Mead Recipes

These cocktail recipes come compliments of Jeremy Potts, Asst. Food and Beverage Manager at the Inn at Laurel Point.  They were a huge success at the Victoria Wedding Walk in February of 2013.  They are lower in alcohol and could be a great idea for wedding or events.

Wassail Flower

• 1 oz Wassail Blush Mead
• 5 oz Elderflower Sparkling Water
• Garnish with a lemon twist
• Serve in a champagne glass

Wassail Sunset

• 1 oz Wassail Blush Mead
• 5 oz Elderflower Cranberry Orange Sparkling Water
• Garnish with a lemon twist
• Serve in a champagne glass

These cocktail recipes come compliments of Shawn Soole, executive barkeep at Clive’s Classic Lounge in the Chateau Victoria Hotel in Victoria, BC. Thanks Shawn!

Duke’s Solstice

• 1 1/2 oz Gin
• 3/4 oz Tugwell Creek Solstice Metheglin
• 1/2 oz Strega
• Dash of Bitter Truth Grapefruit Bitters
• Stir & strain into a small, chilled coupete (or margarita glass). Garnish with a lemon twist

Solstice Daisy

• 3 oz Tugwell Creek Solstice Metheglin
• 3 dashes of Cointreau
• 3 dashes of Gomme Syrup
• 1/2 oz Lemon juice
• Shake & strain and top with soda in a small Collins/fizz glass

Get thee to a Meadery

• 1 1/2 oz Leblon Cachaca
• 1 1/2 oz Tugwell Creek Solstice Metheglin
• 1/3 oz Maraschino liqueur
• 1/3 oz sugar syrup
• 1/3 oz lime juice
• Shake & double strain into a large chilled coupete (or margarita glass). Garnish with a grapefruit twist.