Available only in your kitchen, this peppermint cocktail is crafted straight from your dreams and turned into a reality. The definition of Christmas in a glass, this Peppermint Dream is an easy cocktail to soothe your Christmas Spirit.
Ingredients
1-2 oz Snowdrift Seasonal Sweet Cream Liqueur, you can substitute with Orphan Girl Bourbon Cream Liqueur
1 oz Rumple Minze Peppermint Schnapps
3/4 oz White Chocolate Syrup
Crushed Peppermint Pieces
Procedure
In a shaker, add some ice and all your ingredients except for the crushed Peppermint Pieces
Shake to mix
Before you pour, line your martini rim with White Chocolate Syrup and then cover with your crushed Peppermint Pieces
Strain and shake into your decorated martini glass
Add Whipped Cream on top if you prefer
We take a classic Manhattan and transform it with our Original X, ten year aged, Rye Whiskey. Sweet Vermouth and Angostura Bitters highlight the flavors of tobacco and leather in the Original X for a smooth sip every time.
Ingredients
2 oz Original X Rye Whiskey
1 oz Sweet Vermouth
2 dashes Angostura Bitters
1 or 2 Cherries for garnish
Procedure
In a stir glass, place one boulder.
Add your Original X Rye Whiskey, Sweet Vermouth and Angostura Bitters to the glass.
Stir slowly until the ingredients have fuzed together.
Strain into a Manhattan glass.
Special Tools
Stir Glass
Stir Spoon
Variations
If it’s too strong, try adding a boulder to your glass or more vermouth
Indulge your senses in this bright red cocktail where each sip brings a flourish of well balanced flavors. A dry finish refreshes your taste buds while the striking color treats your eyes.
Ingredients
1 1/2 oz Original X Rye Whiskey
1 oz Orange Juice
4 dashes of Cranberry Bitters
1/4 oz Headframe’s Plain Simple Syrup
Lime for garnish
Procedure
Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker, setting your lime on the side.
Shake and strain over ice into a glass of your choice.
Top with a Lime garnish. Enjoy!
Special Tools
Shaker
Martini Glass
Variations
Make it your own by adding different fruits like Grapefruit or Strawberry
Named after a mine once here in Butte, our Morning Star Mocha spins an ice coffee with a bit of sweet and booze.
Ingredients
1.5 oz of Orphan Girl
4 oz brewed Orphan Girl Coffee
1 oz Chocolate Syrup (Hershey’s is fine)
Whipping Cream
Procedure
Brew 4 oz Orphan Girl Coffee
Add Coffee, Orphan Girl and Chocolate to a shaker
Add ice and shake immediately to mix
Pour over ice to serve cold
Top with Whipped Cream
Drizzle with Chocolate Syrup to garnish
In honor of the Kelley Mine that lives on here in Butte, Montana we continue to look for new ways to help its legacy live on. The Rusty Kelley is one of those ways. Using our Kelley Single Malt Whiskey and Drambuie – which comes from the Gaelic meaning, “the drink that satisfies,” – we create this inviting cocktail.
Ingredients
2 oz Kelley Single Malt
½ oz Drambuie
1 dash Angostura Bitters (optional)
Procedure
Fill a whiskey glass with ice
Add Scotch, Drambuie and bitters (if using)
Stir thoroughly and serve
This simple two-ingredient cocktail is a Montana staple in every home because everyone loves a Dirty Girl. You can add more or less of each product to suit your preferred taste. After all, it is your drink – have fun with it!
Ingredients
Orphan Girl Bourbon Cream Liqueur
Root Beer, we use Barq’s
Procedure
Fill glass with ice
Add Orphan Girl
Top with Root Beer (50-50 ratio is best)
Procedure
We recommend using a Dirty Girl Mixing Glass
Note
If your Dirty Girl separates, it is due to the root beer having too much acidity. You can increase the amount of Orphan Girl to fix the ratio and prevent it from separating.
Make it a Dirty Lady by adding a shot of High Ore Vodka!
Refreshing and spicy, this mule gives a good little kick when you’re feeling feisty! Taste the heat in the back of your throat with every sip from the ginger and habanero combination.
Ingredients
1-2 oz High Ore Vodka
1 oz Headframe Habanero Simple Syrup
Cock ‘n Bull Ginger Beer
Lime
Procedure
Prep fresh Lime by slicing into serving wedges
Fill Copper Mug with ice like you were mining for it
Add High Ore and Habanero Simple
Top with Cock ‘n Bull Ginger Beer
Special Tools
Headframe Copper Mug
Jigger
Variations
Try with other Headframe Simple Syrups
Put a Montana spin on this classic cocktail with some Orphan Girl in your White Russian. A cold drink, we prefer to drink it indoors next to the fireplace while we watch the snow fall. This decadent drink will be the perfect end to any meal, either with friends or without.
Ingredients
1 oz of Orphan Girl
1 oz of High Ore Vodka
½ oz Kahlúa
Heavy Cream
Procedure
Add the High Ore, Orphan Girl and Kahlúa to a rocks glass filled with ice
Stir before topping with Heavy Cream
A sip of our elegant Earl Grey Whiskey Sour provides a great start or end to any day. Also known as the House Sour in our Tasting Room, we often say this drink tastes like a boozie Arnold Palmer with a smack of fresh flavors.
Ingredients
2 oz Neversweat Straight Bourbon Whiskey or another version of Neversweat you enjoy
1 oz Lemon Juice
1 oz Headframe Earl Grey Tea Simple Syrup
Bada Bing Cherry for garnish
Fresh Lemon for garnish
Procedure
In a shaker, add Neversweat, Lemon Juice and Earl Grey Simple Syrup with some ice
Shake well to incorporate flavors
Pour into glass filled with ice to your desired amount
Garnish with Lemon wedge and Cherry
Special tools
Shaker
Variations
Use Plain Simple Syrup in place of the Earl Grey Simple Syrup for Whiskey Sour
Made for whiskey lovers, the Old Fashioned has been a Tasting Room and home staple for decades. Its simplicity allows for changes to be made for flavor preferences however, there’s nothing wrong with a classic. Cheers!
Ingredients
2 oz Neversweat Straight Bourbon Whiskey or your preferred Neversweat version
¾-1 oz Headframe Plain Simple Syrup, add or subtract amount to desired taste
3-4 dashes Angostura Bitters
Splash of Water
Orange
Bada Bing Cherry
Procedure
In a whiskey glass, add the Neversweat of your choice, Angostura Bitters and Headframe Plain Simple Syrup
Stir
Add a light splash water – no more than a ½ ounce or so
Add ice
Rub the Orange wedge around the rim of the glass and place in the cocktail
Garnish with Cherry
Variations
Use other Headframe Syrups in place of the Plain
Add Half and Half to make it creamy
Try flavored bitters in addition to Angostura – Orange is a crowd favorite