As the Covid-19 pandemic rolled in, halting life as we knew it, two girls with previously busy lives suddenly needed to find ways to entertain themselves indoors to make sure that we were (and still are) doing our part to flatten the curve.
One thing we noticed after cleaning and organizing our apartment is that we have a variety of local spirits, ciders and wines. We use local products as often as possible. You can use what you have in your home and use our basic flavor patterns, or check with a local distillery since many are selling their spirits for delivery and pick up.
Here are some of the cocktails we've made. You can follow our cocktails at my Instagram, @adventures.are.waiting, or at Kristen’s Instagram, @khibs.
If you have gin
Local gin distilleries are creating a selection of flavors and options. For our first quarantine cocktail we used the Lilac Gin from Black Button and a hibiscus iced tea. In Williamsville, TeaLeafs is offering online orders, so it’s a great way to support a small local business and to get floral teas for cocktails. If you have gin, but not hibiscus, any floral tea will do.
The drink is easy: Blend the steeped and cooled floral tea with gin. We love the lilac gin, but a plain gin is aromatic and delicious enough to bring the drink to life. Add a little lemon and seltzer for bubbles and you have a perfectly satisfying, refreshing drink.
You can create this fun cocktail with items you may usually have in the fridge like egg, cream and lemon. (Photo by Jessica Kelly)
If you have a plain gin like the Tommyrotter gin we used, you can create a fizz. Even though this one was a little more complicated, it included items you can usually find in your fridge, such as egg white, simple syrup, orange water, lemon, cream, seltzer and gin. If you don't have an item, chances are it can be improvised. For example, substitute drops of orange juice for orange water. If you don’t have full fat cream, that’s OK. I had half-and-half in my fridge for my coffee and that worked fine. And it's easy to make your own simple syrup. Bring equal parts water and sugar to a boil and then cool.
For the drink, combine one egg white with a spoon of simple syrup, a spoon of cream, lemon, a few splashes of the citrus and a shot of the gin in a shaker. The key to making this one look fancy is to shake it long enough – at least a minute, preferably two – before pouring it into a cup over ice. Slowly add the seltzer water, letting the foam pop up before it firms. You can decorate the top with lemon zest and throw in a cool straw.
If you have local liqueur
We had two local liqueurs in our cabinet from Lockhouse Distillery and put those to good use. We love to support local, but any kind of coffee liqueur will do. Amaro is similar to campari, so if you make a negroni at home you can use Lockhouse Amaro.
Another Day is a cocktail made with gin and Amaro. (Photo by Jessica Kelly)
Another Day is the drink we made with Lockhouse Gin and Lockhouse Amaro. Amaro, an Italian digestif or after-dinner drink, has strong notes of licorice, giving the drink a warm, pungent flavor.
We combined equal parts of the two local spirits and red vermouth over ice with a burnt orange garnish spread around the rim.
A Locked Inside Lockhouse Martini was made with Lockhouse Ginnamon and Lockhouse Coffee Liqueur. Just add those two ingredients to almond milk with a sprinkle of cinnamon and use citrus to make a cinnamon sugar rim. If you don’t have almond milk, any kind of milk or coffee creamer will do.
If you have vodka
The DILL-igently Washing Our Hands Martini was simple to put together. We used Tommyrotter Vodka and shook it together with extra dry vermouth and pickle juice. We garnished the salty drink with a few pickle chips and sipped the martini with burgers from 100 Acres.
The DILL-igently Washing Our Hands Martini is fairly simple to make and pairs well with a 100 Acres burger. (Photo by Jessica Kelly)
If you have bourbon
The Social Distancing Swine was, by far, one of our most popular cocktails. We used Knob Creek, which has a smoky maple flavor already. Hartmans bourbon has been extremely popular, so that would be an excellent way to support a local business if you need to purchase a bottle.
We stirred together orange juice, maple bourbon, maple syrup, brown sugar, bubbly and bacon to make the famous concoction. Some might like that sting of a nice bourbon, but if you want the cocktail a little tamer you can add bubbly champagne to take the sting away while adding a bit of fizz. We candied bacon for the garnish by giving it a nice fry in the pan and then baking it on a cooking sheet with brown sugar until the sugar caramelized. It's not bad to crunch on while putting the drink together either.
If you have light rum
The RUMming Out of Things to Do combines light rum with a citrus seltzer for a little carbonation, fresh basil leaves, fresh-squeezed lime juice and simple syrup. Take the basil leaves, lime juice and rum and muddle them together to make the flavors pop before mixing in the seltzer and simple syrup. The basil gives it a sweet, refreshing flavor.
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