Cocktails

Spicy Bees Knees

Spicy Bees Knees

When we tasted the new Lavender & Rosemary Hot Honey from our friends at Apostle Hot Sauce, the cocktail inspiration started flowing! Here's our recipe for a Spicy Bees Knees... Ingredients: 20ml Lemonade Soda Syrup 10ml Hot Honey 15ml fresh lemon juice 60ml dry gin Ice Method: Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker with a scoop of ice Shake for 10-15 seconds, then pour into a coup through a sieve Garnish with a slice of fresh orange or lemon

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Texas Forever

Texas Forever

Make this refreshing and zingy cocktail with our Cola Six Soda Syrup... Ingredients: 30mL Rye whiskey 30ml Cola Six Syrup Angostura Bitters Fresh lemon (or lime) Soda water Method: Over ice, add the whiskey, Cola Six syrup and bitters. Top up with soda water. Squeeze over the fresh lemon juice and add the lemon itself to the glass.

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Through the Looking Glass - The Library

Through the Looking Glass - The Library

Wellington-based cocktail legend Peter Lowry at The Library has kindly shared the recipe for 'Through the Looking Glass' - a classic champagne cocktail, brightened up with a fruity, floral twist... Ingredients: 10mls Southward x The Library Bramble Gin (or sloe gin) 15mls Six Barrel Hibiscus Soda Syrup  10mls tangelo liqueur (or Cointreau)   Chocolate bitters (or Angostura bitters) Sugar cube Prosecco  Orange rind  Method: Dash bitters on sugar cube and place in the bottom of your glass Add gin, Hibiscus syrup and tangelo liqueur  Top up with prosecco Garnish with orange rind

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Six Spiced Negroni

Six Spiced Negroni

Our friends over at Drink Honest put together this delicious recipe for a seasonal twist on a negroni. 30mL Honest Six Spiced Rum30 mL Vermouth15 mL Hibiscus SyrupTwisted Orange Peel   Build in a short glass over ice. Squeeze and twist an orange peel in for your garnish. 

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