Cocktail Recipes
for the at-home bartender
The finest spirits La Crosse has to offer.
From field to glass.
HEADY BELLA MARTINI
2 oz Heady Bella
0.50 oz Fieldnotes Vodka
0.75 oz heavy cream
0.25 oz simple syrup
Add above ingredients to shaker and fill with ice, shake for 8-10 seconds and strain into martini glass and garnish with 3 coffee beans.
WISCO BULLDOG
1 oz Heady Bella
1 oz Fieldnotes Vodka
0.50 oz demerara*
0.75 oz heavy cream
3 oz Coca-cola
Add demerara, vodka and whiskey to rocks glass. Add 3 cubes. Add heavy cream and stir. Top with Coca-Cola. *0.25 oz chocolate syrup can be used in place of demerara
BELLAVARDIER
1.5 oz Heady Bella
1 oz sweet vermouth
0.75 oz Campari
Add above ingredients to mixing vessel, add ice and stir for 8-10 seconds. Strain into rocks glass filled with ice or over one large cube, garnish with orange peel.
HEADY ICED MOCHA
2 oz Heady Bella
0.50 oz Irish Cream liqueur
0.50 oz half and half
Bar spoon of chocolate syrup
Add above ingredients to shaker and fill with ice, shake for 8-10 seconds and strain into rocks glass filled with ice and chocolate swirl.
TOM COLLINS
2 oz. Fieldnotes Gin (or Fieldnotes Vodka)
1 oz. lemon juice
seltzer
Add lemon juice and spirit to a rocks glass with ice and stir. Top with seltzer and garnish with a lemon.
VODKA COOLER
2 oz. Fieldnotes Vodka
0.50 oz. elderflower liqueur
2.5 oz. fresh orange juice
Ginger beer
Add above ingredients to glass filled with ice and top with ginger beer. Garnish with fresh pomegranates and mint leaf.
HODAG MARGARITA
1.5 oz. Fieldnotes Vodka
0.25 oz. orange liqueur
0.75 oz. lime juice
0.25 oz. agave syrup
Combine all ingredients in small tin, long shake and double strain over cubed ice. Garnish with lime.
GIN SPARKLE
1.5 oz. Fieldnotes Gin
1 oz. cranberry juice
0.50 oz. orange juice
Champagne or Prosecco
Pour over ice and top with 1 oz. Prosecco. Garnish with rosemary sprig and fresh cranberries.
OLD FASHIONED
1.5 oz. High Rye Light Whiskey
dash of bitters
sugar cube
orange & Luxardo cherries
seltzer or lemon-lime soda
Muddle sugar cube, cherries and orange slice in an empty rocks glass. Fill with ice and add spirit. Top with soda of choice, bitters and stir.
RYE SMASH
1.5 oz. High Rye Light Whiskey
0.75 oz. simple syrup
fresh mint leaves
lemon
Muddle mint leaves, lemon slices, simple syrup, and a dash of water in shaker. Add spirit and shake with ice until cold. Strain into rocks glass over fresh ice. Garnish with mint leaf.
TOODELOO MULE
2 oz. Downtown Toodeloo
ginger beer
lime
Add Downtown Toodeloo to rocks glass with ice. Top with ginger beer and lightly stir. Squeeze lime and add to glass.
RR PUNCH
2 oz. Downtown Toodeloo
0.5 oz. orange juice
0.5 oz. lemon juice
0.5 oz. grenadine
0.25 oz. simple syrup
Shake all ingredients together and strain over fresh ice.
CURRANT EVENTS
1.75 oz. Christmas Gin
0.75 oz. lime
1.25 oz. spiced cranberry syrup
Combine all ingredients in shaker with ice, shake and strain into coupe.
Spiced Cranberry Syrup:
1 cup real cranberry juice
1 cup granulated sugar
1 pinch of Cardamon 1 pinch of clove
Add above ingredients to stove top and simmer for 30-40 minutes stirring occasionally. Strain out spices and chill in refrigerator.
HOLIDAY NEGRONI
2 oz. Christmas Gin
1 oz. Campari
1 oz. sweet Vermouth
Add ingredients to glass filled with ice and stir, strain into tub and fill with ice.
HOLIDAY SPRITZ
1 oz. Christmas Gin
0.50 oz. Aperol
3 oz. Prosecco
Add top two ingredients, shake lightly and strain into champagne flute. Top with Prosecco and garnish with orange peel and cranberry.
ROSEMARY GIN & TONIC
2 oz. Christmas Gin
0.25 oz. lemon juice
tonic water
Add Christmas Gin and lemon juice to glass filled with ice. Top with tonic water and garnish with rosemary sprig and a cranberry or two.
HOLIDAY MOJITO
2.5 oz. Christmas Gin
3 mint leaves (large)
4-5 blueberries
0.50 oz. simple syrup
club soda, lemon-lime soda
Muddle mint, fruit and simple syrup in pint glass. Add Christmas Gin and fill with ice, top with half club soda and half lemon lime soda. Garnish with mint leaf and blueberry.
CHRISTMAS CAPE CODDER
1.5 oz. Christmas Gin
0.50 oz. cranberry-rosemary syrup
2 dashes orange bitters
4 oz. seltzer
Combine all ingredients into measuring glass, stir, then add seltzer. Pour over glass filled with ice and garnish with rosemary sprig.
Cranberry-Rosemary Syrup:
2 cups of cranberry juice
3 sprigs rosemary
Add above to stovetop and bring to boil, reduce and simmer for 45 minutes. Strain out rosemary and chill in refrigerator.