• How do you drink Vermouth & Apéritifs?!

    Basically, there are three ways to enjoy the apéritif/aromatized wine styles: Simply over ice, perhaps with a citrus peel garnish or a couple olives. Spritz! On ice, 50/50 with sparkling soda water and/or sparkling wine. Cocktails, the styles we make are staple ingredients in hundreds of classic cocktails. We've got loads of recipes here on the website and our other favorite resource for cocktail recipes is Difford's Guide. Enjoy!

  • What about Bitters?

    Bitters are concentrated botanical flavouring, you can think of them as flavour modifiers for cocktails. Wherever you want a little kick of botanical flavour you can add them to cocktails or even in sparkling soda water. A dash of Orange Bitters in a Martini for example, really makes the drink shine. Or a few dashes of aromatic bitters in sparkling water is a refreshing and tasty delight.

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Cocktail Recipes

Kina-Blanc & Tonic

Kina-Blanc & Tonic

Quinn Palmer

Kina-Blanc and Tonic Water. If you love bubbly and bitter things, this is the drink for you. A Kina, or Quinquina is also known as a Tonic Wine. It's the...

Kina-Blanc & Tonic

Quinn Palmer

Kina-Blanc and Tonic Water. If you love bubbly and bitter things, this is the drink for you. A Kina, or Quinquina is also known as a Tonic Wine. It's the...

Darkside vs. Lightside, you decide.

Darkside vs. Lightside, you decide.

Quinn Palmer

Gin, Kina and New Orleans Bitters. Two variations of the same cocktail, pitting our two Kinas against each other in a battle for the stars. The original recipe, Darkside, was...

Darkside vs. Lightside, you decide.

Quinn Palmer

Gin, Kina and New Orleans Bitters. Two variations of the same cocktail, pitting our two Kinas against each other in a battle for the stars. The original recipe, Darkside, was...

49th Parallel

49th Parallel

Quinn Palmer

Brandy, Rye, Lemon Juice, Kina-Banc, Triple Sec, New Orleans Red Bitters. A sidecar with a little and floral botanical flare from the Kina-Bland and bitters. Boozy and refreshing! Originally made...

49th Parallel

Quinn Palmer

Brandy, Rye, Lemon Juice, Kina-Banc, Triple Sec, New Orleans Red Bitters. A sidecar with a little and floral botanical flare from the Kina-Bland and bitters. Boozy and refreshing! Originally made...

Great Western

Great Western

Anna-mary Schmidt - Apothecary Formulary

Akvavit, Kina-Blanc, Orange Liqueur, lemon juice, honey syrup. This is my ‘local spirits’ take on the Great Northern, created by Jessica Gonzalez at Death & Company, NYC. The Akvavit’s caraway...

Great Western

Anna-mary Schmidt - Apothecary Formulary

Akvavit, Kina-Blanc, Orange Liqueur, lemon juice, honey syrup. This is my ‘local spirits’ take on the Great Northern, created by Jessica Gonzalez at Death & Company, NYC. The Akvavit’s caraway...

Jabberwock Cocktail

Jabberwock Cocktail

Anna-mary Schmidt - Apothecary Formulary

Gin, fino sherry, Kina-Blanc, Lillet and bitters. I wanted to make something featuring two new-to-me ingredients:@esquimaltwine Elderflower Quinquina Kina-Blanc and@freepourjennys Fireweed bitters. The former is in the style of classic...

Jabberwock Cocktail

Anna-mary Schmidt - Apothecary Formulary

Gin, fino sherry, Kina-Blanc, Lillet and bitters. I wanted to make something featuring two new-to-me ingredients:@esquimaltwine Elderflower Quinquina Kina-Blanc and@freepourjennys Fireweed bitters. The former is in the style of classic...

The Little Things, a Breakfast Manhattan

The Little Things, a Breakfast Manhattan

Adam Dewar

Single Malt Whisky, Kina-Blanc, Orange Bitters. Shelter Point’s Montfort Single Malt Whisky is what I would call a Breakfast whisky. It’s light, floral, with some subtle fruit coming through. I...

The Little Things, a Breakfast Manhattan

Adam Dewar

Single Malt Whisky, Kina-Blanc, Orange Bitters. Shelter Point’s Montfort Single Malt Whisky is what I would call a Breakfast whisky. It’s light, floral, with some subtle fruit coming through. I...