Make two Durham Distillery cocktails from home

Learn how to make two classic cocktails from home using Durham Distillery’s Conniption American Dry and Barrel Aged Gin.

Two cocktails: The Corpse Reviver 2 and Barrel Aged Martinez.

Make these classic sips at home, or have Corpse Reviver’s bartenders mix them up for you at the bar.

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During Allie + I’s visit to Durham Distillery, Corpse Reviver’s head bartender Taylor McClintock sent us home with two classic recipes for our readers to recreate at home.

Corpse Reviver 2

  • 1 oz Conniption American Dry Gin
  • .5 oz Cointreau
  • 1 oz Cocchi Americano
  • .5 oz Grand Marnier
  • One to two drops absinthe
  • 1 oz lemon juice
  • Shake ingredients with ice
  • Serve in a small coupe glass

Barrel Aged Martinez

  • 1.5 oz Conniption Barrel Aged Gin
  • 1.5 oz sweet vermouth
  • .5 oz Luxardo
  • Two dashes of orange bitters
  • Shake ingredients with ice
  • Serve in a martini glass with an orange twist

If you’re in the mood for holiday cocktails, check out recipes from the distillery’s annual 12 Days of Cocktails competition.

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