The Cocktail Project is a collaborative cocktail recipe experience bringing together handblown glass, signature cocktails and a curated music playlist to elevate your happy hour.  Infinite Glassworks teamed up with select food and drink venues around southern Georgian Bay, each created an original cocktail recipe to pair with the Lowrider glassware collection.

A delicious cocktail served in an exquisite glass, because every carefully crafted drink deserves the considered craftsmanship that goes into a handblown glass.

VIDEOGRAPHY BY BRIAN HUNT VISUAL
PHOTOGRAPHY BY KRISTIN SCHNELTEN

HAPPY HOUR IS A STATE OF MIND

Created by Becky Comber, this playlist was curated specifically to pair with The Cocktail Project.  Whether you’re relaxing after work or hosting friends for drinks, you need just the right playlist to elevate the experience.  So grab your favourite glass, flip on the tunes and mix up some drinks!

RECIPES

Garden Party Cocktail
Femme Fatale Cocktail

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Sumac + Salt Presents:

Garden Party

 

4 triangles of cucumber for muddling
1 oz jalapeño syrup
1 oz fresh lime juice
0.5 oz chartreuse
1.5 oz dillons gin

To make the jalapeño simple syrup: add equal parts sugar and water to a saucepan (I used 1 cup of each) bring to a simmer stirring occasionally until sugar is dissolved. In the meantime half 2 jalapeños. Depending on your desired spice level remove or keep the seeds. Once the syrup is ready remove from heat and let cool until just warm to the touch. Add the halved jalapeños and steep. Tasting every minute or so until your desired flavour and spice level. Strain and chill syrup.

Start by muddling the cucumbers either in the mixing glass or cocktail shaker. Add the remaining ingredients and stir/shake over ice. Strain into Lowrider glass. Top with a scoop of ice, edible flowers and herbs from the garden.

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Spy Cider House and Distillery presents:

Femme Fatale

 

2 oz Spy Mata Hari
1 oz fresh lemon juice
1 oz simple syrup
5 blackberries
3 sage leaves
soda water

In a Lowrider glass, muddle berries, sage, lemon juice and simple syrup.  Add Mata Hari and plenty of ice and mix well.  Top off with soda water and garnish with a sage sprig and blackberry.

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The Pine Presents:

The ‘Obviously You Are Not A Golfer’

 

Inspired by one of our favourite films: The Big Lebowski

1.5 oz Vodkow Vodka*
2 oz red Vermouth
1 cup brewed coffee
16 ea pitted cherries
2-3 oz Sheldon Creek whole milk
1 cup sugar
75 ml water

Add Vodkow Vodka, coffee syrup and lots of ice to Lowrider glass and stir.  Top with whole milk, add cherry for garnish and enjoy!

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Coffee Syrup
Bring the brewed coffee to a boil and reduce by half.  Add 1/2 cup of sugar and allow to dissolve.

Cherries
In a small pot with a small surface area, pour in the remaining sugar along with 75ml of water.  Turn on to medium high heat and dissolve the sugar.  When sugar dissolves remove from heat, add cherries and stir gently.  Once the mixture cools down add the red vermouth.

*Available at the LCBO, Vodkow Vodka is produced in Almonte, Ontario and is made using the unused milk sugar from local dairy farms. This unique process delivers notes of sweet vanilla and whipped cream. This incredibly delicious vodka is sugar-free and is a must when making this cocktail. It is smooth like no-udder!!

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Heretic Spirits Presents:

Heretic Gin Rickey

 
2 oz Heretic Gin
0.5 oz lime juice
0.5 oz simple syrup (optional)
0.5 cups (~4 oz) fresh watermelon
Fresh basil leaves
Rock salt

 

Cut watermelon into 1 inch cubes.  Fill blender 1/4 full of ice and add gin, lime juice, syrup and watermelon to the blender.  Blend on high until fully liquid.  Pour contents into Lowrider glass, then roll 2-3 basil leaves together for garnish.  Sprinkle a very small amount of rock salt on top.
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Gibson + Company Presents:

Maple Bourbon Sour

 

1.5 oz Buffalo Trace bourbon
0.75 oz fresh squeezed lemon juice
0.75 oz maple syrup
1 Amarena cherry
1 large ice cube 

Place large ice cube in Lowrider glass.  Add the rest of ingredients and stir to mix.  Kick back and enjoy!

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Bruce Wine Bar Presents:

The Infinite Fizz

 

By Cindy Cooper, Lead Sommelier & Mixologist, Bruce Wine Bar

1.5 oz Georgian Bay Gin
0.5 oz Dillons Peach Schnapps
2 oz fresh lemon juice
0.5 oz simple
2 large drops of Ms. Better Bitters Miraculous Foamer
Topped with grapefruit Sapsucker 
Garnished with house sumac and kumquat bitters and edible flowers

Add gin, schnapps, juice, simple syrup & foamer to larger side of the shaker.  Dry shake for 30 seconds, add 2 scoops of ice, shake vigorously for 30 seconds.  Strain over fresh ice into Lowrider glass.  Top with 2oz grapefruit Sapsucker, sprinkle with edible flowers and dot bitters into the foam.

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Lowdown Presents:

Hotel Lobby

 

1 oz El Jimador Reposado Tequila
0.5 oz triple sec
2 oz lime juice
0.5 oz agave syrup
1 oz cucumber puree
4 torn mint leaves

Add ingredients to a shaker with a scoop of ice and shake for 10 seconds to incorporate the flavours.  Pour your drink into a Lowrider glass and garnish with a cucumber ribbon.  Cheers!

Cucumber Ribbons and Puree

Using a peeler, peel long ribbons of cucumber.  Place the ribbon on a skewer or curl into a fancy design to use for a garnish.  Peel and cut up remaining cucumber.  Place in a blender, add approx 1/4 c of water and blend on high for 1 minute.

Lime Juice

Making your own lime juice is a labour of love, but it’s one of the biggest factors in what makes a cocktail go from good to great.  Squeeze your limes by hand or use a juicer, then mix the pure lime juice with equal parts cold water.

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