Five Cocktails for a Quiet Friday

Most cocktail recipes assume you keep a bar. You probably do not. Here are five drinks that need no syrups, no bitters, no muddling. Just a bottle, a glass, and something cold.

1. Hazelnut Espresso Martini

50 ml AK Roasted Hazelnut, 25 ml fresh espresso, 10 ml maple. Shake hard with ice, strain into a coupe. Three coffee beans on top if you have them.

2. Hibiscus and Tonic

50 ml AK Hibiscus over a tall glass of ice, top with good tonic, finish with a wedge of pink grapefruit. That is the whole drink.

3. White Chocolate Old Fashioned

50 ml AK White Chocolate, 5 ml maple, two dashes orange bitters. Stir down, large cube, orange twist.

4. Peach Smash

50 ml AK Peach, juice of half a lemon, a splash of soda. Crushed ice, mint, done.

5. Premium, Neat

50 ml AK Premium. A small tumbler. Slightly chilled. Nothing else.