Celebrate Memorial Day weekend with a taste of The Bay, a savory new vodka varietal from Philadelphia Distilling Co. Seasoned with celery seed, black and red pepper, nutmeg and cardamom, The Bay tastes like a salty sailboat ride on the Chesapeake, the wind whipping through your hair while you pet a lovable dolphin.
Here are four recipes from Philadelphia Distilling Co. to try out for yourself.
Anchors Away
1.5 ounces The Bay Vodka
1 ounce honey syrup
2 ounces fresh red grapefruit juice
Muddle cilantro into a shaker and fill with ice. Add The Bay, honey syrup and grapefruit juice and shake to chill. Strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with a cilantro leaf.
The Bloody Bay
1.5 ounces The Bay Vodka
3 ounces bloody mary mix
1 ounce lemon juice
3 basil leaves
1 slice jalapeno
Mix by pouring contents back and forth between two glasses. Pour into ice-filled highball glass. Add your favorite garnish!
Oyster Shooters
1.5 ounces The Bay Vodka
¼ ounce lemon juice
½ ounce fresh Mignonette
Freshly shucked Chesapeake Bay oyster
Combine liquid ingredients in drink shaker. Shake over ice. Strain into shot glass with freshly shucked Chesapeake Bay oyster.
Bayroni
Our take on the Negroni, the Bayroni can also be shaken and served in a cocktail glass with a lemon twist.
1 ounce The Bay Vodka
1 ounce sweet vermouth
1 ounce Campari
Stir with ice. Strain into cocktail glass. Garnish with lemon twist.