Camp Cocktails

Flask Boulevardier

2 oz. bourbon 1 oz. Campari 1 oz. sweet vermouth 1 oz. water Directions: Combine the ingredients and stir. Yum! Negroni and Boulevardier are my favorite drinks so no surprises that I enjoy this. Great drink to have in the outdoors

“Rum and Cola” Old Fashioned

1 oz. aged Spanish-style rum 1 oz. sweet vermouth 1 oz. Averna amaro 1 dash Angostura bitters 0.75 oz. water Directions: Combine ingredients and stir gently to combine. Backlog: Good! Good stuff.

Flask Vieux Carre

0.75 oz. rye whiskey 0.75 oz. cognac 0.75 oz. sweet vermouth 1 tsp. Benedictine 1 dash Peychaud’s bitters 1 dash Angostura bitters 0.5 oz. water Directions: Combine the ingredients and stir. Backlog: On a winter night by the fire, this was so perfect. We had a bunch of IPAs and more whiskey on top ofContinue reading “Flask Vieux Carre”

Flask Brandy and Benedictine

2 oz. cognac 0.5 oz. Benedictine 0.5 oz water Directions: Combine all the ingredients, stir gently to combine, and pour or funnel all, or all that fits, into your carrying vessel. Backlog. A much more balanced recipe than the more traditional one from The Cocktail Bible, in my opinion. This one lets the brandy/cognac shineContinue reading “Flask Brandy and Benedictine”

Flask Manhattan

2.5 oz. rye or bourbon whiskey 1 oz. sweet vermouth 2 dashes Angostura bitters 0.75 oz. water Directions: combine all the ingredients, stir gently to combine, and pour or funnel all, or all that fits, into your carrying vessel. Backlog. The water addition is a nice way that these recipes do dilution without ice. WhenContinue reading “Flask Manhattan”

This book is so fun. I haven’t used it much because I only go camping so many times year and am not often in a position to be bringing cocktails along. Each recipe is designed for portability and a lack of ice, and can be scaled up or down depending on container size. All theContinue reading “Camp Cocktails”