How to Drink

Cocktails & Recipes

Let’s Have a Wild Thyme

Ingredients:

2 oz WildBark West Texas Dry Gin

2 bar spoons Lemon Thyme simple syrup

2 oz Grapefruit Sparkling Water

Recipe:

Shake with ice, strain into coupe, garnish with fresh Lemon Thyme. (Syrup is 1:1 sugar:water simple syrup, fill with Lemon Thyme to the surface (depending on how much volume you want to prepare)).

West Texas Spring Water

Ingredients:

1.5 oz WildJune Western Style Gin

3 small chunks of Cucumber

4 leaves of Mint

Sparkling Water

Recipe:

Muddle the Cucumber and Mint, Add WildJune, Ice, and top with Topo Chico (Sparkling Water)

Garnish with cucumber, sprig of mint, and squeeze of lime (optional). 

Credit – Audrey Torres

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

WildBark Gin Paloma

Ingredients:

.75 oz lime (20 ml),

.5 oz simple syrup (2:1, rich) (15 ml),

1.5 oz WildBark gin (45 ml)

Splash of grapefruit juice (10 ml) / 2 oz soda to top (55 ml).

2 dashes Angostura orange bitters on top. Lime wheel garnish

Recipe:

10 second shake ingredients up to soda with ice, Double strain – to pint glass, top with soda and dashes of bitters. Garnish with lime wheel, or grapefruit (pictured)

Wild Women Make Wild Drinks First Place Winner

Oaxacan Gin Fizz – Rochelle Piña (Fairmont Austin)

Ingredients:

1.5 oz WildBark West TX Dry Gin

0.25 oz Chareau Aloe Liqueur

0.75 oz clarified lime juice

0.75 oz simple syrup

Top with Top Chico and Mezcal cucumber foam

Recipe:

Shake and strain the WildBark Gin, Chareau, and clarified lime juice with ice, strain into a Collins glass, and top with Topo Chico.

Ice with fresh crushed ice.

Top with Mezcal foam.

Garnish with a dehydrated lime wheel and banana leaf wrap in glass.

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. 

Optional:

Switch out WildBark with WildJune to make a Summer Mule.

WildJune Pegu Club Cocktail

Ingredients:

1½ oz. WildJune gin (45 ml)
½ oz. Cointreau (15 ml)
¾ oz. fresh lime juice (20 ml)
2 dashes Angostura bitters (2 ml)

Recipe:

Tools: juicer, shaker, strainer. Glass: cocktail (Nick and Nora). Looks nice in a Martini glass, also.

Shake all the ingredients with ice, then strain into a chilled glass. 

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Wild Honey – Bridget Kimbell (Uptown Sports Club)

Ingredients:

0.75 oz WildBark West TX Dry Gin

0.75 oz strawberry/yaupon honey syrup

0.75 oz lemon juice

0.75 oz Ramazzotti Aperitivo Rosato

Recipe

Add all ingredients to shaker, fill completely with ice and shake vigorously.

Double strain into coupe glass.

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.

Wild Women Make Wild Drinks Third Place Tie

(Church of the) Poison Mind – Eva Suter (L’Oca d’Oro)

Ingredients:

1.5 oz WildJune Western Style Gin

0.5 oz Limoncello

0.5 oz Amaro Ramazzotti

Recipe

Build in tin, fill completely with ice and shake vigorously.

Double strain into rocks glass. Fill with ice. Garnish with toasted star anise.

Texas Mojito

(Yes, a Texas WildBark Gin Southside)

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. 

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Rain Lily – Candice Dublin (Small Victory)

Ingredients:

1 egg white

0.75 oz fresh lemon juice

0.5 oz simple syrup

0.5 oz elderflower liqueur

0.5 oz Campari

1.0 oz WildJune Western Style Gin

Top with sparkling water

Recipe

Add all ingredients except sparkling water to shaking tin. Shake without ice for a few seconds (dry shake), then add ice and shake again. Strain into a fizz glass and top with sparkling water. 

Wild Gimlet

Ingredients:

2 oz (60 ml) WildJune Western Style Gin

3/4 oz (22.5 ml) lime juice

3/4 oz (22.5 ml) simple syrup

Lemon Twist for up (pictured), Lime wheel garnish for rocks

Recipe:

Shake vigorously in a tin full of ice and serve in a coupe glass with a twist, or pour over fresh rocks with a lime wheel for garnish.   

Wild Girl Gimlet

Ingredients:

2 oz WildJune Western Style Gin

1 oz Meyer Lemon Juice

0.5 oz Pink Elderflower Liqueur

1 dropper Rose Bitters

Recipe:

Shake all ingredients with ice, double strain into a Nick and Nora glass. Garnish with a slice of Meyer Lemon and a Rosebud. Credit: Molly Harris   

WildJune Negroni Rosa

Ingredients:

2 parts Strawberry Infused WildJune Western Style Gin*

2 parts Suze

2 parts Lillet Blanc (or Rose or Rouge)

1 part verjus (We used Left Coast Cellars Pinot Noir)

3 dashes hibiscus rose bitters (Bubb’s!)

2 dashes saline (20% solution)

Recipe:

Shake in your tin with ice until very chilled –

double strain,

and serve up in a chilled Nick and Nora glass (shown),

or chilled Martini glass…

*Make Strawberry Infused WildJune Western Style Gin by pureeing 1 pound hulled strawberries with one bottle frozen WildJune – refill the bottle and store in freezer, use remainder for your first round of Negronis. You could, conceivably, make a 1/2 batch.

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 Bing Martini

(Molly’s favorite)

Ingredients:

2 oz WildJune Western Style Gin

1 Bada Bing Cherry (from Tillens)

Ice

Recipe:

Shake WildJune Western Style Gin with ice. 

Strain into a martini glass & add cherry. 

** To make a Dirty Cherry, simply add more cherry juice to glass.

Barking Martini

Ingredients:

2 1/2 oz (75 ml) WildBark West Texas Dry Gin

Lemon Twist

Recipe:

Stir WildBark in a tin full of ice for a full 30 seconds to get it to 32 degrees F.

Strain into a frozen coupe or Martini glass with a lemon twist.   

Strawberry Negroni

The barkeeps at El Raval are upgrading the classic bittersweet balance of a classic Negroni with the premium complexity of WildJune Western Style Gin, a splash of sweet-tart strawberry, and a hint of citrus from an orange wheel – can you take a classic cocktail up a notch? Oh, yes. Yes you can.

Ingredients:

1 oz (30 ml) WildJune Western Style Gin
1 oz (30 ml) Campari
1 oz (30 ml) Sweet Red Vermouth
1 oz (30 ml) Fresh Pureed Strawberry
Orange Wheel garnish

Build:

Add all ingredients to a shaker full of ice, give it a good stir and a quick shake, and double strain into a coupe glass or pour over fresh rocks.
Visit El Raval, 1500 South Lamar, #115, ATX 78704

Villa de Varda Negroni

Whoa – the fine folks down at It’s Italian Cucina are taking the Negroni to all new places, and we’re not talking cheesy spaghetti westerns. Strap on your chaps and prepare to giddy up with WildBark West Texas Dry Gin, Campari, Carpano Antica, chamomile liqueur and rose water! What?!? Gimme, gimme.

Ingredients:

WildBark West Texas Dry Gin
Campari
Carpano Antica Vermouth
Villa de Varda Chamomile
Rose Water

Build:

Hitch up your horsies and saunter on down south of the river to get a taste of this rare treat:
It’s Italian Cucina, 1500 South Lamar, #110, Austin 78704

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.

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)

Top with seltzer

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.

Recipe:

Shake WildJune Western Style 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.

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 Western Style 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.

WildJune Cranberry Relish Bramble –

We introduce the Thanksgiving Day “Cranble”

Cranberry Relish – 1 bag fresh cranberries, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup mandarin orange segments in light syrup, 2 jalapenos, minced. Boil together until cranberries are popping.

Ingredients:

2 fl oz WildJune Western Style Gin
2 fl oz Cranberry Relish

Build:

Measure the WildJune and the relish into a shaker with ice,

Shake until slushy. Strain into rocks glass with crushed ice.

The Pajama Game

From L’Oca d’Oro – Pasta Paisanos –

Turmeric Bee’s Knees Riff

Ingredients: 

1 1/2 oz WildJune Western Style Gin

1 1/2 oz Lemon Juice (1/2 lemon)

1 oz Turmeric Honey Syrup 

Dash of Orange Bitters

Top with 3 oz sparkling wine, soda in a pinch

Syrup Ingredients:

1/2 oz Honey

1/2 oz Water

1/4 tsp Turmeric

Recipe:

Shake everything but sparkling wine in shaker with ice, strain into coupe or flute – 

Top with sparkling wine (or soda) 

Wild Rose Hip Martini

Ingredients:

2 oz WildJune Western Style Gin

1 oz Wild Rose Hip Simple Syrup

Serve up with fresh rose hips as garnish

Recipe:

Forage for Wild Rose Hips (preferably after the first snow)

Make Wild Rose Hip Simple Syrup (preferably using Monk Fruit instead of sugar; straining off the seeds and skins of the rose hips

Mix 2 oz WildJune Western Style Gin + 1 oz Wild Rose Hip Simple Syrup in a shaker with ice & serve in a chilled martini glass with fresh rose hips as a garnish. Enjoy!