We’re following up last week’s Fortified Wine podcast episode with an episode on Fortified Wine Cocktails. You don’t just have to drink fortified wine from a fancy glass at the holidays; they also make great cocktail ingredients.

Bamboo

INGREDIENTS:

• 2 oz Gonzalez Byass Tio Pepe Palomino Fino
• 2 oz Dry Vermouth
• 2 dashes Regan's Orange Bitters

SIMPLE STEPS:

1. Stir in cocktail shaker with ice
2. Strain into cocktail coupe

Adonis

INGREDIENTS:

• 2 oz Emilio Lustau Don Nuño Oloroso Dry Sherry
• 2 oz Sweet Vermouth
• Garnish orange peel

SIMPLE STEPS:

1. Stir in cocktail shaker with ice
2. Strain into cocktail coupe
3. Garnish with orange peel

Creole Lady

INGREDIENTS:

• 2 oz Blandy’s Sercial 5-Year-Old
• 2 oz Clark & Sheffield Bottled in Bond Bourbon
• 2 oz Luxardo Maraschino Liqueur

SIMPLE STEPS:

1. Stir in cocktail shaker with ice
2. Strain into cocktail glass 

Sherry Old Fashioned

INGREDIENTS:

• ½ oz Emilio Lustau San Emilio Pedro Ximénez Sherry
• 2 oz Laird's 100 Proof Straight Apple Brandy
• Angostura Bitters
• Garnish orange peel

SIMPLE STEPS:

1. Stir in cocktail shaker with ice
2. Strain into cocktail glass 

Sherry Daiquiri

INGREDIENTS:

• 2 oz Gonzalez Byass Tio Pepe Palomino Fino (try it with Oloroso too)
• ¾ oz lime juice
• ¾ oz sugar

SIMPLE STEPS:

1. Build in cocktail shaker with ice
2. Shake, then strain into cocktail glass

Flor de Jerez

See the recipe on a previous blog post

Madeira Negroni

INGREDIENTS:

• 2 oz Gin
• 2 oz Blandy’s Malmsey 5-Year-Old
• 2 oz Campari Aperitif

SIMPLE STEPS:

1. Stir in cocktail shaker with ice
2. Strain into cocktail glass