The Recipes
50 Shades of Green:
Glass Type: Nick & Nora, Coup or small Rocks Glass
Garnish: Mint Sprig & Lime Wheel
Method: Shake all ingredients except bitters in an ice filled shaker. Strain into glass and top with bitters, garnish then serve immediately.
Ingredients:
1 1/2 oz Watershed Gin
1 oz *Matcha Syrup
2 oz Fresh Citrus (choice of lemon or lime)
3-4 Dashes DC Embitterment Iki Bitters
Shenandoah Old Fashioned:
Glass Type: Old Fashioned or Rocks Glass
Garnish: *Orange Wheel & Cranberry Flag
Method: Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker filled with ice, stir with a bar spoon vigorously until the shaker is cold (about 20 seconds) - Fine strain into glass with a big cube, expel orange twist over cocktail, rub the twist around rim of glass, discard twist, garnish with flag and serve.
Ingredients:
2 Oz Quarter Branch Apple Brandy
½ Oz Pratt’s Standard Cranberry Orange Simple Syrup
3 dashes of Roundstone Bitters
Orange Wheel
Fresh Cranberry
Fresh Orange Twist
* Using a toothpick, fold a wheel of orange around a fresh cranberry. Rest garnish over top of cocktail.
To make the Mocktail variations, plan to sub out the booze for club soda.
Ingredients and Items to Have on Hand
To make the cocktails you will need on hand:
A cocktail shaker & strainer
A bar spoon (or long spoon/knife will do)
A Nick & Nora/Coup or small martini/rocks glass
A Rocks Glass
A citrus press/reamer (you can use a fork to juice if you have neither)
Large ice cube mold (regular ice will work otherwise)
From the Distillery you will need:
Watershed Gin
Quarter Branch Apple Brandy
DC Embitterment Iki Bitters
Roundstone Bitters
Pratt Standard Cranberry Orange Syrup
Out of state?
Watershed Gin is also available at local liquor and ABC stores. Pratt Standard products are sold in Whole Foods / Fresh Markets and Wegmans.
From your grocery store you will need:
Fresh Mint sprigs
Fresh Limes
*Optional alternative citrus for lime (such as lemon or grapefruit if you prefer those flavors)
Fresh cranberries (can be bagged/frozen if it’s what you can get)
Matcha Powder
Granulated Sugar
Fresh oranges
Long toothpicks
For the Mocktails you will need:
Highball/large rocks or half pint glassware.
Good club soda such as Navy Hill or Q (sparkling mineral water works fine too) [if you plan to make the mocktails]
The bitters listed above are alcohol based but you’ll only be using DROPS of them. If you choose to go full booze free for your mocktails, you can purchase bitters in the store or online by Fee Brothers which are glycerin based. Old Fashioned Aromatic, cranberry, orange and/or black walnut are great substitutes for the old fashioned. Lime, lemon or grapefruit bitters are great substitutes for the 50 Shades of Green.
What you need to make ahead of time (either day before or morning of)
* Matcha Syrup - You’ll need Matcha Powder (available in Whole Foods, Fresh Market, MoM’s Organic and specialty tea shops), sugar, water, a sauce pan, sauce spoon and a glass jar to store syrup - Using the guidelines of how much water to use vs Matcha Powder, do equal parts water to granulated sugar plus serving suggestion of Matcha (ours called for 1/2 a teaspoon of Matcha to 12 oz Water, therefore we mixed the matcha with 12 oz sugar+12 oz water) - mix thoroughly in a sauce pan and bring to a rolling boil. Remove from heat and allow to cool to room temperature. Transfer to a glass container and keep refrigerated between uses. Will last for up to a month.
