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Make your very own Pink Bench drink at home with our recipes

Loretta’s Rose Vodka

Wild Rosehips & Heirloom Petals

Loretta was a beloved community member of Troy whose legacy lives in the many children she cared for.  Our distillery now inhabits her property, and some of her beloved rose bushes still grow there.  This vodka’s infusion of luscious rose hips, delicate rose petals, and warming cottonwood bud pays homage to Loretta as well as the sights and smells of Troy in summertime.

White Rose

  • 1.5 oz Loretta’s Rose Vodka
  • 0.5 oz Quaintrelle Liqueur
  • 1 oz Vanilla Simple Syrup
  • 1 oz Heavy Cream

Rose Sour

  • 1 oz Loretta’s Rose Vodka
  • 1 oz Whiskey
  • 0.75 oz Simple Syrup
  • 0.25 oz Lemon Juice

Nice Melons Vodka

Real Melon & Tangerine

This might surprise you, but up here in far northwest Montana we grow some pretty amazing melons!  And when you’ve got nice melons, there’s no need to fake it.  This vodka is full-bodied, sun-drenched, and made with 100% real melons and tangerine zest.  And to support melons of all shapes and sizes, 3% of profits go to local breast health initiatives. 

Cause-mo

  • 2 oz
  • 1 oz Beary Fairy Liqueur
  • 1/4 oz fresh lime Juice

Miss Mel

  • 2 oz Nice Melons Vodka
  • 1/2 oz Quaintrelle Liqueur
  • 1/4 oz Simple Syrup
  • 3 oz Tonic Water

Fran’s Varietyland Mild Dry Bitters

Epically Herbal

If you’re of a certain age in Troy, browsing the shelves of Fran’s Varietyland was a formative activity. Our distillery is just steps from the ghost of its front door. Fran was always there to help you find just the thing you didn’t know you were looking for – like this dry vermouth-style bitters! Made with a grab bag of wild local botanicals including wormwood, pipsissewa and mint, plus 14 other herbs and spices, its character gives you new things to appreciate each time you revisit it – just like our beloved Fran.

Dirty Double Martini

  • 2 oz Pink Bench Vodka
  • 1/2 oz Fran’s Varietyland Bitters
  • 1/2 oz Olive Juice + 2 Olives

Pink Bench Bronx

  • 1 oz Pink Bench Vodka
  • 3/4 oz Beary Fairy Liqueur
  • 1/2 oz Fran’s Varietyland Bitters
  • 2 oz fresh Orange Juice

Quaintrelle Liqueur

Rich & Warming

Local dandelion roots are slow-roasted until chocolatey, aged with vodka and sweetened with honey to create an earthy, warm liqueur.

Fine & Dandy Espresso Martini

  • 1.5 oz Quaintrelle Liqueur
  • 1 oz Pink Bench Vodka
  • 1.5 oz Espresso

New Old Fashioned

  • 1 oz Quaintrelle Liqueur
  • 1.5 oz Whiskey
  • 2 dashes Angostura Bitters
  • Twist of orange

Symbiosa Liqueur

Bright & Citrusy

Citrusy spruce tips straight from the mountains are infused with vodka and sweetened with sugar to capture the smell and taste of Montana in springtime.

Trojan Horse

  • 1 oz Symbiosa Liqueur
  • 1 oz Pink Bench Vodka
  • 4 oz Ginger Beer
  • Squeeze of lime

Razzle Dazzle

  • 1.5 oz Symbiosa Liqueur
  • 1/4 c crushed raspberries
  • 4 oz Soda Water

Vodka Clean & Light

Clean & Light

Pure magic happens when spring water from Montana’s Purcell Mountains meets organic eastern European wheat. This vodka just… Disappears!

Dirty Double Martini

  • 2 oz Pink Bench Vodka
  • 1/2 oz Fran’s Varietyland Bitters
  • 1/2 oz Green Olive Juice + 2 Olives

Basil Lemondrop

  • 2 fresh Basil leaves, muddled
  • 2 oz Pink Bench Vodka
  • 2 oz fresh Lemon Juice
  • 1.5 oz Simple Syrup

Beary Fairy Liqueur

Forest Foraged

A wild-foraged blend of northwest Montana berries, picked at their peak ripeness, gives each year’s batch unique depth and complex character.

Kir Royale

  • 1 oz Beary Fairy Liqueur
  • 6 oz Champagne

Beary Tasty Martini

  • 1 oz Beary Fairy Liqueur
  • 1/2 oz Cocoa Bitters
  • 2 oz Pink Bench Vodka