AZ G&T

OUR ARIZONA TWIST ON THE CLASSIC G&T NEVER FALLS FLAT
INGREDIENTS

Garnish: blood orange wheel, Sedona juniper berries

PREPARATION

Want a quick and easy G&T that stands out from the crowd? Fill a glass with ice, adding a few juniper berries between the layers. Add Suncliffe and top with Big Marble’s extra dry tonic water. Garnish with blood orange wheel.

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VORTEX MARTINI

Stirred, not shaken…
INGREDIENTS
  • 1.25 oz Suncliffe
  • 1 oz dry vermouth
  • 0.5 oz genepy
  • 0.25 oz Suze
  • 1 tsp piñon tincture

Garnish: spiral eucalyptus sprig

PREPARATION

Add all ingredients to a mixing glass with ice, stir until chilled. Strain into a coupe or martini glass and dress with a spiral eucalyptus sprig. Unwind in the energy of the Vortex.

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THAI HIVE

by Maxwell Berlin.

INGREDIENTS
  • 2 oz Suncliffe
  • 1 oz jasmine honey
  • 1 oz lemon juice
  • 0.25 oz ginger liqueur
  • 2 dash fish sauce

Garnish: citrus wheel, nasturtium flower

PREPARATION

Jasmine honey: Combine 1 part water and 2 parts local honey. Bring to boil, reduce to simmer with a pinch of jasmine tea. Turn off heat to steep. Strain and refrigerate.

Combine all ingredients into a shaker tin, add ice. Shake until the cocktail shaker is cold and strain into martini glass. Float the citrus wheel with nasturtium on top.

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SUNCLIFFE SUNDOWN

by Manny Peña of Restaurant Progress, Phoenix.

INGREDIENTS
  • 1.5 oz Suncliffe
  • 1.5 oz Cocchi di Torino vermouth
  • 3 dash of angostura bitters
  • 1 bar spoon of Amaro Marseille or Nonino

Garnish: orange peel barrette

PREPARATION

Stir all ingredients over ice, strain into a coupe cocktail glass. To craft a barrette garnish, cut a “V” in the center of the orange peel, express over the cocktail and “clip” to rim.

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THE VERDE VALLEY

Matt Pladgeman of So Far So Good, Phoenix.

INGREDIENTS
  • 1.5 oz Suncliffe
  • 0.5 oz apricot liqueur
  • 0.25 oz blanc vermouth
  • 0.75 oz Arizona wildflower honey syrup 1:1
  • 0.75 oz lemon Juice
  • Pinch of ground black pepper

Garnish: rosemary sprig

PREPARATION

Combine all ingredients into a shaker tin, add ice. Shake until the cocktail shaker is frosty and strain over fresh draft ice in a rocks glass. Decorate with a sprig of rosemary.

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SONORAN SOLSTICE

by Alex Montoya of Rough Rider, Phoenix.

INGREDIENTS
  • 1.25 oz Suncliffe
  • 0.25 oz allspice dram
  • 0.5 oz cinnamon demerara simple syrup
  • 0.5 oz fresh lemon juice
  • 0.25 oz fresh orange juice
  • 2 oz Big Marble Organics ginger beer

Garnish: chocolate dipped clementine wheel

PREPARATION

Cinnamon demerara simple syrup:
1 cup demerara sugar
1/2 cup filtered CAP water
1 cinnamon stick, broken
Combine sugar, water and broken cinnamon in a saucepan. Bring to a boil for 5 minutes and remove from heat. Allow to steep for 45 minutes. Thoroughly strain, refrigerate. Store refrigerated for up to 2 weeks

Add fresh ice to a highball glass. Combine all ingredients with the exception of the ginger beer in a tin and vigorously shake with fresh ice until very cold, add ginger beer and presbyterian shake*. Fine strain into highball glass/ If possible, top with Big Marble Organics Ginger Beer. Embellish with a chocolate dipped clementine.

* A presbyterian shake is when you add a carbonated beverage to an unfinished cocktail and then shake again for 2-3 seconds
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COCONINO COSMO

by Blaise Farber of Valentine, Phoenix.

INGREDIENTS
  • 1 oz Suncliffe
  • 0.5 oz Sierra Sonora Prickly Pear Eau De Vie
  • 0.75 oz Big Marble Dry Tonic
  • 0.5 oz lime juice
  • 0.5 oz prickly pear purée
  • Agave nectar
  • Egg white
PREPARATION

Build in highball glass in the following order:

lime juice
prickly pear purée
0.25 oz agave nectar
Ice
Suncliffe
prickly pear eau de vie
Big Marble dry tonic

Top with egg white foam: 1 egg white & 0.5oz agave nectar shaken together Lime zest garnish

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SUNCLIFFE MARTINEZ

Using Suncliffe’s limited edition Solstice gin, rested in American Oak Barrels.
INGREDIENTS
  • 1.5 oz Suncliffe Solstice
  • 0.75 oz sweet vermouth
  • 0.75 oz Luxardo
  • 3 dash of angostura bitters

Garnish: maraschino cherry

PREPARATION

Add ingredients to a cocktail urn, add ice, stir 20-40 times. Strain into a martini glass and garnish with cherry.

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SOLSTICE NEGRONI

Using Suncliffe’s limited edition Solstice gin, rested in American Oak Barrels.
INGREDIENTS
  • 1.5 oz Suncliffe Solstice
  • 1.5 oz bitter aperitivo
  • 1.5 oz red vermouth

garnish: orange twist

PREPARATION

Stir and strain into rocks glass over ice. Garnish with orange twist.

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DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS

by Benny Ogando of Red Hook Tavern, Brooklyn

INGREDIENTS
  • 1.5 oz Suncliffe Solstice
  • 0.5 oz cinnamon syrup
  • 0.5 oz apricot liqueur
  • 1 egg white
  • 2 dashes orange blossom

garnish: spritz angostura bitters

PREPARATION

Add gin, cinnamon syrup, apricot liquor, egg white, orange blossom and ice to a shaker. Shake for 10-20 seconds. Strain into a cocktail glass and spritz with angostura bitters.

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