Signature Sips from the VFN Annual Forum

This year, at the VFN Annual Forum Dinner on August 6th, the Network turned 21! To celebrate, our Network spirit producers and bartenders teamed up to create custom cocktails for the evening featuring Vermont spirits and ingredients. The cocktails were a huge hit! And we wanted to share them with you to make at home. Pick up your favorite bottle of Vermont produced spirits and give these recipes a shake (or a stir).  

SILO DISTILLERY with ALEX MORAN - FARMHOUSE GROUP 

• 1 OZ SILO LAVENDER VODKA
• 5 OZ SILO CUCUMBER VODKA
• 1 OZ POMEGRANATE SHRUB (SEE BELOW)
• 5 OZ LEMON

GREAT AS A PUNCH, YUMMY UP COCKTAIL OR POURED OVER ICE & TOPPED WITH SODA

 POMEGRANATE SHRUB

• 2 PARTS POM POMEGRANATE JUICE
• 1 PART HIGH QUALITY APPLE CIDER VINEGAR
• 1 PART SUGAR

COMBINE INGREDIENTS IN A MASON JAR AND STIR TO BEGIN DISSOLVING THE SUGAR LET IT REST FOR A MINUTE THEN SHAKE VIGOROUSLY EVERY FEW MINUTES UNTIL ALL SUGAR IS DISSOLVED

JUNIPER BAR & RESTAURANT with CALEDONIA SPIRITS

• THORNHILL FARM PORK FAT WASHED TOM CAT GIN
• ELDERBERRY, ECHINACEA & HONEY INFUSED VERMOUTH
• ALICE & THE MAGICIAN GINGER SCENT

EDEN SPECIALTY CIDERS with MICHAEL DUNN - MISERY LOVES CO

• 1.5 OZ ORLEANS WOOD
• 2 OZ BLUEBERRY LEMONADE
• TOP WITH EDEN SPARKLING DRY CIDER

SERVE ON THE ROCKS WITH FRESH BLUEBERRIES TO GARNISH 

HOOKER MOUNTAIN FARM DISTILLERY with JEFF BAUMANN – THE GREAT NORTHERN

SON OF A BIRCH 

• 2 OZ HOOKER MOUNTAIN BIRCH
• .75 OZ COCCHI VERMOUTH DI TORINO
• .25 OZ LUXARDO MARASCHINO 
• 3 DROPS CRUDE "TIKI THREEKI" BITTERS

STIR OR STRAIN INTO COUPE | EXPRESS ORANGE PEEL OILS

MAD RIVER DISTILLERS with ANTOINE LEFEVRE - JUNIPER BAR & RESTAURANT

1794 - CLASSIC RYE COCKTAIL

• 2 OZ MAD RIVER RYE WHISKEY
• 1 OZ CARPANO ANTICA SWEET VERMOUTH
• 1 OZ CAMPARI
• 3 DASHES OF XOCOLATL MOLE BITTERS

 STIRRED AND SERVED NEAT