The brilliant mixologists at Santa Fe’s Four Seasons Rancho Encantado Resort concoct one-of-a-kind cocktails, perfect for that much needed staycation you’ve been needing, that will send your tastebuds flying! Who would have thought that you could sip on a resort quality cocktail, that is simple to make, while enjoying the comfort and peace of your own home; this sounds like a win, win to me!
Private Pilot
Ingredients:
2-oz. Tanqueray Gin
½-oz. St. Germaine
3-oz. fresh grapefruit juice
Preparation:
Pour gin, St. Germaine and grapefruit juice in a rock glass over ice and stir to chill. Drop ½-oz. Cream de Cassis to the bottom of the glass, use long twist spoon and spin upward to bring color up from the bottom.
Garnish with Amarenata Cherries.
Honey Badger
Ingredients:
½-oz. honey syrup
(75 water/25 honey).
4-6 fresh basil leaves
2-oz. Taos Lightning Bombay Whiskey
1-oz. Santa Fe Spirits Apple Brandy
Ice for chilling
Preparation:
Add a few ice cubes to a mixing glass. Add honey and basil leaves and muddle until basil is dissolved. Add more ice, whiskey, and brandy. Shake Liberally and strain into a chilled cocktail/martini glass.
Garnish with a fresh basil leaf.
(Originally published in the August/September 2014 issue of Cowgirl Magazine).
