How to Drink

Cocktails & Recipes

Wild Barking Mule

Ingredients:

2 oz WildBark West Texas Dry Gin

2 oz Ginger Beer

Serve over Ice

Recipe:

A built cocktail in a Mule Mug or highball glass. Remove WildJune from cooler or freezer. Combine with the Ginger Beer. No need for simple syrup. 

Wild Mule

Ingredients:

2 oz WildJune Western Style Gin

2 oz Ginger Beer

Optional Lime Juice / Lime Garnish

Serve over Ice

Recipe:

A built cocktail in a Mule Mug or highball glass. Remove WildJune from cooler or freezer. Combine with the Ginger Beer, add 1/2 to 1 oz of Lime Juice if desired. No need for simple syrup. Garnish with lime wheel or wedge if desired.

Wild Bing Martini

(Molly’s favorite)

Ingredients:

2 oz WildJune Western Style Gin

1 Bada Bing Cherry (from Tillens)

Ice

Recipe:

Shake WildJune with ice. Strain into a martini glass & add cherry. ** To make a Dirty Cherry, simply add more cherry juice to glass.

Wild Watermelon

(Summertime Favorite)

Ingredients:

2 oz WildJune Western Style Gin

2 Cubes of Fresh Watermelon

8 Mint Leaves

Splash of Simple Syrup (optional)

Club Soda (Richard’s Sparkling Rainwater or Topo Chico)

Ice

Recipe:

Muddle the mint and fresh watermelon. Shake all ingredients with ice. Strain into a martini glass or serve in an ice-filled tumbler. Top off with Club Soda and garnish with mint

 ‘The’ Texas Gin & Tonic

(aka ‘Texas Gin, Juniper & Tonic)

*a covid-inspired cocktail

Ingredients:

2 oz WildBark West Texas Dry Gin

1 oz Tonic Water

1 oz Wild LB&J Cocktail Enhancer (order online)

Rosemary sprig for garnish

Recipe:

In an ice-filled glass, pour all ingredients and stir well.

WildHound

(Get your Bark on!)

Ingredients:

2.0 oz WildBark West Texas Dry Gin

0.75 oz Grapefruit Juice

0.5 oz Simple Syrup

Recipe:

Shake with ice, strain into a chilled glass. Garnish with a sprig of rosemary.

HollyHock Martini

(created by Audrey Torres)

Ingredients:

2.5 oz WildJune Western Style GIn

2.5 oz Prosecco

Lemon Juice (squeeze a half lemon)

Dash of Simple Syrup

Recipe:

Stir all ingredients with Ice, Strain and Serve in a Martini Glass with a Lemon Twist.

Wild LB&J Smash

Ingredients:

In a shaker filled with ice, Add

1.5 oz WildJune Western Style Gin

0.5 oz Wild LB&J Cocktail Enhancer

0.5 oz Simple Syrup (1:1 sugar:H2O by weight)

0.5 oz fresh lemon juice (squeeze half a lemon)

Recipe:

In a shaker filled with ice, add all ingredients then Shake & Strain, Garnish with a lemon twist.

Texas Southside

(Essentially a ‘Gin Mojito’, Texas style)

Ingredients:

1.5 oz WildBark West Texas Dry Gin

1 oz fresh lime juice

0.5 oz Simple Syrup (1:1 sugar:H2O by weight)

8 mint leaves

Recipe:

Muddle the mint. Add rest of the ingredients and shake well with ice. Strain into a chilled glass. Garnish with mint. 

Legit Texas Quarantini

(a covid-inspired cocktail)

Ingredients: 

2 oz WildBark West Texas Dry Gin

1 oz WildLB&J Cocktail Enhancer (order online) 

Optional: Basil leaf or Rosemary sprig for garnish. 

Recipe:

In an ice-filled shaker, stir all ingredients and strain into ice-filled tumbler or chilled martini glass. Adding fresh rosemary or basil leaves adds a nice herbal touch.

WildJune Bramble

Ingredients: 

1.5 oz WildJune Western Style Gin

.75 oz fresh lime juice (or fresh lemon juice)

.75 oz simple syrup

.75 oz crème de mûre (Blackberry Liqueur)

Garnish: Fresh lime (or fresh lemon), blackberries

Recipe:

In your shaker, filled with ice, pour the WildJune gin, lime (or lemon) juice, and simple syrup (to taste). Shake that thing. Strain the drink into a highball glass filled with (crushed) ice. Drizzle the cremé de mûre (or other berry liqueur) on top of the drink and garnish with a lime (or lemon) slice and blackberries.

Free Range Nurse

Ingredients:

2 parts WildJune Western Style Gin (WildBark West TX Dry Gin for more herbal style)

1 part Free Range Nurse Syrup (below)

Syrup Ingredients:

1 cup water, 1 cup sugar, About 1/4 of a pear, sliced 

Two sprigs fresh rosemary, 1 cinnamon stick

Bring to a simmer and then let steep for at least 30 minutes. Reserve the pear slices to use as garnish.

Top with seltzer

Recipe:

Shake gin & syrup in an ice filled shaker, strain into a rocks glass with fresh rocks, top with seltzer after that. Garnish with a slice of pear from the syrup, and a sprig of rosemary or pine.