WOOD SPECIES: BLACK CHERRY (Prunus serotina)
MASH BILL: 100% RYE
TASTING NOTES: PLUM, DARK CHOCOLATE, DRIED FRUIT, PIPE TOBACCO, BROWN SUGAR SHOP

New York has a long and rich distilled spirits history.
It was home to the first still in North America in 1640 erected by the Dutch to make genever, a cousin to gin, using local herbs and botanicals. Leading up to and during Prohibition, whiskey made from rye grain well adapted to the climate and soil helped popularize cocktails with rye whiskey like the Manhattan and Old Fashioned. Today, New York is on the forefront of reviving a cuisine and spirits culture based on its strong network of family farms and craftspeople like Thor Oeschner who grows organic grains for bakers and distillers in Western New York.

The Ambler
3 dashes Angostura bitters
0.5 oz Carpano Antica Formula
0.5 oz Amaro Nonino
1.5 oz Split NY Black Cherry

Chill a cocktail glass. Pour ingredients into a mixing glass full of ice and stir until chilled, about 30 seconds. Strain into cocktail glass. Garnish with an orange twist.

Perfect Manhattan
1.5 oz Split NY Black Cherry
0.5 oz Dolin Rouge
0.5 oz Dolin Dry
0.5 oz China China
2 dashes Angostura bitters

Combine ingredients in mixing glass, stir for 30 seconds, and strain into a chilled coupe glass with an orange twist.

Rye Humor
1.5 oz Split NY Black Cherry
0.5 oz Lime
0.5 oz Persimmon & Lavender Shrub
0.5 oz Simple Syrup
1 oz Egg White

Combine ingredients in a shaker with ice, shake vigorously, then dry shake. Strain into a chilled coupe glass and garnish with a lavender sprig.

Frontrange Forager
0.75 oz Split NY Black Cherry
2 dash Angostura Bitters
1 Tsp Creme de Cassis
0.5 oz Braulio
0.75 oz Lime Juice
0.75 oz Lime Cordial
1 oz Genepy
1 oz Gamay

Combine ingredients in a shaker, whip shake and dump over crushed ice in a footed pilsner glass. Garnish with mint and halved blackberries.

Jazzerac
2 oz Split NY Black Cherry
4 dash Peychaud Bitters
4 dash Absinthe
4 dash Maraschino Liqueur
1 Tsp 2:1 Syrup

Combine ingredients in a mixing glass and stir for 30 seconds. Strain into rocks glass with a few large cubes of ice. Garnish with a lemon twist.

The Bitter Upstater
1.5 oz Split NY Black Cherry
10 dash Angostura Bitters
1 Tsp Lemon Juice
0.5 oz Grower’s Co-Op Concord Grape Concentrate
0.5 oz St Agrestis Amaro

Combine ingredients in a Collins glass and stir for 30 seconds. Top with Soda. Garnish with a mint leaf, concord grapes and a lemon twist.