a coupe.
Four on the Floor
(adapted from Natasha David)
Stir with ice:
1 oz Salers Gentian
0.75 oz Château de Saü Rivesaltes Rancio 2001
0.25 oz banana liqueur
½ teaspoon Smith & Cross Jamaican Rum
Strain into chilled snifter.
No garnish.
Hail Mary
(Adapted from Ivy Mix)
Shake with ice:
1 oz blanco tequila
0.75 oz Salers Gentiane
0.5 oz lemon juice
0.5 oz rich syrup
0.25 oz Etter Raspberry
0.25 oz Rothman & Winter Orchard Apricot Liqueur
1 dash regan’s orange bitters
3 dashes peychaud's bitters
Fine strain into cocktail coupe.
Add 2 oz cava.
Garnish with grapefruit peel.
July on Royal Street
Build in a rocks glass filled with ice:
1 oz Mattei blanc
1 oz Salers
0.5 oz reposado tequila
0.5 oz benedictine
1 barspoon lemon juice
Little Valiant
(Will Thompson, Boston, MA)
2 oz Salers Gentiane
2 oz Cocchi Americano
1 barspoon lemon juice
3 dash Orange bitters
Build in a double rocks glass filled with ice.
Garnish with a pinch of salt.
Muntanyes de Prades
Build in a highball glass filled with ice:
1.5 oz Salers Gentian Apéritif
1.5 oz Timbal Vermut de Reus Sweet Red
4.5 oz tonic water
Garnish with lemon peel.
Night Flights
(Andra Johnson, Washington D.C.)
Stir with ice:
1.5 oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 oz vodka
0.5 oz Salers Gentiane
0.5 oz Rothman & Winter Crème de Violette
Strain into a coupe.
Garnish with a lemon peel and a cherry.
Pale Horse
(Brett Bassett, Little Rock, Arkansas)
Stir with ice:
1.5 oz Hayman’s London Dry Gin
0.5 oz Salers Gentian Apéritif
0.5 oz maraschino liqueur
0.5 oz Dolin Dry Vermouth de Chambéry
1 dash orange bitters
Strain into a double rocks glass filled with ice.
Garnish with an orange peel.
Pasubio 52
(Francois Morrison, Augustine, NYC)
Stir with ice:
1 oz Pasubio Vino Amaro
.75 oz Salers Gentian Apéritif
.75 oz zwetschenwasser
Strain into a coupe.
Garnish with a lemon twist.
Poker Face
Stir with ice:
0.5 oz Elisir Novasalus
0.5 oz Salers Gentiane Aperitif
0.5 oz Zirbenz Stone Pine Liqueur of the Alps
Strain into a collins glass filled with ice.
Top with 4 oz Fentiman’s Curiosity Cola.
Stir gently.
Garnish with a long, wide grapefruit peel.
Polka Dot Negroni
(Adapted from the drink by Toby Maloney)
Stir with ice:
1.5 oz Salers Gentian Apéritif
1 oz Dolin Blanc Vermouth de Chambéry
3 dashes grapefruit bitters
Strain into a Nick and Nora glass.
Express and discard a lemon peel.
Garnish with a cherry.
The Prime Directive no. 1
Stir with ice:
1 oz Timbal Vermut de Reus Extra Dry
Strain into a coupe.
Garnish with lemon peel.
The Prime Directive no. 2
Stir with ice:
1 oz Dolin Dry Vermouth de Chambéry
Strain into a coupe.
Garnish with a lemon twist (discard the peel).
The Real Deal
(variation on the Brown Bomber, Jim Meehan, PDT, New York City)
Stir with ice:
2 oz bourbon
0.75 oz Cocchi Americano Bianco
0.5 oz Salers Gentian Apéritif
0.25 oz Rothman & Winter Orchard Peach Liqueur
1 dash grapefruit bitters
Strain into a coupe.
Garnish with a grapefruit twist (discard the peel).
Redden Plain
(Ty Williams, Sisters, Brooklyn)
Stir with ice:
.75 oz Svöl Swedish-style Aquavit
1.5 oz Mattei Cap Corse Rouge Quinquina
.75 oz Salers Gentian Apéritif
Strain into a rocks glass.
Garnish with an orange peel.
Salers Cobbler
(Sal Agnello, New Orleans, LA)
Muddle in a mixing glass:
8 raspberries
2 slices lemon
1 tsp sugar
Shake with ice.
Double-strain into a julep cup or glass cup filled with crushed ice.
Garnish with raspberries, mint, and lemon slices.
Savage Love
(Jesse Harris, Leyenda, Brooklyn)
Stir with ice:
.75 oz Amaro di Angostura
.75 oz Aperitivo Cappelletti
.5 oz Cocchi Vermouth di Torino ‘Storico’
.25 oz Salers Gentian Apéritif
2 oz cava
Strain into a rocks glass filled with ice.
Garnish with a grapefruit twist.
Sinnerman
(variation of a drink by Mike Fleming, Westbridge, Cambridge, MA)
Stir with ice:
2 oz Cocchi Vermouth di Torino ‘Storico’
0.5 oz Salers Gentian Apéritif
0.5 oz St. Elizabeth Allspice Dram
Strain into a rocks glass filled with ice.
Garnish with an orange peel.
Steal my Sunshine
(Adapted from Lindsay Matteson, Seattle, WA)
Build in collins glass with ice:
2 oz club soda
1.25 oz vodka
0.5 oz Aperitivo Mazzura
0.25 oz Salers Gentiane
2 oz orange juice
Stir to combine.
Garnish with edible flower.
Triangle Highball
(Adapted from Daniel Seehuusen, Göteborg, Sweden)
Build in highball glass:
0.5 oz Etter Pear Williams
0.5 oz Salers Gentiane
0.5 oz triple sec
Add:
Half fill ice.
3 oz club soda
Fill with ice.
Stir to combine.
Express & discard orange peel.
Garnish with mint sprig.
Vatican City
(Adapted from Mikki Kristola, Los Angeles, CA)
Shake with one ice cube:
1 oz Comoz Blanc Vermouth de Chambery
1 oz Salers Gentiane
1 oz lime juice
0.5 oz simple syrup
Strain into collins glass over ice.
Top with 2.5 oz club soda.
Garnish with grapefruit peel.
Violet Negroni
Stir with ice:
1 oz Byrrh
1 oz Salers
Strain into a double rocks glass filled with ice. Garnish: lemon peel