Star Wars Day Cocktails

Blue Milk of Tatooine
2 oz gin
1/2 oz blue curaçao
1 oz cream of coconut
3/4 oz lime juice, freshly squeezed
3/4 oz pineapple juice
1/2 oz orgeat
1/2 oz vanilla syrup

Add the gin, blue curaçao, cream of coconut, lime juice, pineapple juice, orgeat and vanilla syrup into a shaker with ice and shake until well-chilled. Strain into a Collins glass.

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Yoda Soda
3/4 oz Gin
2 oz cucumber lime syrup*
Soda

*For cucumber lime syrup: Add juice of 3 cucumbers, 1-1/2 limes and ¼ cup monk fruit sweetener into a mixing vessel. Stir until the sweetener is dissolved. Bottle and refrigerate.

Build in a glass, top two ingredients. Add pebble ice and top with soda. Gently stir to incorporate ingredients. Garnish with a cucumber and citrus lace.

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The Lightsaber
3/4 oz Mezcal
3/4 oz cachaca
1/2 oz light creme de cacao
1/2 oz blue curaçao
1/2 oz fresh lime juice
Bing cherry garnish

Combine mezcal, cachaca, creme de cacao, blue curacao and lime juice in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake until very cold, then strain into a Collins glass filled with crushed ice. Garnish with bing cherry - preferably skewered with a mini lightsaber.

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Obi-Wan Old Fashioned
2-1/2 oz Whiskey
1/2 oz raw simple syrup*
2-3 dashes of barrel-aged bitters or Angostura Bitters

*For raw simple syrup: 1 cup sugar in the raw, 1 cup water. Simmer until dissolved.

Stir with ice, strain over a large ice cube. Garnish with a Luxardo cherry or orange.

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May the Orchard Be With You
1-1/2 oz Whiskey with a Rum Cask Finish
2 oz apple and pear allspice mix*
1 oz lemon juice

*For the apple and pear allspice mix: over medium heat add 8 oz sugar, 16 oz apple cider, 16 oz pear juice, 2 oz muddled allspice berries, 4 oz vanilla bean paste, 4 oz calvados. Stir to combine and let simmer until sugar is dissolved. Do Not Boil. Strain and let cool.

Combine all ingredients together and shake with ice. Garnish with an apple chip.

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Jedi Mind Trick
2 oz Gin
1/2 oz Aquavit
1/2 oz orange liqueur
1/2 oz lemon juice
1/2 oz caraway simple syrup*

For the caraway simple syrup: over medium heat add 8 oz water and 8 oz sugar. Stir until dissolved. Toast 1 oz caraway seeds for 5 minutes at 325 degrees. Add toasted caraway seeds. Steep for 20 minutes and strain.

Shake all ingredients and strain. Serve up in frozen coupe glass. Garnish with a dehydrated lemon slice.