Looking for good cocktail recipes in preparation to our Housing the Bay Happy Hour? Look no further! These ULI SF members have kindly shared some of their favorite drinks with us. We look forward to seeing you all on Monday 9/14!

Libby Seifel: Housing the Bay Cocktail for Pomegranate Lovers!

Ingredients

• 1+ oz Bay Area Bourbon or Rye Whisky
• 1 oz Pomegranate Liqueur (optional, as you can always just put in more bourbon!)
• ½ oz Grenadine/Pomegranate syrup (or other local fruit syrup)
• 1 oz Fresh lemon or orange juice
• A few shakes of orange bitters
• Garnish: Bourbon cherry plus lemon or orange peel

Instructions

Place a few ice cubes and all of the ingredients in a cocktail shaker and shake wildly. Pour into a beautiful martini glass or serve over a big cube of ice. Add sparkling water to finish it off…or not!

Recommendations for local ingredients:
https://plumpjackwines.com/collections/rye-whiskey
https://plumpjackwines.com/collections/mixers/products/small-hand-grenadine-syrup-8-5oz
https://www.bittersandbottles.com/products/blackberry-pomegranate-cocktail-mixer
https://www.bittersandbottles.com/products/bar-agricole-orange-bitters

Eric Tao: Da Hukilau Pineapple Head

Ingredients

• Captain morgan black spice rum
• Pineapple juice
• Ginger ale

Garnish

• Pineapple wedge
• Maraschino cherry
• Mini bamboo umbrella

Instructions

Fill glass with ice cubes. Add quarter ginger ale, half pineapple juice, float Captain Morgan black spice rum on top quarter, garnish with pineapple wedge and maraschino cherry stuck through with mini bamboo umbrella.

Wendi Baker: Rye & Rosemary

Ingredients

• 2 Oz Bulleit Rye
• Juice of 1/2 lemon
• Spring of rosemary
• 1 tablespoon honey

Instructions

Put above ingredients in shaker with ice.  Shake vigorously until we’ll mixed.  Strain over lowball with large block ice cube or crushed ice.  Makes two servings.  Garnish with fresh rosemary and twist of lemon.  YUM!

Drew Hudacek: Whodat’s Old Fashioned

Ingredients

• 1.5 oz Bullet Rye in a rocks glass
• ½ oz simple syrup
• two dashes of Angostura bitters
• two dashes of orange bitters

Garnish

• orange peel
• luxardo cherry

Instructions

Use a knife to cut about a quarter size piece of Orange Peel.  Twist it over the drink and then… a MUST… rub the underside of the orange peel around the rim the glass. This makes or breaks the drink. Then add one Luxardo cherry. Finally, add the biggest single ice cube possible.  I use silicon molds that make square cubes that just barely fit in the glass.  Then, 2nd most important… use the knife or stirring stick and spin the cube for about 20 seconds.

The first sip should bite the back of your throat.  The last should be much softer.  Enjoy!