Crimson Calamity
A strong, bold summer drink.
A strong drink of red. Dedicated to the band Crimson Calamity.
- 2 oz. Inkwell Unaged Red Corn Whiskey
- 1 oz Agua Hibisco
- 3/4 oz. Lavender Honey Simple Syrup
- 3/4 oz. Cranberry Juice
- 2 dashs of Peychaud's.
Combine ingredients in a shaker with ice.
shake vigorously
strain into a glass
You can garnish with a cherry for extra red.
To celebrate our FREE August 19th concert with the band Crimson Calamity we decided to create a delicious crimson cocktail. Using a series of serendipitously red materials, we've crafted the perfect drink to sip while cooling off with some blazing tunes.
Gin Marmalade
A gin cocktail sweetened with marmalade
A gin cocktail sweetened with marmalade
- 2 oz. Viridian Gin
- 1 oz Lime Juice
- 1 oz. Simple Syrup
- 1 tsp. Marmalade
- 5 Drops of salt water
Dissolve salt into warm water to create a saline solution.
Add all ingredients into a shaker with ice, and shake until chilled.
Double strain to make sure to get out all the solids of the marmalade.
You could maybe accuse us of being a little to eager to try new things, and this cocktail would be Exhibit A. Sweetened with marmalade and balanced out with a few drops of salt water (really), this curious cocktail will impress and beguile in equal measure.
Evening London Fog
An incredibly beguiling, drinkable effervescent cocktail.
A deliciously effervescent cocktail.
-1.5 oz. Inkwell Unaged Whiskey
-1 oz. Pratt Standard Earl Grey Vanilla Syrup
-3/4 oz. Lime Juice
-3 oz. Seltzer
Fill a highball glass with ice.
Add all ingredients over ice.
Stir gently to combine to avoid flattening the drink. Enjoy!
We've recently begun to fall in love with Pratt Standard cocktail syrups and mixers. These things are utterly delicious and incredibly versatile, and we can't encourage you to try them enough. Here's one recipe we got right off the label.
Corn Whiskey Sidecar
Take a famous cocktail and make it better with unaged corn whiskey,
Take a famous cocktail and make it better with unaged corn whiskey,
-2 oz. Inkwell Corn Whiskey
-1 oz. Lemon Juice
-3/4 oz. Triple Sec
-Egg White
Combine all the ingredients into a Boston shaker with ice.
For extra foam, add a cocktail spring to really whip that egg white.
Shake vigorously and strain into a glass. Enjoy!
This old classic conjures mental images of wood panel bars and mixologists with garters on their sleeves. But there's a place for this cocktail in the modern world, and our Inkwell Corn Whiskey is just the thing to help usher it into a new century.
Moonshine Margarita
The only way to make a margarita better is adding Inkwell Corn Whiskey.
The only way to make a margarita better is adding Inkwell Corn Whiskey.
-2 oz. Inkwell Red Corn Whiskey
-1/2 oz. Orange Juice
-1 1/2 oz. Lime Juice
-1 oz. Simple Syrup
Add everything into a shaker with ice.
Shake vigorously.
Strain into a glass with ice and enjoy!
Nothing says summer quite like a margarita. The summer standby is made with tequila, but as we aren't making an agave spirit yet, we had to improvise for our own version. Using our new Inkwell white whiskey, we've made a delicious moonshine margarita that will have you longing for the beach.
The Pink Moon
An original cocktail made just to showcase our unaged corn whiskey.
An original cocktail made just to showcase our unaged corn whiskey.
-2 oz. Inkwell Red Corn Whiskey
-1 oz. Lavender Orange Blossom Honey Syrup
-1/2 oz. Lime Juice
-2-3 dashes Peychaud's Bitters
To make the lavender orange blossom honey syrup, steep dried lavender flowers in hot water (4 tsp per cup, more if desired) for ten minutes.
Once the flowers have been removed, add an equal volume of orange blossom honey and stir until combined. Keep chilled.
Add all ingredients into a shaker with ice, shake until chilled.
Strain into rocks glass with ice. Enjoy!
To celebrate the release of our newest spirit—Inkwell unaged corn whiskey—we set about making a brand new cocktail to celebrate both the whiskey and the warming weather. This delicious, light, deceptively punchy cocktail is a perfect way to wrap up a day in the sun, with a level of sweetness that will have your day hitting its peak as the sun drops.