Yahoo! Stampede Cocktails

What you need:

• 2 oz Jack Daniels
• 1 sprig fresh mint
• 1 sprig fresh basil
• 4 blackberries
• 3 dashes Scrappy’s Lavender Bitters
• 1/4 tsp Salty Paloma Dynamite Rimmer
• Pellegrino Limonata
• Mint, blackberries (for garnish)

What you do:

• In a boot-shaped glass, muddle mint, basil, blackberries and Salty Paloma Dynamite
• Add Jack Daniels
• Add Scrappy’s Lavender bitters
• Stir
• Fill boot with ice
• Top with Limonata
• Garnish with mint leave and blackberries

Spurs In (Bareback Riding – a version of the Manhattan)

What you need:

• 2 oz Basil Hayden’s Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey
• 3/4 oz Odd Society sweet vermouth
• 2 dashes Angostura bitters
• Brandied cherries (garnish)

What you do:

• Mix the Basil Hayden’s Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey and Odd Society sweet vermouth in an RCMP rocks glass
• Add the Angostura bitters
• Add the ice ball
• Stir to chill
• Garnish with a brandied cherries

Sometimes the Calf Wins (A tribute to Calf Roping)

What you need:

• 1 oz Jim Beam Black Extra-Aged Bourbon
• 1 oz Peter Heering Cherry Liqueur
• 1/2 oz Campari
• 3 dashes Black Cloud Bitters Prairie Rose
• 2 oz Pellegrino Limonata

What you do:

• Mix the Jim Beam Bourbon, Peter Heering Cherry Liqueur, Campari and Black Cloud Bitters in rocks glass
• Add the ice ball
• Top with the Limonata

Cowboy Tears (recipe courtesy of Black Cloud Bitters)

What you need:

• 2 oz bourbon or rye
• 1/2 oz Yellow Chartreuse
• 1/2 oz simple syrup
• 3 dashes Black Cloud Bitters Prairie Rose Bitters
• orange wheel (garnish)

What you do:

• In a highball glass, add bourbon (or rye), Yellow Chartreuse, simple syrup and Black Cloud Bitters Prairie Rose Bitters
• Stir
• Add ice, preferably one large square cube
• Stir
• Garnish with an orange wheel

Enjoy the last weekend of Stampede! Good luck to all the finalists in the rodeo and chucks on Sunday!

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