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Sub Rosa Tarragon Vodka Recipes

Meadow Lark,Hot Summer Night,Goan Breeze,French Twist

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Sub Rosa vodkas are delicious when used in any traditional vodka cocktail recipe, but there are definitely cocktails that take full advantage of their unique flavors.

Meadow Lark

Mike Sherwood at Sub Rosa suggests this cocktail for a great summer drink. It's named for Oregon's state bird.

  • 1/4 oz. St. Germaine Elderflower Liqueur
  • 2 oz. Sub Rosa Tarragon Vodka
  • splash of lemon juice
  • 2 oz. soda water

Combine all ingredients in an old-fashioned glass over ice.

Hot Summer Night

  • 1 1/2 oz. Sub Rosa Tarragon vodka
  • 1/2 oz. fresh lemon juice
  • 1/2 oz. simple syrup
  • fresh mint leaves
  • lemon lime soda

Muddle a pinch of mint leaves with the lemon juice and simple syrup in the bottom of a rocks glass. Fill the glass with ice, pour in the vodka, and top off with lemon lime soda. Pour the ingredients into a mixing tin or shaker and back into a rocks glass. Serve garnished with a lemon twist and mint sprig.

Goan Breeze

This cocktail is named for the state in southern Indian. It borders on the Indian Ocean, and is famous for its beaches.

  • 2 oz. Sub Rosa Tarragon vodka
  • Splash of Cointreau
  • 2 oz. ginger ale

Add the vodka and Cointreau to a shaker full of ice and shake well. Pour into a highball glass and add ginger ale. Serve garnished with an orange slice.

French Twist

This signature cocktail was created by Jeffery Morgenthaler at Bel Ami in Eugene, Oregon.

  • 3/4 oz. yellow chartreuse
  • 2 oz. Sub Rosa Tarragon vodka
  • lemon peel or chip of peel

Stir in a mixing glass with ice. Serve in an old fashioned glass over ice.

Fairy Tarragon

Leave it to New Orleans to make use of absinthe and Peychaud's bitters! Courtesy of Chris Hannah of Arnaud's French 75 bar.

  • 1 1/2 oz. Sub Rosa Tarragon vodka
  • 1/2 oz. lemon juice
  • 1/4 oz. absinthe
  • 1/4 oz. Galliano
  • 1 dash Peychaud's bitters

Combine all ingredients in a shaker over ice and shake well to combine. Serve strained in a chilled cocktail glass.

Asterix

Lance Mayhew at Meriwether's in Portland, Oregon, created this cocktail, combining a surprising selection of juices.

  • 2 oz. Sub Rosa Tarragon vodka
  • 1 oz. lemon juice
  • 1/2 oz. black pepper simple syrup
  • 1 oz. carrot juice
  • 1 oz. apple juice
  • 2 dashes Peychaud's bitters

Build all ingredients over ice, shake, and serve up.

Sub Rosa 76

Jeff Lindsay-Thorsen of Seattle's Cascadia Restaurant created this variation of the French 75. The mandarin liqueur in place of the traditional simple syrup adds a new layer of flavor.

  • 2 oz. Sub Rosa Tarragon vodka
  • 3/4 oz. Briottet Mandarin liqueur
  • 3/4 oz. lemon juice
  • Champagne

Combine the first 3 ingredients in a champagne flute, and top off with champagne.

Esdragon Cocktail

Jamie Boudreau from VESSEL in Seattle took delicious steps beyond simple vodka-and-grapefruit.

  • 2 oz. Sub Rosa Tarragon vodka
  • 1/2 oz. Giffard's passion fruit syrup
  • 1 1/2 oz. grapefruit juice
  • 2 dashes Fee's grapefruit bitters

Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice and shake to combine. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.


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