brandy

St. George Pear Brandy

Ingredients

St. George Pear Brandy


Directions

Serve in a small snifter.


Notes

A great nightcap. Strong. Pure pear. Looking forward to using it more as a cocktail ingredient, too!

 
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Fistful of Pears

Credit: St. George Spirits

Ingredients

1 oz St. George Pear Brandy
1 oz St. George Spiced Pear Liqueur
1 oz Amaro Nonino
Meyer lemon peel


Directions

Build over ice. Squeeze Meyer lemon peel over drink to release oils, then use as a garnish.


Notes

Fantastic enough to get me out of a blogging dry spell after 2 sips! I opened up the bottle of St. George Pear Brandy to enjoy on its own, and went to the website to check spelling, and happened to see this drink listed, so made it for my husband. It called for Lo-Fi Gentian Amaro and grapefruit zest, but worked with what I had and thought the Nonino and Meyer lemon would sub in well. An ode to pear. It’s late so I’m sticking with brandy, but there’s tomorrow and New Year’s Eve…

 
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Egg Nog

Credit: Jeffrey Morgenthaler

Ingredients

2 large eggs
4 tbsp superfine or baker's sugar
2 oz Argonaut Speculator Brandy
2 oz Siesta Key Spiced Rum
6 oz whole milk
4 oz heavy cream
grated nutmeg


Directions

Beat eggs in blender for one minute on medium speed. Slowly add sugar and blend for one additional minute. With blender still running, add brandy, rum, milk and cream until combined. Chill thoroughly to allow flavors to combine and serve in chilled glasses, grating nutmeg on top immediately before serving.


Notes

Quite unlike most egg nogs I’ve had, which have been too thick, sweet, or boozy. This is elegant, smooth, drinkable, and can be made in advance! I didn’t have enough of my homemade spiced rum so took a chance on Siesta Key—a worthy alternative for eggnog use. I cut the sugar down to 4 tbsp and it was plenty sweet.

 
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