At-Home Recipes

Make it yours.

Four ways to mix with Suburban Lynx bottled spirit, from familiar classics to a few house favourites.

These recipes use the bottled spirit, not the ready-to-drink Core Highball.

Each recipe makes one cocktail.

Suburban Lynx

New Fashioned

A caskless take on the Old Fashioned.

Suburban Lynx, demerara, bitters and orange. A familiar ritual, with a different spirit at its centre.

Stirred · Rocks glass

Ingredients

60 mL
Suburban Lynx bottled spirit
5 mL
Rich demerara syrup (2:1)
2 dashes
Aromatic bitters
1 dash
Orange bitters
1
Orange peel

Method

  1. Stir the spirit, syrup and bitters with ice until chilled and lightly diluted.
  2. Strain into a rocks glass over one large ice cube.
  3. Express the orange peel over the drink to release its oils, then add it as a garnish.

Suburban Lynx

The Inverter

Cold brew, vanilla, and dark spice bring forward Suburban Lynx's toffee and oak notes.

Cold brew, vanilla and chocolate mole bitters. Coffee gets a seat at the bar.

Stirred · Rocks glass

Ingredients

60 mL
Suburban Lynx bottled spirit
20 mL
Unsweetened cold brew coffee
7.5 mL
Vanilla syrup (1:1 base)
2 dashes
Chocolate mole bitters
1
Orange peel

Method

  1. Stir the spirit, coffee, syrup and bitters with ice until chilled and lightly diluted.
  2. Strain into a rocks glass over one large ice cube.
  3. Express the orange peel over the drink, then discard it.

Use ready-to-drink cold brew, not concentrate. Coffee strength and syrup sweetness vary, so keep track of what you use.

Suburban Lynx

The Suburban Sour

A little honey. A brighter outlook.

Lemon and honey, lifted with grapefruit peel. A brighter turn for Suburban Lynx.

Shaken · Chilled coupe

Ingredients

60 mL
Suburban Lynx bottled spirit
25 mL
Fresh lemon juice
20 mL
Honey syrup (2:1)
15 mL
Pasteurized egg white, optional
1
Small grapefruit peel, about 3 cm, with minimal white pith

Method

  1. If using egg white, shake the liquid ingredients without ice first.
  2. Add ice and the grapefruit peel. Shake until well chilled.
  3. Double-strain into a chilled coupe, discarding the ice and peel.

Contains egg when made with the optional egg white. Leave it out for a serve without the foam.

Suburban Lynx

The Lawrence Park

A neighbourhood take on a Manhattan.

Sweet and dry vermouth, a little maple, and a nod to Toronto.

Stirred · Chilled coupe

Ingredients

60 mL
Suburban Lynx bottled spirit
15 mL
Sweet vermouth
10 mL
Dry vermouth
5 mL
Pure maple syrup
2 dashes
Aromatic bitters
1
Orange peel

Method

  1. Stir the spirit, vermouths, maple syrup and bitters with ice until chilled and diluted.
  2. Strain into a chilled small coupe.
  3. Express the orange peel over the drink, then discard it.

Refrigerate opened vermouth and follow the producer's storage guidance.

Canadian Ingredient Guide

Canadian makers and retailers for the recipes.

A practical, non-ranked guide to bitters, syrups, coffee, honey and maple syrup, with product-fit notes.

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Before you pour

A few bar basics.

Measure the syrup.

Ratios below are by weight. Dissolve gently, cool before mixing, and refrigerate in a clean, labelled container.

  • Demerara, 2:1: 100 g sugar + 50 g water.
  • Honey, 2:1: 100 g honey + 50 g warm water.
  • Simple, 1:1: 100 g sugar + 100 g water.
  • Vanilla: a vanilla syrup with a 1:1 sugar-to-water base.

Make the method count.

Use fresh citrus and plenty of ice. Stir spirit-led drinks until cold and lightly diluted. Shake citrus drinks well.

To express a peel, hold it skin-side down over the glass and gently squeeze to release its oils. Double-strain through a cocktail strainer and a fine sieve.

Please enjoy responsibly.