Let's Drink
Nolet Spirits tasked the Mina Group bartenders with creating winning cocktails featuring Nolet's Silver Dry Gin. Of the thirty-one employees who crafted some very creative inventions, the competition voting is in. We are proud to announce the following winners:
Overall Best Cocktail:
Shiedam Blossom - Carlo Splendorini from MICHAEL MINA San Francisco
Flor de Peche - Michael Main from BOURBON STEAK Arizona
Un Besito (de Jorge) - Alicia Mees from MICHAEL MINA Las Vegas
Most Original:
Toco Toucan Turns Twenty-Five - Suzanne Miller from CLOCK BAR San Francisco
Most Cocktails Sold by an Individual Bartender:
No... Let's Drink - Monica Weishaupt from STRIPSTEAK Las Vegas
Best Overall Bar Team:
NOBHiLL TAVERN Las Vegas - Davin Doedl with Silver Rose and Michael Harold with Nolet's Mar-Ti-Ni
A big thanks to all who participated, and congratulations to all of the winners! Happy drinking...
Listed below are recipes for the cocktails entered in the competition:
RN74, San Francisco
Pommes-er-All
By Justin Roberts
Ingredients:
- 1 oz Nolet's Silver Dry Gin
- 1 oz Pommeau
- 3/4 oz basil syrup
- 3/4 oz lemon
- 1/2 oz Falernum
Combine all ingredients, shake with ice and serve up. Garnish with a float of Prosecco and lemon peel.
French Connection
By Nick Varcalli
Ingredients:
- 1 and 1/2 oz Nolet's Silver Dry Gin
- 1/2 oz Pinot Noir
- 1/2 oz lemon
- 1/2 oz simple syrup
- 1/2 oz Dolin Blanc
- 4-6 raspberries
Muddle the raspberries with the simple syrup. Add remaining ingredients and shake with ice. Double-strain into
an all-purpose glass. Garnish with mint.
AmorgaFlor
By Miguel Menesses
Ingredients:
- 1 and 1/2 oz Nolet's Silver Dry Gin
- 3/4 oz elderflower liqueur
- Pinch of thyme
- Splash of lemon
- Dash of orange bitters
- 1 cubed kumquat
Combine all ingredients, shake with ice and strain over rocks.
Dutch 76
By Nicole Elwick
Ingredients:
- 1 oz Nolet's Silver Dry Gin
- 3/4 oz Domaine de Canton
- 3/4 oz pear purée
- 1/2 oz lemon
- 1/2 oz juniper syrup
Combine all ingredients and shake with ice. Double-strain the cocktail and serve up. Garnish with a float of
Prosecco.
AMERICAN FISH, Las Vegas
Clockwork Orange
By Eric Forlini
Ingredients:
- 1 and 1/2 oz Nolet's Silver Dry Gin
- 1 oz simple syrup
- 3/4 oz lemon juice
- 5 slices of red jalapeño
Muddle red jalapeño in a cocktail glass. Add remaining ingredients and shake with ice. Double-strain and
serve up in a martini glass. Garnish with a lemon peel.
MICHAEL MINA, Las Vegas
Un Besito (de Jorge)
Alicia Mees
Ingredients:
-
1 and 1/2 oz Nolet's Silver Dry Gin
- 1/2 oz Hum liqueur
- 3/4 oz sweet and sour mix
- 1/2 oz simple syrup
- 3-4 jalapeño slices
- Splash of lemon juice
Combine all ingredients, shake with ice and strain into a martini glass. Using a whipped cream dispenser, top the
drink off with pineapple espuma. Then spray Hum liqueur over a lip-shaped stencil on top of the espuma.
Powell Street Shandy
By Kristin Truman
Ingredients:
- 1 oz Nolet's Silver Dry Gin
- 1/2 oz Velvet Falernum
- 1/2 oz yuzu syrup
- 1 oz Domaine de Canton
- 1/2 oz lime juice
- Splash of ginger beer
- 3 oz Stella Artois
Combine all ingredients over ice in a snifter glass. Garnish with two kaffir lime leaves.
BOURBON STEAK, Miami
Yellow Twist
By Peter Roca
Ingredients:
- 1 and 1/2 Nolet's Silver Dry Gin
- 3/4 oz Royal Tokaji Late Harvest
- 3/4 oz Yellow Chartreuse
- 2 dashes peach bitters
Combine all ingredients and shake well with ice. Serve up in a martini glass. Garnish with a lemon twist.
Genievre Framboise
By Carlos Stein
Ingredients:
- 3/4 oz Nolet's Silver Dry Gin
- 3/4 oz crème de framboise
- 1/2 oz maraschino liqueur
- 1/2 oz lemon juice
- 1/2 oz dry vermouth
- 1/4 oz Lucid Absinthe
- Dash of Peychaud's Bitters
Combine all ingredients and shake well with ice. Serve up in a martini glass rimmed with juniper sugar. Garnish
with a lemon twist.
STONEHILL TAVERN, Dana Point
Nolet's Silver Roquette
By Jaren Singh
Ingredients:
- 1 and 1/4 oz Nolet's Silver Dry Gin
- 1 oz agave nectar
- 1 oz lime juice
- Baby arugula
Muddle eight pieces of baby arugula with lime juice and agave nectar. Add ice and gin and shake vigorously.
Strain into a rocks glass over ice. Top with house-made soda water. Garnish with baby arugula.
Gin and Juice
By Sten Green
Ingredients:
- 1 and 1/4 oz Nolet's Silver Dry Gin
- 1 and 1/4 oz grapefruit juice
- 1 and 1/4 oz orange juice
- 1/2 oz agave nectar
- 1/2 oz lime juice
Combine ingredients in and shake vigorously with ice. Strain into a martini glass rimmed with Tang sugar. Garnish
with a lime twist.
MICHAEL MINA, San Francisco
Schiedam Blossom
By Carlo Splendorini
Ingredients:
- 1 and 1/2 oz Nolet's Silver Dry Gin
- 3/4 oz lavender-ginger cordial
- 1/2 oz Ginjo sake
- 3/4 oz lemon juice
- 1/2 egg white
Combine the ingredients into a shaker and dry shake for five seconds. Add ice, shake vigorously for 10 seconds,
then fine-strain into a copita glass. Garnish with kaffir lime leaf.
The Sting
By Jennifer Russick
Ingredients:
- 2 oz Nolet's Silver Dry Gin
- 3/4 oz Cocchi Americano
- 3/4 oz sage honey
- 3/4 oz lemon juice
- 2 muddled mandarin segments
Muddle two mandarin segments in a Collins glass. Add two sage leaves. Combine all ingredients, shake with ice and
fine-strain into prepared glass. Top off with crushed ice.
Gin Rummy
By Kate Bolton
Ingredients:
- 1 and 1/2 Nolet's Silver Dry Gin
- 1 and 1/2 oz strawberry-basil cordial
- 1 oz Laurent-Perrier Rosé
- 1/2 oz Amaro Nardini
- 1/2 oz lemon juice
- Pinch of chiffonade basil
Place basil in a Collins glass. In a shaker, combine the following: gin, strawberry-basil cordial, Amaro Nardini
and lemon. Shake vigorously and strain into prepared glass. Add ice and then top off with Laurent-Perrier Rosé.
BOURBON STEAK, San Francisco
Silk Pajamas
By AJ Ferrari
Ingredients:
- 1 and 1/2 oz Nolet's Silver Dry Gin
- 1 oz La Spinetta Moscato
- 1 oz Dolin Blanc
- 1 drop rose water
Combine all ingredients and stir. Pour into martini glass and garnish with three microflowers.
Sazerac's Sister
By Nic Russel
Ingredients:
- 2 oz Nolet's Silver Dry Gin
- 3 generous dashes of grapefruit bitters
- 1 tablespoon of superfine sugar
Combine all ingredients and stir to dissolve sugar. Fill with ice and stir again. Pour into Luxardo
Maraschino-sprayed rocks glass and garnish with a maraschino cherry.
Pure
By Kathy Mintun
Ingredients:
-
2 oz Nolet's Silver Dry Gin
- 3 drops St-Germain elderflower liqueur
Combine ingredients and stir. Pour into rocks glass with two large ice cubes.
CLOCK BAR, San Francisco
End of the Visible Spectrum
By Steve Mercer
Ingredients:
- 1 and 1/2 Nolet's Silver Dry Gin
- 1 oz fresh grapefruit
- 1/4 oz agave nectar
- 1/2 oz fresh lime juice
- 1/2 oz crème de violette
- 1/2 oz maraschino liqueur
- 3 dashes Peychaud's Bitters
Combine all ingredients and shake vigorously with ice. Double-strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with
a lime horse's neck.
Silver Sun
By Russel Quimby
Ingredients:
- 1 and 1/2 oz Nolet's Silver Dry Gin
- 3/4 oz fresh lime juice
- 3/4 oz agave nectar
- 1/2 oz Royal Combier Liqueur d'Orange
- 2 dashes Angostura Bitters
- Splash of ginger beer
Combine all ingredients (except ginger beer) and shake with ice. Double-strain into a Collins glass. Add ice and
top with ginger beer. Garnish with a lime wheel.
Toco Toucan Turns 25
By Suzanne Miller
Ingredients:
- 1 and 1/2 oz Nolet's Silver Dry Gin
- 1 oz sweetened coconut milk
- 3/4 oz orange juice
- 4 dashes orange flower water
Rub lemon wedge over the outside of a sherry tasting glass, halfway down the glass. Rim the glass with toasted
coconut. Shake all ingredients lightly over ice for six seconds. Double-strain into the coconut-rimmed tasting
glass.
Emily's Rose
By Emily Smith
Ingredients:
- 1 and 1/2 oz Nolet's Silver Dry Gin
- 1/2 oz rose geranium syrup
- 1/2 oz fresh lemon juice
- 1 oz Peychaud's Bitters
- 1 dash Fee Brothers Blood Orange Bitters
- Pinch of fresh mint
Combine all ingredients and shake vigorously with ice. Double-strain into a chilled tasting glass. Top with
champagne. Garnish with three organic pink rose petals floated on top.
NOBHILL TAVERN, Las Vegas
Silver Rose
By Davin Roedl
Ingredients:
- 2 and 1/2 oz Nolet's Silver Dry Gin and rosemary infusion (recipe below)
- 3/4 oz St-Germain elderflower liqueur
- 3/4 oz POM pomegranate juice
Gin and rosemary infusion recipe:
Combine 10 rosemary leaves per 3 oz of Nolet's Silver Dry Gin. Let stand for 45 minutes, then strain.
Combine all ingredients and shake with ice. Serve up in a martini glass. Garnish with a lemon twist.
Nolet's Mar-Tea-Ni
By Michael Harold
Ingredients:
- 2 oz Nolet's Silver Dry Gin and Earl Grey infusion
- 1 oz lemon juice
- 1 oz simple syrup
- 1 mint spring
- Dash of rhubarb bitters
Gin and Earl Grey infusion recipe:
Combine 1 cup Nolet's Silver Dry Gin, 1 tablespoon loose-leaf Earl Grey tea. Let stand for two hours, then
strain.
Combine all ingredients and shake with ice. Serve up in a sugar-rimmed martini glass.
STRIPSTEAK, Las Vegas
No...Let's Drink!!
By Monica Weishaupt
Ingredients:
- 2 oz Nolet's Silver Dry Gin
- 1/2 oz raspberry syrup
- 1/4 oz fresh lemon juice
- 5 raspberries
- 1 oz Meyer lemon sparkling water
Muddle raspberries in a cocktail shaker. Add gin, raspberry syrup and lemon juice; shake with ice. Strain over
ice in a rocks glass. Top off with Meyer lemon sparkling water. Garnish with a lemon twist and raspberry.
The June Bug
By Renato Collado
Ingredients:
- 1 and 1/2 oz Nolet's Silver Dry Gin
- 3/4 oz St-Germain elderflower liqueur
- 1/2 oz Green Chartreuse
- 1 oz lime juice
- 2 basil leaves
Combine ingredients and shake with ice. Pour short over ice. Garnish with a basil leaf and cucumber wheel.
Lois Lane
By Anthony Degregorio
Ingredients:
- 1 and 1/2 oz Nolet's Silver Dry Gin
- 1 and 1/2 oz blood orange purée
- Dash of lime juice
- Dash of rock candy syrup
- 2 oz Moscato
Combine ingredients and shake with ice. Strain into a champagne flute and top off with Moscato. Garnish with a
slice of blood orange.
And the Beet Goes On....
By Chris Lampkin
Ingredients:
- 2 and 1/2 oz Nolet's Silver Dry Gin
- 1/4 oz St-Germain elderflower liqueur
- 1/4 oz Loimer Grüner
- 1/4 oz simple syrup
- 1/2 oz sweet and sour mix
- 1 red beet, cooked
Muddle beet in a glass. Add all other ingredients and shake with ice. Strain over ice into a rocks glass and
garnish with a lemon twist.
Nolet's Limeade
By Rachel Gutierrez
Ingredients:
- 1 and 1/4 oz Nolet's Silver Dry Gin
- 1/4 Cointreau
- 1 oz sweet and sour mix
- 1/2 oz rock candy syrup
- 1/2 oz fresh lime juice
- Tonic water
Combine all ingredients (except tonic water) and shake with ice. Pour into Collins glass and top off with tonic
water.
BOURBON STEAK, Scottsdale
Mynx
By Hillary Calik
Ingredients:
- Nolet's Silver
- Prickly pear purée
- Yuzu juice
- St-Germain elderflower liqueur
Serve up with a lemon peel.
Fleur de Pêche
By Michael Maine
Ingredients:
- Nolet's Silver
- Viognier syrup
- Aperol
- Dash of peach bitters
Serve up with a frozen white peach.
SEABLUE, Atlantic City
"Gin"ger Sunset
By Mary Tompkins
Ingredients:
- 1 and 1/2 oz Nolet's Silver
- 1/2 oz Domaine de Canton ginger liqueur
- 1/2 oz fresh lime
- 1/4 oz simple syrup
- 2 fresh strawberries
Gin Cu
By Diego Ramirez
Ingredients:
- 1 and 1/2 oz Nolet's Silver
- 1/2 oz dry sherry
- 1/4 oz simple syrup
- 2 slices of peeled fresh cucumber
Pegu Club
By Theresa York
Ingredients:
- 1 and 1/2 oz Nolet's Silver
- 1/2 oz fresh lime
- 1/2 oz fresh tangerine
- Dash of Angostura Bitters