Drink and Donate with Combier Products
Combier USA, the company responsible for bringing some of France’s finest liquors into America announced that the company will donate 20% of all earnings from January 20 until March 1, 2010 to Doctors Without Border – Emergency Relief Fund in response to last week’s devastating earthquake in Haiti.
Several of Combier’s products source their original orange peels from the nation of Haiti including those used in Combier Liqueur d’Orange and Royal Combier.
So next time you purchase any of Combier’s products you’ll actually be helping out a good cause, while still managing to imbibe in some cocktails.
What better way to toast Combier’s generosity than with some new recipes with two of their products.
First we decided to take a a look at Combier Royale, a combination of their namesake triplesec product, cognac, and a spirit known as elixir(made up aloe, nutmeg, cardamon, cinnamon and saffron).
With a taste on the palate of sweet pristine orange, nuances of cinnamon and cardamon that wraps itself around the taste buds, it makes a great alternative to some of those other cognac and orange liquors that are floating around stores.
The Traveling Circus. A Combination of Boulard Calvados, Batavia Arrack, Combier Royale, and Cinnamon Syrup.
The Traveling Circus
1 ½ oz Boulard Calvados
¾ Batavia Arrack
¾ Combier Royale
¼ oz Lemon Juice
½ oz Cinnamon Syrup
The Golden Fleece
¾ oz Royal Combier
1 ½ oz Bols Genever
2 Dashes Mole Bitters
¾ oz Chai Demerara
Bar spoon Carpano Antica
In addition to offering a both Combier and Combier Royale, a third product has recently hit the market dubbed, Roi Rene Rouge. A cherry liqueur created by blending hand picked guignes and morello cherries, the end result is a subtle never overly sweet liqueur that is filled with notes of vanilla, and soft cherries and spices. Just as Combier Royale did, Roi Rene Rouge lends itself nicely to cocktails.
Red Eyed and Smokey
¾ Sombra
3/4 Lime Juice
¾ Rouge
¾ Benedictine
1 Dash Rhubarb Bitters
Red Eyed and Smokey. A combination of Sombra Mezcal, Combier Rouge, Benedectine and Rhubarb Bitters.
Red Coat of Algeron
2 oz Don Q Anejo Rum
1 oz Rouge
2 Dashes Orange Flower Water
¾ Demerara Syrup
Red Coat of Algeron. A combination of Combier Rouge, Don Q Anejo Rum, Orange Flower Water and Demerara.
Fear the Night Creeper
1 ¾ Beefeater
¾ Rouge
¾ Lillet Blanc
2 Dash Rhubarb Bitters
¼ oz Lemon juice
Garnish with Lemon Zest
Fear the Night Creeper. A combination of Combier Rouge, Lillet Blanc, Rhubarb Bitters, and Lemon Juice.
