Your New Go-to Holiday Cocktail

The Bloody Rose

We at Deep Acres Farm are enjoying our latest holiday cocktail creation, The Bloody Rose.  We know you will too.   It's easy, it's fresh.  It's damn good.  So much better than last year's creation, The Root Canal.

Enjoy and Happy Holidays.

Deep Acres Bloody Rose

recipe makes 2 drinks

Make rosemary simple syrup ahead in a small saucepan.  Combine 1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 cup water and a rosemary sprig.  Warm over low heat until sugar dissolves.  Remove from heat and let stand for 30 minutes.  Discard rosemary sprig and refrigerate in airtight container.   Will keep up to one month.

THE DRINK

Fill a cocktail shaker with ice and pour in 8 oz fresh blood orange juice (pink grapefruit may be used),  2 oz Aperol, and 1 oz rosemary simple syrup.  Shake well and strain evenly into two good-sized cocktail glasses filled with ice.  Top with dry Prosecco and garnish with blood orange wheel and a sprig of fresh rosemary.

Aperol, an aperitif made with bitter orange and rhubarb, combines nicely with rosemary.

Sampson, The Wine Dog

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Play It Again Buddy!

Tibetan Terrier Buddy Gershon and his trainer/piano teacher in NYC.

Short Cut

We don't usually like a short cut on a Tibetan Terrier.  We're traditionalists.   But our Facebook friend sure is cute.  Just look at those feet!

Rufus is the Best

Grand Champion Deep Acres Fields of Gold

Dear Rufus took Best of Breed both days over the weekend at the Hawkeye Kennel Club show is our home town.  Do we have to mention that Rufus was the only Tibetan Terrier in the show?   It was Rufus' first show in two years  What a handsome man!!

Meet Emily

Emily assists with the gardening at Deep Acres Farm

Emily helped us apply a generous layer of organic compost to the back perennial gardens we planted last summer.  We used cocoa bean mulch on the front beds, but not in the back where our dogs run free because cocoa shells can be toxic to dogs.

Summer Camp

On June 20-22 Escape Brooklyn is hosting their first ever event in the Hudson Valley at Malouf’s Mountain. They'll be camping, swimming, hiking, and boozing it up in the mountains for two days.   Sounds like our kind of vacay. Last call for SUMMER CAMP!