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August 08, 2018 Promoted » Side Dish

Happy Hour: Not Your Mother's Appletini, and the first of many happy hour listings

By Indy Promotions @csindependent

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Not Your Mother's Appeltini (from 2016) - FILE PHOTO

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Not Your Mother's Appeltini (from 2016)

This week, the Indy is introducing the addition of weekly (paid) happy hour listings. Included with the listings each week will be drink-centric Indy content ranging from archived cocktail recipes, news, updates and more. For help planning your after-work beverages and bites on a budget, look for it every Wednesday.

For this first installment we went back to 2016, when then-bartender Nate Windham shared his "Not Your Mother's Appletini" recipe from Brooklyn's on Boulder with us.

Related Not Your Mother's Appletini: Brooklyn's on Boulder Street

Not Your Mother's Appletini

Brooklyn's on Boulder Street

Recipes

The Appletini alone is satisfying enough, calling for 1 ½ oz. infused Lee Spirits Dry Gin; ¾ oz. Schonauer Apfel Apple Schnapps; ¾ oz. cranberry juice; and apple slice for garnish. But it's the spiced syrup and sugar that sets this apart from your mother's cocktail.

"I don't usually do many spicy cocktails, as I am not a spicy kind of guy, and especially not in gin. I just never think about putting something spicy into such a delicate liquor," Windham told the Indy at the time. "That being said, one of the good things about working at Brooklyn's on Boulder is that having only one spirit to serve challenges me to do things I wouldn't normally try."

But if you're one to leave the experimenting to experts, here's this week's Happy Hour lineup:

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Happy Tails Happy Hours are happening at local breweries throughout the summer and $1 of each beer sold goes right back to the homeless pets at HSPPR. Plus, our popular 2018 collectible pint glasses will be available for $10 each! Join us this summer by drinking a beer for a great paw-se!

The Public House has been voted “Best Of” South Neighborhood Bar 4 years running (2014-2017)! Happy hour M-F 3-6pm and All day Wednesday. Featuring specials on our always rotating Colorado tap selection, house wines, wells and pizzas. Locally Owned and Operated. Our House is Your House!

Location Details The Public House

445 E. Cheyenne Mountain Blvd.

Cheyenne Mountain

Colorado Springs, CO

465-3079

Bar Food and Bar/Club

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Smiling Toad Brewery offers IPAs galore and more craft brews Monday - Thursday 4pm-6pm

Location Details Smiling Toad Brewery

1757 S. 8th St., #100

Cheyenne Mountain

Colorado Springs, Colo.

418-2936

Breweries/Wineries/Distilleries

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Single Barrel Craft Burgers & Brews, The Eastside's BEST Happy Hour! Enjoy daily 2 for 1 handcrafted cocktails, beers and wines from 3p-6p. Blistered Shishito peppers, Fresh Oysters and Carolina Nachos make the perfect pairing! Patio & Rooftop Fireplace Lounge are open!

Location Details Single Barrel Craft Burgers & Brews

5885 Stetson Hills Blvd.

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Brewer’s Republic is a craft beer tap house featuring specialty pizzas & bar bites. We offer vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free options. Tues: Craft Can Night, Thurs: 8pm Trivia, Fri evenings for special tappings & $1 off full pours every M-F 4pm-7pm.

Location Details Brewer's Republic

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Bar-K, Downtown’s best Happy Hour is at Bar-K! Enjoy $2 Mooseheads/Monday, $2 Tecates/Tuesday, 1/2 price bottles on “Wine Down” Wednesday & $3.50 Jameson on Thirsty Thursday. Free ping pong 24/7!