Whole Leaf Gin and handcrafted cocktail recipes
Featuring our Whole Leaf Gin, we're bringing you another round of handcrafted cocktails!
Using our very own scratch-made Analog Vodka as a base along with coriander seeds, angelica root, chamomile flowers, cubeb berries and other botanicals, Head Distiller Graham Hamblett adds whole-leaf hops in each step of the distillation process to create our Whole Leaf Gin.
And now, we've crafted four cocktail recipes using this gin that's bursting with hop goodness!
Bee's Knees
3/4 oz fresh lemon juice
3/4 oz honey
2 oz Dogfish Head Whole Leaf Gin
Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass. Shake and strain into a martini glass or coupe. No garnish.
His Hair Was Perfect
Tonic Water
Two dashes Fee's Brothers orange bitters
2 oz Dogfish Head Whole Leaf Gin
Fill Collins glass with ice, add gin and top with tonic water. Add two dashes of bitter. Garnish with lemon wedge.
Salt & Pepper Cup
3 cucumber slices
1 oz fresh lime juice
3/4 oz simple syrup
2 oz Dogfish Head Whole Leaf Gin
Muddle cucumbers; add wet ingredients, shake with LIGHT ICE and dump into rocks glass. Top with fresh ice and garnish with cucumber slices. Top with salt and fresh cracked pepper.
Army/Navy
3 drops orange flower water
1/2 oz orgeat syrup
3/4 oz fresh lemon juice
2 oz Dogfish Head Whole Leaf Gin
Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass. Shake and strain into a martini glass or coupe. Garnish with fresh nutmeg micro planed over the top.
We hope you enjoy these recipes as much as we do, and we hope they're a great starting point to create your own!
For recipes featuring our Compelling Gin - a bright & citrusy gin - follow us here!
For recipes featuring our Analog Vodka - a sipping vodka for whiskey drinkers - follow us here!
Dogfish Head spirits are only available throughout Delaware at this time, with future expansions to come. To help track down this scratch-made goodness, email exploregoodness@dogfish.com for a full list of Delaware retailers.
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