Our Favorite Gin Cocktails

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Below are some of our favorite craft gin cocktails. Mix and enjoy!

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COCKTAIL RECIPES THAT MAKE THIS BEAR GROWL!

The Scents of Humor

(as served at Copper Whiskey Bar and invented by Sarah Howe)

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ oz of Ginger Bear Gin®
  • 1/2 oz Aperol
  • 1/2 oz of freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • 3/4 oz passion fruit
  • 1/2 oz honey simple syrup

Creation Steps

  1. Add all ingredients to ice filled shaker
  2. shake well
  3. pour over ice in collins glass
  4. top with soda water
  5. garnish with lemon twist

G.T.O.2

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ oz of Ginger Bear Gin®
  • 3 oz tonic
  • orange slice

Creation Steps

  1. Add all ingredients to ice filled rocks glass
  2. softly stir
  3. garnish with orange wedge

The Bear Pucker

(as served at the Warriors & Quiet Waters Fundraiser)

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ oz of Ginger Bear Gin®
  • 1/4″ blackberry simple syrup
  • 1/2 oz of freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • 3 leaves of fresh basil
  • splash of soda water

Creation Steps

  1. Add basil leaves to shaker
  2. muddle basil
  4. add ice, gin, blackberry syrup, and lemon juice to shaker
  5. shake until you can’t shake no more
  6. add new ice to rocks glass
  7. strain/pour over ice
  8. add splash of soda water
  9. garnish with a blackberry and lemon zest
  10. gaze upon the creation and consume with loving lips

Eh Boo Boo

Submitted by Peggy Krauss and Michelle Breen

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ oz of Ginger Bear Gin®
  • Lime Wheel
  • 2 Fresh Mint Leaves
  • Fresh Watermelon Juice
  • Soda Water

Creation Steps

  1. Muddle lime wheel and mint leafs in bottom of rocks glass
  2. Add ice, gin, watermelon juice, and soda water
  3. Garnish with lime wedge

The Bear Back

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ oz of Ginger Bear Gin®
  • 1 1/2 oz of sweet vermouth
  • 1/2 teaspoon of fernet (recommend Burrone Fernet from Gulch Distillers in Helena)
  • Splash of lime juice

Creation Steps

  1. Add ice and all ingredients in shaker
  2. shake until cold
  3. Garnish with orange zest twist
Cranberry orange gin cocktail graphic

Cran-Beary Gin Cocktail

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ oz of Ginger Bear Gin®
  • A splash of cranberry juice
  • 8 drops of orange bitters
  • A splash of club soda

Creation Steps

  1. Add all ingredients in a rocks glass with ice
  2. Stir well
  3. Garnish with an orange zest
2 Fat Guys Pucker gin cocktail graphic

2 Fat Guys Pucker

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ oz of Ginger Bear Gin®
  • ½ oz of simple syrup
  • 3 oz of grapefruit juice
  • Salt
  • Pepper

Creation Steps

  1. Wet rim of glass with grapefruit slice
  2. Lightly salt and pepper the rim of a tumbler glass
  3. Add ice
  4. Add all ingredients and stir
  5. Garnish with a lemon
Strange Bear

The Strange Bear

Ingredients

  • 1.5 oz of Ginger Bear Gin®
  • 1.5 oz of grapefruit juice
  • 1.5 oz of IPA (Bozeman Brewing’s Hopzone is preferred)
  • Slice of Orange

Creation Steps

  1. Add all ingredients in a rocks glass with ice
  2. Stir well
  3. Garnish with a fresh orange slice
Gin martini cocktail graphic with limes

Big Sky Basil Gin Martini

Ingredients

  • 2 oz of Ginger Bear Gin®
  • ¼ wedge of lime
  • 2 leaves of fresh basil
  • Splash of simple syrup

Creation Steps

  1. Add a splash of simple syrup to martini glass and evenly spread on inside surface.
  2. Crush one ¼ wedge of lime and two leaves of fresh basil and add to martini shaker filled with ice.
  3. Add gin to shaker
  4. Shake for 30 seconds.
  5. Pour into martini glass and garnish with a basil leaf

The Fruity Bear G&T

(Submitted by Kelly Kroll Haskins)

Ingredients

  • 1.5 oz of Ginger Bear Gin®
  • 1 oz of freshly squeezed grapefruit juice
  • 2 oz of freshly squeezed orange juice
  • 1 oz of ginger beer
  • 1 oz of tonic water
  • Slice of grapefruit
  • Wedge of orange

Creation Steps

  1. Shake with ice the gin, orange juice, and grapefruit juice for 30 seconds
  2. Pour over desired amount of ice in a large tumbler glass
  3. Add ginger beer and tonic water
  4. Garnish with orange and grapefruit
Gin Cocktails

The Whiskey Cottage G&T

(submitted by Hannah Pauli)

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ oz of Ginger Bear Gin®
  • 2 oz of fresh squeezed ruby red grapefruit
  • 1.5 oz of elderflower tonic
  • slice of dried orange

Creation Steps

  1. Add gin and grapefruit juice to ice filled shaker and shake
  2. Pour over ice
  3. Top with elderflower tonic
  4. Garnish with dried orange slice

The Aleworks Gin and Juice

(created by Jess Amen at Montana Aleworks)

Ingredients

  • 1.5 oz of Ginger Bear Gin®
  • 1 oz grapefruit juice
  • .5 oz Hibiscus Agave (recipe on this page)
  • .5 oz lime juice

Creation Steps

  1. Combine ingredients and shake
  2. Strain over ice
  3. Top with soda water

Hibiscus Agave

(created by Jess Amen at Montana Aleworks)

Ingredients

  • 2 oz dried Hibiscus leaves
  • 16 oz agave
  • 16 oz water

Creation Steps

  1. Combine ingredients in pot over medium heat
  2. Stir until agave is dissolved
  3. Steep leaves for 10 minutes
  4. Strain syrup and cool

Ginger Hound

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ oz of Ginger Bear Gin®
  • 3 oz grapefruit juice
  • just a hint of simple syrup

Creation Steps

  1. Combine ingredients with ice in shaker
  2. shake until cold
  3. pour over ice filled rocks glass
  4. garnish with rosemary sprig

COCKTAIL RECIPES THAT MAKES YOUR DRAGON TAIL WAG!

Rosemary Grapefruit Spritzer

Cocktail inspo taken from our friend Jordan at Make it A Double

Ingredients

  • 2 oz Sarcastic Dry Gin®
  • 1.5 oz ruby red grapefruit juice
  • .5 oz rosemary simple syrup
  • 2 oz soda water

Creation Steps

  1. add ice, Sarcastic Dry Gin grapefruit juice, and simple syrup to shaker
  2. shake until the cows come home
  3. strain and pour over ice in rocks glass
  4. top with 2 oz of soda water
  5. garnish with a sprig of fresh rosemary
  6. get ready for a shiver to go down your spine in enjoyment

Sarcastic Gimlet

Ingredients

  • 2 oz Sarcastic Dry Gin®
  • 1/2 oz freshly squeezed lime juice
  • 1/4 oz simple syrup
  • 1 oz soda water

Creation Steps

  1. add ice to rocks glass
  2. add Sarcastic Dry Gin, lime juice, and simple syrup
  3. stir until properly mixed
  4. add soda water
  5. garnish with lemon zest
  6. enjoy this wonderful gimlet
Gin martini cocktail graphic with limes

The Big Sky Basil Gin Martini

Ingredients

  • 2 oz Sarcastic Dry Gin®
  • 2 leaves of fresh basil
  • Splash of simple syrup
  • wedge of lime

Creation Steps

  1. add a splash of simple syrup to martini glass and evenly spread on inside surface
  2. muddle lime wedge and basil leaves in shaker then add ice
  3. add gin to shaker
  4. shake like a pro
  5. pour into martini glass and garnish with a fresh basil leaf
  6. Enjoy like a boss!

Sarcastic Elder Fizz

Submitted by Abbie Simpson – The owner of the Little Lebuski Food Truck in Wilsall

Ingredients

  • 2 oz Sarcastic Dry Gin®
  • .5 oz agave
  • 1 oz fresh lemon juice
  • 1 oz elderflower tonic
  • lemon twist

Creation Steps

  1. add gin, agave, and lemon juice to shaker with ice
  2. shake until your arm gets tired (or about 15 seconds in our case)
  3. strain over new ice in a rocks glass
  4. top with elderflower tonic
  5. garnish with a lemon twist
  6. enjoy the symphony of this cocktail!
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