Hello New Bartenders!

• RECIPE GUIDELINES
• IMPORTANT INFORMATION
• DOs
• DON'Ts
• PAST EXAMPLES
• PLEASE FILL OUT FORM

Hi there! 

We are so excited to have you on board and to bring your unique cocktails to our community of subscribers! Our mission is to create experiences for our members that empower, inspire, and enlighten them wherever they gather. We can’t wait to work with you to package your recipe and send it all over the country. Below is everything we’ll need in order to start the process—we can’t wait to see and taste it all!

Checklist

1. Pick your brand
2. Submit 2 cocktail concepts to [email protected]
3. Receive feedback/guidance from S&S team as to which will work the best in the box
4. Develop one of the concepts into a fully-fledged cocktail recipe
5. Fill out the form and complete your cocktail & bartender information submission
6. Send your headshot (hi-res) and a photo of your cocktail (so that we can properly style the garnish) to [email protected]

Recipe Guidelines

• The concept of the S&S kit is “just add one bottle of booze.” So the month’s spirit can be the only liquor in the cocktail.
• Please also include sub-recipes for any house-made components (syrups, marmalades, shrubs, etc.), including cook time and yield, so they can be recreated and scaled up for a commercial-sized production run. Feel free to get creative (very much encouraged!), but keep in mind that your syrup recipe is going to be multiplied x 1000 for the commercial batch. Please be precise!!
• Please try to be specific and detailed in writing your cocktail recipe so that even first-time subscribers are able to follow without confusion.
• The cocktail should be something that people cannot just willy-nilly make at home without using one of your ingredients—make it special!

Important Information

• Please include a fully written-out recipe with all ingredients, measurements, and very detailed instructions for how to build your cocktail (examples below).
• The liquor can be up to 2 oz per cocktail for sure (if you want 2.5 oz in your cocktail, include that in your initial concept, and if another bartender in the box is only using 1.5 oz, we can make it work). Subscribers need to make 12 cocktails total—including 4 of yours—while only purchasing one 750 ml bottle of booze.
• For other ingredient quantities, it depends on the product we’re sending. For example, if you need 2 oz of tonic, it has to be a product that comes in an 8–10 oz bottle, but it can’t be huge like a 16 oz bottle, because that won’t fit in the box. For original syrups, we usually fit 2 oz and 4 oz bottles, and occasionally 8 oz bottles. If you have any questions about what can fit in our boxes, please ask and we will answer ASAP. 
• Your cocktail should work with whatever brand of liquor the customer ends up using, whether it’s your recommendation, one of the other bartenders’ picks, or something else!
• If you are looking for cool ingredients—check out our list here!

DOs

While we do have quite a few restrictions on what we can put in a box (because the box is a certain size and will be in transit for 3 days without refrigeration), there are still lots of things that can go in our boxes! Here’s a short list of possibilities, definitely not complete but hopefully will spur your imagination. If you’re curious about anything, please ask!

• Juices that don’t require refrigeration prior to opening
• Syrups/cordials/shrubs (our own or someone else's)
• Switchels and non alcoholic ciders (non refrigerated)
• Bitters, tinctures, and extracts
• Sodas, sparkling waters, tonics, colas, mineral waters
• Ginger ale and beer
• Vinegars
• Acids (phosphate, tartaric, malic, etc.)
• Oils
• Coffee, tea, cold brews
• Tea concentrates
• Coconut water (still or sparkling)
• Preserves, marmalades, jams, and jellies
• Nut milks (almond, pistachio, walnut, etc)
• Honey, molasses, agave, maple syrup
• Oleo-saccharum
• Flavored salts and sugars
• Dried fruit
• Hardy/shippable herbs such as rosemary, bay leaves
• Hot sauce, Worcestershire, soy sauce, etc
• Roots such as ginger, turmeric, horseradish
• Spices such as nutmeg, anise stars, etc
• Creamer and other dairy products that don’t require refrigeration
• Coconut cream/coconut milk
• Rose water and orange blossom water
• Spices/tea/dried fruit for spirit infusions
• Eggs (won’t be included in the box, but we can ask subscribers to add one)
• Pickled/preserved anything
• Reductions

If you want samples of anything at all, please ask and we’ll get them for you. There are specific companies that we’ve already connected with (and in some cases worked with) as well—please take a look, you might find some interesting stuff.

DON'Ts

We ship boxes over 2–3 days via USPS and boxes are a set size, so the three things to really look out for are perishability, size, and durability. Anything that’s too mushable, too large, or that wouldn’t be able to travel unrefrigerated and then sit in someone’s fridge for at least two weeks would have to be removed from a recipe and replaced with something else. Below are examples:

• Delicate herbs such as mint or basil (can send oils or extracts instead, samples available)
• Dairy that needs refrigeration
• Delicate fruit (berries, grapes, kiwis, etc)
• Fruit that happens to be large (melons, pineapples, pomelos, etc)
• Juices that need refrigeration before opening
• Anything else that would need refrigeration

For inspiration, here are past drinks that’ve been particularly popular:

Please upload headshots here