Cocktail Recipes
In honor of Vintage Wine Distributor’s unique mixers, we wanted to provide a collection of some of our favorite recipes for crafting cocktails with Sherry, Vermut, Sake, and Greenbar Spirits.
SHERRY COCKTAILS
Tuxedo
1.5oz Lustau Fino Jarana
1.5oz Vermut Lustau Dry
1 dash Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
1 dash Kubler Absinthe
2 dashes Regan’s Orange Bitters
Garnish: Lemon twist & Maraschino cherry
FRENCH 75
1oz Lustau Fino Jarana
.5oz Citadelle Gin
.75oz Lemon Juice
.75oz Simple Syrup
2oz Champagne
Garnish: Lemon Twist
Adonis
1.5 oz Lustau Amontillado Los Arcos
1.5 oz Vermut Rojo
2 Dashes Regan’s Orange Bitters
Garnish: Orange Twist (optional)
Description: A pre-prohibition sherry Manhattan with a rich and complex flavor profile
Fino Martini
2 oz Gin
.5 oz Lustau Fino Jarana
Garnish: Lemon Twist
Description: Pale yellow color. Yeasty nose, dry and pungent on the palate.
Questo Successo
Ingredients
1.5oz Vermut Rose
1oz Hakutsuru Sake
.50 oz Raspberry liqueur
.15oz Spiced syrup, like Torani Chai Tea Spice
Strain into a Coup, garnish with kiwi.
SAKE COCKTAILS
Yuzu Brunch Cocktail
1 oz Hakutsuru Juicy Yuzu
.05 oz Simple Syrup
2 dashes of Regan’s Orange Bitters
Cava
Garnish: Orange Twist
Combine Juicy Yuzu, simple syrup, and bitters. Stir well then top with cava.
Description: Bright, fresh, a nice change of pace.
Cloud Hopping
2.5 oz Sho Chiku Bai Nigori
.05 oz Mezcal Espadin
.05 oz Grapefruit Liqueur
.25 Lustau Fino Sherry
4 Dashes Cardamom Bitters
Garnish: Orange Twist
Combine ingredients in a mixing glass and stir with ice. Strain into a chilled Coup glass glass and garnish with a grapefruit twist.
Description: This is not a fruity or sweet cocktail. It offers an earthy and savory balance of flavors from the interplay of sake, mezcal, and sherry.
Ichigo Sour
Ingredients for Mixer (7 Cocktails):
8.5 oz Strawberries, hulled
2 oz Simple Syrup
.5 oz Yuzu Juice
Ingredients for 1 Cocktail:
2.5 oz Hakutsuru Sayuri Nigori
1.5 oz Mixer
Put the strawberries, simple syrup and yuzu juice in a blender and blend until pureed.
Add Saké and mixer in a cocktail shaker filled with ice, shake to combine. Fill the glass with ice to serve.
Garnish: Half of strawberry or sprig of mint
The Heiwa Shuzou Sakes act more like Liquors and are wonderfully versatile; Cocktails, In Desserts or Topping, Sorbets, Spritz, Low-Proof Cocktails, w/ Sparkling Sake.
Each with the own unique personalities - Ume Yuzu - Ume Natsu Mikan Summer Orange Sake - Ume Kanjuku (sour plum) - Ume Ichigo (strawberry & Plum)
Purple Rain
3 oz Hakutsuru Junmai Gingo
.5 oz Lime Juice
.5 oz Blueberry Syrup
1.5oz Ginger Beer
Garnish: Blueberries and Mint
Add all ingredients in a cocktail shaker filled with ice, shake to combine. Fill the glass with ice to serve.
Spring Shochu Tonic
2 oz Ikkoman Imo Shochu
.5 oz Italicus
1 dash Sea Salt
Top with Fever-Tree Light Tonic
Garnish with a rose petal
Build in a tall glass over ice.
Description: The use of 100% sweet potato (imo) creates a rich, earthy, and savory base for the cocktail, notes of roasted grain and nuts are prominent.
GREENBAR COCKTAILS
Highballs
Any Greenbar 1-to-1, (Ginger, Orange or Hibiscus)
1:1 ratio + Seltzer
Nice & Stormy
1.5 oz Greenbar 1-to-1 Ginger
1.5 oz Spiced Rum (Or Rye Whiskey)
Garnish: Lime Wedge
Hibiscus Spritz
2 oz Greenbar 1-to-1 Hibiscus
4 oz Tonic
Garnish: Lime Twist
Greenbar Poppy Amro
“Mixes incredibly well with a myriad of alcohol, I’ve done Negronis that replace Campari with POPPY, used it instead of Cointreau in a margarita, and added a few dashes to my Manhattan instead of bitters. Its well-rounded and versatile ingredients list means it can be used all over the place, or as a base for a lower alcohol cocktail.