Ironbottom Sound

2 oz Rum, Plantation 3 Star
1⁄2 oz Bourbon, Old Forester 100
1⁄2 oz Junmai Sake (unfiltered "nigori")
1⁄2 oz Grapefruit juice
1⁄2 oz Lime juice
1⁄4 oz Orgeat
1⁄4 oz Cinnamon syrup
1⁄4 oz Orange liqueur, Clément Créole Shrubb (I use Hamilton orange shrubb)
3 spg Mint (garnish)
Instructions

Shake with ice and pour into a Mai Tai (double old fashioned) glass.

History

Named after the bay (sound) between Guadalcanal, Savo, and the Florida (Nggela) Islands, within the Solomon Islands archipelago.
More than 50 American, Australian, and Japanese warships were sunk in Ironbottom Sound in World War II (hence the name).

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2026
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Dauntless SBD (Sloe But Deadly)

1 oz Barbados Rum (The Real McCoy 5-year)
1 oz Demerara Rum, Hamilton Demerara 86
1⁄4 oz Cinnamon syrup
1⁄4 oz Falernum, Velvet Falernum
1⁄4 oz Allspice Dram
1⁄2 oz Sloe gin, Sipsmith
1⁄2 oz Lime juice
1⁄4 oz Orange juice
Instructions

Shake with ice and pour everything into a mai tai (double old fashioned) glass.

History

An homage to the Douglas Dauntless dive-bomber carrier aircraft used in the Pacific Theater of World War II.

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Skagway

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3⁄4 oz Herbal liqueur, Yellow Chartreuse
3⁄4 oz Maraschino Liqueur, Luxardo
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
2 ds Orange bitters, Regans' orange bitters
1 Maraschino cherry, Luxardo (as garnish)
Instructions

Shake with ice, strain into a cocktail glass, and garnish.

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Aereo d'Oro

3⁄4 oz Rye (Koval 100% Rye, 80 proof in link)
3⁄4 oz Galliano
3⁄4 oz Aperol
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
Instructions

Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake vigorously and fine strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with a thin peel of lemon.

Notes

Paper Plane variant.

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Source reference

https://whiskyadvocate.com/Galliano-for-Whisky-Lovers

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1 twst Lemon peel (as garnish)
Instructions

Stir with ice. Strain into an old fashioned glass over ice, garnish with lemon twist.

Notes

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Lazy Lightning

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Mephisto's Mai Tai

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1⁄2 oz Islay Scotch, Laphroaig 10 (Or other smoky Scotch)
1⁄2 oz Amaro, Cappelletti Sfumato Rabarbaro (Or other Rabarbaro like Zucca)
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1⁄2 oz Orgeat
1⁄2 oz Curaçao, Pierre Ferrand Dry Curaçao (Or other Orange Liqueur)
1 spg Mint (Or a few, As Garnish)
1 Lime (Spent Lime Shell, As Garnish)
Instructions

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Notes

A burly and smoky Mai Tai riff.

History

As I was writing up the blog post for the Mai Tai 3000 and realizing that I had never had a Mai Tai riff with smoky Scotch in it before, I became inspired to create a recipe to take the concept a step further. I took the smoky and burly OFTD-Laphroaig-Sfumato combination that worked well in my Brimstone Colada and kept everything else in line with a classic Mai Tai build. For a name, I dubbed the creation after the devil from the Faust tale, Mephistopheles, for a little alliteration and then shortened it to his nickname.

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Year
2026
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Creator
Frederic Yarm, Boston, MA
Source reference

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2026/07/mephistos-mai-tai.html

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Instructions

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3⁄4 oz Beirao (D’Honra)
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Combine ingredients in shaker with ice. Strain into Old Fashioned glass with large ice cube.

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Shawn C commented on 7/14/2026:

When I first saw this I was thinking it would be very sweet, since the standard Licor Beirão is quite sweet. Then I looked up this particular bottling, Beirão D’Honra, which adds a brandy to up the proof and knock the sweetness down a notch. I don't have it to experiment with (or rhubarb syrup for that matter) but I do have the standard Licor Beirão. I swear, the standard Licor Beirão has the essence of cake frosting, which, while not unpleasant, is a challenge for cocktails.

The Timberline Thaw

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3⁄4 oz Herbal liqueur (Cascadia Liqueur)
3⁄8 oz Aromatized wine, Cocchi Americano
3⁄8 oz Bianco Vermouth, Dolin
1 bsp Genepy, Dolin Genepy des Alpes
2 ds Bitters, Fee Brothers Grapefruit
Instructions

Stir with ice, strain. Add large ice cube and sprig of Douglas Fir.

Notes

The two main ingredients are produced in Portland, OR, so the cocktail name is derived from a local historic attraction, the Timberline Lodge on Mount Hood.

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