Cocktail Creations Featuring Lost Woods Whiskey

Taste Expert: Lilli Cain

General Manager with over 16 years of bartending and cocktail flavor research.

{Lilli Cain of Black Water Lounge with Lost Woods CEO, Tom Schaeppi}

Location: Black Water Lounge

Member of the famed Black Woods Group – Black Woods Bar & Grill in Duluth and Two Harbors, Greysolon Ballroom, Tavern on the Hill, Black Woods Event Center and Black Woods Catering

Paper Boat

.75 ounce Lost Woods

.75 ounce Aperol

.75 ounce Amaro

.75 ounce fresh lemon juice

  • Add to shaker filled with ice. Shake and strain into cocktail glass.
  • Garnish with lemon twist

*The colloquial version is Amaro Nonino Quintessentia. To make this more interesting, I used Vikre Amoro Superiore from the Vikre Distillery, also found in the Great Lakes region (Just down the road).

Ginger Gold Rush

2 ounces Lost Woods

.75 ounce ginger liqueur (Domaine de Canton)

.5 ounce fresh lemon juice

  • Serve up, or over ice.
  • Garnish with lemon wedge.

{Executive Chef and Director of Operations of The Blackwoods Group with Lost Woods CEO, Tom Schaeppi}

Elderfashioned

2 ounces Lost Woods

2 dashes aromatic bitters (Watkins)

1 ounce elderflower liqueur (St. Germain)

  • Pour all ingredients over short glass with ice.
  • Garnish with orange twist.