The CIRKA Cocktail Library
Great cocktails begin with great spirits.
Every recipe starts with spirits we distill from scratch in Montréal. Whisky, gin, vodka and liqueurs, all made grain to bottle. Pick a spirit, pick a moment, pour something worth the effort.
A distillery's cocktail library
At CIRKA we build flavour from scratch, distilling Québec grain into whisky, gin, vodka and liqueurs, then designing cocktails around what those spirits actually taste like.
This is our cocktail library: more than 70 recipes, each one created to show off a specific CIRKA spirit. Some are two-minute highballs for a Tuesday. Others are stirred, bitter, and built for a slow evening.
Browse by spirit if you already have a bottle open. Browse by moment if you are looking for an apéritif, a brunch pour, or a nightcap. Every recipe tells you exactly which CIRKA bottle to reach for, and where to find it.
All recipes
Passionista
The Passionista is a tropical, elegant cocktail featuring passion liqueur, gin, coconut syrup, and lemon. Exotic flavors in a perfectly smooth sip.
Guilty Pleasure
The Guilty Pleasure cocktail combines Folklore Liqueur, espresso, cream, and whipped cream for a rich, decadent drink that’s pure indulgence.
Summer Soda
The Summer Soda blends Folklore Liqueur, spiced clementine syrup, lime, and ginger beer into a bright, refreshing cocktail garnished with mint or lemon.
Old Tom Collins
Bright, bubbly, and citrus-forward, the Old Tom Collins is a classic gin cocktail that balances lemon, sweetness, and soda for a timeless refreshment.
Rawdon Feels
Rawdon Feels is a sparkling cocktail with Vodka Terroir, pineapple soda, pickled beet brine, and Prosecco, garnished with candied beets and a lemon twist. Perfect...
Cacao Caliente
Cacao Caliente is a cozy winter cocktail with Chili Vodka, coconut milk, pineapple, and chocolate syrup, served with a spiced sugar and nut rim and...
Yul Spritz
Yul Spritz is a sparkling holiday cocktail with Gin, white cranberry juice, and champagne, garnished with a small spruce branch and cranberries for a festive...
Velours de Noël
Velours de Noël is a festive, silky cocktail with Gin, raspberry-thyme syrup, white crème de menthe, and a frothy finish, garnished with raspberries and thyme...
Bluesy Berry
Bluesy Berry by Gizmo is a stunning gin cocktail with blueberry, anise, and five-pepper syrup, layered with blue Curaçao, garnished with thyme, citrus, dehydrated orange,...
Why these cocktails taste different
We grow the flavour from scratch.
Most distilleries buy neutral alcohol and add flavour. We do the opposite. CIRKA is a true grain-to-bottle distillery: we start with Québec grain and control every step, mashing, fermenting, distilling and bottling, on the Lachine Canal in Montréal.
Cocktail FAQ
CIRKA gin, vodka, whisky and liqueurs are sold at the SAQ across Québec and at our distillery boutique in Montréal.
Many recipes require only three or four ingredients. Gin & Tonic, Mule, Paloma and Whisky Highball are excellent places to start.
Yes. CIRKA is a true grain-to-bottle distillery, which means we start with Québec grain and control every step, mashing, fermenting, distilling and bottling, on site in Montréal. Most distilleries buy neutral alcohol and re-flavour it. We do not.
Yes. We host cocktail classes, tastings and private events at the distillery, and our guided tours end with a tasting. Book a tour or enquire about an event.