Whether it is your wedding, a gala event or an intimate cocktail party, Berkshire Mountain Distillers is here to help. We have created a list of time honored cocktails that lend themselves well to our spirits. Sit back, enjoy… and take the guesswork out of your next event. Please enjoy responsibly. ICE GLEN VODKA CAPE CODDER 2 oz Ice Glen Vodka “Clear. Mild honeydew and cream aromas. A supple entry 4 oz Cranberry juice leads to a dryish medium body with hints of eucalyptus ½ oz Fresh lime juice honey. Finishes with a peppery, light minty fade. Excellent.“ Lime wedge – Beverage Testing Institute Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a highball glass with fresh APEROL SMASH ice. Garnish with a lime wedge. 1 oz Ice Glen Vodka CUCUMBER FIZZ ½ oz Fresh squeezed lime juice 2 slices of thickly cut cucumber ½ oz Simple Syrup 1½ oz Ice Glen Vodka 1 oz Aperol ½ oz St. Germain 5 Grapes ½ oz lemon juice Soda water ½ oz simple syrup* Muddle grapes in a Collins glass. Shake remaining ingredients with Soda water ice and strain into a into the Collins glass with fresh ice. Top with soda Cucumber slice, mint or lemon water (or try lemon/lime seltzer). Muddle cucumber and lemon. Shake all ingredients with ice and strain THE BARYSHNIKOV into a Collins glass with fresh ice. Top with soda water. Garnish with a - recipe by Six Depot Roastery cucumber slice, mint or lemon. **Simple syrup is optional try making one without it and add if desired** 2½ oz Ice Glen Vodka 5 oz Six depot cold brew GYPSY QUEEN Dash Simple syrup 2 oz Ice Glen Vodka 3 oz of milk 1 oz Benedictine Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a highball glass with fresh 2 dashes Berkshire Mountain Distillers Coffee bitters ice. No garnish. Lemon twist CADERE Stir all ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled coupe glass. Garnish with a lemon twist. 2 oz Ice Glen vodka 2 whole dried figs HARVEY WALLBANGER ¼ oz apple cider vinegar ¾ oz Ice Glen vodka ¼ oz lemon juice 1½ oz orange juice ½ oz Demerara syrup ¼ oz Galliano 1 dash Angostura bitters Orange slice & cherry Shake all ingredients with ice and double strain into a chilled cocktail Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a highball glass with fresh glass. No garnish. ice. Garnish with an orange slice and a cherry. CAIPIROSKA HAWTHORNE VALLEY LEMONADE RUSH 2 oz Ice Glen Vodka - recipe from Hawthorne Valley Farm 1 lime cut into 8 wedges 2 oz Ice Glen Vodka 1 tablespoon sugar 1 oz Hawthorne Valley Goldrush kraut juice Muddle lime wedges with the sugar in the bottom of a rocks glass. Fill 1 oz lemon Juice the glass with crushed ice, add the vodka and stir well. 1 oz simple syrup Soda water Lemon Wedge Shake all ingredients (except soda water) with ice and strain into a rocks glass with fresh ice. Top with soda water. Garnish with wedge of lemon. HEATHER ROSE NORTHSIDE 1½ oz Ice Glen Vodka 1½ oz Ice Glen Vodka 1 Strawberry ¾ oz Fresh Lemon Juice 1 orange slice 1 tsp Sugar 2 Cucumber slices Mint sprig Mint crown Rosé champagne Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a rocks glass with fresh ice. Muddle strawberry, orange slice and mint leaves in the bottom of Garnish with mint crown. a shaker. Add vodka and shake with ice. Double strain into chilled champagne flute and top with rosé champagne. Garnish with an orange PINA 75 twist. - recipe by Jacob Hanks 3oz of Ice Glen Vodka ICE GLEN BAY BREEZE 1oz of Chambord Liqueur 1½ ounces Ice Glen Vodka 2oz of pineapple juice 1 oz cranberry juice Pineapple slice 4 oz pineapple juice Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a highball glass with fresh Lime wedge ice. Garnish with pineapple slice. Pour ingredients into a highball glass with ice. Garnish with a lime wedge. SEA BREEZE 1½ oz Ice Glen Vodka ICE GLEN ELDERFLOWER LEMONADE 3 oz fresh grapefruit juice (by the pitcher) 2 oz cranberry juice 1 cup Ice Glen vodka Lime wedge 1/2 cup Elderflower liqueur Pour ingredients into a highball glass with ice. Garnish with a lime wedge. Juice from two to three lemons, (peel the skins first to garnish) VESPER In a pitcher, combine all ingredients and stir thouroughly. Garnish with the lemon peel. ¾ oz Ice Glen Vodka 2 oz Greylock or Ethereal Gin JUTE COCKTAIL ½ oz Lillet or Cocchi Americano 1½ oz Ice Glen Vodka Lemon Twist ¾ oz Cinzano Pour ingredients into a mixing glass with ice and stir. Strain into a ¾ oz dry vermouth cocktail glass. Garnish with lemon twist. Stir, strain, garnish with lemon twist and olive on the side WATERMELON REFRESHER LAIKA - recipe by Daire Rooney ¾ oz Ice Glen Vodka 1½ oz Ice Glen Vodka 1 oz Fresh grapefruit juice ¼ oz lime juice 1 oz orange liqueur Splash of Agave Champagne 3 oz watermelon juice Grapefruit Twist Soda water Shake all ingredients (except champagne) with ice and strain into a chilled champagne flute. Top with champagne. Garnish with grapefruit Lime wedge garnish twist. Shake all ingredients (except soda water) with ice and strain into a rocks glass with fresh ice. Garnish with a lime wedge. LAVENDER MARTINI WHAT ABOUT ‘BARB - recipe by Brigid Dorsey, Les Collines 2 oz Ice Glen vodka 1 tbsp Lavender Jelly ½ oz Strawberry Rhubarb Shrub 2½ oz BMD Ice Glen Vodka 1 oz Pineapple juice Lavender flowers Prior to making the cocktail, completely dissolve the tbsp of jelly into the ½ oz Simple syrup 2½ oz of vodka. Pour mixture in to a mixing glass with ice and stir. Strain 2 dashes Cranberry bitters into a martini glass. Garnish with lavender flowers. Soda water LE FLEURS Sprig of mint Shake all ingredients (except soda water) with ice and strain into a rocks 1½ oz Ice Glen Vodka glass with fresh ice. Garnish with mint crown. ¾ oz Fresh lime juice ¾ oz St.Germain ¼ oz Simple Syrup Champagne Elderflower Shake all ingredients (except champagne) with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Top with champagne. Garnish with an Elderflower. BASIL & BEES GREYLOCK & - SevenStrong, Northampton, MA ETHEREAL GIN 1½ oz Greylock Gin ½ oz Honey Syrup* ½ oz Citric Water** #1 craft gin 2 dashes Lavender Bitters Basil in the country Dried Lavender - New York Times Stir all ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled coup glass. Light a piece of dried lavender on fire and extinguish immediately so it begins smoking. Invert a cold coup glass over the one containing the cocktail THE AGE OF AQUARIA and hold the burning lavender inside the glass allowing the smoke to - by Savannah of Area Four, Boston hover above the drink. Garnish with one leaf of basil. 1½ oz Greylock gin *Honey Syrup Heat up equal parts by weight water and honey until dissolved. Let cool. ½ oz Orgeat **Citric Water: combine water with 2% of its weight of citric acid. Stir ½ oz Grapefruit juice until dissolved. ¼ oz Lemon juice ¼ oz Simple syrup BEE’S KNEES ¼ oz Aperol 2 oz Greylock or Ethereal Gin Short shake, DOF with crushed ice, orchid with shimmer sugar ¾ oz fresh lemon juice sprinkled on top ¾ oz Honey Syrup Lemon Twist ALASKA Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail 1½ oz Greylock or Ethereal Gin glass. Garnish with lemon twist. 1½ oz Yellow Chartreuse THE BERKSHIRE BRAMBLE 2 dash Orange Bitters Lemon twist 2 oz Ethereal Gin Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail 1 oz Lime Juice glass. Garnish with lemon twist. 1 oz Blueberry-mint syrup* THE AOMAME Soda water - by Daniel Schmitz, Publik Draft House ATL Lime wheel Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a Collins glass with fresh 1 ½ oz Ethereal Gin ice. Top with soda water and garnish with a lime wheel. 1 oz lemon juice *Blueberry-mint syrup: combine equal parts water, sugar, blueberries & ½ oz Maraschino liqueur mint bring to a boil and simmer for 10-15 minutes. Pour mixture through a 1 oz Butterfly pea syrup strainer and keep refrigerated. 1 egg white BLACKBERRY BRAMBLE Dry shake egg white, lemon juice until emulsified. Add remaining 2 oz Greylock or Ethereal Gin ingredients and shake with ice. Double strain into a chilled coup glass. 1 oz fresh lemon juice Garnish with pea pod flowers. ¾ oz Simple Syrup In a small pot, bring ½ cup water to a boil, combine ½ cup sugar and Blackberry preserve stir until disolved. Turn of heat and add butterfly pea flowers and let Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a rocks glass steep until desired color is reached. Strain out flower in to a jar and with fresh crushed ice. Top with two bar spoons of Blackberry keep refridgerated. Recipe makes ¾ cup of syrup. Preserve. (Or try fresh Blackberries muddled with sugar or AVIATION St. Germain) 2 oz Greylock Gin BLACKBERRY SMASH ½ oz Maraschino liqueur - recipe by Emily Woerthman of Hudson Standard ¼ oz Crème de violette or Crème Yvette ¾ oz Lemon juice 1½ oz Greylock Gin Cherry ¾ oz Hudson Standard Cassis Berry Shrub Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a cocktail ½ oz brown sugar simple syrup glass. Garnish with a cherry. ½ oz lime juice 3 drops Hudson Standard Spruce Shoot Bitters 5 or 6 blackberries Rosemary sprig Muddle a few of the blackberries in a shaker. Add remaining ingredients with ice and shake. Double strain into a rocks glass with fresh ice. Garnish with remaining blackberrys and rosemary sprig. BOSTON COCKTAIL CONTESSA NEGRONI 1½ oz Greylock Gin 1oz Ethereal Gin 1½ oz Apricot Brandy 1 oz Aperol ½ oz fresh lime juice 1 oz Dry Vermouth Dash of grenadine Orange Twist Cherry Stir all ingredients with ice and strain into a rocks glass.