Gold Miner Cocktails

Sundance

In a shaker:
1 oz. Gold Miner
2 oz. orange juice
2 oz. pineapple juice
Ice
Shake and dump into juice mason
Top with Dry Lemongrass Soda
Garnish with fresh lime

Gold Miner Toddy

In a mug:
2 oz. Gold Miner
1oz. brown sugar, cinnamon simple
Fresh lemon wedge, squeezed
Hot water
Garnish with lemon twist and cinnamon stick

Hot Spiked Cider

In a mug:
2 oz. Gold Miner
Top with house made cider
Garnish with whipped cream and a sprinkle of cinnamon or nutmeg (optional)

To make cider:
Heat one gallon jug of apple juice with 10 cinnamon sticks, sprinkle of nutmeg, teaspoon of clove, teaspoon of allspice, ½ cup packed brown sugar and the slices of one orange. Bring to a boil. Strain ingredients. Keep heated for serving.

The Braavosi

In a shaker:
1 ½ oz. Gold Miner
¾ oz. lemon concentrate
¾ oz. ginger simple
Orange wedge squeezed
Ice
Shake and strain into martini glass
Top with a quick squeeze of blueberry simple and 2 dashes of cardamom bitters
Garnish with spanked sage

Ginger simple: Peel and chop fresh ginger into small pieces (we use a chunk about 5 inches long). In a pot, heat and dissolve 2 cups sugar with 2 cups water. Bring to a boil and add ginger. Turn down heat to low and let simmer for about 30 minutes. Strain and cool to serve.

The Prospector

In a rocks glass:
2 oz. Gold Miner
Ice
Fill with ginger ale
Add a few drops of aromatic bitters
Garnish with fresh lime

Winter is Coming

In a juice mason:
1 oz. Gold Miner
Ice
Top with rosemary lemonade
Add a float of spiced cranberry simple
Top with 5 drops aromatic bitters
Garnish with spanked rosemary and “heads on a spike” (fresh cranberries & candied ginger on a cocktail skewer)

To make rosemary lemonade: In a pot dissolve 4 cups sugar with 4 cups water. Bring to a boil. Turn off heat and add about 3 oz. fresh rosemary. Let steep for 30 minutes. Strain rosemary out of simple. Put simple into one-gallon container. Add 1 quart of lemon juice. Top container with water. Shake/stir well before serving. (Yields one gallon.)

To make spiced cranberry simple: In a pot, heat 1 cup packed brown sugar, 1 cup raw sugar, 1 cup cranberries (fresh or frozen), 1 ½ cups water, 5 cinnamon sticks, and two star anise. Simmer for 20 minutes. Strain and cool for serving. (Yields about 16 oz.)

Sidecar

In a shaker:
Muddle lemon wedge
Add 1 oz. Gold Miner
¼ oz. Little Cottonwood
½ oz. honey simple
Ice
Shake and strain into martini glass
Garnish with orange twist