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Resorts spruce up cocktail menus for apres ski

 

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Several other resorts across North America have also recently launched some creative winter cocktails. Here’s a sample of them:

• Colorado’s Tommyknocker Brewery has taken a bit of the slopes and turned it into a new beer to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Loveland Ski Area. The Pine Bough Pale Ale is copper in color, medium in body and has a malty sweetness. But the real secret here is the spruce pine needles, handpicked from Loveland’s slopes and used to provide a bit of an herbal finish to the beer.

• The Montage Deer Valley, in Park City, Utah, offers a S’mores martini inspired by the classic childhood s’mores treat of chocolate and marshmallow melted on a graham cracker. The drink includes Baileys, Stoli Vanil vodka, cocoa and the quintessential graham cracker. It is topped off with a marshmallow created by pastry chef Ray Lammers.

• The Handle Bar restaurant at the Four Seasons Resort Jackson Hole, in Wyoming, has put its own unique spin on the traditional hot toddy. It offers three modern takes on the drink: one with Bols Genever, a Dutch gin-like liquor, and chamomile tea; another with Hakushu whisky, raspberry tea and honey and a third with Spanish brandy, coffee, and Vov Zabaglione egg liqueur (similar to eggnog).

• Moonlight Basin Resort in Big Sky, Mont., offers a bloody mary with vodka from Montana’s Vigilante distillery, topped off with a bit of locally sourced elk jerky. “We think our Montana-version of the classic bloody mary is the perfect cure for too much apres-ski fun,” said general manager Greg Pack. “What’s more appropriate than pairing locally-sourced vodka with locally sourced elk?”

• The 1930s Parisian-themed Sweet Spot sits at the base of Colorado’s Crested Butte. Inside, skiers will find an arcade, candy counter and locally produced ice cream. But the real gem here is the martini bar and the establishment’s signature martini: European sipping chocolate mixed with Godiva vodka, a touch of Grand Marnier topped with mini marshmallows, lightly torched.

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