Terry's Retirement Book

HAPPY RETIREMENT TERRY!

Bee’s Knees Cocktail This is my favorite cocktail of all time – it’s the one I had on my first date with my now-fiancé, and the drink he made for me on the night he proposed. If you like a bit of heat, you can swap any amount of the honey out with Mike’s Hot Honey.

—Ashley Garcia What You Will need • Cocktail Shaker • Coupe Glass For the honey syrup: • 1 cup honey • 1⁄3 cup hot water For the cocktail: • 1 oz. fresh lemon juice • 3⁄4 oz. honey syrup • 2 oz. gin, preferably Beefeater Directions 1. Make the honey syrup: In a container, combine honey and hot water and stir until completely mixed. Use immediately or store and refrigerate for up to 5 days.

2. In a shaker tin, combine fresh lemon juice, honey syrup, gin, and ice.

3. Shake vigorously and strain into a coupe glass.

The phrase the “bee’s knees” was used in Prohibition times as slang to mean “the best.” This cocktail, a gin sour that’s believed to have been created around that time, used lemon and honey to mask the harsh smell of bathtub gin. If your guest wants something refreshing with gin, look no further.

Amaretto Sour —Christina Jaramillo This Amaretto Sour is the classic cocktail that you love! With only three ingredients, this amaretto sour recipe is so easy to make, it is bound to be your regular go to!

Ingredients • 1 1/2 oz. amaretto liqueur • 1 1/2 oz. sweet and sour mix • Sprite Directions 1. In a glass filled with ice, mix together equal parts amaretto liqueur and sweet and sour mix.

2. Top with sprite and enjoy!

Blossom Hill Champagne Punch —Connie Amram Ingredients • 2 cups frozen pineapple • 1 cup cane sugar • 1 1/2 cups brandy • 1 1/2 cups sauterne, Chablis, or other white wine • ½ cup lemon or lime juice • 2 1/2 teaspoons Angosturra bitters • 1 large bottle champagne chilled Directions Combine all ingredients, except champagne. Refrigerate for 8 hours. Just before serving, pour mixture over ice block in a punch bowl; add chilled champagne. Makes 25 (3 ounce) servings.

Matcha Latte —Ashley Garcia Ingredients LATTE • 1 1/4 tsp matcha powder • 1 Tbsp sweetener of choice (honey, agave, maple syrup) • ¼ cup hot water • 3/4 cup light coconut milk • 3/4 cup oat milk ADD-INS optional • 1/4 tsp moringa powder • 1/4 tsp ashwaganda Directions 1. Add matcha powder to your serving mug along with sweetener of choice and hot water. (Also add any add-ins at this time.)

2. Whisk with a bamboo until completely dissolved (if you don’t have a bamboo whisk, you can use a spoon or a metal whisk or even blend the latte in a blender).

3. Heat milk. I usually heat mine on the stovetop on a simmer until steamy, but you could use a frothing pitcher or microwave.

4. If you want froth, whisk vigorously or use a handheld frother.

5. Pour dairy-free milk into your mug. Combine, taste, and add more sweetener if needed. Enjoy immediately!

Queen Bee Whiskey Cocktail Terry, hope to see you sipping this one on your front porch between tending to your garden and your hives. Time for you to be the queen! —Alexandra Ingredients • 1½ oz. bourbon • ¾ oz. Amontillado sherry • ¾ oz. thyme-honey syrup* • ¼ oz. fresh lemon juice • 1 dash Angostura bitters • Simple syrup (1:1) to taste • Garnish: thyme sprig Directions Combine the ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake vigorously and strain into a glass over crushed ice. Garnish. *Thyme-Honey Syrup • 1 cup hot water • 1 cup honey • 5 sprigs of thyme Steep the thyme in hot water for 15 minutes. Stir in the honey.

Strain the thyme out of mixture, then store in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.

Lady Washington Terry, drink this when you feel like a lady—or not! —Alexandra Ingredients • 1 oz. brandy • ½ oz. elderflower liqueur • ¾ oz. fresh grapefruit juice • ¼ oz. fresh lemon juice • ¼ oz. honey • 3 oz. Cava • Garnish: grapefruit peel Directions Combine the brandy, liqueur, citrus juices and honey in a shaker with ice. Shake vigorously and strain into a flute. Top with cava and garnish.

Wicked Behavior Feeling wicked, Terry? You’re retired, so go wild. Na zdravje!

—Alexandra Ingredients • 1 ½ oz. bourbon • ¾ oz. pineapple juice • ¼ oz. elderflower liqueur • ¼ oz. Aperol • ¼ oz. fresh lemon juice • ¼ oz. honey Directions Combine all the ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake vigorously and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

Beer and Loathing Terry, an idea for Brewfest? Maybe you can come back and host your own event starring honey from your bees! If you do, please bring the viewing hive with you. Salud!—Alexandra Ingredients • ¾ oz. Aperol • ¾ oz. fresh grapefruit juice • ½ oz. lemon juice • ½ oz. rich honey syrup* • 2 sprigs marjoram, plus 1 for garnish • 3-4 oz. pilsner-style beer • grapefruit peel Directions Combine the Aperol, citrus juices, honey syrup, and marjoram in a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake vigorously and strain into a cocktail glass. Top with pilsner and garnish with the marjoram and grapefruit peel.

Tequila Honey Bee Don’t forget to put your favorite music on and your feet up as you settle down with this one! Cheers, Terry—Alexandra Ingredients • 2 oz. Espolón reposado tequila • Del Maguey mezcal rinse • 1 oz. honey syrup (equal parts honey and water combined over medium heat; make lots) • 3/4 oz. fresh lemon juice • 2 dashes Angostura bitters Directions Rinse a highball glass with mescal, coating the inside of the glass with a thin layer and dumping out whatever doesn’t stick. Combine the tequila, syrup and lemon juice in a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake vigorously and strain into prepared glass. Add bitters and garnish with a lemon peel.

Alternative Medicine Terry, stay safe and healthy in retirement (use the recipe for medicinal purposes as needed). —Alexandra Ingredients • 1 ½ oz. black pepper-turmeric apple brandy • ½ oz. Jamaican rum • ¾ oz. fresh lemon juice • 1/3 oz. honey • 1/3 oz. ginger syrup Tools: shaker, strainer Glass: Double Old Fashioned Garnish: candied ginger Directions Combine all the ingredients in a cocktail shaker filled with ice.

Shake vigorously and strain into a a double Old Fashioned glass over with one large ice cube and garnish.

Black Pepper-Turmeric Apple Brandy: Peel 40 grams of turmeric root, then thinly slice. Lightly crack 5 grams of black peppercorn. Combine the turmeric, black peppercorn, and 1 bottle of bonded apple brandy (Sparrow uses Laird’s) in a non-reactive container. Cover and refrigerate overnight. Strain through cheesecloth.

Ginger Syrup: Combine 1 part ginger juice to 1½ parts sugar in a blender until the sugar dissolves. Store in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.

Salted Honey Old Fashioned —Ahiza Fernandez Ingredients • 2 oz. whiskey • 1 barspoon honey syrup (honey thinned with water, equal parts honey to water) • 2 drops Angostura bitters • Pinch smoked sea salt • Orange twist, for garnish Directions Combine whisky with a large ice cube in a glass. Add a teaspoon of honey syrup, a couple drops of bitters, and a pinch of smoked sea salt. Stir to combine. Garnish with an orange peel, dropping into the drink after running along the rim of the glass.

Penicillin Cocktail Just what the doctor ordered. Wishing you all the best, Ms. Terry—Alexandra Ingredients • 2 oz. blended Scotch whiskey • ¾ oz. fresh lemon juice • ¾ oz. honey syrup • ¼ oz. smoky Islay single-malt Scotch whiskey • 2-3 quarter-size slices fresh ginger • Garnish: candied ginger Directions Muddle fresh ginger in a cocktail shaker and add the remaining ingredients, except for the Islay whiskey, in a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake vigorously and double-strain into an icefilled rocks glass. Float the whiskey on top and garnish.

Apple Pie Shine —Jo Adkins Ingredients • 1 gallon apple juice • 1 gallon apple cider • 2 cups white sugar • 2 cups brown sugar • At least 4 cinnamon sticks • A pinch apple pie spice • 1 (750 ml) bottle 190 proof grain alcohol • 1 (750 ml) bottle vodka Directions 1. Combine apple juice, cider, white sugar, brown sugar, and cinnamon sticks in a large pot; bring to almost a boil.

Cover pot with a lid, reduce heat, and simmer for about an hour. Remove pot from heat and cool completely.

2. Stir grain alcohol and vodka into syrup and remove cinnamon sticks. Pour apple pie shine into clean glass jars or bottles. Store in the refrigerator.

Brown Sugar Bourbon Tea —Marylin Fontanilles Ingredients • 2 oz. BSB brown sugar bourbon • 4 oz. peach of hibiscus tea Directions Pour ingredients over ice and garnish with mint and lemon.

Alternative Medicine - Aloe and Honey My mom swears by this recipe as help to fight illness.

—Aileen Solá Ingredients • 1/2 cup white rum • 10 oz. pure honey • 2 large aloe vera leaves Directions 1. Remove thorns and grind the whole leave.

2. Add honey and rum to the aloe and mix in a blender.

Keep in the fridge. Drink one ounce 15 minutes before every meal for ten days. You can repeat every month.

Honey and Rum And she swears by this one just because :) —Aileen Solá Ingredients • 1/2 bottle of white rum • pure honey Simple: Combine rum and honey to taste. Drink before dinner.

Panther Milk Cocktail recipe from Atlas Obscura —Bill Stahl You may think college students and the military go together about as well as gin and milk, but this century-old Spanish cocktail is here to show you they can coexist—and you don’t need to milk a panther to make one yourself.

Panther Milk, or Leche de Pantera, was created by an elite Spanish military unit in the 1920s as a cocktail that could be mobilized quickly and easily. Calling for a simple mix of gin, condensed milk, and water, the drink helped keep drab, farflung dispatches a bit more colorful.

The drink fell into obscurity by the middle of the 1900s, but was revived in 1975 when a veteran of Spain’s military opened a Barcelona bar selling the long-lost Panther Milk. A competing bar caught wind of the fad and added a touch of grenadine for color, birthing the drink’s signature pink. It was overwhelming demand from nearby college students that eventually put the cocktail back on the map.

Whether you’re pro-military, pro-pink, or pro-actively looking for a new way to drink gin, you can make Panther Milk at home, with this recipe adapted from Steve the Bartender: Ingredients • 1 oz. gin • 1 oz. white rum • 1 oz. condensed milk • 5 oz. milk • 1 tsp. grenadine • cinnamon Combine 1 ounce of gin, 1 ounce of white rum, 1 ounce of condensed milk, 5 ounces of milk, and a teaspoon of grenadine for that splash of pink color. Shake well with ice, strain into a glass, and sprinkle with cinnamon.

Zen Master Witherell —Eddie Merille • 11/2 or 2 oz. Suntory • 1 oz. Lillet • 1/2 oz. ginger liqueur • 1 lemon Directions Combine ingredients in a mixing glass and fill with ice. Stir until well chilled, about 30 seconds. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Twist a thin strip of lemon peel above drink and use as garnish.