Drinks / Fire cider cocktail

It's nearly the weekend and we've got three cocktails fresh from Boston to get things started!  All three of these strong and smoky cocktails were created by Apollo Clark, you can follow him on twitter @apolloclark 

The Boston Cigar

1.5 oz Old Overholt rye whiskey

3/4 oz Tobacco liquor

1/3 oz Fire Cider

cherry, lime slice 

Photo by @ApolloClark on Twitter

Combine all ingredients and stir well.  Pour into a rocks glass, with a few rocks.  Add cherry and lime slice and serve.

Tastes like a good cigar, probably goes well with one too.  

Spicy Manhattan

1.5 oz. Old Overholt rye whiskey

3/4 oz. Carpano Antica

1/3 oz. Fire Cider

3 dash orange bitters

cherry

Combine all ingredients and stir well.  Pour into a rocks glass, with a few rocks, or none at all.  Add a cherry and serve.

 

Photo of Smoky Nail on Fire by @ApolloClark on Twitter

Smoky Nail on Fire

1.5 oz. Islay scotch

1.5 oz. Drambuie

1 oz. Fire Cider

Stir to combine in a rocks glass with a few large rocks.

 

 

 

 

One of our super fans on Facebook, Christy Stine from Shrewsbury MA, shared this fabulous cocktail recipe that was created by her favorite mixologist -who also happens to be her husband- Blaine Swift. Christy told me that "When we have fresh chiles in the fridge (green or red, usually jalapeños or the long somewhat fleshy Chinese variety) Blaine will seed and slice them, muddle them a bit in the drink before shaking. Makes a terrific drink even terrificker! The smoked salt really puts this one in the 'crave' range, too.  We buy our Fire Cider at the Berry Farm in NY but we'll have to make a trip to the Berkshires sometime!"  We think you'll love this spicy, smoky tequila cocktail as much as we do.  Cheers to Christy and Blaine and Spring and of course, the weekend! Recipe By: Blaine Swift Serving Size: 2 [caption id="attachment_534" align="aligncenter" width="538"] Smokey salted rim for a spicy tequila cocktail.[/caption] Ingredients: 2 limes, juiced 1 lemon, juiced 4 ounces Tequila Reposado 4 ounces Fire Cider 2 ounces Orange Curacao Smoked salt, for the rim- we met the owner of The Maine Sea Salt Company last weekend and LOVE his Apple Wood Smoked Sea Salt, it's amazing! [caption id="attachment_535" align="aligncenter" width="538"] Apple wood smoked Maine Sea Salt is the BEST![/caption] Directions: Salt the rim of 2 rocks glasses with the smoked salt. Combine all ingredients and shake well. Serve on the rocks in the salted rimmed glasses. Cheers to you!

Let's start the weekend with a new, original cocktail recipe by Berkshire County resident and Fire Cider fan Paul Dodds.   We think you'll love this cocktail as much as we do, happy weekend everyone! [caption id="attachment_515" align="aligncenter" width="525"] Hornitos Tequila is a good start to a great cocktail.[/caption] Apples and Pears

• 3 parts Hornitos Añejo (or your favorite tequila)
• 3 parts Goya Pear Nectar
• 1 1/2 part Mathilde Poire Liqueur
• 1 part St. Germaine Elderflower Liqueur
• 2 dashes Fee Bros. West Indian Orange Bitters (or your favorite Orange Bitters)
• 2 capfuls of Fire Cider (to taste really)
• Reeds Spiced Apple Brew - spicy ginger soda with real ginger-yum!

To make:

1. Add all ingredients (except Reeds Apple Brew) to shaker with ice and shake vigorously until foamy
2. Add 3 shots to a Low Ball glass with ice
3. Top with Reeds Apple Brew and gently swirl
4. Garnish with Apple and Pear slices and enjoy.

[caption id="attachment_516" align="aligncenter" width="290"] Garnish with a slice of pear, sip slowly and enjoy the extra sunlight this Sunday.[/caption] If you make this cocktail, we'd love to see a photo.  And remember, this Sunday we lose an hour of sleep but we gain an hour of sunlight!

[caption id="attachment_358" align="aligncenter" width="538"] Lambs wool, ready for mixing and drinking![/caption] Those of you who get our monthly Fire Cider e-newsletter (sign up on our home page, it's really just a monthly discount cleverly disguised as news about Fire Cider!) know that we celebrated Dana's birthday early this month with a happy hour at our house.  The kegorator Dana build this summer was perfect for serving a crowd!  I made bar snacks and also some Lamb's Wool, a hot drink my friend Kate always made at her holiday parties.  This hot mulled cider get's it's  wooly look from peeled, cored apples slowly cooked into soft, delicious clouds.  Kate's family tradition has become one of my favorite hot drinks- the mulling spices add extra warmth and the apples are delicious.  You can certainly enjoy this all ages beverage as is or add in the optional ingredients at the end to get the full warming effect! This recipe will yield about a gallon- we didn't have any leftovers! Ingredients: 1 gallon apple cider, preferably from a local orchard that doesn't use chemicals! mulling spices to taste, we used: 2 whole star anise, 3 whole cinnamon sticks, 1 shy Tablespoon dried orange peel, a few whole cloves, 5-8 whole all spice.  You can throw them in loose or put them into a spice bag/tea bag first. about 5-6 peeled, cored apples Optional: 16 oz bottle of Fire Cider 750 ml bottle of Bourbon or Whisky or...whatever you like to spike your cider with! Method: Peel and core the apples, leaving them as whole as possible.  I peeled by hand, sliced each apple in half and scooped out the seeds and hard bits.  A peeler/corer, the hand cranked kind, would be perfect here. Add all the apple cider, mulling spices and apples to a large heavy bottomed pot.  Bring to a gentle simmer and let it go until the apples have really started to break down, they are about half way there in the picture.  I left the lid on most of the way while they cooked, so just a little steam could get out.  You don't want to reduce your cider too much or it will get thick.  If that happens, just add more apple cider. When the apples are starting to break apart into wooly clouds, turn the heat to low and leave it there, it's ready to serve. Grab a big mug and scoop in some cider and some apple pieces.  Garnish with a fresh cinnamon stick. Add a tablespoon or 3 of the Fire Cider and some Bourbon or Whisky to taste. Happy weekend! [caption id="attachment_371" align="aligncenter" width="538"] Dana's kegorator filled with two homebrews and filtered soda water.[/caption]

  This cocktail recipe brought to you by The Religion Based on Drinking - a Facebook page that recently shared this arty gem of a poster on our page.  It's really getting us in the Halloween spirit, pun intended! Team Fire Cider will be in Manhattan this coming weekend: Sunday October 27th from 11 am til 4 pm in the Seaport, join us for another monthly installment of the New Amsterdam Market!  And depending on how the costume party on Saturday night goes, maybe you'll even catch us in costume.  We'll personally test that hangover cure theory, on the spot. Please drink responsibly and enjoy the hell outta your weekend!