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 suite your preferred taste. After all, it is your drink – have fun with it!
Ingredients
Orphan Girl Bourbon Cream Liqueur
Root Beer, we use Barque’s
Procedure
Fill glass with ice
Add Orphan Girl
Top with Root Beer (50-50 ratio is best)
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.
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
This cocktail is a Tasting Room favorite! The perfect blend of whiskey and ice cream allows for your taste buds to experience a flavor paradise. We like to top it with whipped cream, a cherry and chocolate syrup but you can add whatever you’d like.
Ingredients
1-2 oz Neversweat Straight Bourbon Whiskey, use whichever version you prefer
2 scoops Vanilla Bean Ice Cream
1 oz Chocolate Syrup (Hershey’s is fine)
Whipping Cream
Bada Bing Cherry
Procedure
In a blender, add Neversweat Bourbon, Ice Cream and Chocolate Syrup with ice
Pour into glass
Garnish with Whipped Cream and Cherry
Drizzle with Chocolate Syrup
Special Tools
Blender
Ice Cream scoop
Variations
Add Orphan Girl for a little extra goodness
While this recipe is not available in our Tasting Room, it would be great in your kitchen! Enjoy a party in your mouth where Champagne meets Lemon, all heightened by the citrus notes found inside our Anselmo Gin.
Ingredients
1 oz Anselmo Gin
½ oz Lemon Juice
½ oz Headframe Plain Simple Syrup
3 oz Champagne
Lemon Twist for garnish
Procedure
Add the Anselmo Gin, Lemon Juice and Headframe Plain Simple Syrup to a shaker with ice
Shake swiftly until chilled
Strain into a Champagne flute
Top with Champagne and memories of the past
Garnish with Lemon Twist
Enjoy in your own, private gin joint
Special Tools
Shaker
Lemon
Citrus Zester or peeler
Variations
Your choice of sparkling wine
Fresh fruit for a vibrant garnish
Headframe’s Cranberry Simple Syrup
Headframe Seasonal Simple Syrups
Picture it – a snowy, cold Montana night. You’ve just lit the fireplace and are ready to settle down for the night. Nice. Neat. Simple. The perfect end to any day.
Ingredients
1-1.5 oz Kelley American Single Malt Whiskey
Procedure
Top to your desired fill level with Kelley
Sip and enjoy
Special Tools
Your favorite glass, we prefer our Headframe Spirits Etched Whiskey Glasses
Variations
Can also be enjoyed with Neversweat Straight Bourbon Whiskey for a nice hot kick