It’s not your grandma’s sweet tea, but it has the same slow, sweet, Southern taste – and it’s actually infused with real tea leaves and locally produced Austin, Texas clover honey. You can even smell the happy, sunshine-laced scent of freshly brewed iced tea. Here are some drinks that will remind a Southern ex-pat of home:
LORENA'S DIVING HORSE
2oz Deep Eddy Sweet Tea Vodka
1oz Lemon Juice
½ oz Simple Syrup2 Basil Leaves
Combine, shake for 20 seconds, and strain over crushed iceinto a tumbler glass
Garnish with spanked basil leaves
THE HIGH TEA
1½ oz Deep Eddy Sweet Tea Vodka
2 Blackberries
4 Mint Leaves
1 oz Simple Champagne Syrup
Muddle 2 blackberries and 4 mint leaves with ½ oz of champagne syrup
Add Deep Eddy Sweet Tea Vodka and shake
Strain into champagne flute and top off with champagne syrup
Garnish with a mint leaf or blackberry
"Besides the unique high-rye mash bill, Breckenridge Distillery owes its success to careful mingling of casks at each bottling and the perfect Breckenridge snowmelt water used for proofing. The natural minerality of the water source ensures the luscious mouth-feel, depth of flavor, and long finish making Breck Bourbon one of the very best Whiskeys in the World."
This Colorado Bourbon is made with 56% yellow corn, 38% green rye, 6% malted barley and has been aged for an average of 2-3 years in new American White Oak barrels. $43.99
We were lucky to be one of the few who received some of the first barrels of "Leopold Brothers Maryland-Style Rye Whiskey". Made right here in Denver, it pays homage to a style of whiskey that was America's most popular prior to prohibition. This style must be made from 51% rye mash and is spicier and leaner than a bourbon and was the inspiration for many legendary American cocktails, such as the Sazerac and the Manhattan. It is more assertive than the fuller, sweeter bourbon style which allows it to blend more harmoniously in simple (i.e. whiskey cokes) and more complicated cocktails. Leopold seems to have the Midas touch when it comes to distilling and their newest addition is no exception. To put it more bluntly, we think this rye is awesome. Limited supply, get while it lasts! $49.99
If you want to imbibe your way through your next dessert then you must try this delicious and simple after dinner drink. You can play with the ratios to suit your taste. Garnish with a sugared rim, candied lemon slice or mint if you want to dress it up.
2oz Caravella Limoncello
2oz Spicebox Whiskey
2oz Club Soda
Pour Caravella Limoncello and the Spicebox over ice and shake. Pour into chilled cocktail glass and top off with a few ounces of soda. Yep, it is that simple!
Stop by Amendment XXI to get all you need for the "Spicebox Lemondrop", and enjoy!
