Cocktail Recipes
Whiskey
Fifty Merc
1.5 oz Speakeasy Motors’ straight rye whiskey
1.5 oz Liquid Mercantile cacao hazelnut liqueur
2 dashes chocolate bitters
Shake with ice and serve up with cocktail cherries
Sour Cherry Manhattan
2 oz Speakeasy Motors straight rye whiskey
.75 oz Liquid Mercantile Sour Cherry Nocino
.5oz Sweet Vermouth
Bitters to taste
Stir with ice and serve in coupe glass with cocktail cherry
Sidepiece
1.75 oz Speakeasy Motors’ straight rye whiskey
.5oz orange liqueur
1 oz lemon juice
1 oz 1:1 simple syrup or preferred sweetener
2 dashes orange bitters
4 drops 20% saline solution
Shake with ice and double strain into coupe glass. Garnish with dehydrated orange wheel or orange twist
Cafe de Vie
1.5oz Liquid Mercantile coffee flavored vodka
1.5oz Liquid Mercantile cacao hazelnut liqueur
1.5oz cold brew coffee
1 dash orange bitters
Shake vigorously with ice until frothy, pour over ice in rocks glass. Garnish with shaved chocolate and dehydrated orange wheel or orange twist
North of Manhattan
1.5oz Speakeasy Motors’ straight rye whiskey
1.5oz Liquid Mercantile cacao hazelnut liqueur
1oz sweet vermouth (We like Method from New York)
2 dashes chocolate bitters
Shake with ice and serve up with cocktail cherry
Maple Old Fashioned
2oz Speakeasy Motors’or straight rye whiskey or maple rye
.5oz real maple syrup
Old fashioned bitters to taste 2-3 dashes usually
Stir over ice and serve over large rock
Garnish with orange twist and cocktail cherry
Deville
1.5oz Liquid Mercantile whey vodka
.75oz dry vermouth
.5oz lemon juice
.5oz 1:1 simply syrup
2 dashes orange bitters
Shake and strain into collins glass with long ice cube. Top with sparkling water
Once Up A Time in Wallkill
1.5oz Speakeasy Motors’ straight rye whiskey
.75oz sweet vermouth
.5oz fernet
2 dashes aromatic bitters
Stir with ice and serve over large rock
Sour Cherry Spritz
1.5 oz Liquid Mercantile vodka
.75 oz Liquid Mercantile Sour Cherry Nocino
.5 oz fresh lime juice
4 oz seltzer water
Serve over ice
New York Sour
2oz Speakeasy Motors’ straight rye whiskey
1oz fresh lemon juice
1oz 1:1 simple syrup
2 dashes aromatic bitters
4 drops 20% saline solution
1 egg white
1oz red wine
Add all ingredients except wine to a tin and shake for 30 seconds. Add ice to shaker and shake an additional 15 seconds
Pour over ice into rocks glass. Slowly pour red wine over back of bar spoon to float wine on top of cocktail. Garnish with cocktail cherry and dehydrate lemon wheel
Spicy Rye Margarita
2oz Speakeasy Motors’ straight rye whiskey
.5oz orange liqueur
1 oz lime juice
.75oz 1:1 simple syrup
6 drops saline solution
2 dashes habanero bitters
Hard shake with ice, serve in rocks or margarita glass with salted rim over ice. Garnish with lime
Deuce Coupe
1.5oz Speakeasy Motors’ maple rye whiskey
1oz apple cider
.5oz lemon juice
.5oz mint syrup
2 dashes ginger bitters
Shake with ice and serve over ice with dehydrated apple wheel
Gunks Sidecar
1.75oz Liquid Mercantile Apple Brandy
.5oz orange liqueur
.75oz fresh lemon juice
.5oz simple syrup
4 drops 20% saline solution
2 dashes orange bitters
Shake with ice and double strain into coupe glass. Garnish with orange twist
Metropolitan
2oz Liquid Mercantile apple brandy
1oz sweet vermouth
2 barspoons 1:1 simple syrup
2 dashes aromatic bitters
Stir with ice and serve up with lemon twist
Apple Sazerac
2oz Liquid Mercantile apple brandy
2 bar spoons 1:1 simple syrup
2 dashes Peychaud bitters
Stir with ice
Spray coupe glass with absinthe and strain cocktail. Garnish with lemon twist