Cocktails Featuring
Green Chile Vodka
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GREEN CHILE MULE
2 oz St. George Green Chile Vodka
3 oz ginger beer
1/2 oz fresh lime juice
Shake vodka and lime with ice, then strain into a copper mug over crushed ice. Top with ginger beer and garnish with lime, then kick back!Recipe: St. George Spirits
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Green Chile Gimlet
1 1/2 oz St. George Green Chile Vodka
1/2 oz simple syrup
1/2 oz fresh lime
Shake all ingredients vigorously with ice, then strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Recipe: St. George Spirits
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SERGEANT PEPPER
1 oz St. George Green Chile Vodka
1 oz Becherovka
1 oz fresh lime juice
3/4 oz Oolong tea syrup
1/4 oz condensed milk
Steep one Oolong tea bag in 4oz of hot water. Stir in 4oz sugar until completely dissolved, then refrigerate to cool. (Makes enough syrup for five cocktails.) Once chilled, mix 3/4 oz tea syrup with all other ingredients in a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake to chill, then strain into a coupe and garnish with a lime wedge.
Recipe: Adam Stemmler, Tigerlily, Berkeley
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LOVELY BUNCH OF COCONUTS
1 1/2 oz St. George Green Chile Vodka
1 oz coconut milk
1/2 oz fresh lime juice
1/2 oz Cointreau
1/2 oz simple syrup
3 cucumber slices
cucumber and pineapple for ice cubes
Ahead of time, freeze cucumber and pineapple into ice cubes. When ice is ready, muddle three slices cucumber in a shaker, then add all other ingredients. Dry shake thoroughly (no ice) until frothy, then pour over cucumber and pineapple ice cube.
Recipe: Ashley Miller, The Front Porch, San Francisco
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GREEN THUMB
1 1/2 oz St. George Green Chile Vodka
3/4 oz fresh lime juice
3/4 oz agave nectar
2 thin cucumber slices
Combine all ingredients with ice and shake hard for 20 seconds. (If you cut the cucumber nice and thin, there's no need to muddle it.) Strain into a rocks glass filled with ice and garnish it with a mint sprig and cucumber slices.
Recipe: TJ Palmieri, Madrina’s, Gainesville
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The Trinity no. 3
1 1/2 oz St. George Green Chile Vodka
1/2 oz Kümmel
3/4 oz Yellow Chartreuse
1/2 oz Manzanilla sherry
3 dashes celery bitters
Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass, stir until chilled, then strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a pickled cocktail onion.
Recipe: Tobin Shea, Redbird, Los Angeles
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PATIO CRUSHER
1 1/2 oz St. George Green Chile Vodka
1/2 oz Aperol
1/2 oz fresh lemon juice
1/2 oz simple syrup
1 dash orange bitters (Regans')
Shake all ingredients, then strain into a coupe.Recipe: Tyler Wang, Audubon, Boston
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ALAMEDA HEAT
1 1/2 oz St. George Green Chile Vodka
3/4 oz Dolin Genepy des Alpes
3/4 oz fresh lime juice
1/2 oz elderflower syrup
Shake all ingredients with ice, then double strain into a coupe and garnish with thinly sliced jalapeno.Recipe: Todd McKean, Pizzaiolo, Oakland
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OLD MAID
2 oz St. George Green Chile Vodka
1 oz fresh lime juice
3/4 oz simple syrup
2 cucumber slices
pinch of mint
Muddle mint and cucumber, then shake with ice and other ingredients. Serve over fresh ice, garnished with cucumber and a sprig of mint.Recipe: Anna Knudson, Sassafras Saloon, Los Angeles
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MARY PICKED A PACK OF PEPPERS
2 oz St. George Green Chile Vodka
1 1/2 oz pineapple juice
1/2 oz grenadine
1/2 oz maraschino liqueur
1/2 oz lemon juice
lemon twist
Add all ingredients to a mixing glass with ice, shake and double strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with lemon peel.Recipe: Ian McManus, American Oak, Alameda
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SOLAR FLARE
1 1/2 oz St. George Green Chile Vodka
3/4 oz Yellow Chartreuse
3/4 oz John D. Taylor's Velvet Falernum
3/4 oz fresh lemon juice
Shake all ingredients together, strain neat into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a sprig of black mint.Recipe: Nathan Herron, Easy Bistro & Bar, Chattanooga, TN
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The Best Bloody Mary
2 oz St. George Green Chile Vodka
2 oz tomato juice
1/2 oz fresh lime juice
1/2 tsp horseradish
2 or 3 dashes each hot sauce and Worcestershire sauce
1 pinch each salt, pepper, celery salt
Shake all ingredients with ice, then strain into an ice-filled glass. Garnish with a celery stalk, pickled vegetables, and a lemon slice.Recipe: St. George Spirits
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Spring Shandy
1 oz St. George Green Chile Vodka
1/2 oz fresh lime juice
1/2 oz agave syrup
Pretty Things Meadowlark IPA
Shake first three ingredients, then strain into a tall glass filled with ice. Top with IPA.Recipe: Sean Farrell, River Bar, Somerville, MA
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Heated Words
3/4 oz St. George Green Chile Vodka
3/4 oz Green Chartreuse
3/4 oz Luxardo Maraschino Liqueur
3/4 oz fresh-squeezed lime juice
Shake all ingredients with ice to chill, then serve up a chilled cocktail glass.Recipe: twist on a classic
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Spicy Paloma
2 oz St. George Green Chile Vodka
2 oz fresh grapefruit juice
2 oz club soda
1/2 oz fresh lime juice
1 tsp sugar
Combine grapefruit juice, lime juice, and sugar in mixing glass and shake until sugar is dissolved. Strain into a cocktail glass, stir in vodka, then add ice and top with club soda. Garnish with a grapefruit wedge.Recipe: St. George Spirits
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