Food & Drink

A Sweeter Negroni

Ingredients 1 oz Melborne Gin Company Dry Gin 1 oz Dolin Rouge Vermouth 1 oz Aperol Aperitivo 3 Dashes Fee Brothers Orange Bitters 1/16 tsp Sugar 1 Thick Orange Slice Garnish Orange Zest Directions In your favorite cocktail shaker, muddle the orange, sugar, and the bitters, taking care not to crush the rind of the orange. Add ice to the shaker, and build the cocktail by combing the gin, vermouth, and aperol. Shake the cocktail vigorously, and double strain into a c

3/21/2018Dun Magazine

Superior Bathhouse Brewery

Located on the main thoroughfare in Hot Springs, Arkansas is the most unusual story. It combines a U.S. national park, a hot spring, and some really great craft beer. It was just by happenstance that I came across a woman-owned brewery called Superior Bathhouse Brewery. There are many things that make this brewery exceptionally interesting, including being the only brewery inside of a national park, being located inside a bathhouse, and the only one in the world (that we could find) using therma

3/21/2018Dun Magazine

S'mores Adult Hot Chocolate

Ingredients 2 Servings 2 cups Almond Milk 1/2 cup Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips 2 Graham Crackers Crushed 2 tbsp Local Honey 1/4 cup Chocolate Syrup 1/4 cup Chocolate Pudding Mix 4 oz Brandy 1 oz Grand Marnier Garnish Marshmallows Directions Heat milk in medium sauce pan. Meanwhile, melt chocolate chips in microwave. Dip the rim of your mugs in the melted chocolate and crushed graham crackers, and set aside. Add remaining melted chocolate to milk, along with honey and chocolate syrup, and whisk

11/15/2017Dun Magazine

Vodka Tonic

2 oz Dry Fly Vodka 1 tbsp Fresh Squeezed Lemon Juice 1/2 tsp Fine Sugar 1/16 tsp Quinine Powder 2 dashes Orange Bitters Top Club Soda Garnish Half Lemon Round To Build this Cocktail Fill your favorite cocktail shaker with high quality, large cubes of ice. Add vodka, lemon juice, quinine powder, sugar and bitters. Shake the cocktail till chilled. Double strain into a chilled old fashion glass with fresh ice. Top with club soda and garnish. Immediately head to your nearest porch and enjoy.

6/30/2017Dun Magazine

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The Show Stopper

1 Orion Cooler 2-3 Bags of Ice 1 Stop at the Local Establishment Many Cans of Beer Show season is upon us. No doubt, if you have access to a fly show (or any outdoor show) within 50 miles of you, you've attended or thought of attending the show. We thought it only fair that we share with you our Show Special. Start with one bad ass cooler. Add 2-3 bags of ice to start. Depending on the type of cooler you may need to replenish throughout the trip. Choose your poison. Invite all your fr

2/1/2017Dun Magazine

Martinez Martini

Ice Cubes 1 oz Gin 2 oz Sweet Vermouth .5 oz Luxardo Liqueur 2 drops Orange Bitters 2 drops Old Fashion Bitters To build: Chill your favorite martini glass. Combine all of the ingredients into your shaker, add fresh ice cubes and shake. Double strain the cocktail into your chilled martini glass and enjoy. The Martinez is one of our favorite cocktails. This drink is thought to be the precursor to the modern martini. In yesteryear, consumers liked a little more sweetness in their cockt

12/1/2016Dun Magazine

Sangria Oro

Ice Cubes 1 Apple - Sliced 1 Orange - Sliced 1 Lemon - Sliced 5 oz Apple Cider 1/2 Lemon - Juiced 2 oz Vodka 5 oz Licor 43 12 oz Cava In a large pitcher combine ice and fruit. Add the cider, lemon juice, vodka, Licor 43 and chill. Just before serving open a chilled bottle of Cava and carefully pour into the pitcher. Stir and serve immediately. Punch drinks are a staple at DUN gatherings. If you're thinking about the water-downed drinks you would get at the church functions o

10/1/2016Dun Magazine

The Cuban Mojito

2 oz Cuban Rum 1.5 oz Lime juice 6 Mint Leaves 1 tsp Sugar top. Club Soda To Build: Place your lime juice, sugar and mint in the bottom of your glass. Use a muddler to bruise the mint and begin melting the sugar. Add ice and rum to glass and stir to chill. Top with club soda and a fresh sprig of mint and a lime wedge. The Mojito is Cuba’s oldest cocktail. We were lucky enough here at the DUN offices to have a good friend head down to Cuba this year. We to

8/1/2016Dun Magazine

The Moscow Mule

2 oz Vodka 1/2 oz Lime juice top Ginger beer Fill your mug with ice, combine the vodka, lime juice and ginger beer. Stir the drink gently to combine the ingredients. Garnish with a sprig of mint and a lime wheel. The Moscow Mule was one of the first vodka cocktails popular in the U.S.. Created in 1941 at the Chatham Hotel in Manhattan, the drink was conceived by three friends enjoying a drink at the hotel bar. The thought was to combine 2 ounces of Smirnoff vodka with Cock ‘n’

6/1/2016Dun Magazine

The Liberty Cocktail

1 tsp Sugar 1 Lime wedge 1 oz Calvados (Apple Brandy) 3/4 oz Light Rum Place the lime wedge in a heavy bottomed Old Fashioned Glass and add the sugar. Muddle the lime and sugar together until the sugar dissolves. Fill the glass halffull with ice. Pour the Calvados and Rum, then stir. If you can’t find Calvados, Applejack can be used as a substitute. Enjoy this cocktail and toast to the Consitutional Amendment of your choice. This cocktail is light and refreshing. There

4/1/2016Dun Magazine

Tom & Jerry Cocktail

Cocktails don't always have to be on ice and this one is the perfect hot cocktail for those cold snowy winter nights! 2 tbl Tom & Jerry Batter 1 oz Dark Rum 1 oz Brandy 1/4 cup Warm Milk Tom & Jerry Batter: Beat egg whites into stiff peaks and set aside. Next cream egg yolks with sugar 1/4 cup, vanilla 1 teaspoon and rum 1 tablespoon per egg yoke. Then fold the egg whites into the beaten yokes to create a light and fluffy batter. Build the cocktail in a warm coffee cup. Place the batter in t

12/15/2015Dun Magazine

Apple Pie Sidecar

2 oz Smitty’s Apple Pie 1 oz Triple Sec 1 oz Lemon Juice Build all ingredients in your favorite cocktail shaker, combine with ice and shake until the drink is cold and frothy. Double strain into your favorite glass and enjoy. The classic sidecar gets a modern twist by substituting Smitty’s Apple Pie for the traditional Cognac. Smitty’s combines traditional apple pie spices to a corn whiskey creating an apple pie in a glass. This sweet, but not too sweet, drink is refreshing and comfortin

9/15/2015Dun Magazine