The Golden Goat gets the job done–just like any self-respecting Cap.
Photos by Joey Wharton.
Let the stars and Belle Isle Moonshine be your guides to cosmic cocktailling. Each month, our resident amateur astrologer (and Director of Marketing) Brandon Day gives you the transcendental tea based on your zodiac sign. We’ll also share a Sun sign-inspired cocktail recipe that will get you through your birthday season in one piece–no matter what retrogrades come your way.
CAPRICORN
The MOUNTAIN GOAT // December 22-January 20
“Ah, Capricorns. I literally cannot believe we made it through this year. And there is no better sign to lead us into next year than you, the Dad of the zodiac. At the beginning of this season, you will have a heightened ability to determine what is actually essential - use this to declutter your life before setting those New Year's resolutions. Believe in a clean slate! 2020 is going to be a good one for you. Just remember - slow and steady wins the race, but the ride isn't nearly as fun.
Come middle of January, you'll feel a shift in your relationships as Venus enters Pisces. You will feel a natural inclination towards tenderness and affection - embrace it! Give into your desire to be fully vulnerable - to be both seduced and seductive. You're allowed to feel good. Have fun, buddy!”
Brandon Day is the Director of Marketing at Belle Isle Moonshine. He has no actual astrology credentials, but he checks his Co-Star religiously.
GOLDEN GOAT
Ingredients:
1 ½ oz. Belle Isle Blood Orange
¾ oz. ginger syrup**
¾ oz. lemon juice
2 oz. dry cider (we used Potter’s Farmhouse Dry)
Preparation:
Add first three ingredients to a mixing tin with ice. Shake and double strain into a rocks glass over a big ice cube. Top with 2 oz. dry cider and garnish with candied ginger.
**Ginger Syrup: Add 1 cup granulated sugar, 1 cup water, and 1 peeled and sliced ginger root to a saucepan and boil over medium heat. Reduce heat to medium and let simmer for 30-45 minutes, stirring frequently. Remove from heat and let cool. Strain out ginger.
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Belle Isle Moonshine is a premium, handcrafted spirit proudly hailing from Richmond, Virginia.
We take the name Belle Isle from a small, 540-acre island located smack dab in the middle of the James River where Civil War soldiers used surplus corn rations to make moonshine in copper kettles.
Belle Isle Moonshine is distilled from 100% organic corn, grown by three family farms and responsibly sourced. Once triple-distilled, we charcoal filter Belle Isle four times over. Then, we cut it with purified water right from the James River. Our infusions are made with 100% real ingredients, never artificial flavors or color. We use real grapefruits sourced from Texas and California, local honey from the Shenandoah Valley, organic habaneros grown an hour away, and freshly roasted coffee beans from the most socially conscious roastery in Richmond, Blanchard's Coffee Roasting Co.
From there, each bottle of Belle Isle Moonshine is filled, corked, labeled, and packed by hand by our Production team, who check each bottle and batch for quality assurance. Since Belle Isle is made in small batches, you can find the batch number handwritten in the bottom right corner of each bottle.
Distilled from good times and 100% organic corn.