Some folks think of gin as their go-to summer spirit, but there’s no reason to put it on the back shelf when the weather turns nippy. To make it more of a winter-warmer, you just dial the recipe up a bit, to let the gin shine through. Like in these cocktails where the botanicals really come through and warm you down to your toes.

In all these drinks: combine the ingredients in a mixing glass and fill with ice. Stir well and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Twist a piece of the citrus peel the recipe calls for over the drink and use as garnish. Cheers!

Juno’s Thistle

2 oz. Copperworks Gin

½ oz. Cynar

½ oz. Yellow Chartreuse

1 dash Scrappy’s Cardamom Bitters

Garnish: lemon twist

~ Adapted from recipe by Nathan Weber

 

Turf Cocktail

2 oz. Copperworks Gin

¾ oz. dry vermouth

¼ oz. maraschino liqueur

1 dash absinthe

1 dash orange bitters

Garnish: lemon twist

~ Adapted from Imbibe magazine, which adapted it from Harry Johnson’s Bartenders’ Manual. 1882

 

Hearst

1 ½ oz. Copperworks Gin

1 ½ oz. Carpano Antica Formula Sweet Vermouth

2 dashes Angostura Aromatic Bitters

2 dashes Angostura Orange Bitters

Garnish: orange peel

 

Perfect Negroni

1 oz. Copperworks Gin

1 oz. Campari

½ oz. Noilly Prat Sweet Vermouth

½ oz. Noilly Prat Dry Vermouth

Garnish: orange peel