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Hometown Mule

  • Fill glass with ice
  • 1.5 oz Rush Creek Distilling Vodka
  • ¼ of a lime, juiced
  • Top with ginger beer
  • Garnish with lime wedge
Also good with American Gold Whiskey as a substitute.
Original Craft

Vodka Party Girl

  • Fill glass with ice
  • 1.5 oz Rush Creek Distilling Vodka
  • 2 oz Cranberry Juice
  • 1/2 oz Lime Juice
  • Top with Tonic
  • Garnish with a lime wedge
Original Craft

RCD Pink Rush

  • Muddle 1-2 large strawberries in a glass
  • Fill glass with ice
  • Add 1.5 oz Rush Creek Distilling Vodka
  • Top with lemonade
  • Dump into shaker to thoroughly mix
  • Garnish with lemon wedge and fresh strawberry slice
Original Craft

Blueberry Bliss

  • 1 oz Cucumber Mint Syrup
  • Mint (for muddling)
  • 1.5 oz Rush Creek Craft Vodka
  • 2 Lemon wedge squeezes
  • 1 spoonful blueberries
  • Splash of lemonade
  • Top w/ either Sprite or Soda, depending on sweetness preference
  • Garnish with mint
Original Craft

Vodka Sting

  • 1.5 oz Jalapeño Vodka
  • 2 oz Mango Pineapple Mix*
  • .5 oz Fresh Lime Juice (half of a lime, squeezed)
  • Top with Soda
  • Pour over ice
  • Garnish with a fresh jalapeño slice
Infuse Rush Creek Craft Vodka with fresh Jalapeño slices for several days
*Find the recipe for Mango Pineapple Mix on our Specialty Mixes Page
Jalapeño Flavored

Hibiscus Hayes

  • .25 oz Rush Creek Jalapeño Infused Vodka 
  • 1.25 oz Rush Creek Craft Vodka 
  • 2 oz Pineapple Juice 
  • 1 oz Hibiscus Simple Syrup*
  • Fill a lowball cocktail glass with ice and add Jalapeño Vodka, Original Craft Vodka, Pineapple Juice and Hibiscus Simple Syrup. 
  • Stir/toss to mix
  • Top with soda (or Sprite if you like it sweeter)
  • Garnish with a pineapple wedge and jalapeño slice
*Find the recipe for Hibiscus Simple Syrup on our Specialty Mixes Page
Original Craft,Jalapeño Flavored

Spicy Maxon Mule

  • 1.5 oz Rush Creek Jalapeño Infused Vodka 
  • 6 cilantro leaves
  • 2 oz pineapple juice 
  • 1/2 of a lime, juiced 
  • Ginger beer 
  • Muddle the cilantro (just enough to release oil/fragrance) and lime juice together in the bottom of a tumbler or copper mug before filling with ice. Pour Jalapeño Vodka over the ice, followed by pineapple juice. Top with ginger beer.
  • Garnish with extra cilantro and jalapeño slice. 
Jalapeño Flavored

The Cucumber Dewey

  • 1.5 oz Rush Creek Jalapeño Infused Vodka 
  • 1 oz Cucumber Simple Syrup*
  • Splash of lime juice 
  • Top with soda 
  • Add all ingredients to a shaker filled with ice. Shake until cold/mixed, and pour into a glass.
  • Garnish with a cucumber slice.
*Find the recipe for Cucumber Simple Syrup on our Specialty Mixes Page
Jalapeño Flavored

Malabar Blaine

  • 1 oz Rush Creek Craft Vodka 
  • .5 oz Malabar Spiced Liqueur 
  • .5 oz Sweet Vermouth 
  • .5 oz Simple Syrup 
  • 2 dashes Orange Bitters 
  • Tonic water 
  • Add all of the ingredients together in a glass filled with ice. Top with tonic water and garnish with sliced strawberries, grapefruit, lemons, and cucumber. 
Original Craft

Chocolate Jalapeño Rita

  • 1.5 oz Rush Creek Distilling Jalapeño Infused Vodka
  • 1 oz Triple Sec
  • 1 oz Chocolate Margarita Syrup*
  • Pour all ingredients into a shaker, over ice. Shake, shake, shake. Pour contents of shaker into glass. Garnish with a cherry and jalapeño slice
*Find the recipe for Chocolate Margarita Syrup on our Specialty Mixes Page
Jalapeño Flavored

French Drive Pumpkin Pie

  • 3.5 oz Rush Creek Distilling Vanilla Vodka
  • 1 oz Torani Pumpkin Pie Syrup
  • .5 oz Heavy Cream
  • 1 Spoonful Pumpkin Puree
  • Pour all ingredients into a shaker, over ice. Shake, shake, shake. Strain into a martini glass.  Garnish with a cinnamon sprinkle.
Vanilla Flavored

Oak Grove Grape

  • 1.5 oz Rush Creek Craft Vodka
  • 1 oz Grape Syrup*
  • .5 lime, squeezed
  • Top with soda and garnish with a lime wedge
Try with jalapeño vodka or gin!
*Find the recipe for Grape Syrup on our Specialty Mixes Page
Original Craft

King Cran

  • 1.5 ounces Rush Creek Craft Vodka
  • 2.5 ounces Cranberry Granita*
  • 1/2 lime, juiced 
  • Topped with ginger beer.  Garnish with an orange slice and 3 floating cranberries
Try with Jalapeño or Vanilla Vodka!
*Find the recipe for Cranberry Granita on our Specialty Mixes Page
Original Craft

Mansion Heights Cider Mule

  • ¾ Malabar Cider Mule Mix*
  • Top with ginger beer 
  • After adding ice to a glass, fill ¾ with Malabar Cider Mule Mix and top with ginger beer. Garnish with a lime wedge
*Find the recipe for Malabar Cider Mule Mix on our Specialty Mixes Page
Original Craft

Rose Lane Cranberry Martini

  • 2 oz Rush Creek Craft Vodka
  • 2 oz Cranberry Syrup*
  • 2 oz Fresh Lemon Juice (1 whole lemon) 
  • Shake all ingredients over ice and strain.
  • Garnish with floating cranberries
*Find the recipe for Cranberry Syrup on our Specialty Mixes Page
Original Craft

Jalapeño Sumner

  • 1.5 oz Jalapeño Vodka
  • ½ lime, juiced
  • ½ orange, juiced 
  • 2 oz pineapple juice
  • Top w/ Soda 
  • Add all ingredients to a glass filled with ice. Stir.  Garnish with an orange slice and jalapeño ring
Jalapeño Flavored

Cold Brew Martini

  • 3 oz. Cold Brew Coffee
  • 2 oz. Vanilla vodka 
  • 1 oz. Irish Cream*
  • Fill a cocktail shaker with lots of ice, pour in coffee, vodka & splash of Irish cream-shake INTENSELY (crucial to create foam) for 30 seconds.  Garnish with Whipped Cream
*Find the recipe for Irish Cream on our Specialty Mixes Page
Vanilla Flavored

Stateline Berry Smash

  • 1.5 oz Vanilla Vodka
  • 1 heaping spoonful blueberries -OR- cherries (blueberry pie/cherry pie filling)
  • 2 lemon wedges, squeezed
  • 3 dashes cinnamon
  • Top with a Press
  • Add all ingredients to the bottom of a glass and muddle. Fill glass with ice and top with a Press.
  • Toss or stir.
  • Garnish with a lemon slice and one dash of cinnamon
Vanilla Flavored

McComb Malabar Punch

  • ¾ oz Rush Creek Vanilla Vodka
  • ¾ oz Malabar
  • 1 Cherry plus a spoonful of cherry juice  
  • Orange slice, squeezed
  • Top w/ a Press 
  • Pour all ingredients over ice and stir.  Garnish with an orange slice
Vanilla Flavored

943

  • Fill glass with ice
  • 1.5 oz Malabar Spiced Liqueur
  • Top with 2/3 Pineapple juice 1/3 Orange juice
Original Craft

Grant Grapefruit and Rosemary

  • .75 oz Vodka
  • .75 oz Malabar
  • 2 oz Grapefruit Juice
  • ¾ oz Rosemary Simple Syrup*
  • Topped with Soda
  • Shake Vodka, Malabar, Grapefruit juice, and Rosemary Simple Syrup over ice. Pour into a glass and top with Soda.
  • Garnish with a rosemary sprig and grapefruit wedge
*Find the recipe for Rosemary Simple Syrup on our Specialty Mixes Page
Original Craft

Cal’s Coffee Martini

  • 4 oz Rush Creek Distilling Coffee Vodka
  • .5 oz Cream
  • Shake VIGOROUSLY to create foam on top
  • Garnish with a sprinkle of coffee grounds
Coffee Flavored

No Brain-ard Vanilla Vodka Mule

  • 1.5 oz Rush Creek Distilling Vanilla Infused Vodka
  • 2 orange wedges
  • 1 lime, juiced
  • Ginger beer
  • In the bottom of glass, muddle orange wedges and add lime juice. Fill the glass with ice and add Vanilla Vodka. Top with ginger beer and stir/toss to mix.
  • Garnish with an orange wedge
Vanilla Flavored

Pineapple Island Punch

  • 1.5 oz Rush Creek Original Craft Vodka
  • Pineapple Island Punch Mix*
  • Soda
  • Fill a glass with ice. Add vodka and punch, top with a splash of soda.
  • Garnish with a pineapple wedge and cherry
*Find the recipe for Pineapple Island Punch Mix on our Specialty Mixes Page
Original Craft

Sandy Ct. Spicy Peach Honey Spritz

  • 1.25 oz Rush Creek Original Craft Vodka
  • .25 oz Rush Creek Jalapeño Vodka
  • 2 oz Housemade Honey Peach Syrup*
  • Fresh Squeezed Lime Juice
  • Top w/ a Press
  • Pour all ingredients over ice and give a quick stir or toss
  • Garnish with 3 floating jalapeño slices
*Find the recipe for Honey Peach Syrup on our Specialty Mixes Page
Original Craft,Jalapeño Flavored

York Peppermint White Chocolate Mocha Martini

  • 3.5 oz Rush Creek Coffee Vodka
  • 2 oz Peppermint White Chocolate Cold Foam*
  • SHAKE all ingredients vigorously over ice, strain into martini glass.
  • Garnish with whipped cream and peppermint candy cane pieces
*Find the recipe for Peppermint White Chocolate Cold Foam on our Specialty Mixes Page
Coffee Flavored

Molly Matcha Martini

  • 3 oz Rush Creek Vanilla Vodka
  • 1.5 oz melted vanilla bean ice cream
  • 1.5 oz Matcha Simple Syrup
  • Add all ingredients to a shaker, filled with ice. Shake intensively to create foam. Strain into a martini glass.
  • Garnish with a sprinkle of Matcha powder on top
*Find the recipe for Matcha Simple Syrup on our Specialty Mixes Page
Vanilla Flavored

Sumner Spicy Pineapple Margarita

  • 2 oz Rush Creek Jalapeño Vodka (for less spicy, use 1 oz Rush Creek Original Craft Vodka and 1 oz Rush Creek Jalapeño Vodka)
  • 1 oz agave
  • 1 whole lime, juiced
  • Topped with pineapple juice
  • Fill a single glass with ice, add all ingredients and dump into a shaker.
  • Shake vigorously and return to glass.
  • Garnish with a lime wheel and floating jalapeño slices
Jalapeño Flavored

Crowley Iced Coffee

  • 2.5 oz Rush Creek Coffee Vodka
  • Topped with cold brew coffee
  • 2 heaping spoonfuls of Cold Foam*
  • Fill a single glass with ice, add Rush Creek Coffee Vodka and top with cold brew coffee, leaving enough room to add the Cold Foam. Give it a few, GENTLE up/down stirs so that the cold foam isn’t sitting on top, but do NOT mix completely. Stir just enough so that the foam falls, creating an ombre effect.
  • Garnish with a sprinkle of coffee grounds
*Find the recipe for Cold Foam on our Specialty Mixes Page
Coffee Flavored

Lindwall Lavender Lemonade

  • 1.5 oz Rush Creek Vanilla Vodka
  • 1 oz Lavender Syrup*
  • Topped with lemonade
  • Add a splash of soda water to give it some fizz
  • Fill a glass with ice and add all ingredients. Give it a quick stir or toss.
  • Garnish with a lemon wheel
*Find the recipe for Lavender Syrup on our Specialty Mixes Page
Vanilla Flavored

White Rush N

  • 1.5 oz Rush Creek Vanilla Vodka
  • 1.5 oz Rush Creek Coffee Vodka
  • Topped with cream
  • In a rocks glass filled with ice, add Rush Creek Vanilla Vodka and Rush Creek Coffee Vodka. Top with cream (leave separated/don’t stir).
Vanilla Flavored,Coffee Flavored

Bloody Mary

  • 1.5 oz Rush Creek Original Craft Vodka or Rush Creek Jalapeño Vodka
  • Bloody Mary Mix*
  • Fill glass with ice, add Vodka and top with Mix.
  • Add optional Tabasco, celery salt and Worcestershire sauce.
  • Garnish with a beef stick, olive, pickle, mushroom, pearl onion, asparagus spear, brussels sprout and okra.
*Find the recipe for Bloody Mary Mix on our Specialty Mixes Page
Original Craft,Jalapeño Flavored

Dirty Martini

  • Fill a martini glass with ice and water while you prepare the cocktail to chill the glass.
  • 2.5 oz Rush Creek Original Craft Vodka*
  • Splash of Olive Juice
  • Optional splash of Dry Vermouth
  • Add all ingredients to a shaker filled with ice. Shake until very cold. Dump contents of chilled glass out and strain martini into glass.
  • Garnish with two blue cheese stuffed olives, skewered
*Or Rush Creek Botanical Gin
Original Craft

Gimlet

  • 2.5 oz Rush Creek Original Craft Vodka*
  • 1 oz Simple Syrup**
  • 1 whole lime, juiced
  • Fill a rocks glass with ice and add all ingredients. Give a quick stir or toss.
  • Garnish with a lime wheel.
*Or Rush Creek Botanical Gin
**Find the recipe for Simple Syrup on our Specialty Mixes Page
Original Craft

Lemonade Shake-Up

  • 3 oz Rush Creek Original Craft Vodka or Jalapeño Vodka*
  • Half of a lemon
  • Sugar
  • 1 cup lemonade
  • 3 cups water
  • Squeeze the lemon into a shaker
  • Fill the lemon hull 2/3rds full of sugar and drop into the shaker with juice
  • Add your choice of Rush Creek Craft Spirit
  • Fill the shaker with ice, lemonade and water
  • Shake
  • Pour everything into a glass, including the lemon hull
*Or try with Rush Creek Bourbon
Original Craft,Jalapeño Flavored

Sugar Cookie Martini

  • 1 oz Rush Creek Vanilla Vodka
  • 1 oz Rush Creek Coffee Vodka
  • .5 oz Simple Syrup*
  • 1.5 oz Sugar Cookie Liqueur*
  • 1 oz Heavy Cream
  • Shake all ingredients vigorously over ice, strain into martini glass.
  • Garnish with sprinkles.
*Find the recipes for Simple Syrup and Sugar Cookie Liqueur on our Specialty Mixes Page
Vanilla Flavored,Coffee Flavored

York Peppermint Dark Chocolate Mocha Martini

  • 3.5 oz Rush Creek Coffee Vodka
  • 2 oz Peppermint Dark Chocolate Cold Foam*
  • Shake all ingredients vigorously over ice, strain into martini glass.
  • Garnish with whipped cream and peppermint candy cane pieces.
*Find the recipe for Peppermint Dark Chocolate Cold Foam on our Specialty Mixes Page
Coffee Flavored

Gin Rush

  • Muddle 3 mint sprigs, 1.5 Tablespoons sugar, 1 Tablespoon lime juice and 1 large strawberry
  • Fill glass with ice
  • 1.5 oz Rush Creek Distilling Botanical Gin
  • Top with soda
Hand-bottled Botanical

Bees Knees

  • Fill glass with ice
  • 1.5 oz Rush Creek Distilling Botanical Gin
  • 1 oz Honey Simple Syrup*
  • 2 fresh lemon wedges, squeezed
  • Top with lemonade
  • Garnish with lemon wedge
Also great to substitute with RCD Vodka & American Gold Whiskey
*Find the recipe for Honey Simple Syrup on our Specialty Mixes Page
Hand-bottled Botanical

Blackberry Fizz

  • Fill glass with ice
  • 1.5 oz Rush Creek Distilling Botanical Gin
  • 5 whole blackberries or spoonful of thawed
  • 0.5 oz Simple Syrup
  • ½ of a lime, juiced
  • Top with equal parts Sprite & Soda
  • Garnish with lime wedge
Also great with RCD Vodka
Hand-bottled Botanical

Gin Blossom

  • 1.5 oz Rush Creek Botanical Gin
  • 1 oz Rosemary Simple Syrup*
  • Top with Grapefruit Juice
  • Shake all ingredients, pour over ice. Garnish with fresh Rosemary sprig and Grapefruit wedge.
*Find the recipe for Rosemary Simple Syrup on our Specialty Mixes Page
Hand-bottled Botanical

Old Fashioned Ayer

  • 1.5 oz Rush Creek Barrel Rested Gin
  • 5 dashes Plum Bitters
  • 1 Sugar Cube
  • 1 Orange Slice
  • 1 Bada Bing Cherry
  • Top with a Press
  • Add Barrel Rested Gin, bitters, sugar cube and orange slice into a glass and muddle together.
  • Add the Bada Bing Cherry and juice from spoon to the glass and bruise the cherry (leaving mostly intact).
  • Fill the glass with ice and top with a Press (or soda only or Sprite only, your preference).
Barrel-rested

Countryside Spiced Pear

  • 1.5 oz Rush Creek Barrel Rested Gin
  • 1 oz Spiced Pear Syrup*
  • 1.5 oz pear juice
  • Top with soda 
  • Shake barrel rested gin, spiced pear syrup, and pear juice over ice. Pour contents of shaker into a glass, top with soda. 
  • Garnish with spiced pear cubes on a pick.
Try with classic vodka!
*Find the recipe for Spiced Pear Syrup on our Specialty Mixes Page
Barrel-rested

Apple Valley Gin & Honey

  • 1.5 ounces gin
  • 3/4 ounce fresh lime juice
  • 1.5 ounces apple juice
  • 3/4 ounce Honey Syrup*
  • Splash of Soda 
  • Pour all ingredients into glass (minus soda), stir. Add ice. Top with a splash of soda.
  • Garnish with an apple slice 
Try with Original Vodka or American Gold Whiskey!
*Find the recipe for Honey Syrup on our Specialty Mixes Page
Hand-bottled Botanical

Flatiron Fizz

  • 1.5 oz Gin
  • 1/2 oz fresh lemon juice
  • 1/2 oz Rosemary Simple Syrup*
  • Top with soda
  • Pour all ingredients over ice.
  • Garnish with a rosemary sprig and lemon wedge
Try with Barrel Rested Gin or Original Vodka!
*Find the recipe for Rosemary Simple Syrup on our Specialty Mixes Page
Hand-bottled Botanical,Barrel-rested

Berry & Thyme Gin Finney

  • 1.5 oz gin
  • 1 oz Berry Thyme Syrup* 
  • 1 oz white cranberry juice
  • 1 lime wedge, squeezed
  • Top w/ soda 
  • Pour all ingredients over ice and stir.
  • Garnish with a thyme sprig
*Find the recipe for Berry Thyme Syrup on our Specialty Mixes Page
Hand-bottled Botanical

South Park Spiced and Sunny Gin & Tonic

  • 1.5 oz Gin
  • 1 oz Spiced Syrup*
  • ¾ oz Orange Juice
  • Half of an Orange wedge, squeezed
  • Top w/ Tonic
  • In a glass filled w/ ice, add all ingredients and stir to incorporate syrup.
  • Garnish with an orange wedge studded with whole cloves
*Find the recipe for Spiced Syrup on our Specialty Mixes Page
Hand-bottled Botanical

Metzen Gin Mojito

  • 1.5 oz Rush Creek Distilling Botanical Gin
  • 8 fresh mint leaves
  • 1 oz Simple Syrup
  • Juice of 1 lime
  • Soda
  • Lightly muddle mint, simple syrup, and lime juice in the bottom
  • of a glass. Fill with ice. Pour in Gin and top with Soda. Stir.
  • Garnish with a mint sprig and lime wedge
Hand-bottled Botanical

Ratzlaff Raspberry and Rosewater Gin

  • 2 oz Rush Creek Botanical Gin
  • 2 oz Ratzlaff Mix*
  • 4 Raspberries
  • Muddle one raspberry on the bottom of a rocks glass, top with ice.
  • Shake all remaining ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice for 5 seconds only.
  • Pour over the ice, stir lightly, then top with 3 fresh raspberries and a rose petal.
*Find the recipe for Ratzlaff Mix on our Specialty Mixes Page
Hand-bottled Botanical

Jackman Gin Rush

  • 1.5 oz Rush Creek Botanical Gin
  • 1 oz Strawberry Mint Simple Syrup*
  • ½ of a lime, squeezed
  • In a glass filled w/ ice, add all ingredients and stir to incorporate syrup.
  • Top with Soda
  • Garnish with a fresh strawberry slice and mint sprig
*Find the recipe for Strawberry Mint Simple Syrup on our Specialty Mixes Page
Hand-bottled Botanical

Ferris Plum Gin Fizz

  • 1.5 oz Rush Creek Botanical Gin
  • 1 oz Plum Syrup*
  • 1⁄2 oz Lemon Juice
  • Top with Tonic
  • Pour all ingredients over ice and give a quick stir or toss
  • Garnish with a Lemon Wheel
*Find the recipe for Plum Syrup on our Specialty Mixes Page
Hand-bottled Botanical

Sinderson Spiced Pear Sipper

  • 1.5 oz Rush Creek Barrel Rested Gin
  • 2 oz Spiced Pear Syrup*
  • .25 oz Lemon Juice
  • Top with Soda
  • Add all ingredients to glass filled with ice and give a quick stir
  • Garnish with a floating Lemon Wheel
*Find the recipe for Spiced Pear Syrup on our Specialty Mixes Page
Barrel-rested

Leif Green Gin

  • 1.5 oz Rush Creek Botanical Gin
  • 1.5 oz Matcha Simple Syrup
  • 1 lemon wedge, squeezed
  • Top with Soda
  • Add Gin, Matcha Simple Syrup, and lemon juice to a glass, give a quick stir. Fill the glass with ice and top with Soda.
  • Garnish with a lemon slice and mint sprig
*Find the recipe for Matcha Simple Syrup on our Specialty Mixes Page
Hand-bottled Botanical

Whiskey Black & Gold

  • 1.5 oz Rush Creek American Gold Whiskey
  • Spoonful of blackberries
  • Fill glass with ice
  • Top with lemonade & stir
  • Garnish with fresh rosemary sprig & fresh blackberry
American Gold

American Gold Fashioned

  • 1.5 oz Rush Creek American Gold Whiskey
  • 2 cherries
  • 1 orange slice
  • 1 sugar cube
  • 3-4 dashes bitters
  • Muddle all of the above together
  • Fill the glass with ice
  • Top with Sprite for a sweet Old Fashioned, Soda for a regular Old Fashioned, or equal parts Sprite and Soda
American Gold

Trophy Victory

  • Rush Creek Trophy Whiskey
  • Ice cubes or whiskey ball
Trophy

GoldBar Berry Mule

  • 1.5 oz Rush Creek American Gold Whiskey
  • 1 oz Malabar Spiced Liqueur
  • 1.5 oz Cranberry juice
  • 1 oz Raspberries
  • .5 oz lime juice (½ of a lime)
  • Pour all ingredients over ice.
  • Top with ginger beer and garnish w/ a Lime Wedge
American Gold

Blushing Whiskey Sour

  • 1.5 oz Rush Creek American Gold Whiskey
  • Small spoonful of blackberries
  • 2 oz Lemon Syrup (1 oz Simple Syrup, 1 oz Lemon juice)
  • Garnish with a Lemon Twist
  • Pour all ingredients over ice, gently toss.
  • Garnish w/ Lemon twist
American Gold

American Gold Diggin(s) Mojito

  • 1.5 oz Rush Creek American Gold Whiskey 
  • 5 fresh mint leaves 
  • 1 oz honey simple syrup 
  • 1/2 of a lime, juiced 
  • Ginger ale
  • Lightly muddle mint leaves, honey simple syrup and lime juice together in the bottom of a glass. Add ice. Pour American Gold Whiskey and top with ginger ale.
  • Garnish with a lime wedge and sprig of mint.
American Gold

South Paige Sage

  • 2 oz Rush Creek American Gold Whiskey
  • .75 oz Sage Honey Simple Syrup
  • Fresh orange squeeze
  • Top with soda
  • Pour whiskey and Sage Honey Simple Syrup into glass and stir. Add ice and top with soda.
  • Twist your orange peel directly over glass to release oils. Garnish with a fresh sage leaf and orange twist. 
  • For a sweeter taste add more honey sage syrup.
Try with Barrel Rested Gin!
American Gold

Bayberry Whiskey Sour

  • 1.5 oz Rush Creek American Gold Whiskey 
  • Small spoonful of blackberries
  • 2 oz Lemon Syrup (1 oz Simple Syrup, 1 oz Lemon juice)
  • Pour all ingredients over ice, gently toss.
  • Garnish with a lemon twist
American Gold

Heritage Hot Toddy

  • 1.5 oz Rush Creek American Gold Whiskey
  • Top with apple juice/caramel mix
American Gold

Meadow Lane Whiskey Mule

  • 1.5 oz Rush Creek American Gold Whiskey
  • ½ oz Bada Bing Cherry juice
  • Top with equal parts Ginger Beer and Soda
  • In a glass filled with ice, add all ingredients.
  • Garnish with a Bada Bing Cherry and lime wheel
American Gold

Strawberry Hart

  • 1.5 oz Rush Creek American Gold Whiskey
  • 2 strawberries, muddled
  • .75 oz lemon juice
  • .75 oz Simple Syrup
  • 2 dashes Angostura Bitters
  • .5 oz Ginger Liqueur
  • Fill a shaker with ice and add all ingredients.
  • Shake and pour into a Lowball glass filled with ice. Top with Soda.
  • Garnish with a fresh strawberry and lemon slice
American Gold

Stoney Creek Sipper

  • 1.5 oz Rush Creek 58% Rye Whiskey
  • 0.5 oz fresh squeezed lemon juice
  • Half a sprig of rosemary (remove leaves from sprig and throw into shaker)
  • A little bit over ½ oz maple syrup
  • Add all ingredients into a shaker. Shake and strain over rocks glass w/ ice.  
  • Garnish with a rosemary sprig and lemon slice
Straight 58%

Beck’s Black-Eyed Rye

  • 1.5 oz Rush Creek 58% Rye Whiskey
  • .5 oz Lemon Juice
  • .75 oz Blackberry Simple Syrup*
  • Top with equal parts Ginger Beer and Soda (or just Soda for a lighter flavor)
  • Garnish with fresh blackberries and a lemon slice
*Find the recipe for Blackberry Simple Syrup on our Specialty Mixes Page
Straight 58%

Reese 100 Rye Squeeze

  • 2 oz Rush Creek 100% Rye Whiskey
  • Half of an orange, juiced (1 oz)
  • .75 oz Honey Simple Syrup
  • 2 dashes bitters
  • Pour all ingredients into a shaker with ice, shake intensively. Pour shaker (ice included) into a rocks glass. Add a few extra cubes, if needed.
  • **Fill your rocks glass with ice cubes and dump the ice cubes into the shaker to ensure you have the right amount of ice
  • Garnish with a Cherry and Orange slice
*Find the recipe for Honey Simple Syrup on our Specialty Mixes Page
Straight 100 Proof

Ginger Julep

  • 1.5 oz Rush Creek 58% Rye Whiskey
  • 1 oz lime juice (one whole lime, juiced)
  • 1 oz Simple Syrup*
  • 1.5 oz Ginger Beer
  • Add Rush Creek 58% Rye Whiskey, lime juice, and Simple Syrup in a glass, fill halfway with ice and stir. Add Ginger Beer and fill remainder of glass with ice.
  • Garnish with fresh mint.
*Find the recipe for Simple Syrup on our Specialty Mixes Page
Straight 58%

Manhattan

  • 2.5 oz Rush Creek 58% Rye Whiskey
  • .25 oz Sweet Vermouth
  • 1 Cherry, plus juice on the spoon
  • Fill a rocks glass with ice, pour all ingredients into glass and add cherry. Never shaken.
Straight 58%

Blue Jay Bourbon Sour

  • 1.5 oz preferred Rush Creek Bourbon 
  • ¼ oz squeezed lemon juice 
  • ¼ oz squeezed lime juice
  •  ½ oz squeezed orange juice
  • 1 oz cherry syrup  
  • In a rocks glass, squeeze lemon, lime, and orange juices. Add the bourbon and cherry syrup-stir. Fill with ice. Garnish with a Bada Bing Cherry and lime wedge
Straight 16% Rye,Straight 25% Wheat,Honey Bourbon,Double Oak

Forrest Downs Maple Old Fashioned

  • 2 oz 16% Rye Bourbon
  • 3-4 dashes Angostura Bitters
  • ½ tsp Maple Syrup
  • 2-3” piece of Orange peel
  • Top w/ a Press
  • In a Single glass, add Bourbon, bitters, and syrup. Twist the Orange peel to release the oils and add peel to drink. Stir and add ice. Top with a Press.
  • Garnish with a Bourbon Soaked Cherry
Straight 16% Rye

Admiral Bourbon Margarita

  • 2 oz Wheated Bourbon
  • 1 oz Fresh Lime Juice
  • 1 oz Agave Syrup
  • Add ice and all ingredients to a shaker and shake vigorously for 30 seconds; strain, and pour into a rocks glass.
  • Garnish with a floating lime wheel.
Straight 25% Wheat

Blaine Blackberry Bourbon Smash

  • 1.5 oz 16% Rye Bourbon
  • 1 oz Blackberry Syrup*
  • .5 oz Lemon Juice
  • Sprig of Rosemary
  • Soda
  • Add ice and all ingredients to a shaker and shake vigorously for 30 seconds; strain, and pour into a rocks glass.
*Find the recipe for Blackberry Syrup on our Specialty Mixes Page
Straight 16% Rye

Bourbon Cider Smash

  • 2 oz Rush Creek Wheated Bourbon (also great with Rush Creek Vanilla Vodka)
  • 1/2 tablespoon apple butter
  • 2 oz apple cider
  • 3/4 oz Rush Creek Bourbon Barreled Maple Syrup
  • Shake all ingredients over ice and pour into a rocks glass
  • Garnish with a cinnamon sprinkle
Straight 25% Wheat

Banana Old Fashioned

  • 1.5 oz Rush Creek Honey Barreled Bourbon
  • 1 oz Banana Simple Syrup*
  • 0.25 oz Maple Syrup
  • 7 Dashes Black Walnut Bitters
  • Orange Slice
  • Bourbon Soaked Cherry
  • Topped with Soda
  • Muddle Honey Bourbon, banana syrup, bitters, maple syrup, orange slice, and cherry in the bottom of a glass, add ice, and top with soda.
*Find the recipe for Banana Simple Syrup on our Specialty Mixes Page
Honey Bourbon

Bourbon Spiked Sweet Tea

  • 1.5 oz Rush Creek Honey Barreled Bourbon (or try with RCD Vodka!)
  • 0.5 oz Lemon Juice
  • 1 oz Honey Simple Syrup*
  • Topped with Chilled Green Tea
  • Add Bourbon, lemon juice, and honey simple syrup into a glass with ice and give a quick stir or toss. Fill remainder of glass with green tea and garnish with a floating lemon wheel.
*Find the recipe for Honey Simple Syrup on our Specialty Mixes Page
Honey Bourbon

Classic Mint Julep

  • 1.5 oz Rush Creek 25% Wheat Bourbon
  • 3 large fresh mint leaves for muddling
  • 0.75 oz Mint Simple Syrup*
  • 1.5-3 oz water (to taste)
  • 1 lime wedge, squeezed
  • Muddle Rush Creek 25% Wheat Bourbon, fresh mint and Mint Simple Syrup together in the bottom of a glass. Fill glass half full with ice and stir. Fill remainder of the glass with ice.
*Find the recipe for Mint Simple Syrup on our Specialty Mixes Page
Straight 25% Wheat

Old Fashioned

  • 1.5 oz Rush Creek Wheat Bourbon
  • 2 Cherries
  • 1 Orange Slice
  • 1 Sugar Cube
  • 3-4 Dashes Bitters
  • Topped with a Press, unless specified Sweet (Sprite), Not Sweet (Soda), or Sour (Squirt)
  • Muddle Bourbon, cherries, orange slice, sugar cube, and bitters. Fill glass with ice. Top with a Press, unless otherwise stated.
Straight 25% Wheat

Double Oak Old Fashioned

  • 1.5 oz Rush Creek Double Oak Bourbon
  • 4-5 Dashes Orange Bitters
  • 1 Sugar Cube
  • 1 oz Bourbon Cherry Juice
  • 1 Orange Slice
  • 1 Bourbon Soaked Cherry
  • Muddle all ingredients, bruising the cherry just slightly.. Fill glass with ice. Top with a Press, unless specified Sweet (Sprite), Not Sweet (Soda), or Sour (Squirt).
Double Oak

Whiskey Sour

  • 2 oz preferred Rush Creek Bourbon
  • 1 oz Simple Syrup*
  • ¾ oz Fresh Lemon Juice (about ¼ of a lemon)
  • Fill a rocks glass with ice and add all ingredients. Give a quick stir or toss.
  • Garnish with a cherry and orange slice.
*Find the recipe for Simple Syrup on our Specialty Mixes Page
Straight 16% Rye,Straight 25% Wheat,Honey Bourbon,Double Oak

Black & Gold

  • 1.5 oz Rush Creek Wheated Bourbon
  • Spoonful of blackberries
  • Fill glass with ice
  • Top with lemonade & stir
  • Garnish with fresh rosemary sprig & fresh blackberry
Straight 25% Wheat

Hutchinson Hot Toddy

  • 1.25 oz Rush Creek Honey Bourbon
  • 1.25 oz Malabar Spiced Liqueur
  • 3⁄4 oz Lemon Juice
  • 1 oz Cinnamon Simple Syrup*
  • Add all ingredients to a mug. Top with hot water. Garnish with a thin floating lemon wheel.
*Find the recipe for Cinnamon Simple Syrup on our Specialty Mixes Page
Honey Bourbon

Banana Simple Syrup

  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 banana, sliced
  • Bring all ingredients to a simmer in a pot and let simmer for 5-10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Strain.
  • Store in a mason jar.

Blackberry Syrup

  • 6 cups frozen blackberries
  • 6 cups water
  • 3 cups sugar
  • Combine all ingredients in a pot. Heat until syrup starts to simmer. Remove from heat and strain.
  • Store in a mason jar.

Bloody Mary Mix

  • 2 bottles tomato juice (92 oz)
  • 1 can tomato sauce (29 oz)
  • 5 tablespoons Forest Floor Foods Spice Blend
  • Combine all ingredients in a gallon pitcher. Shelf life is 10 days.

Cherry Syrup

  • 6 cups frozen cherries
  • 6 cups water
  • 3 cups sugar
  • Combine all ingredients in a pot. Heat until cherries begin to burst. Remove from heat and strain.

Chocolate Margarita Syrup

  • 4.5 cups water
  • 4.5 cups sugar
  • 1.5 cups dark unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 3 teaspoons vanilla
  • 4.5 oz lemon juice
  • 4.5 oz lime juice
  • Over medium-low heat, add the water and sugar. Stir until the sugar has dissolved. Add in cocoa powder, vanilla, lemon and lime juice. Stir together. Reduce heat to low. Simmer for at least 20 minutes.

Cinnamon Simple Syrup

  • 5 cups water
  • 5 cups sugar
  • 2.5 tsp cinnamon
  • Combine all ingredients in a pot and heat to 160 degrees. Store in a mason jar.

Cold Foam

  • 5 cups heavy cream
  • 10 tablespoons maple syrup
  • 10 tsp vanilla extract
  • Add all ingredients to a jar and blend using an immersion blender until thick.
  • Store refrigerated in a mason jar.

Cranberry Granita

  • 10 cups water
  • 7.5 cups thawed cranberries
  • 4 cups sugar
  • zest plus juice of 1 lime
  • Place all ingredients into a pan, set over medium-high heat and simmer until the berries begin to pop. Remove from the heat. Blend for about 1 minute. Strain.

Cranberry Syrup

  • 6 cups frozen cranberries
  • 6 cups water
  • 3 cups sugar
  • Combine all ingredients in a pot. Heat until the cranberries begin to burst. Remove from heat and strain.

Cucumber Syrup

  • 4 cups water
  • 4 cups sugar
  • 4 cucumbers, peeled and coarsely chopped
  • Combine sugar and water then heat to 160 degrees while stirring frequently. Let cool. Juice the cucumbers and combine with the cooled simple syrup. Store in a mason jar.

Cucumber & Mint Syrup

  • 4 cups water
  • 4 cups sugar heated together
  • add 2 large cucumbers cubed with skin removed and 4-5 Mint sprigs while it cools

Ginger Liqueur

  • 2 inch piece ginger root, peeled and thinly sliced
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1.5 cups water
  • Zest of 1 orange
  • 1.5 cups Rush Creek Vanilla Vodka
  • Peel the ginger and cut it into thin slices. Bring ginger, sugar, and water to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until ginger is soft, or 20 minutes. Let the syrup cool. Add orange zest and Rush Creek Vanilla Vodka.
  • Let steep for one day.
  • After steeping for a day, strain to remove ginger and zest.
  • Store in a mason jar.

Grape Syrup

  • 3 cup water
  • 3 cup sugar
  • 4 cups whole grapes
  • Equal amount Torani Grape Syrup. Heat water, sugar, and grapes until grapes begin to pop. Strain grapes and discard. Once cooled, add an equal amount of Torani Grape Syrup.

Hibiscus Syrup

  • 4 cups sugar
  • 4 cups water
  • 2 cup dried hibiscus petals
  • Combine water, sugar, and petals in a pot. Heat to 160 degrees, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and let steep for 15 minutes. Strain with fine mesh strainer to remove petals. Store in a mason jar.

Honey Simple Syrup

  • 4 cups water
  • 4 cups honey
  • Combine water and honey in a pot and heat until 160 degrees, stirring occasionally. Store in a mason jar.

Irish Cream

  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 1 can 14 oz sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 ⅔ cup American Gold Whiskey
  • 3 tablespoons chocolate syrup
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon instant coffee
  • Blend on med/low until combined, about 30 seconds, using hand blender

Karen’s Tappy Tibbons Apple Pie Mix

  • ½ gallon Apple Juice
  • ½ gallon Apple Cider
  • ½ oz Vanilla extract
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 3 cinnamon sticks
  • Bring all ingredients to a boil. Let cool. Remove cinnamon sticks and pour into a gallon jug.

Lavender Simple Syrup

  • 5 cups water
  • 5 cups sugar
  • 10 tbs lavender
  • 2.5 tsp butterfly pea flower powder
  • Heat water, sugar, and lavender to 160 degrees, remove from heat and let steep for 25 minutes. Strain into a jar. Add butterfly pea flower powder while the syrup is hot and stir.

Lemon Syrup

  • Equal parts Lemon juice and regular Simple Syrup, combined.

Malabar Cider Mule Mix

  • 20oz Rush Creek Craft Vodka
  • 20oz Malabar
  • Juice from 10 limes
  • 10 cups cider
  • Combine all ingredients into a pitcher and stir.
Makes 1 gallon.

Matcha Simple Syrup

  • 1 cup water
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 tbsp Matcha powder
  • Combine all ingredients in a pot, heat until sugar completely dissolves and reaches 160 degrees. Whisk together. Pour into a mason jar to store.

Mint Simple Syrup

  • 1 cup water
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup fresh mint, stems included
  • Add all ingredients to a pot, heat until the sugar is dissolved and mixture reaches 160 degrees. Remove from heat and steep for 10-20 minutes. Strain mint sprigs out. Store in a mason jar.

Mixed Berry & Thyme Syrup

  • 6 cups frozen mixed berries
  • 6 cups water
  • 3 cups sugar
  • 48 whole sprigs of Thyme
  • Combine all ingredients in a pot. Heat until the syrup begins to simmer. Remove from heat and strain. Store in a mason jar.

Peach Honey Syrup

  • 4 cups water
  • 4 cups honey
  • 16 peaches, pitted, peeled, and chopped
  • Heat all ingredients in a pot over medium heat until the honey melts.
  • Let the mixture steep for at least 20 minutes, longer if possible. Strain the peaches from the syrup.
  • Store in a mason jar.

Peppermint Dark Chocolate Cold Foam

  • 1 cup Heavy Cream
  • 1 tsp Peppermint Extract
  • ½ cup Chocolate Chips, melted
  • Add all ingredients to mason jar and blend just enough to combine.

Peppermint White Chocolate Cold Foam

  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 1 tsp peppermint extract
  • 1⁄2 cup chocolate chips, melted
  • Add all to mason jar and blend with immersion blender just enough to combine.

Pineapple Island Punch Mix

  • 10 cups pineapple juice
  • 1 cup mango chunks
  • (2) 15 oz cans cream of coconut
  • 4 limes, juiced
  • Blend all ingredients in a gallon pitcher until fully combined. Label, date, and refrigerate.

Plum Syrup

  • 1 cup water
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 plums, pits removed and chopped
  • Add all ingredients to a pot over medium heat until sugar dissolves. Let simmer for 10 minutes.
  • Let cool completely and blend.
  • Store in a mason jar.

Ratzlaff Mix

  • 3 cans Coco Lopez Cream of Coconut (45 oz total)
  • 12 oz Rosewater
  • 34 oz Lime Juice
  • Add all ingredients to a mason jar. Shake to combine.

Rose Water

  • ¼ cup dried rosebuds
  • ½ cup water
  • Put all ingredients into pot; cover, and bring to a boil. Strain petals out.
  • Store in a mason jar.

Rosemary Syrup

  • 6 cups water
  • 6 cups sugar
  • 8 whole sprigs of Rosemary (including stem)
  • Add water, sugar and rosemary to a pot. Bring mix to a boil, then simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from heat and let steep for an additional 10-20 minutes. Strain. Store in a mason jar.

Sage & Honey Syrup

  • 5 cups water
  • 5 cups honey
  • Heat together to 160 degrees.
  • Add 40 fresh sage leaves (leaving on stems) while it cools.

Simple Syrup

  • Combine equal parts of water and sugar then heat to 160 degrees while stirring frequently. Infuse with your choice of flavoring for 30-60 minutes while it cools. Strain and discard flavoring ingredient after infusing. Store in a mason jar.
You can use white sugar, brown sugar, or honey.

Spiced Syrup

  • 6 cups water
  • 6 cups sugar
  • 6 tsp Allspice
  • 6 tsp whole cloves
  • 12 cinnamon sticks
  • Simmer all ingredients together until sugar dissolves. Strain. Store in a mason jar.

Spiced Pear Syrup

  • 6 c water
  • 6 c sugar
  • 6 tsp Allspice
  • 6 tsp whole cloves
  • 12 cinnamon sticks
  • 4 ripe pears, peeled and cubed
  • Combine all ingredients, with the exception of the pears, and simmer until the sugar dissolves. Strain and return syrup to pot. Add the pears to the syrup and simmer until the pears are soft/fork tender. Blend the pears into the syrup. Allow to cool and store in a mason jar.

Strawberry Mint Simple Syrup

  • 2 cups water
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2 cups strawberries
  • 1/2 cup mint leaves with stems
  • Combine sugar and water in a pot and heat until sugar dissolves. Add strawberries and mint, bring to a simmer, then reduce heat to low. Cook 12 minutes. Remove from heat and strain.
  • Store in a mason jar.

Sugar Cookie Liqueur

  • 2 cups Amaretto
  • 3 cups Irish Cream
  • Pour into mason jar and shake to combine.
**Keep refrigerated

Featured Recipes

Pineapple Island Punch

  • 1.5 oz Rush Creek Original Craft Vodka
  • Pineapple Island Punch Mix*
  • Soda
  • Fill a glass with ice. Add vodka and punch, top with a splash of soda.
  • Garnish with a pineapple wedge and cherry
*Find the recipe for Pineapple Island Punch Mix on our Specialty Mixes Page
Original Craft

Countryside Spiced Pear

  • 1.5 oz Rush Creek Barrel Rested Gin
  • 1 oz Spiced Pear Syrup*
  • 1.5 oz pear juice
  • Top with soda 
  • Shake barrel rested gin, spiced pear syrup, and pear juice over ice. Pour contents of shaker into a glass, top with soda. 
  • Garnish with spiced pear cubes on a pick.
Try with classic vodka!
*Find the recipe for Spiced Pear Syrup on our Specialty Mixes Page
Barrel-rested

Reese 100 Rye Squeeze

  • 2 oz Rush Creek 100% Rye Whiskey
  • Half of an orange, juiced (1 oz)
  • .75 oz Honey Simple Syrup
  • 2 dashes bitters
  • Pour all ingredients into a shaker with ice, shake intensively. Pour shaker (ice included) into a rocks glass. Add a few extra cubes, if needed.
  • **Fill your rocks glass with ice cubes and dump the ice cubes into the shaker to ensure you have the right amount of ice
  • Garnish with a Cherry and Orange slice
*Find the recipe for Honey Simple Syrup on our Specialty Mixes Page
Straight 100 Proof

Blackberry Fizz

  • Fill glass with ice
  • 1.5 oz Rush Creek Distilling Botanical Gin
  • 5 whole blackberries or spoonful of thawed
  • 0.5 oz Simple Syrup
  • ½ of a lime, juiced
  • Top with equal parts Sprite & Soda
  • Garnish with lime wedge
Also great with RCD Vodka
Hand-bottled Botanical

Make every sip an adventure

York Peppermint Dark Chocolate Mocha Martini

  • 3.5 oz Rush Creek Coffee Vodka
  • 2 oz Peppermint Dark Chocolate Cold Foam*
  • Shake all ingredients vigorously over ice, strain into martini glass.
  • Garnish with whipped cream and peppermint candy cane pieces.
*Find the recipe for Peppermint Dark Chocolate Cold Foam on our Specialty Mixes Page
Coffee Flavored

The Cucumber Dewey

  • 1.5 oz Rush Creek Jalapeño Infused Vodka 
  • 1 oz Cucumber Simple Syrup*
  • Splash of lime juice 
  • Top with soda 
  • Add all ingredients to a shaker filled with ice. Shake until cold/mixed, and pour into a glass.
  • Garnish with a cucumber slice.
*Find the recipe for Cucumber Simple Syrup on our Specialty Mixes Page
Jalapeño Flavored

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