RoughStock Montana Whiskey Drink Recipes

We’ve put together a short list of some of our favorite ways to drink RoughStock Montana Whiskey…Why don’t you tell us some of yours?

RoughStock Sour
Courtesy of Kinn Edwards, created for the Great American Distillers Festival!

3 oz RoughStock Montana Whiskey
3/4 oz roasted barley syrup (recipe below)
1/2 oz orange and vanilla rooibos syrup (recipes below)
1 oz citrus (2 parts lime 1 part lemon .5 part orange)
1 dash Angostura orange bitters
put everything in a shaker with ice, shake, and strain into your favorite glass.
Roasted Barley Syrup
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
1 1/2 oz roasted barley (can buy at a good tea shop)
bring to a boil, let cool, strain barley from syrup.
Rooibos Syrup
2 cup sugar
2 cup water
1/2 oz vanilla rooibos (can buy at a good tea shop)
1/2 oz orange rooibos (can buy at a good tea shop)
bring to boil, let cool a little, strain rooibos from syrup

Montana Manhattan
3oz RoughStock Montana Whiskey
1 oz Port wine
½ oz Campari

Stir (don’t shake) all ingredients in a tall glass with ice for about 20 seconds. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.


Montana Winter Welcome
2 oz RoughStock Montana Whiskey
1 fresh lemon wedge
1 tsp honey
2 cloves
1 cinnamon stick

Add all ingredients to a coffee mug and top with hot water. Let steep for 5 minutes. Stir and enjoy.


Montana Whiskey Ditch
3 oz RoughStock Montana Whiskey
1 oz tap water
1 ice cube

Sip and enjoy!


Montana Liquid Therapy (Penicillin Cocktail)
Ingredients
2.5 ounces RoughStock Montana Whiskey
3/4 ounce fresh lemon juice
3/4 ounce honey syrup*
3 slices fresh ginger
1/4 ounce Islay or Highland single malt scotch (such as Laphroaig or Springbank) depending on your comfort level of peat smoke.

* Honey syrup: combine equal parts honey and hot water and stir until well mixed. Let cool before using, and keep refrigerated.

Procedure
Using a wooden muddler or mixing spoon, muddle the fresh ginger in the bottom of a cocktail shaker until it is well mashed. Add the Montana Whiskey, lemon juice, and honey syrup, and shake well with ice. Strain into an ice-filled rocks glass and pour the Islay/Highland scotch over the back of a bar spoon so that it floats atop the drink. Garnish with a piece of candied ginger.


Montana Whiskey Press
3 ounces RoughStock Montana Whiskey
2 ounces club soda
2 ounces 7-UP

Combine all ingredients in a rocks glass filled with ice. Sip and enjoy. A great summer refresher!


Montana MoonSwine Mary

Bacon Infused RoughStock Corn Whiskey
1 bottle of RoughStock Corn Whiskey
1 package of smoked bacon

Fry up 4-12 pieces of bacon and pour the (slightly cooled) bacon fat in to a glass container and add 1 bottle of corn whiskey. Let it sit to taste, usually a matter of hours but up to 48 is recommended. Put it in the freezer until the bacon fat congeals and ladle the fat off the top. Strain (if necessary).

Mary Mix
In a large glass jar (a gallon size is best) mix together:

2 qts tomato juice or V8
1 cup Au jus or beef stock
1 tbs lemon Juice
1 heaping tbs Horseraddish
1/2 tbs montreal steak seasoning
1/2 tbs celery salt
1/2 tbs black pepper

Shake to mix.

the MoonSwine Mary
Mix together
2 oz of corn whiskey
6 oz of Mary Mix
1/4 oz Maple Syrup or Brown Sugar Simple Syrup (if you like it sweet)

Garnish with pickled vegies, celery and bacon!!  Enjoy!!

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