Our Spirits Make Great Cocktails
Mix-it up, shake-it, and savor the taste of your favorite cocktails at home! Creating the perfect cocktail is a work of art. For the perfect cocktail, we suggest using quality ingredients.
Below you will find our best recommendations for the perfect drink using our spirits…BUT PLEASE… Host and attend parties responsibly, make arrangements for a safe ride home, and understand how alcohol affects your blood-alcohol concentration. If you choose to drink, know your limits.
Royall Rye Whiskey Cocktail Recipes
Royall Rye Whiskey Sour
Ingredients:
1 1/2 oz Rye Whiskey
1 tsp lemon juice
½ tsp sugar
cherry, orange twist
Directions:
In a shaker with ice, combine whiskey, lemon juice, and sugar and shake until cold. Pour into rocks glass with ice. Add cherry and orange twist to rim of glass.
Royall Rye Sazerac
Ingredients:
1 ½ oz Rye Whiskey
¼ oz Absinthe
1 tsp. sugar
3 dashes bitters
Directions:
Combine first four ingredients into shaker with ice and shake until cold. Stir and strain in chilled glass that’s been rinsed with Absinthe.
Royall Rye Old Fashioned
Ingredients:
1 ½ oz Rye Whiskey
3 dashes bitters
½ oz simple syrup
orange peel
Directions:
In a shaker with ice, combine the whiskey, bitters, and syrup and shake until cold. Pour into rocks glass with ice. Add orange peel to rim of glass.
Royall Rye Manhattan
Ingredients:
1 ½ oz Rye Whiskey
½ oz Sweet Vermouth
3 dashes bitters
cherry
Directions:
Combine first three ingredients into shaker with ice and shake until cold. Stir and strain into glass over ice. Add the cherry.
Cape Henry Vodka Cocktail Recipes
Prohibition
Ingredients:
1 oz Cape Henry Vodka
2 oz Cape Henry Gin
1/2 oz Dry Vermouth
Directions:
In a shaker with ice, combine all ingredients and shake until cold. Pour into empty martini glass with an olive. Add lemon twist to rim of glass.
Lighthouse Lemon Drop
Ingredients:
2 oz Cape Henry Vodka
1 oz Lemon Juice
3/4 oz Cointreau
3/4 oz Simple Syrup
Lemon Twist
Directions:
Combine first four ingredients into shaker with ice and shake until cold. Pour into empty martini glass (moisten rim and add sugar). Place lemon twist on rim.
Classic Lighthouse Vodka Gimlet
Ingredients:
2 oz Cape Henry Vodka
3/4 oz Lime Juice
1/2 oz Simple Syrup
Directions:
In a shaker with ice, combine all ingredients and shake until cold. Pour into empty martini glass. Add lime wheel to rim of glass.
Espresso Martini
Ingredients:
1 ½ oz Cape Henry Espresso Vodka
½ oz simple syrup
¼ oz coffee liquor
Directions:
Combine first three ingredients into shaker with ice and shake until cold. Shake and strain over cold glass.
Ghost Whiskey Cocktail Recipes
Deep Creek Mule
Ingredients:
1.5 oz DCD Ghost Whiskey
1 oz honey syrup
5 dashes of orange bitters
1.5 oz peach juice
Top with Ginger Beer
Directions:
Combine first 4 ingredients into mixing tin and shake until cold. Strain over fresh ice. Top with Ginger Beer. Glass: Double Old Fashioned/ Rocks
Ghost-Redtini
Ingredients:
2 oz DCD Ghost Whiskey
.5 oz Sweet Vermouth
1 oz Pom juice
.25 oz Grenadine
½ fresh squeezed lemon/.5 oz lemon juice
5 dashes Cherry Bitters
Directions:
Combine all 4 ingredients into mixing tin and shake until cold. Strain into Martini Glass.
Clear Old Fashioned
Ingredients:
2 oz DCD Ghost Whiskey
1/2 oz Old Fashioned mix
1 tsp Warm Water
3 dashes Bitters
1 Marachino Cherry
Directions:
In a shaker, add all the ingredients (except cherry) and shake to mix the ingredients. Strain over some ice in a glass, add the cherry and garnish with 1 orange peel.
“The Lincoln” White Margarita
Ingredients:
3 ounces DCD GhostWhiskey
2 ounces Cointreau
2 ounces of fresh lime juice
Lime wedges
Coarse salt for rimming the glasses
White Ghost Dog
Ingredients:
2 oz DCD Ghost Whiskey
1 oz orange liquor
1 oz ginger beer
1 dash orange bitters
White Ghost Whiskey Punch
Ingredients:
2 oz DCD Ghost Whiskey
2 oz fresh pineapple juice
1 oz fresh lime juice
1 oz simple syrup
pineapple wedge for garnish
Espresso Old Fashioned
Ingredients:
2 oz Espresso infused Ghost Whiskey
1 oz Kahlua
cherry and orange twist
Cape Henry Gin Cocktail Recipes
Cucumber Cooler
Ingredients:
1.5 oz Cape Henry gin
1 oz cucumber syrup or 4 slices cucumber
½ fresh squeezed lime/0.5 oz lime juice
6 mint leaves
Ginger beer – splash
Directions:
Combine first three ingredients into mixing tin and shake until cold. Strain over fresh ice. Top with Elderflower tonic. Glass: Collins
Cape Henry Gin & Tonic
Ingredients:
2 oz Cape Henry gin
1/2 oz Lime Juice
Tonic water
Directions:
Add ice in glass and place first 2 ingredients and then top with tonic water. Garnish with a lime wedge.
Spicy Red Snapper
Ingredients:
2 oz Cape Henry Gin
1 oz clamato juice
2 tsp fresh lemon juice
2 tsp hot sauce… 2 tsp Old Bay
1pinch each of garlic powder and ground cumin
¼ tsp celery salt… ¼ tsp pepper
¼ tsp prepared horseradish
1 celery stalk… 1 lemon wedge
2 stuffed green olives
1 slice bacon
CAPE HENRY LEMON SQUARE
Ingredients:
2 oz Cape Henry gin
1 oz mint syrup
1 oz peach juice
½ fresh squeezed lemon/.5 oz lemon juice
Directions:
Combine ingredients in mixing tin and shake until cold. Strain into Martini glass. Garnish with fresh basil for color.
Negroni
Ingredients:
1 oz Cape Henry gin
1 oz Campari
1 oz Sweet Vermouth
Orange Slice
Directions:
Combine first three ingredients into shaker with ice and shake until cold. Pour in glass with ice and add orange slice.
MURDER at the Lighthouse
Ingredients:
3 oz Cape Henry Gin
2 oz Pomegranate Juice
1 oz Vermouth
Directions:
In a shaker, mix all the ingredients. Pour into an empty martini glass.
Moonshine Cocktail Recipes
Blackberry Moonshine Cocktail
Ingredients:
1.5 oz Deep Creek Moonshine
1 oz mint syrup
4 blackberries
½ fresh squeezed lemon/ 0.5 oz lemon juice
Top with soda water
Directions:
Muddle blackberries and moonshine in mixing tin. Add mint syrup and lemon juice and shake until cold. Using Hawthorne strainer, strain over fresh ice. Top with soda water. Glass: Double Old Fashioned/Rocks.
Key Lime Pie Moonshine
Ingredients:
1.5 oz Deep Creek Moonshine
1 oz cucumber syrup
1 fresh squeezed key lime/0.25 oz key lime juice
Elderflower tonic (Can substitute .5 oz elderflower syrup and regular tonic)
Directions:
Combine first three ingredients into mixing tin and shake until cold. Strain over fresh ice. Top with Elderflower tonic. Glass: Collins
Dirty Moontini (Moonshine martini)
Ingredients:
75 ml (2½ Oz) Deep Creek Moonshine
15 ml (½ Oz) Dry Vermouth
15 ml (½ Oz) Olive Brine
1 Tsp Maple Syrup
2 Dashes Bitters
Olives
MOONDANCE
Ingredients:
2 oz Deep Creek Moonshine
1/2 ounce Cocchi Americano aperitivo
1/2 ounce dry vermouth
1/4 ounce green Chartreuse
1/4 ounce maraschino liqueur
1 dash orange bitters
Garnish: orange peel
Moonito (Moonshine Mojito)
Ingredients:
45 ml (1½ Oz) Deep Creek Moonshine
120 ml (4 Oz) Club Soda
5 Fresh Mint Leaves
½oz Fresh Lime
2 Tsp Sugar
Directions:
Stir into shaker all ingredients above. Pour into glass with ice.
Sex in the Woods
Ingredients:
2 oz Deep Creek Moonshine
1 1/2 oz Cranberry Juice
1 1/2 oz Orange Juice
½ oz Peach Schnapps
Directions:
Stir into shaker with ice. Add above ingredients. Pour into glass with ice. Top with orange slice.
Other drinks...
OTHER Drinks made with Deep Creek Moonshine:
Backyard Pineapple MoonSlush
Black Moon Arnold Palmer
Dreamoonsicle
Peach Cobbler Moon
