Boardable 615 Christmas Class

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Red Ryder BB Gun Punch

Multiply ingredients to get the number of desired servings

2 oz Apple Brandy
½ oz Lemon Juice
¼ oz Lime Juice
¾ oz Grenadine
2 oz Ginger Beer

You can prebatch all ingredients (except ginger beer) ahead of time and chill. Just before serving, add the ginger beer. Garnish with freshly grated nutmeg.

Grenadine: In a saucepan over medium heat, combine 1 cup pomegranate juice and 1 cup sugar. Warm until the sugar dissolves and then funnel into a clean bottle.

Recommended Ingredients

Apple Brandy: Laird's Bonded Apple Brandy, Laird's Applejack 86
Grenadine: Homemade (see recipe above), Liquid Alchemist Grenadine, Liber & Co. Real Grenadine, B.G. Reynolds Lush Grenadine, Small Hands Food Grenadine
Ginger Beer: Fever Tree, Q Mixers

Sippin' Santa

In a shaker tin, add the following ingredients:

1 ½ oz Demerara Rum
½ oz Averna Amaro
1 oz Lemon Juice
½ oz Orange Juice
¾ oz Gingerbread Mix

Whip shake with pebble ice until mostly gone. Pour into a Santa mug and top with pebble ice. Garnish with cocktail umbrella.

Gingerbread Mix: Combine 6 parts Nutmeg Syrup with 1 part Ginger People Ginger Juice. For Nutmeg Syrup, combine 1 cup water, 1 cup cane sugar, and 1 tbsp ground nutmeg and bring to a boil while sugar dissolves. Remove from heat, let cool, and then strain through cheesecloth. Bottle and refrigerate.

Recommended Ingredients

Demerara Rum: Hamilton 86 Rum, El Dorado 8Yr Rum
Ginger Juice: Ginger People Ginger Juice

Snowball Old Fashioned

In a mixing glass, add the following ingredients with ice:

1 ½ oz Bourbon
½ oz Becherovka
¼ oz Walnut Liqueur
¼ oz Demerara Syrup
2 dashes Angostura Bitters

Stir 30-45 seconds. Strain into a rocks glass with large format ice (preferably spherical). No garnish.

Recommended Ingredients

Bourbon: Buffalo Trace, any bourbon 90 proof or higher
Walnut Liqueur: Nux Alpina, Nocello, Don Ciccio & Figli Nocino
Demerara Syrup: Liber & Co. Demerara Gum Syrup, Eli Mason Demerara Syrup, B.G. Reynolds Rich Demerara Syrup

Christmas Cricket

In a shaker tin, add the following ingredients:

1 ½ oz Blanco Tequila
½ oz Licor 43
¼ oz Branca Menta
¾ oz Coco Pandan Syrup
¾ oz Heavy Cream
2 dashes Mole Bitters
2 dashes Walnut Bitters

Shake 10-15 seconds with ice. Strain into a chilled coupe. Shave or grate dark chocolate bar for garnish.

For Coco Pandan Syrup: Combine 2 cups coconut water with 1 cup sugar and bring to a boil over medium heat. Remove from heat and add 2 tsp of pandan extract. Let cool and bottle.

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