"The Highbury" The Willow- Baltimore,MD

Drink Ingredients:

• 1 ½ oz. of Bulldog Gin.
• 3/4 oz. Lillet (a brand of French Aperitif Wine)
• ½ oz. Shiso Honey Syrup. 
• 2 tsp. of Hibiscus Rose Concentrate

Drink Preparations:

• Add ice in cocktail glass to chill.
• Add ingredients to shaker in order as listed.
• Add ice and stir.
• Empty ice from cocktail glass and strain ingredients into cocktail glass.
• Peel lemon and twist into cocktail then run lemon peel around rim of glass and place peel in cocktail.

This delicious drink is the creation of Anna Wingfield of The Willow. She is very creative behind the bar and already has some other drinks ready to go. So you will be seeing her again soon.

"The First Lady" The Rye - Baltimore, MD

Drink Ingredients:

• 2 oz. of Ketel One Vodka.
• 1 oz. of Combier Creme de Mure Blackberry Liqueur.
• 1/2 oz. of Freshly Squeezed Lime Juice.
• 1/2 oz. of Simple Syrup.
• Ice.

Drink Preparation:

• Prepare a cocktail glass by chilling it with ice.
• Add the Ketel One in a shaker.
• Add the Combier Creme De Mure Blackberry Liqueur..
• Add the Freshly Squeezed Lime Juice.
• Add the Simple Syrup.
• Add some ice to the shaker, shake vigorously briefly.
• Remove ice from your chilled cocktail glass, pour your cocktail through a strainer.
• Garnish with a Lime Wheel, or if you choose fresh Blackberry. 

Our wonderful bartender in this video is Cristina Tommasello. Keep your eyes open for more of her creations.

Side Note: If you do not know how to make Simple Syrup, refer to September 26th entry and  just remove the Cayenne Pepper.

"Fatal Attraction" Bad Decisions - Baltimore, MD

Drink Ingredients:

• 1.5 oz. of El Dorado 12 Rum.
• 3/4 oz. of Velvet Falernum.
• 1/2 oz. of Lime Juice.
• 1 oz. Pineapple Juice.
• 1 dash of Elemekate Tiki Bitters.
• Float Passoa Passion Fruit Liqueur.
• Wray and Nephew Overproof Rum.

Drink Preparation:

• Add the El Dorado Rum in a mixing glass.
• Add the Velvet Falernum to the rum.
• Add the Lime Juice to the mixing glass.
• Add the Pineapple Juice to the mixing glass.
• Add the 1 dash to the mixing glass.
• shake ingredients with ice.
• Strain into a hurricane glass with ice.
• Add Passion Fruit Liqueur.
• Take half a lime that is carved out place in drink. Pour Overproof rum into lime and carefully lite the rum.

"Martinez" Bad Decisions - Baltimore,MD

Ingredients:

• 2 oz. Old Tom Gin (Ransom)
• 1 oz. of Sweet Vermouth (Carpano)
• 1 Dash of Orange Bitters (Gin Barrel Aged) Fee Brothers is a good brand
• Barspoon Luxardo Maraschino (barspoon is equivalent to a conventional teaspoon) so you do not need to run out and get a barspoon. However, it is a nice addition to your wetbar.
• Flavored Orange Twist.

Preparation:

• Add the 2 oz. of Old Tom Gin in a mixing glass.
• Add the 1 oz. of Sweet Vermouth to the mixing glass.
• Add the of Orange Bitters to the mixing glass.
• Add the Barspoon of Marschino.
• Add cup of ice to mixing glass then use barspoon to stir ingredients.
• Strain into Martini glass.
• Carefully!! use a match to release the oils of the Orange twist.
• Take Orange twist run around edge of glass and then add to drink. 

Please do not burn off your eye brows.

"Pink Buffalo" The Willow - Baltimore,MD

Drink Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 oz. of Buffalo Trace Bourbon.
• 3/4 oz. of Clover Honey Syrup.
• 3/4 oz. of Aperol.
• 3/4 oz. Fresh Lemon Juice

Drink Preparations:

• Add ingredients
• Shake vigorously
• Strain over ice in rocks glass
• Garnish with lemon wedge

Our creative bartender here is Julia Momose of The Willow, Julia knows how to make a drink! She has made several of our drinks. So scroll down to some of her other handy work.

"La Joya Roja"- The Willow - Baltimore,MD

Drink Ingredients:

• 3 oz Hakutsuru Junmai sake.
• 1/2 Domaine De Canton ginger liqueur.
• 3/4 oz of freshly juiced red beets.
• mint for garnish.

Drink Preparations:

• Pour the sake into a shaker.
• Add the ginger liqueur.
• Add the freshly juiced red beets.
• Once all ingredients are added and stirred with ice, strain into cocktail glass.
• Take a mint leaf and smack it to release oils then add to cocktail. (if you so choose take mint leaf and run it around the glass rim)

The brands listed are not necessary, they are the ones that Julia used. The name "La Joya Roja" is Red Jewel in Spanish. Our bartender, Julia Momose from The Willow created this jewel, pun intended. If you get a chance to get to Baltimore,MD visit The Willow and have Julia make some of her creations.

Honey Syrup with Jasmine - The Willow Baltimore,MD

Drink Ingredients:

• Equal parts water to honey. You could do 2 to 1 honey water. But equal parts make it easier to pour.
• I.E. 1 cup of hot water (almost boiling) water to 1 cup of honey. Preferably clover honey, since it adds a nice taste.
• Jasmine

Drink Preparation:

• Add the honey then the water then stir until it combines well.
• Add only only one or two drops of Jasmine.

This can be done with any other flavors Orange water, Rose water, and Lavender water.

Our bartender for this video was once again Julia Momose at The Willow.