Colorado Single Malt Whiskey Cocktails

by Andrew Chalk

FROM THE WIRES...

Rocky Mountain Toddy

2 oz Stranahan’s Original

6 oz hot brewed chamomile tea

Honey to taste

Squeeze of fresh lemon juice

Angostura Bitters

Instructions: Combine Stranahan’s Original and brewed chamomile tea in a glass mug. Add in honey to taste. Top with a dash of Angostura Bitters. Stir and garnish with a clove-studded lemon wheel.

Mile-High Manhattan

1.5 oz Stranahan’s Original

.75 oz Sweet Vermouth

.75 oz Italian Bitter (Campari)

2 dashes chocolate bitters

Instructions: Combine Stranahan’s Original, Sweet Vermouth, Italian Bitter and stir. Pour into coupe glass and garnish with brandied cherry.

American Old Fashioned

2 oz Stranahan’s Original

1 brown sugar cube

2 Dashes Angostura Bitters

Pinch grated cinnamon

Instructions: Muddle sugar cube, cinnamon and Angostura Bitters in base of shaker. Add Stranahan’s Original and shake with ice. Fine strain into ice-filled rocks glass and garnish with orange twist and cinnamon stick.

Sample.