Inspired by the snowbound isolation of the Overlook Hotel in the Colorado Rockies, The Overlook cocktail blends botanical gin, rosemary simple syrup, Mount Rigi liqueur, Cointreau, and Rumple Minze to capture crisp pine, floral mountain air, and the chilling essence of winter. (Recipe Below)
Set high in the Colorado Rocky Mountains sits The Overlook Hotel surrounded by sweeping views of snow kissed peaks and beautiful fields of wildflowers that many love to visit in the summer. The tranquil, small mountain town pretty much shuts down in the winter time, and the hotel guests and staff evacuate for more suitable weather while The Overlook gets buried in snow. We wanted The Overlook cocktail to feature these mountain traits with a botanical terroir gin, and rosemary simple syrup, we capture the crisp fir and pine tree flavors, Mount Rigi Liqueur and Cointreau for the floral mountain air, blanketed in the herbal chill made by the Rumple Minze liqueur. This cocktail tastes like those beautiful mountains and the absolute chill of The Overlook hotel. This cocktail, and the hotel are waiting to possess its occupants with a winter-induced fever like no other.
The Overlook
1.5 oz (45mL) Gin
1 oz (30mL) Rumple Minze
1 oz (30mL) Kirsch Liqueur
.5 oz (15mL) Cointreau
.5 oz (15mL) Rosemary Simple Syrup
Dropper Saline
Fresh Rosemary
Lemon
Prepare a rocks glass with a side of salt to look like snow; Crush ice, and slope it towards the salt side of the glass. In the mixing glass, combine 1 oz Rumple Minze, 1 oz Mount Rigi, 1.5 oz Gin, .5 oz Cointreau .5 oz Rosemerry Simple Syrup, and a Dropper of Saline. Add mixing ice and stir until chilled. Strain into prepared rocks glass, Garnish with a lemon spritz and tuck in with a rosemary sprig.
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St. Georges Terroir Gin
Country: United States
ABV: 90 proof/45%
Brand: St. George Spirits, Inc.
Spirits Type: Gin
Taste: Earthy Wood, Citrus and Sage
Price Category: $
Intensely flavored gin of the forest floor. To achieve this flavor, a neutral spirit is made from wheat, rye or barley, then a unique distilling process to infuse flavor from a variety of herbs and spices including foraged Douglas Fir tips from a Mendocino County forest (California).
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Rumple Minze
Country: Germany
ABV: 100 proof/50%
Brand: Diageo Company
Spirits Type: Liqueurs/Cordials/Schnapps
Taste: Mint, Herbal, Spice
Price Category: $
German style peppermint schnapps although largely unknown to Germany. The high proof lends itself to its strong peppermint smell and taste.
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Mount Rigi Kirsch Liqueur
Country: Switzerland
ABV: 40 proof/20%
Brand: Mount Rigi
Spirits Type: Amaro, Aperitif & Vermouth
Taste: Sweet cherries with a dash of citrus
Price Category: $
Mellow and sweet, this liqueur tastes of sweet cherries and light citrus. This kirsch liqueur is made from cherries that have been mashed and fermented then distilled. Botanicals and herbs are added to steep in the distillate then filtered and water from the Swiss Alps and sweeteners are added to balance the flavor and alcohol content.
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Cointreau
Country: France
ABV: 80 proof/40%
Brand: Remy Martin Co.
Spirits Type: Liqueurs/Cordials/Schnapps
Taste: Bittersweet orange, nut and cinnamon
Price Category: $
An colorless orange liqueur made with bitter orange peels and alcohol from sugar beets. Produced in France with the recipe still a family secret.
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Rosemary Simple Syrup
Rosemary is fresh, savory, and herbal because of this, rosemary works really well with spirits that have a high-spirited spice and citrus, clean flavor. Putting it in a syrup further balances and fresh, savory flavor with an equal parts spirit.
To Make It:
6 oz (180mL) Water
.25 cup (15 g) Fresh Rosemary
.5 cup (100 g) White Cane Sugar
Combine Water, Sugar and Rosemary in a jar. Shake to combine. Leave at room temperature in a dark place for 48 hours. Shaking occasionally to stir.
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Salt/Saline
Salt/Saline is a great flavor booster. It can balance sweetness and bitterness, smoothing out a cocktail. It can also enhance citrus flavor and acidity without the need for more acid.
A pinch of salt can be added to the cocktail, but for consistency, saline is easy to make and allows more control.
To Make It:
2 oz (60mL) Distilled or Purified Water
1 Tbsp (15g) Fine Sea Salt
Combine in a jar and shake vigorously. Once salt is dissolved, pour into a dropper bottle.
All Work and No Play: Two Cocktails Inspired by The Shining
In Stanley Kubrick's The Shining, Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) accepts a winter caretaker position at the isolated Overlook Hotel, bringing his wife Wendy (Shelley Duvall) and son Danny (Danny Lloyd) into a snowbound nightmare where supernatural forces prey on loneliness, obsession, and madness. Danny's psychic gift—known as "the shining"—allows him to connect with the hotel's dark history, transforming the majestic Rocky Mountain retreat into one of cinema's most unforgettable haunted houses. Inspired by the hotel's icy grandeur, our "The Overlook" cocktail layers botanical gin, rosemary syrup, Mount Rigi liqueur, Cointreau, and Rumple Minze over crushed ice, creating a crisp, woodsy drink that captures both the beauty of the Colorado wilderness and the chilling presence lurking beneath it. Our second cocktail, "Here's Johnny," channels Jack's descent into madness with a rich blend of spiced rum, grenadine, peach schnapps, Campari, and aquafaba, balancing sweetness, bitterness, and spice in a way that's every bit as unsettling as the film's most iconic moments. Like The Shining itself, these cocktails invite you deeper into the maze—one cold, haunting sip at a time—until you're left wondering whether the hotel is unraveling its guests or revealing who they were all along.
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