Category: Cocktails

Blueberry Maple Sugar Sauce

August 1, 2021 | Cocktails, Recipes, Sweet

Blueberry Maple Sugar Sauce

Blueberry Maple Sugar Sauce is delicious in dressings, topping a cake or mixed into a cocktail!

Mix 1 cup Couching Lion Maple Sugar with 2 cups fresh or frozen blueberries. Add 1/2 cup water and bring to a boil. Mash blueberries with a fork and simmer for 10 minutes. Strain mixture through a fine sieve and collect the liquid. Reserve the solids for use in a smoothie or spoon over ice cream. Store sauce in the refrigerator for up to a week. Enjoy!

Blueberry Gin Fizz: Mix 3 tablespoons Blueberry Maple Sugar Sauce with 2 oz gin and a squeeze of fresh lime juice. Shake with ice and strain into a glass. Top with seltzer.

Maple Bourbon Lime

August 25, 2019 | Cocktails, Recipes

Maple Bourbon Lime

What is finer than the confluence of maple syrup, bourbon and freshly squeezed lime juice? This cocktail is perfect for a summer evening, and so easy to make. 

Measure into a glass:

1 ounce bourbon

½ ounce VT maple syrup

½ ounce lime juice

Stir well, add ice and stir again to slightly melt ice into cocktail. Top with a piece of lime.

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Allspice Dram

August 25, 2019 | Cocktails, Recipes

Allspice Dram


The Allspice Dram has a quintessential fall flavor, and is very fun to make. Allspice berries are the fruit of the pimento bush, so you’ll also see this called pimento dram. Most drams are made with simple syrup, but ours, of course, is made with Vermont maple syrup! You need a high proof rum or vodka. I prefer rum and always try to go with a local variety.

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Maple Bourbon Smash

August 25, 2019 | Cocktails, Recipes

Maple Bourbon Smash

Maple and bourbon pair very well. This cocktail is fresh and citrusy, but also carries the depth of bourbon. Delicious!

1/2 ounce pure VT maple syrup

1/2 ounce fresh orange juice

1/4 ounce fresh lemon juice

4 dashes Angostura bitters

1/2 orange wheel

2 ounces bourbon

1 1/2 ounces seltzer

In a rocks glass,

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Maple Negroni

August 25, 2019 | Cocktails, Recipes

Maple Negroni This feels like a perfect fall cocktail. Slightly sweet but also retains the crisp flavor of Compari. Maple replaces the standard simple syrup and creates a much deeper flavor.

1 ounce maple syrup

1 ounce gin

1 ounce Compari

1 ounce sweet vermouth

½ orange wheel

Add all ingredients except the orange to a cocktail shaker. Shake with ice and serve with one large cube and the orange.

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Maple Mojito

August 20, 2019 | Cocktails, Recipes

Maple Mojito

My garden is full of mint in the summer. What better application than a maple mojito?

Muddle 6 mint leaves with the juice of half a lime.

Add ½ ounce maple syrup and 1 ½ light rum

Stir and serve with ice and a lime wedge

Enjoy!

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