Elderflower Liqueur

— No. 130 —

Signs of Spring

This cock­tail is named for its inclu­sion of elder­ber­ry, long thought to her­ald the begin­ning of spring. All the Year Round: A Nature Read­er by Frances Lucia Strong and Martha Allen Lane (1896) is a book designed to inter­est young school chil­dren in nature and includes the pas­sage: “How warm the sun­shine is!” exclaimed a lit­tle bud on an elder­ber­ry twig. “Yes,” answered her twin sis­ter, “I believe spring has come at last. How glad I am!” And how glad …

— No. 126 —

Old Faithful

Are you hav­ing peo­ple over for the Raven’s game this week­end? The last thing you’ll want to be doing while your Ravens are tak­ing it to the Patri­ots in the AFC Cham­pi­onship game is mak­ing drinks for every­one. The best way to keep your guests hap­py and liquored up while main­tain­ing fives on your seat is to pre­pare a punch. I got this recipe from Dan Sear­ing’s book The Punch Bowl. The Old Faith­ful is a recipe by Gina Cher­se­vani …

— No. 40 —

Cucumberous

The Cucum­ber­ous is a pop­u­lar cock­tail at the Liba­tion Lounge, invent­ed by Josh Sul­li­van. 1 1/2 oz Mag­el­lan Blue Gin 3/4 oz St. Ger­main elder­flower liqueur 3/4 oz cucum­ber juice 1/4 oz lime juice 1/4 oz rose­mary sim­ple syrup Cou­ple dash­es of Post Pro­hi­bi­tion orange bit­ters Shake with ice and strain into a chilled cock­tail glass. Gar­nish with cucum­ber slices.