Maple Bacon Manhattan

Maple Bacon Manhattan

Ingredients

  • 2 oz Locke + Co. Aspen Aged Rye
  • 1/4 oz sweet vermouth
  • 1/4 oz dry vermouth
  • 1/2 oz maple syrup
  • Dash of bitters
  • Bacon

Preparation

  1. Make candied bacon by placing bacon on a baking sheet. Coat in brown sugar and maple syrup and cook at 425 for 10 minutes.
  2. Add more syrup then bake for another 5-10 mins until crispy.
  3. Place ice in a mixing glass. Pour in vermouth, then whiskey, and stir.
  4. Strain into a cocktail glass.
  5. Add a dash of bitters if desired, and garnish with bacon

Source

A Locke + Co Original

Maple Bacon Manhattan Playlist

14 songs, 38 min 37 sec

Denver’s Mile High Soul Club have put together a themed collection of tunes to enjoy your Manhattan to. Enjoy the Maple Bacon Manhattan and hit play.

Started in 2008 by Rockabilly and Ribs founder DJ DogBoy, and Lipgloss co-founder, Tyler Jacobson, Mile High Soul Club has become the epicenter for Denver’s flourishing soul underground. Known internationally as one of the bright spots of America’s current soul scene, Mile High Soul Club is a monthly party at Roxy on Broadway in Denver where resident DJs, guest DJs and live bands specialize in making the dance floor move with a quality mix of Soul, Funk, Northern Soul and R&B.

In 2012, the duo of DJ DogBoy and Tyler Jacobson became a trio with the addition of DJ Steve Cervantes. MHSC has worked with and opened for such notable acts as Nick Waterhouse, Lenny Kravitz, Charles Bradley, JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound, Fred Schneider of the B-52’s, Jello Biafra of the Dead Kennedys and many more.

Mile High Soul Club DJs from left to right: Tyler Jacobson, Steve Cervantes & DogBoy

Check Out Mile High Soul Club Dance Parties!


Needle In The Hay Cocktail on a wood table

Needle in the Hay

Ingredients

  • 1 oz Locke + Co. Aspen Aged Rye
  • 3/4 oz apple brandy
  • 1 tsp dark maple syrup
  • 2 dashes Angostura bitters

Preparation

  1. Stir all ingredients together with ice until slightly chilled but still boozy.
  2. Strain over fresh ice into an old-fashioned glass.
  3. Garnish with a lemon twist.

Source

A Locke + Co Original

Needle In The Hay Playlist

15 songs, 58 min 30 sec

Founding Lipgloss DJ Boyhollow created this playlist to be played while drinking this cocktail from Locke + Co distilling. Enjoy the Needle In The hay and hit play.

DJ Boyhollow

Boyhollow is an old goth that plays music for hipsters, indie-rockers, bass-heads, gays, party kids, gender-crushers, meat-heads, woo girls and even the occasional hippie. He doesn’t believe in writing bios containing a bunch of cliches about what an awesome DJ he is. He’d rather be making you dance.

He is co-founder of Lipgloss (est. 2001), Denver’s longest running and most awarded club-night. Lipgloss was instrumental in – if not arguably responsible for – creating Denver’s indie dance scene.

Boyhollow has worked with and opened for some of music’s biggest names, among them New Order, LCD Soundsystem, Blondie, Phoenix, The XX, Devo, and many, many more.

DJ Boyhollow Profile Picutre

He can be found every Friday at Lipgloss at Milk Bar in Denver, CO.

LipglossParty


Not A Date Cocktail, bottle of Locke + Co. Aspen Aged Rye Whiskey on a wood table

Not a date

Ingredients

  • 2 oz Locke + Co. Aspen Aged Rye
  • 1/2 oz Fig jam
  • 3 dashes orange bitters
  • 3 dashes Angostura bitters

Preparation

  1. Add all ingredients to a mixing glass and fill with ice.
  2. Stir, and strain into a rocks glass over one large ice cube.

Source

A Locke + Co Original

Not A Cocktail Playlist

33 songs, 2 hr 33 min

The signature cocktail from Locke + Co distilling accompanies solid disco aural experience by Denver’s own DJ Gary Givant. Enjoy Not A Date Cocktail and hit play.

DJ Gary Givant has been DJing in clubs since 1977 and am DJIng currently at many of downtown Denver’s finest bars, breweries, clubs, rooftops as well as special events like Denver Zombie Crawl etc.
He is open format DJ who can play authentic DJ mixed sets from any era beginning with the mid 70’s. He is an expert when it comes to Funk, Soul, Disco, and Pop, as well as today’s Nu Disco, Jackin’ House and Tech House.


Old Fashioned sitting on a wood coaster in front of a bottle of Locke + Co. Aspen Aged Rye Whiskey on a wood table with a silver mid century sputnik in the background

Old Fashioned

Ingredients

Preparation

  1. In a glass add sugar cube (or simple syrup)
  2. Add two dashes of orange bitters.
  3. Add ice then pour Rye whiskey
  4. Take an orange peel and squeeze over match or lighter to get burnt orange essence
  5. Garnish with lemon twist after rubbing on the rim of glass.

Source

A Locke + Co Original


Locke + Co. Perfect Manhattan

The Perfect Manhattan

The Perfect Manhattan Recipe

This is our staple cocktail at all tastings.

Ingredients

  • 2 3/4 oz Locke + Co. Aspen Aged Rye
  • 1/2 oz dry vermouth
  • 1/2 oz sweet vermouth
  • 2 dashes Angostura bitters
  • 2 dashes Orange bitters
  • Cherry or Lemon twist, for garnish

Preparation

  1. Combine the rye, dry vermouth, sweet vermouth and bitters in a shaker, add ice.
  2. Strain the mixture into a chilled coupe glass.
  3. Garnish with the cherry or lemon twist and serve immediately.

Source

A Variation from liquor.com

Owen Locke Holding Locke + Co. Perfect Manhattan

Pineapple Basil Smash with basil and dried pineapple garnishes sitting on a wood coaster in front of a bottle of Locke + Co. Aspen Aged Rye Whiskey on a wood table

Pineapple Basil Smash

pineapple basil smash recipe

The perfect summer cocktail for every occasion.

Ingredients

Preparation

  1. Muddle basil and pineapple chunks, add lemon juice, agave and whiskey
  2. Shake for at least 30 secs very very hard.
  3. Strain over ice.

Source

Bird


A hand holding a Locke + Co. Aspen Aged Rye Whiskey Bottle in a trout river

River-side Rye

Ingredients

  • 2 oz Locke + Co. Aspen Aged Rye
  • 1 oz filtered river water
  • 3-4 new growth Pine or Fir or other Evergreen needles
  • 2-3 edible wild berries
  • 1 Evergreen sprig.

Preparation

  1. Muddle berries and new growth needles.
  2. Add filtered ice-cold, river water to whiskey and stir.
  3. Garnish with fresh Evergreen sprig.

Source

A Locke + Co Original


The Locke Cocktail on a wood table

The Locke

Ingredients

  • 2 oz Locke + Co. Aspen Aged Rye
  • 2 oz Orange juice
  • 2 oz Iced tea
  • 1 oz Lemon juice
  • 1 oz Simple syrup

Preparation

  1. Mix all ingredients together in a glass with ice.
  2. Stir, strain and garnish with a fresh mint leaf.

Source

A Locke + Co Original

The Locke Playlist

25 songs, 59 min 29 sec

The signature cocktail from Locke + Co distilling set to a rockin’ playlist from the Denver Rock N’ Roll Revival. Enjoy The Locke Cocktail and hit play.

Denver Rock N’ Roll Revival

Denver Rock N’ Roll Revival started doin’ their thing in 2018, when husband and wife team Jennifer Sanchez and Adam Hester joined their record collections together to rock the socks off of the Denver scene. Both of them are longtime Mile High music people- Jenny cofounded and ran Zombie Rock Productions, bringing touring bands through town and booking local bands for support, and Adam DJ’d raves back in the 90s and played in Get Three Coffins Ready and the Bloody Fives as well as selecting tunes with Denver Vintage Reggae Society and Groove Diggers Soul Club. And both have been ravenously collecting vinyl for twenty plus years.

When you go to a Rock N’ Roll Revival night plan on hearing a well curated mix of rockin’ genres ranging from wild 50s r’n’b and rockabilly to classic 60s surf and garage rock to first wave punk and retro revival sounds from the last couple decades. It’s an all-vinyl rockin’ soul dance party filled with some of your favorites and some stuff you’ve probably never heard before.

Jennifer Sanchez and Adam Hester-Denver-RockNRoll-Revival.jpg

Check out their Instagram and Mixcloud accounts to stay up to date on when you can catch them next.


vieux carre cocktail

Vieux Carre

Vieux Carre Recipe

This stiff rye cocktail was born in New Orleans, and we added a Colorado twist with our Locke + Co Aspen Aged Rye Whiskey.

Ingredients

  • 3/4 oz Locke + Co. Aspen Aged Rye
  • 3/4 oz Cognac
  • 3/4 oz Martini sweet vermouth
  • 1 tsp Bénédictine
  • 2 dashes Peychaud’s bitters
  • 2 dashes Angostura bitters

Preparation

  1. Add all ingredients to a rocks glass.
  2. Fill with ice and stir.

Source

A Locke + Co Original

vieux carre cocktail