Sep 1

Sep 1 Queen Anne's Revenge

Sas Stewart

Barkeep

Quiz: Is this tiki-inspired drink, by Sas Stewart named after:

A- Blackbeard's pirate ship or

B- Our favorite Vermont wild flower? (see below for answer)

Ingredients

2 oz Stonecutter Spirits Single Barrel Gin

0.5 oz allspice dram

0.5 oz unsweetened pineapple juice

0.5 oz blackberry sage syrup

Directions

Combine all ingredients into a mixing tin and shake for 8-12 seconds; strain into a chilled coupe and garnish with a floating sage leaf. You'll probably want more than one.

Blackberry sage syrup: Add two containers blackberries, 2 c water, 2 c sugar to pot; bring to boil and simmer for 5-7 minutes to dissolve sugar and break down berries. Take off heat and add two sprigs sage; let infuse off heat for 20 minutes before straining out berries and sage.

Answer: A-rgh

Sas Stewart

Sas Stewart is the Co-founder of Stonecutter Spirits, an award-winning craft spirits producer that proudly combines heritage barrel aging techniques from around the world to age gin and whiskey in Middlebury, Vermont. After a decade in the world of fine-dining, she cut her business teeth in urban agriculture before moving to the bucolic Vermont countryside. Passionate about design, good food, and bringing back the cocktail hour, Sas creates spirits and cocktails to be enjoyed by people who care about the quality of their tipples. Sas' cocktails have been written up in Martha Stewart Living, Seven Days and other publications; she is currently writing a book with Martha Mack that brings seasonal drinks to the home cocktail bar.