Great Cocktails for Labor Day Weekend: Hudson Whiskey NY; Sailor Jerry, + REYKA!

 Try These Great Cocktail Recipes for Labor Day 2023!
Featuring these spirits:

HUDSON WHISKEY, Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum
REYKA VODKA

Out of the Ashes

Ingredients:

• 2 parts Hudson Whiskey Back Room Deal
• 1 Egg White
• 3/4 part Fresh Lemon Juice
• Split 3/4 part Honey and Ginger Syrup

Method:

• Add all the ingredients into a shaker with ice and shake for 30 seconds.
  Strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with a lemon peel.

Rye(se) up 

 By Nicholas Rose, Hudson Whiskey’s Distillery Bartender

Ingredients:

• 1.5 parts Hudson Whiskey Do the Rye Thing 
• ¾ part Dolin Blanc Vermouth De Chambery 
• .5 part Suze 

Method: 

• Add all the ingredients into a mixing glass with ice, and stir until well-chilled.
  Strain into an old-fashioned glass filled with a big ice cube.
  Garnish with a flamed orange peel.

SAILOR JERRY

Ingredients:

• 4 parts Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum
• 8 parts pineapple juice
• 2 parts orange juice
• 2 parts cream of coconut

Method:
Add the rum, pineapple juice, orange juice, cream of coconut to a shaker with ice,
Quickly shake vigorously to combine.
Strain into a hurricane glass or over crushed ice.
Garnish with freshly grated nutmeg and a lime wheel. Serve with a straw.

Jungle Bird 

Ingredients:

• 1 ½ parts Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum
• ¾ part Bitter Aperitif
• 1 ½ parts pineapple juice
• ¾ part lime juice
• ½ part demerara syrup

Method:
Add the rum, Aperitif, pineapple juice, lime juice, and demerara syrup into a shaker with ice
Shake until well-chilled.
Strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice.
Garnish with a pineapple wedge.

REYKA VODKA

Reyka Lavender Lemonade 

Ingredients:

• 2 parts Reyka 
• 3/4 part Lavender bud Simple Syrup
• 3/4 – 1  part Fresh squeezed lemon juice
• Topped with Club Soda
• Garnish with lavender buds or sprig

Method:
Combine all ingredients except club soda in a shaker with ice>
Shake and strain into a champagne flute.
Top with club soda;  or Champagne or prosecco.

Lavender simple syrup:
Add 1 cup water, 1 cup sugar to saucepan over medium heat,
Stir until sugar has dissolved or syrup begins to boil turn off heat.
Add ¼ cup culinary grade lavender bud to simple syrup and let cool.

Reyka Basil Gimlet 

Ingredients:

• 2 parts Reyka Vodka
• 1/2 parts lime juice
• 1/2 parts simple syrup
• Sprig of basil 

Method:
Combine all ingredients and one basil leaf in a shaker.
Shake with ice and strain into a coupe glass.
Garnish with basil.