The Peach Tease

This cocktail doesn’t even need a name. It has its own playlist:

Prince. The Eels. The Presidents of the United States of America.

Peaches for you. Peaches for me.

And until now it’s only been available in my brain and at my kitchen table, but I’m nothing if not generous — so here’s the recipe.

The Peach Tease

As mentioned previously, Bag and String Wine Merchants gifted me a bottle of their new exclusive barrel release from Tommyrotter Distillery in Buffalo.

This is my first go at making a fun cocktail with it.

About This Drink

A perfect late summer sipper, as fresh peaches are still readily available and the depth and spice of the barrel aged gin hint at the approaching change of seasons.

It’s The Peach Tease (or Teasy P. if you’re hip and into the whole brevity thing).

Ingredients

• 1.5 oz B&S Tommyrotter Barrel-Aged
• .75 oz Peach Tea Simple Syrup
• .75 oz Contratto Apertif orange liqueur
• Peach garnish

Preparation

• Add all the ingredients except the garnish into a mixing glass and stir until well chilled and diluted (as the gin is 122 proof). Strain into a chilled cocktail glass and garnish with a fresh slice of peach.

Cucumber Collins

This can actually be two cocktails: vodka or gin!

About This Cocktail
A basic collins perfect for spring, made with either Crop Cucumber vodka or Hendrick’s gin.

Ingredients
2 ounces Crop Cucumber vodka (or Hendrick’s gin)
.5 oz lemon juice
.5 simple syrup
Finish with soda water

Preparation
Add all of the ingredients, except the soda water, to a shaker filled with ice. Shake and strain into a tall glass (highball, Collins) and pack it full with fresh ice. Top with soda water and garnish with a cucumber wheel.>