1/18/2024 0 Comments Sweet tart shot recipes![]() ![]() Each of our bottles are washed, filled and labeled by hand and our bottles are shipped in 100% recycled packaging.” We’e reduced our water usage by 70% through the use of a closed loop system, wherein our heat exchanger and cooling tanks reuse the water during the cooking process. TOPO (Top of the Hill) Organic Spirits, located in Chapel Hill, is the the first and only fully local and USDA certified organic distillery in the deep South AND the only Green+ Certified distillery in the country! What is a Green+ certified distillery? Here is what they say on their website: “… we take great measures to ensure our building, equipment and products are environmentally sustainable. Finally, after many a trial and error, I finally created a nearly perfect copy together.Ĭontinuing with my North Carolina “Drink Local” kick, we used TOPO Organic Spirits to create my version of the Bossanova Punch. I tried numerous combinations but nothing really hit the mark. Some called for dark rum, apricot brandy, Galliano, others for Cachaca (a Brazilian rum) and Hazelnut Liqueur, or cherry vodka, scotch whiskey, and vermouth, and still another recipe called for vodka, strawberries, sugar, and a cherry tomato! NONE of these reminded of the drink I had. I tried to look up the recipe online but there were so many different ways to make a Bossanova Punch (also spelled Bossa Nova) each using completely different spirits, I had no idea which recipe was the correct one. We had such a wonderful dinner and I really enjoyed the Valentine cocktail (or three) they had on the menu.Ī few years later I found the menu from our Valentine’s Day dinner in a box of papers and it reminded me of the drink I had that night. ![]() It was in front of a huge bay window overlooking Belfast Lough. A friend worked at the castle and arranged for us to have the most romantic table in the restaurant. On one of my many trips to Ireland, we had Valentine’s dinner at Belfast Castle for their wonderfully extravagant prix fixe dinner. ![]()
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