Recipes

Five Monk's Road Cocktails to Celebrate National Cocktail Day

Monk's Road Springtime Gimlet

Ingredients

2 oz. Monk's Road Dry Gin
.75 oz. fresh lime juice
.75 oz. simply syrup
cucumber or lime for garnish

Directions

Add ingredients into a shaker with ice. Stir with a long cocktail spoon vigorously until it gets cold. Strain into a martini glass. Garnish with a cucumber or lime.

Apple, Lemon & Gin Shandy

Ingredients - Serves 8

3 large Granny Smith apples, peeled + chopped
1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
3 tablespoons fresh shredded ginger
1/2 cup simple syrup
2 cups Monk's Road Dry Gin
1 C whole milk
1 bottle (12- oz. )chilled Pilsner beer or club soda
apple and lemon slices for garnish

Directions

Puree apples, lemon juice, and ginger in a blender. Pour mixture through a fine wire-mesh strainer into a large pitcher, pressing to release juices; discard solids. Stir in simple syrup and gin. Chill two hours. Stir in chilled Pilsner beer or club soda. Serve over ice. Garnish with apple and lemon slices, if desired.

Monk's Road Barrel Finished Gin & Tonic

Ingredients

2 oz. Monk's Road Barrel Finished Gin
4 oz. tonic water
lime wheels for garnish

Directions

Fill glass with ice. Pour in barrel finished gin. Top with tonic water and gently stir. Garnish with lime wheels.

The Boiler House

Ingredients

2 oz. Monk's Road Fifth District Series Bourbon Whiskey
.75 oz. fresh squeezed lemon juice
.75 oz. fresh squeezed orange juice
.75 oz. Jack Rudy Grenadine
1 dash Angostura bitters
orange twist for garnish

Directions

Combine ingredients into cocktail shaker with ice. Strain and serve up over ice. Garnish with an orange twist.

Monk's Road Gin-Jito

Ingredients

1.5 oz. Monk's Road Dry Gin
2 tablespoons of fresh lime juice
1 tablespoons of simple syrup
1/2 cup club soda
10 mint leaves

Directions

In a tall Collin's glass combine lime juice and mint leaves. Muddle the mint leaves. Fill glass with ice. Pour in gin. Add simple syrup and top with club soda. Stir and garnish with lime and mint sprigs.