DRINKS

Alpine Holiday

1 ¼ oz . El Bandido reposado tequila ¾ oz . Zirbenz Stone Pine liqueur ¼ oz . Braulio amaro ½ oz . Lemon juice ½ oz . Root 23 cranberry apple spice syrup Egg white

Combine ingredients in a mixing tin and shake . Strain into a coupe glass and garnish with fresh pine sprig .

The mixologists at El Bandido created this recipe .

Italian Sunshine

1 oz . Bergamot-flavored liqueur 3 dashes of Orange bitters ( sprayed on top ) 1 bar spoon Fig jam ½ oz . Lemon juice 5 oz . Peroni beer

Add all ingredients except beer to a cocktail shaker . Shake then strain over ice into glass . Top with beer and garnish with fresh fig or rosemary and lemon peel

The mixologists at Peroni created this recipe .

Good Intentions

2 oz . Ketel One Botanicals vodka ( any flavor ) ½ oz . Strawberry sherbet ½ oz . St . Germain elderflower liqueur ½ oz . Basil-infused aloe liqueur ½ oz . Fino sherry ½ oz . Lemon

Combine ingredients in a mixing tin and shake . Strain into a Collins glass with ice . Garnish with house-made fruit leather ( made from food scraps generated in production of cocktail ).

Nate Satterfield , bartender at Vaso rooftop restaurant in Dublin , OH , created this recipe .

Piña Verde

1 ½ oz . Green Chartreuse ½ oz . Wray & Nephew Jamaican overproof rum 2 oz . Coconut milk 1 ½ oz . Pineapple ½ oz . Lime

Flash blend until all the ingredients are blended smoothly . Pour into a glass , and garnish with a mint sprig and nutmeg .

Dustin Rodriguez , master bartender at The Bamboo Club in Long Beach , CA , created this recipe .

Sun Clap

1 oz . Chinola passion fruit liqueur 1 ¾ oz . El Tesoro Tequila Blanco 1 oz . Fresh pineapple sage juice * ¾ oz . Turmeric honey syrup ** ¾ oz . Fresh lemon juice

Pour ingredients into an ice-filled cocktail shaker . Shake and strain into a wine glass and fill with ice . Garnish with fresh pineapple wedge .

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* Infuse fresh pineapple juice with fresh sage for three hours ; refrigerate and strain before serving . ** Add a dash of turmeric powder to honey and stir until well blended .

The mixologists at Aura Cocina in Brooklyn , NY , created this recipe .

Smoke & Whisper

1 ½ oz . Benriach The Original Ten Scotch ¼ oz . Domaine de Canton ginger liqueur ¼ oz . Limoncello ¼ oz . Honey syrup ( 1:1 ) ½ oz . Meyer lemon juice Mist of Benriach The Smoky Ten Scotch

Shake liquid ingredients and strain over a big ice cube in a rocks glass . Garnish with a dehydrated lemon disk . Mist The Smoky Ten over the top .

Mixologist Daniel Burns of Foreign Cinema in San Francisco created this recipe .

Good Vibrations

1 ½ oz . Smoke Lab vodka 1 oz . Giffard passion fruit liqueur 2 oz . Blood orange juice ½ oz . Cinnamon syrup

Combine ingredients in a shaker with ice . Shake and strain over fresh ice into a large rocks glass . Garnish with blood orange slice and mint sprig .

The mixologists at Smoke Lab created this recipe .

Autumn Sweater

2 oz . Zacapa No . 23 rum 1 oz . Oloroso sherry ½ oz . Chili liqueur ½ oz . French herbal liqueur

Add all ingredients to mixing glass with ice . Shake and double strain over a large ice cube into a Negroni glass . Garnish with rosemary and smoke .

The mixologists at Zacapa rum created this recipe .

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