Water Moccasin

A gin that contains no sweetening agents; usually around 40% ABV. Try Monkey 47.

Yuzushu is made from yuzu fruit steeped in sake or shochu and sweetened to make a refreshing and lively drink.

A coconut flavored liqueur, usually rum based, with added sugar.

A juice used in some cocktails for its tart and acidic properties. Grapefruit juice can be pre-squeezed and kept fresh for many days like orange juice, unlike lemon and lime juice.

The most common fruit juice used in cocktails. This citrus juice is about 6% acid; pure citric acid. Lemon juice should be used the day it is squeezed, some like it freshly squeezed and others like it a few hours old.

A syrup made from dissolving granulated sugar (sucrose) in water. Regular simple is made by combining 1:1 sugar:water by mass, rich simple is 2:1 sugar:water by mass although only 1.5 times as sweet as regular. We always use 1:1 syrup unless otherwise noted in the recipe itself.