Distillery News Archive

Summer after summer, we keep returning to the same cocktail — the Cucumber Caipiroska. Based on the rustic Brazilian Caipirinha, this vodka-based sipper exemplifies everything needed in the [...]

Summer after summer, we keep returning to the same cocktail — the Cucumber Caipiroska. This year we’re doing something a little different; each week of August, we’ll be featuring a [...]

Bright, fruity and festive, with a hint of heat from spiced chilis. East Meets West 1½ oz North Shore Vodka 3/4 oz Fresh Lime Juice 1/2 oz Mango Juice 1/2 oz Guava Juice 1/2 oz Spiced Chili [...]

Our Drink of the Month for June is a south-west influenced sipper, made with our North Shore American Whiskey, fresh lemon juice, and a housemade simple syrup made with two kinds of chile peppers [...]

We love having a tiki drink or two on our cocktail menu – tiki cocktails are often associated with summer vacations & sunny beaches, but many are actually great for the fall and winter [...]

Fall is the season where we start to gravitate towards the rich, warmer flavors that carry us through as the nights get longer and the days get colder. Masala chai spices include many of these [...]

This fun tiki drink has been on our menu in the tasting room before, and we have it back on our menu this winter as an antidote to the cold, snowy weather! The original recipe calls for [...]

Summer is a great time to play with fruity, tropical flavors – some of our experiments end up as tiki drinks on our Tiki Taco Tuesday menu, and others end up on our summer cocktail menu! [...]

It’s cold and snowy here in Chicago this week, so we’re going with a hot drink. We have a few on our menu right now, and this one has been very popular. Essentially it’s a riff [...]

This week’s drink is an update to the Bishop’s Bounty we posted a couple of years ago. We’ve changed the simple syrup a bit, adding a touch of cardamom which gives it a deeper [...]