Happy Hour Drinks

Hard Ginger Lemonade

With your choice of vodka, gin, whiskey, or tequila

Fizzy Lizzy

Blueberry vodka, blueberry mint purée, fresh squeezed lime, and soda water

Gin and Juice

Chomomile and Lavender infused gin with a tasty juice blend

Gin Jin

Gin, juniper mint syrup, and fresh lime

Peach Perfect

Vodka, peach puree, mint syrup, and fresh lime

Bloody Mary

From-scratch bloody mary with a Keea’s famous pickle

Grapefruit Go Go

Vodka, orange liqueur, grapefruit juice, & fresh lime

Rum Runner

Dark rum with banana and blackberry liqueurs, oj, and pineapple

Whisky Daisy

Bourbon, orgeat syrup (made from almonds) and fresh lemon

Classic Sidecar

Served on the rocks.  American cognac, orange liquor, & fresh citrus

Bubble Gum Lemondrop

Bubblegum-infused vodka, fresh-squeezed lemon & simple syrup

Agave Bliss

Tequila, grapefruit juice, fresh-squeezed lime

Oxymoron

Terragon infused vodka, ginger syrup, and lemon juice

Cocktails

Vulcan  8

Maple-infused vodka with ancho chiles fresh lime and a hint of epazote (a delicious Mexican herb)

Hot Pink 10

X-Rated liqueur, Mazama Pepper Vodka (Bend’s local spicy vodka)                 and fresh lemon and lime

El Scorcho  8

Habanero-infused vodka, fresh ginger syrup, pineapple, and lime with a frothy jalepeno foam

Sum Yung Gi (Red Curry)  8

Coconut rum, Mazama Pepper Vodka (made right here in Bend!) ginger confit, &  fresh-squeezed lime

Cucumber Mojito  7

Cucumber purée, fresh mint, fresh lime, and soda water

Coconut Mojito  7

Fresh mint, jugo de limon verde, coconut milk, and coconut rum

Gin & Q’s Tonic 7

New Amsterdam gin served with a fresh tonic containing Brazilian quinine, grapefruit, and allspice berries

El Lemongrasso  8

Lemongrass and sage infused tequila with fresh-squeezed lemon margarita mix and sage salt

Floral Fusion  8

Hibisicus-infused vodka, creme de violet, rose petal tincture, fresh grapefruit and lemon sour

Zwack Attack Sidecar  8

The Zwack Attack is a spin on the classic sidecar with Zwack Hungarian Herbal Liqueur, orange liqueur, and fresh lime.

Manhattan Flight  9

Three baby manhattans w/Dolin Rouge and 3 types of housemade bitters

Ninjah Ginjah  8

Ginger Lover?  Canton Ginger Liqueur (distilled from Chinese baby ginger), ginger-infused vodka, & lemon-ginger syrup

Cured Mary  8

Bacon-infused vodka, housemade bloody, with a bacon bit rim

Postmodern Pimms Cup  8

Lemon-mint infused gin, St. Germain elderflower liqueur, Pimms, cucumber, and lime sour

Raspberry Cream Pop  8

Raspberry mint champagne sherbet and winter wheat vodka infused with vanilla, blackberry leaves, orange blossoms, & hawthorn

Chocolate Indulgence  9

Homemade chocolate syrup, molasses cream, chocolate liqueur with a dark-chocolate peanut rim

I Like It Neat

Smoked bacon bourbon  8

Served neat

Smoked vodka  8

Served on the rocks with a house-cured olive trio

Q’s coffee liqueur  8

Served neat – done in house with Strictly Organics locally roasted blend de jour

Q’s rose petal liqueur  8

Served neat – liqueur distilled from wine finished with dried baby rose petals

Q’s conundrum  8

Unbelievably delicious, a combination of rich chocolate, coffee liqueur, & anise

Pre-Prohibition Cocktails

The Stone Fence  7

Rye whiskey with apple cider

Santa Cruz Fix  7

Dark rum, orange curaçao, and fresh-squeezed lemon

Gin Fizz  8

Ransom gin (pre-prohibition style gin), egg whites, fresh lemon

Gin Fix 8

Ransom gin, raspberry syrup, & a squeeze of lemon

Whiskey Smash  7

Mint-steeped whiskey with fine white sugar and water

Champagne Cocktail  7

Angostura bitters encrusted sugar cubes with sparkling wine

Saratoga Brace-up 9

American cognac, lime juice, egg white, absinthe, & angostura bitters

Jersey Sour  7

Applejack (distilled cider), fine white sugar, & fresh lemon

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So there are only two more days left of the winter cocktail list and then we change for summer.  I always forget how much work it is to change the menu – but it is really the part of my job that I love the most.  And every time I create a new list – I just can’t believe how much better it is than the last one.

I’m still working out the tweaks right now, but some of the things I’m most excited about are

1. A dessert cocktail done with a house-made raspberry champagne sherbet and a house-infused vodka which has been steeped with vanilla, chamomile, spearmint, orange blossoms, and blackberry leaves.

2.  A tequila flight with the same tequila but three different house-made salts.  Right now, I’m thinking a citrus salt, a tamarind salt, and a pepper salt.  (Guess I better break out the dehydrator tomorrow.)

3.  A happy hour drink with chamomile lavender gin and five mixed fruit juices.  Gin and Juice.

4.  Some of my own cold-compress liqueurs.

5.  A section devoted completely to Jerry Thomas’ drinks (and the Jerry Thomas Project – which I haven’t forgotten about, I’ve just been busy on other projects)

There’s a heap of other stuff, but I haven’t done the final menu so I want to wait until it’s done.

What’s crazy is all the stuff I still have to do, even though almost all of the infusions are done.  But I still need to make syrups, purées, and any new tinctures.  I need to make a recipe for every new ingredient.  I have to make a recipe for every new drink (so that the bartenders can learn how to make them).  I have to make a cheat sheet to hang up next to the bar, so at first the other bartenders can work until they’ve memorized the new drinks.  I have to put all the drinks in the computer.  I have to change and reprint three different menus.  I have to change the prep list and the kitchen order list.  Then I have to take part of the day to go over all the changes with the staff, taste them on the new drinks, and answer any of their questions.  And even then – it will still need tweaks.

:::::link to the new cocktail list:::::

Anyhow, if you live in Bend – come by this weekend and try some of the new drinks.

Now that an exhaustive two weeks are over I can devote my free time back to the Jerry Thomas Project (there the Broker’s bitters have currently been brewing for two weeks and should be ready very very soon). I also got a bag of gum arabic – so I can make some true gomme syrup. I overhauled the cocktail list for fall – still want to do a couple of tweaks such as add a deconstruced hot toddy but for the most part I feel this is the best cocktail list I’ve done yet (although I always feel that way when I put the new one out). I wasn’t going to do a pumpkin martini as I felt it was a bit cliche this time of year, but I got so many requests that I relented and man am I glad I did. It came out absolutely delicious and really tastes just like a pumpkin pie.

Bend Blacksmith Cocktail List November 2009

Vulcan (The Blacksmith God) 8

This drink takes the Blacksmith Idea of New Ranch Cuisine and Spins it into a Cocktail – Maple-Infused Vodka, Ancho Chile,With a Hint of Lime and Epazote

Absinthe – it’s legal after 90 years
Le Tourment Vert – French Absinthe with rich sweet botanicals 12
Kübler- from the Swiss Alps with floral and herbal aromatics 14
Lucid – French with grassy notes with a slight numbing sensation 14
Please try a half pour of each for 18

Guava Mojito 7
Guava Rum, Guava Purée, Fresh Mint, Fresh Lime, and Soda Water

Cucumber Mojito 7
Cucumber Purée, Fresh Mint, Fresh Lime, and Soda Water

El Scorcho 8
Habañero-Infused Vodka, Pineapple, Ginger Syrup, Lime, & Siracha with an Jalapeño Foam- This drink is ÜBER HOT!

Cured Mary 9
Bacon-Infused Vodka, Housemade Bloody, with a Bacon Bit Rim

Hick Coke 7
Hickory-Infused Bourbon and Smoked Coke

Save the Pacific Lamprey – He Needs Your Love Too!! 10
Hypnotic, Citros Vodka, Pineapple, and Fresh-Squeezed Citrus

Sum Yung Gi (Red Curry) 8
Coconut Rum, Mazama Pepper Vodka, Fresh Lime, and Ginger Syrup

Tamarind Margarita 8
Tequila, Tamarind, Orange Liqueur, and Fresh Squeezed Lime

Gin & Q’s Tonic 7
Gin with Handcrafted Tonic Water Containing Rich Citrus and Botanicals

Floral Fusion 8
Hibiscus-Infused Vodka, Crème de Violet, & Fresh Squeezed Grapefruit

Zwack Attack Sidecar 8
Zwack Herbal Liqueur, Orange Liqueur, with Fresh Lemon and Lime

Hot Pink 10
X-Rated Liqueur, Mazama Pepper Vodka, and Fresh Lemon and Lime

Sour Patch 8
Lemon Vodka, St. Germain, and Fresh Citrus with a Super Sour Rim

Bubble Trouble 8
Lime Bubblegum Vodka with Lime Cordial & Apple Schnapps Shaken Frothy

Manhattan Flight 9
Three Baby Manhattans w/ Dolin Rouge and 3 Types of Housemade Bitters

Butterscotch Manhattan 8
A healthy pour of bourbon with our housemade butterscotch

Hard Dog Fizz 8
Gin, Juniper Cream, Orange Juice, Egg Whites, and Fresh Lime

Snik Khers Martini 9
Super Decadent Chocolate Martini w/ a Caramel Peanut Chocolate Rim

Chai Tini 9
Voyant Chai Liqueur, Vanilla Cream, & Cinnamon Syrup

Happy Hour Cocktails

$5

And then for Happy Hour I’ve been doing a lot of classic cocktails – a fun way to bring some of them back into fashion.

Fizzy Lizzy
Blueberry vodka, blueberry mint purée, fresh squeezed lime, and soda water

Gin Jin
Gin, juniper mint syrup, and fresh lime

Brandy Bop
Brandy with Peychaud’s bitters, ginger syrup, & lemon

Bloody Mary
From-scratch bloody mary with Keea’s famous pickle

Grapefruit Go Go
Vodka, orange liqueur, grapefruit juice, & fresh lime

Rum Runner
Dark rum with banana and blackberry liqueurs, oj, and pineapple

Whisky Daisy
Bourbon, orgeat syrup (made from almonds) and fresh lemon

Peach Perfect
Vodka, peach puree, mint syrup, and fresh lime

Bubble Gum Lemondrop
Bubblegum-infused vodka, fresh-squeezed lemon & simple syrup

Agave Bliss
Tequila, grapefruit juice, fresh-squeezed lime

Sloe Gin Fizz
Sloe gin, gin, fresh-squeezed lemon, and soda water

Singapore Sling
Cherry brandy, gin, Angostura bitters, and fresh lime

Cherry Yum Yum
Vanilla vodka, fresh lemon, and cherry juice