Dark Entries

1 oz Mezcal
1 oz Rhum Agricole
1⁄2 oz Amaro, Cappelletti Sfumato Rabarbaro (Zucca or other Rabarbaro will work)
1⁄2 oz Aperol
Instructions

Stir with ice and strain into a cocktail coupe. Garnish with a Bauhaus song medley or nothing at all.

History

I continued on my rabarbaro recipe quest and decided to riff on the Knife to a Gun Fight. I took the Sfumato-Aperol combination and placed it as support to the mezcal-agricole split base that I have used a bit. After I posted my second pass at the drink on Instagram, Jake Parrott of Haus Alpenz (distributor of Sfumato) chimed in with "50:50 rabarbaro and red bitter is a classic café drink in the Veneto – one of many drinks in Italy to get the moniker 'mezzo-mezzo'." For a name, the roast and smoke notes pushed me towards Dark Entries after the 1980 single by Bauhaus.

Yields Drink
Year
2022
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Frederic Yarm, Drink, Boston, MA
Source reference

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2022/08/dark-entries.html

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4 stars
(11 ratings)
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MonkeyMan commented on 6/19/2025:

Really like this drink. I tried with a less smokier Mezcal first but then went 1.5 Vida with In the Flat Field. Good pairing.

Campo Viejo

1 1⁄2 oz Rye (Rittenhouse Bonded preferably)
1⁄2 oz Mezcal
1⁄2 oz Fernet Branca
1⁄2 oz Bénédictine
1 ds Bitters, Angostura
1 ds Bitters, Bittermens Xocolatl Mole
Instructions

Stir with ice and strain into an old fashioned glass with a large cube.

History

After I got home from Drink (Boston) where I made a guest an Oldfield (a link to that drink in the source reference below), I began thinking of that combination of rye, Fernet, Benedictine, and Angostura. I took it in the direction of the Last American Hero (another drink that I made that night) by splitting the base 3:1 with the minor part mezcal and adding chocolate bitters. For a name, I riffed on the Oldfield and dubbed it the Campo Viejo (translation of "old field" in Spanish).

Yields Drink
Year
2022
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Frederic Yarm, Drink, Boston, MA
Source reference

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2022/08/campo-viejo.html

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Average rating
3.5 stars
(6 ratings)
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  • Fernet dominates.
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Terra Firma

3⁄4 oz Japanese Whisky, Suntory Toki blended
3⁄4 oz Apple brandy, Lairds Bonded
3⁄4 oz Bianco Vermouth, Dolin
1⁄4 oz Bénédictine
1 ds Bitters, Angostura
1 twst Lemon peel (as garnish)
Instructions

Stir with ice, strain, cocktail glass, garnish

Notes

Described as 'a modern twist' on the Vieux Carré

History

Developed for the new bar.

Yields Drink
Year
2022
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Jeffrey Morgenthaler - Pacific Standard at KEX Hotel, Portland
Source reference

https://punchdrink.com/recipes/terra-firma/

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(the) Four C's

1 1⁄2 oz Cachaça, Leblon
3⁄4 oz Campari
1⁄2 oz Cynar 70
2 ds Chocolate bitters
Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.

History

Another experiment with Cynar and somehow the other three C's just happened to be on the bar in plain sight.

Yields Drink
Year
2022
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Carl N.
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3⁄4 oz Rum
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1⁄4 oz Ancho Reyes chile liqueur
Instructions

Combine ingredients, stir and strain.

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High and Dry

3⁄4 oz Gin (London Dry Gin)
3⁄4 oz Campari
3⁄4 oz Elderflower liqueur
1 ds Orange flower water
2 oz Sparkling white wine (to top)
Instructions

Stir everything but the sparkling wine, strain over new ice in a rocks glass. Add sparkling wine and gently stir.

Yields Drink
Year
2017
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Kaitlyn Stewart, Royal Dinette, Vancouver BC
Source reference

https://canadas100best.com/high-dry-cocktail/

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The Red Raider

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3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
1⁄2 oz Grenadine
1⁄2 oz Orange liqueur, Cointreau
Instructions

Shake. Pour into rocks glass over ice, garnish with lemon and/or cherry.

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Butch's Place

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3⁄4 oz Elderflower liqueur, St. Elder
3⁄4 oz Ginger liqueur, Canton
3 ds Cranberry bitters
Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.

History

Another reference to the movie "Best Years Of Our Lives"

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Creator
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Four Level Interchange

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Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.

History

1954 in Los Angeles ......
https://waterandpower.org/A%20Historic%20Photos%201/Four_Level_1954.jpg

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Authenticity
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(the) Carson

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3⁄4 oz Suze
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Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.

History

Enjoying a 24-hour marathon of Jack Carson movies.

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Authenticity
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Creator
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