3 Cocktails For Capricorns

Cheers, dear Capricorns! Check out these three cocktails to celebrate your season. Choose from whiskey, gin, or vodka below. Time to dust off those mixology tools and toast to the stars!

First Class

From the Waldorf Astoria via Gaz Regan’s 101 Best New Cocktails of 2011.

In shaker, add:

1/2 oz fresh lime juice

4 fresh sage leaves

1x lime wedge

Muddle. Add ice, 2 1/1 oz gin and 3/4 oz Luxardo maraschino liqueur

Shake well with ice and double strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with one turn of freshly ground black pepper.

The Grey Wolf

By Julia Momose @ Kumiko, Chicago via Punch

In a mixing glass, add:

2 oz Japanese Whiskey (Julia uses Hibiki Harmony )

1/4 oz demerara syrup

1/2 tsp Benedictine

1/2 tsp Plum Vinegar

1 dash Angostura Bitteres

Stir with ice.

Strain into a rocks glass over a large king cube.

Express grapefruit peel and discard.

Kumquat & Thyme Cocktail

Adapted via Zestful Kitchen by Lauren Grant

In shaker muddle 4x sliced kumquats, 1x sprig of thyme, with 1/2 tsp of honey until the juices are release an honey is mixed.

Add 1 1/2 oz of vodka.

Shake with ice.

Stir in 2 oz of ginger beer to the shaker.

Double strain into a flue or highball glass.

Garnish with a sprig of thyme and/or a kumquat slice.