Flag Hill Distillery: CRANBERRY LIQUEUR

Cranberries First: Cranberries from Massachusetts are delivered to Flag Hill for use in our Cranberry Liqueur and also for our Apple Cranberry fruit wine.  The first documented cranberry yield was in Dennis, MA in 1816.  Cranberries, like Concord grapes, are native North American fruits.  The tart berry was widely used by the native people of North America not only to eat, but also for medicinal purposes and as dyes for such things as clothing and blankets.  Today, Americans consume about 400 million pounds of cranberries a year.     

Neutral Spirits Next: A calculated amount of neutral spirits, including our General John Stark Vodka, and distilled water are added to the blending tank.  Combined, these ingredients produce a liqueur that has both a tart and sweet taste. 

Blending Them: A special tank, called a blending tank, is used to combine the ingredients for our liqueurs.  A blending tank is specially designed such that the ingredients being pumped into the tank are forced to mix or blend together, rather than create a vortex in the tank (due to the pressure of pumping in the ingredients) which would inhibit the ingredients from blending together.  

Uses for Cranberry Liqueur: Our ideas, your ideas, and recipes

RECIPES

Cospmopolitan Cocktail: 1 oz General John Stark Vodka, 1/2 oz Triple Sec, 1/2 oz lime juice, 1/2 ounce Cranberry Liqueur*.  Shake vodka, triple sec, lime juice,  cranberry and a few ice cubes.  Strain into a martini glass, garnish with a lime wedge on the rim.

Metropolitan: 1/2 oz General John Stark Vodka, 1/2 oz Cranberry Liqueur*, 1/2 oz orange juice, 2 whole cranberries.  Shake the vodka, cranberry, orange juice and a few ice crubes in a cocktail shaker.  Strain into a chilled cocktail glass and garnish with cranberries. 

Gummy Bear: 2 oz General John Stark Vodka, 1 oz raspberry schnapps**, 1 oz Cranberry Liqueur*.  In a cocktail glass 3/4 full with ice, pour vodka and raspberry schnapps.  Fill with cranberry juice, stir and serve.

OTHER USES

• Over ice cream
• As a dessert wine - great to pair with deep chocolate desserts.
• Experiment by substituting a lesser amount of Cranberry Liqueur in drink recipes where cranberry juice or cranberry flavored vodka is called for
• On the rocks 
• Try a Cran-tini (using General John Stark Vodka of course, don't settle for less)

Have you found a great use for our Cranberry Liqueur ? We'd love to hear it - send recipes and uses to wine-info@flaghill.com