Cocktail Recipes
Discover easy cocktail recipes featuring Royal Elk Premium Whisky, Fire Drop Cinnamon Whisky, The Rockies Vodka, and Velvet Maple Gin—crafted by Barrel & Craft in Leduc, Alberta. Follow the ingredients and step-by-step pictures to create each drink at home.
For adults of legal drinking age. Please enjoy responsibly.
Royal Elk Premium Whisky Cocktails
Royal Elk Maple Old Fashioned:
Ingredients
• 60 ml Royal Elk Premium Whisky
• 10 ml pure maple syrup
• 2 dashes aromatic bitters
• Ice
• Orange peel
Method
Add Royal Elk Whisky, maple syrup and bitters to a mixing glass filled with ice. Stir until chilled, strain over fresh ice and garnish with an orange peel.
Royal Elk Whisky Sour:
Ingredients
• 60 ml Royal Elk Premium Whisky
• 30 ml fresh lemon juice
• 20 ml simple syrup
• 15 ml pasteurized egg white, optional
• Ice
• Lemon peel
Method
Add everything to a cocktail shaker. Shake without ice first if using egg white. Add ice, shake again, strain into an ice-filled glass and garnish with lemon peel.
Royal Elk & Ginger Highball:
Ingredients
• 50 ml Royal Elk Premium Whisky
• 15 ml fresh lime juice
• 120 ml ginger ale
• Ice
• Lime wheel
Method
Pour Royal Elk Whisky into an ice-filled highball glass. Add lime juice, top with ginger ale, stir gently and garnish with a lime wheel.
Alberta Apple Buck:
Ingredients
• 50 ml Royal Elk Premium Whisky
• 75 ml apple juice or apple cider
• 15 ml fresh lime juice
• 60 ml ginger beer
• Ice
• Apple slice
Method
Add Royal Elk Whisky, apple juice and lime juice to an ice-filled glass. Top with ginger beer, stir gently and garnish with an apple slice.
Royal Elk Manhattan:
Ingredients
• 60 ml Royal Elk Premium Whisky
• 30 ml sweet vermouth
• 2 dashes aromatic bitters
• Ice
• Cocktail cherry
Method
Add the whisky, vermouth and bitters to a mixing glass filled with ice. Stir until chilled, strain into a coupe glass and garnish with a cocktail cherry.
Fire Drop Cinnamon Whisky Cocktails
Fire Drop Apple:
Ingredients
• 50 ml Fire Drop Cinnamon Whisky
• 90 ml apple juice or apple cider
• 60 ml ginger ale
• Ice
• Apple slice
• Cinnamon stick
Method
Pour Fire Drop into an ice-filled glass. Add apple juice, top with ginger ale, stir gently and garnish with an apple slice and cinnamon stick.
Fire Drop Cinnamon Mule:
Ingredients
• 50 ml Fire Drop Cinnamon Whisky
• 15 ml fresh lime juice
• 120 ml ginger beer
• Ice
• Lime wheel
• Cinnamon stick
Method
Pour Fire Drop into a clear, ice-filled highball glass. Add lime juice, top with ginger beer and garnish with a lime wheel and cinnamon stick.
Fire Drop Cream Soda:
Ingredients
• 50 ml Fire Drop Cinnamon Whisky
• 120 ml cream soda
• Ice
• Orange peel
Method
Pour Fire Drop into an ice-filled highball glass. Top with cream soda, stir gently and garnish with an orange peel.
Fire Drop Whisky Sour:
Ingredients
• 50 ml Fire Drop Cinnamon Whisky
• 30 ml fresh lemon juice
• 15 ml simple syrup
• 15 ml pasteurized egg white, optional
• Ice
• Apple or lemon slice
Method
Shake all ingredients without ice first if using egg white. Add ice, shake again, strain into an ice-filled glass and garnish with an apple or lemon slice.
Warm Fire Drop Cider:
Ingredients
• 45 ml Fire Drop Cinnamon Whisky
• 150 ml warm apple cider
• Orange slice
• Cinnamon stick
Method
Warm the apple cider without boiling it. Pour it into a heat-safe glass, add Fire Drop, stir gently and garnish with an orange slice and cinnamon stick.
The Rockies Vodka Cocktails
The Rockies Mule:
Ingredients
• 50 ml The Rockies Vodka
• 15 ml fresh lime juice
• 120 ml ginger beer
• Ice
• Lime wheel
Method
Pour The Rockies Vodka into a clear, ice-filled highball glass. Add lime juice, top with ginger beer and garnish with a lime wheel.
Prairie Caesar:
Ingredients
• 45 ml The Rockies Vodka
• 120 ml Clamato juice
• 3 dashes Worcestershire sauce
• 2 dashes hot sauce
• Celery salt
• Ice
• Lime wedge and celery stalk
Method
Rim a tall glass with celery salt and fill it with ice. Add vodka, Clamato, Worcestershire sauce and hot sauce. Stir gently and garnish with lime and celery.
Northern Lemon Drop:
Ingredients
• 50 ml The Rockies Vodka
• 25 ml fresh lemon juice
• 20 ml orange liqueur
• 10 ml simple syrup
• Ice
• Sugar for the rim
• Lemon twist
Method
Coat the rim of a coupe glass with sugar. Shake the remaining ingredients with ice, strain into the glass and garnish with a lemon twist.
Alberta Berry Fizz:
Ingredients
• 50 ml The Rockies Vodka
• 30 ml mixed-berry syrup or purée
• 15 ml fresh lemon juice
• 90 ml soda water
• Ice
• Fresh berries and lemon wheel
Method
Add vodka, berry syrup and lemon juice to an ice-filled glass. Stir, top with soda water and garnish with berries and a lemon wheel.
Rockies Vodka Soda
Ingredients
• 45 ml The Rockies Vodka
• 120 ml soda water
• Ice
• Lime wheel
Method
Pour The Rockies Vodka into an ice-filled highball glass. Top with soda water, stir gently and garnish with a lime wheel.
Velvet Maple Gin Cocktails
Velvet Maple Gin & Tonic:
Ingredients
• 50 ml Velvet Maple Gin
• 150 ml tonic water
• Ice
• Lemon wheel
• Rosemary sprig
Method
Pour Velvet Maple Gin into an ice-filled balloon or highball glass. Top with tonic water, stir gently and garnish with lemon and rosemary.
Juniper Lemon Collins:
Ingredients
• 50 ml Velvet Maple Gin
• 30 ml fresh lemon juice
• 20 ml simple syrup
• 90 ml soda water
• Ice
• Lemon wheel and rosemary
Method
Shake the gin, lemon juice and simple syrup with ice. Strain into an ice-filled highball glass, top with soda water and garnish with lemon and rosemary.
Velvet Maple Gin Mojito:
Ingredients
• 50 ml Velvet Maple Gin
• 20 ml fresh lime juice
• 15 ml simple syrup
• 8 fresh mint leaves
• 90 ml soda water
• Ice
• Mint and lime
Method
Gently muddle the mint with lime juice and syrup. Add ice and Velvet Maple Gin, top with soda water, stir and garnish with mint and lime.
Maple Gin Sour:
Ingredients
• 50 ml Velvet Maple Gin
• 30 ml fresh lemon juice
• 15 ml pure maple syrup
• 15 ml pasteurized egg white, optional
• Ice
• Lemon twist
Method
Shake all ingredients without ice first if using egg white. Add ice, shake again, strain into a coupe glass and garnish with a lemon twist.
Velvet Herbal Spritz
Ingredients
• 45 ml Velvet Maple Gin
• 60 ml sparkling wine
• 60 ml soda water
• Ice
• Lemon wheel
• Rosemary sprig
Method
Add Velvet Maple Gin to an ice-filled wine glass. Add sparkling wine, top with soda water, stir gently and garnish with lemon and rosemary.
Ordering From Barrel & Craft
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For adults of legal drinking age. Please enjoy responsibly.