1½ ounces Leopold Bros. Bourbon ½ ounce Genepy des Alpes ¼ ounce Three Pins Alpine Herbal Liqueur Add all ingredients to a glass filled with ice. Shake, and strain.
Colorado Cider 1 once Three Pins Alpine Herbal Liqueur 4 ounces fresh apple cider (hot or cold) Pour the Three Pins into an ice-filled old-fashioned glass, and top with cold cider. If making a hot drink, pour Three Pins into a mug and add hot cider.
Three Pins Buck 1½ ounces Three Pins Alpine Herbal Liqueur ½ ounce fresh lime juice 4 ounces ginger beer Combine in an ice-filled highball glass. Stir lightly to mix. Garnish with a lime wedge.
Three Pins is named after the three pins that provided the bindings for Telemark skis.
Spring44 Old Tom Gin Flip
Spring44's Honey Vodka uses real Colorado honey that has been distilled and then infused with vanilla beans and amber agave nectar for color and sweetness.
1 full egg white 1½ ounces Spring44 Old Tom Gin ¾ ounce Cocchi Vermouth de Torino ½ ounce Cardamaro Grated cinnamon Nutmeg 3 whole cloves, ungrated Add egg to pint glass, and add spirits, stirring vigorously as added to egg. Dry shake all ingredients really, really well. Add ice, and shake really well. Strain into a coupe glass. Microplane cinnamon and nutmeg, and add three whole cloves for garnish.
The Uncle Jesse (Duke) 2 ounces Spring44 Bourbon ½ ounce Cherry Heering ½ ounce Cynar Add all ingredients into a mixing glass. Add ice, and stir to chill. Strain over fresh ice into an old fashioned glass. Garnish with a cherry.
Honeyed Mule 1½ ounces Spring44 Honey Vodka ½ ounce lemon juice 2 dashes angostura bitters 3-4 ounces ginger beer Build over ice in a Collins glass or copper mug. Garnish with a lemon wheel.
Golden Moon Distillery The Alpine Fog 1½ ounces Golden Moon Gin ¾ ounce Golden Moon Crème de Violette 1 egg white Ginger ale or ginger soda (preferably Vernor’s) Place the gin, violette and egg white in a shaker, and shake well. Pour into a cocktail glass, and top with the ginger soda.
Violette Champagne Pear-way to Heaven 1½ ounces Spring44 Vodka ½ ounce Becherovka ½ ounce fresh lemon juice ¼ pear or ½ ounce pear nectar
1 ounce Golden Moon Crème de Violette Champagne, Prosecco or sparkling wine Pour violette into a champagne flute. Top with champagne, Prosecco or sparkling wine.
In a mixing tin, muddle pear (if available), and then add the rest of the ingredients. Shake. Double strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a pear slice.
FIND THE SPIRITS
Holiday Spirit: Modis, 113 S. Main St., Breckenridge
Old Tom Gin Flip: Modis, 113 S. Main St., Breckenridge
Frisco Liquors, 416 Main St., Frisco
Antler’s Discount Liquor, 842 N. Summit Blvd., Frisco
Loveland Pass Liquors, 22837 U.S. Highway 6, Dillon
The Warming Hut Restaurant, 207 N. Main St., Breckenridge
Sevens in the Grand Lodge on Peak 7, 1979 Ski Hill Road, Breckenridge Visit www.leopoldbros.com for a full list of bars, restaurants and liquor stores that carry Leopold Bros. products.
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Beaver Run Resort, 620 Village Road, Breckenridge Visit www.spring44.com for a full list of bars, restaurants and liquor stores that carry Spring 44 products.
Dillon Ridge Liquors, 294 Dillon Ridge Road, Dillon Modis, 113 S. Main St., Breckenridge Swiss Haven, 325 S. Main St., Breckenridge Visit www.golden moondistillery.com for a full list of bars, restaurants and liquor stores that carry Golden Moon products.
photos Courtesy of Leopold Bros., Spring44 and Golden Moon Distillery
Leopold Bros. Holiday Spirit