MONTREAL — Check out these celebratory cocktail recipes concocted by Domaine Pinnacle Ambassador Mario Damico.
Sage and vanilla vodka
1.5 oz vodka
1 fresh sage leaf
1 fresh bourbon banilla bean
Garnish: Fresh sage leaf and vanilla bean
Glass: Wine glass
Split open the vanilla bean with a knife. In a mixing glass, gather all ingredients. Fill with ice and stir with a bar spoon for 10 seconds. Strain liquid content in a wine glass with no ice. Add another fresh sage leaf as garnish (tap it in between palms to release oils). Take vanilla bean from mixing glass and add into service glass.
Holiday vodka martini
2 oz vodka
0.5 oz apple cider
0.5 oz chocolate syrup
1 dash Angostura bitters
Garnish: Orange peel and star anise
Glass: Chilled cocktail
Shake all ingredients with ice. Fine strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Clementine Vodkito
1.5 oz vodka
0.5 oz ice cider
1 tsp of sugar
Half of a lime, cut into 4 pieces
4 pieces of clementine
10 mint leaves
Sparkling water
Garnish: Piece of fresh clementine and a mint sprig
Glass: Something tall
Add fruit and ice cider to the bottom of the glass. Muddle thoroughly. Add mint leaves and vodka. Stir for five seconds. Fill glass half-way with ice and stir again. Fill glass with ice and sparkling water.
Vodka, cider and sparkling
1.5 oz vodka
0.5 oz ice Cider
3 oz lemon-flavoured sparkling water
1 dash Angostura Bitters
Garnish: Fresh cranberries
Glass: Tall or Collins filled with ice; serve with straws
Ice cider sour
1.5 oz vodka
0.5 oz ice cider
0.5 oz fresh egg white
Juice of half a lemon
3 dashes Angostura Bitters
Garnish: Orange peel
Glass: Rocks glass, a short, old-fashioned filled with ice
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