Salt Lake’s top Mixologists will compete to make the BEST original cocktail based on seasonal ingredients.
We’re offering snapshots of the libations competing in Salt Lake magazine’s annual Farm to Glass Cocktail Contest, here’s Manoli’s cocktail.
Ruby Rabbit
- 1.5 oz beehive jack rabbit gin (local)
- 1.5 oz peach nectarine honey syrup (recipe below) (fruit from 3 squares produce, honey from Clifford farms)
- .25 oz lemon juice
- 3 drops fenugreek bitters (from Caputos)
- 1 oz mountain west Ruby cider (local)
Combine all ingredients except cider in a shaker. Shake. Strain into a martini or coup glass. Top with Ruby cider.
- Peach nectarine syrup:
- 1 peach diced up
- 1 nectarine diced up
- 1/4 cup honey
- 2 cups water
Combine all ingredients in a small pot. Mix until honey dissolved. Bring to a boil, simmer 2 minutes. Remove from heat and cover. Let steep 20 min. Blend everything and strain to a syrup.
Sean Woodward
Don’t forget to VOTE for your favorite cocktail. For more details of this year’s contest, click here.
