The Behavior Burger Grill has partnered with New York-based mixologist Carlos Ruiz on some easy-to-recreate cocktails made with the fast-casual restaurant idea’s personal fountain drinks. Ruiz, a local of Lima, Peru, is an award-winning mixologist and hospitality trade advisor who focuses on cocktail menu growth, coaching, stock and price administration for bars, eating places and occasions.
Based in Santa Barbara, CA, in 1969, The Behavior Burger Grill focuses on cooked-to-order chargrilled burgers and handcrafted sandwiches and contemporary salads. It now operates greater than 330 eating places in 14 states all through Arizona, California, Florida, Idaho, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Utah, Virginia and Washington, in addition to 11 worldwide places, 5 in China and 6 in Cambodia.
Listed below are Ruiz’s cocktail recipes, alongside along with his recommended dishes at The Behavior Burger Grill that will pair properly with every drink.
Coastal Crush
3 Inexperienced grapes
2 oz. Minute Maid lemonade
1 ½ oz. Blanco tequila
Commercial
Mix all components. Muddle, shake with ice and pressure into rocks glass full of ice. Garnish with fizzy grapes (carbonated grapes).
Recommended pairing: Santa Barbara Cobb.
Notes: “The tequila was a no brainer for pairing with this distinctive salad. Using a lowland tequila with pepper, vegetal and earth tones will complement The Hen Cobb Salad very properly and act as a taste enhancer!”
California Dreamin’
¾ oz. Easy syrup
¾ oz. Lime juice
2 oz. Behavior black tea
2 oz. Gin
Mix all components. Shake with ice and pressure into Collins glass. Garnish with a dehydrated lime wheel and mint sprig.
Recommended Pairing: Hen Membership Sandwich
Notes: “Once I tasted this sandwich, I wished to create a drink that was gentle, refreshing and acted as an herb for the sandwich. Black tea is a kind of components that instantly popped up in my head. The tea acts like a herb rub that enhances the char on the rooster, hickory smoke from bacon, sweetness of the tomato, and the tanginess from the sourdough.”
The Hand-Crafted
½ oz. IPA discount
½ oz. Lemon
1 oz. Grapefruit
1 oz. Vitamin Water XXX
1 ½ oz. Rye
Add all components into cocktail shaker. Shake with ice and pressure into rocks glass. Garnish with rosemary sprig.
Recommended pairing: Tempura Inexperienced Beans
Notes: “IPAs are the proper pairing for fried meals. With this drink, I wished to carry out the acidity of the hops by making an IPA discount to assist minimize by means of. On the identical time, this drink is mild and refreshing and serves as a complement to fried dishes.”
Santa Barbara Sangria
¼ oz. Pineapple syrup
1 ½ oz. Behavior wild berry acai limeade
3 oz. Beaujolais crimson wine
Mix all components into cocktail shaker. Whip shake and pour into wine glass. Garnish with a dehydrated pineapple.
Recommended pairing: French Onion Charburger.
Notes: “French Onion Soup has a robust, but candy caramelized onion taste that may simply overwhelm a fragile counterpart. So for this drink, I wished to create one thing that will minimize by means of the cheese and the crisp of the onion rings.
The acai berry is a kind of berries that’s earthy and bitter and I used the wine Beaujolais so as to add an acidity that will minimize proper by means of. The purpose of the Santa Barbara Sangria is to supply the proper mix of sunshine taste to stability the heartiness of the French Onion Char.”
The 1969
2 tbsps. Behavior’s Pumpkin Pie Shake
2 oz. Mr. Black chilly brew liqueur
Barq’s Root Beer
Mix all components. Whip shake. Pour into Collins glass. High off with root beer and ice. Garnish with Cinnamon toast crunch cereal.
Recommended pairing: Charburger with cheese and facet of french fries.
Notes: “What’s higher than pairing a milkshake with a burger? Bringing the classics into the fold! It is a enjoyable, elevated tackle a rootbeer float. Professional tip: Be certain to dip your fries within the drink.”
