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

Whiskey Sour

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

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

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 Manhatten

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

Whiskey Sour

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.

Royall Rye Sazerac

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.

Royall Rye Old Fashioned

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.

Vodka Espresso Martini

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

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

Royall Rye Sazerac

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.

 

Whiskey Sour

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.

Royall Rye Old Fashioned

“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

Royall Rye Sazerac

White Ghost Dog

Ingredients:

2 oz DCD Ghost Whiskey
1 oz orange liquor
1 oz ginger beer
1 dash orange bitters

Royall Rye Old Fashioned

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

Espresso Old Fashioned

Ingredients:

2 oz Espresso infused Ghost Whiskey
1 oz Kahlua
cherry and orange twist

Cape Henry Gin Cocktail Recipes

Deep Creek Mule

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

Royall Rye Sazerac

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.

 

Whiskey Sour

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

Deep Creek Mule

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.

Negrini

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.

Whiskey Sour

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

Deep Creek Mule

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.

 

Royall Rye Sazerac

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

Whiskey Sour

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

Deep Creek Mule

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

Royall Rye Sazerac

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.

Whiskey Sour

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.

Whiskey Sour

Other drinks...

OTHER Drinks made with Deep Creek Moonshine:

Backyard Pineapple MoonSlush
Black Moon Arnold Palmer
Dreamoonsicle
Peach Cobbler Moon