I am a relative newcomer in the professional bartending space, with only a year and a half of experience. But, in my short time, I rose to being a head bartender and revamped a cocktail program.

Cocktail Inspiration

Chocolate covered beets and oranges

Ingredients

• 45 Ml. Licor 43 Original
• 60 Ml. Stumptown cold brew coffee
• 40 Ml. Natalies beet and orange juice
• 30 Ml. 100proof rye whiskey
• 22 Ml. fresh lemon juice
• 2 Dashes Scrappy's cardamom bitters

Method

Cocktail Preparation

• Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker.
• Add ice and hard shake for 8-10seconds.
• Double strain over ice into a double rocks glass.
• Garnish with a dried blood orange slice.

Coffee Preparation

• Add stumptown coarse ground coffee to a cold brew maker in a 1:5 coffee:water ratio by weight.
• Let macerate for 18-20hrs and then strain.
• Dilute the concentrate with 2:1 water:coffee by weight.
• Alternatively, purchase a bottle of premade Stumptown cold brew coffee.