Micah Olsen’s award-winning cocktails are nothing short of unique for his new spring menu at Crudo. Olsen works relentlessly on each of his drinks, buying the best and freshest ingredients. Inspired by his win at the 2014 Arizona Cocktail Week’s Last Slinger Standing bartending competition, Olsen created six new cocktails that can be tried every Tuesday through Saturday from 5 to 7 pm for $5.

I tried four very different cocktails that did not remind me of anything else – they are simply unique. The Bali Brew mixes spice, fruit, and coffee to create a tasty mixture. The Big Brother is much fruitier and a different take on the traditional daiquiri. Raising Arizona is an old-school Italian drink that relies on bitters for those non-sweet drinkers out there. Finally, the Fuzzy Fix is a fresh kiwi-inspired drink and my favorite.

Bali Brew

Ingredients:

  • 1 jalapeño

  • 3 passes on a microplane of orange zest

  • 1 oz Sailor Jerry rum

  • 1 oz Monkey Shoulder scotch

  • ½ oz demerara syrup

  • ½ oz lemon juice

  • ¾ Morning Moonshine (cold-brewed coffee)

Big Brother

Ingredients:

  • 12-year-old El Dorado rum

  • 1 oz Caña Brava rum

  • 1 oz lime juice

  • ½ oz demerara sugar

  • 4 dashes of Dale DeGroff’s Pimento Aromatic Bitters

Raising Arizona

Ingredients:

  • 1 mulled cucumber slice

  • 2 drops saline solution

  • Pink Himalayan salt

  • 1 ½ oz Arizona Distilling Co. gin

  • ½ oz Cointreau

  • ¾ oz Lillet Rose

  • ¾ oz Campari

  • 2 dashes AZ Bitters Labs Sunshine Bitters

Fuzzy Fix

Ingredients:

  • 1 ½ oz Pisco Portón

  • 1 slice muddled kiwi

  • ¾ oz kiwi gomme syrup

  • 1 oz lemon juice

  • ½ oz Rothman & Winter Orchard Apricot liqueur

  • Topped off with grapefruit soda