Apple of My Eye

By: Michelle P. E. Hunt and Laura Panter

 1. Fill a tall glass with ice. Add 1½ oz Orchard Infusion and the juice of 1/8 fresh lemon.

2. Top with chilled apple cider and garnish with a crisp apple slice.

Orchard Infusion
1. To an infusion jar or lidded jar, add one 750mL bottle of Canadian whisky, 2 cups apples, peeled, cored and chopped and 2 cups fresh cherries, cleaned, pitted and chopped.

2. Infuse for 3 to 10 days.

3. Open the jar and stir to mix before straining and discarding the fruit.


Cranberry Cabaret
1. Fill a highball glass with ice.

2. Add 1 oz Orchard Infusion, ½ oz amaretto, the juice of 1/8 fresh lime and top with cranberry juice.

3. Garnish with a cherry.


Cherry Sour
1. In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, add 1½ oz Orchard Infusion, ½ oz lime juice and ½ oz simple syrup ( recipe follows).

2. Shake sharply and strain into a rocks glass filled with ice.

3. Garnish with a lime wedge.


Simple Syrup
To make simple syrup, combine equal parts sugar and boiling water, stir until the sugar has dissolved, and store in the fridge until chilled.

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Apple Iced Tea

By: The Martini Club

1 1/2 oz Bacardi Big Apple Rum
3 oz iced tea
2 oz cranberry juice

Garnish
1 apple slice

1. In a rocks glass filled with ice, add all ingredients and stir to mix. Serve garnished with an apple slice.

Makes 1 cocktail

Entertaining Size
12 oz (1 1/2 cups) Bacardi Big Apple Rum
24 oz (3 cups) iced tea
16 oz (2 cups) cranberry juice

Garnish
8 apple slices

1. In a pitcher filled with ice, stir all ingredients and pour into rocks glasses filled with ice. Serve each garnished with an apple slice.


Entertaining Size makes approximately 8 cocktails

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Caesar Celebration

Rim a glass with fresh lime and celery salt. Fill the glass with ice and add 1/8 tsp. hot pepper sauce, 1/2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce and the juice of 1/8 fresh lime. Top with tomato-clam juice and garnish with a fresh cucumber slice. Sprinkle with toasted pumpkin seeds and fresh black pepper.

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