Four Level Interchange

1 1⁄2 oz Moonshine (Homemade variety)
3⁄4 oz Cynar
1⁄2 oz Cassis
1⁄2 oz Orange juice
2 ds Lemon bitters
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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Year
2022
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Carl N.
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(the) Carson

1 1⁄2 oz Cognac
3⁄4 oz Suze
3⁄4 oz Herbal liqueur (Dr Brambles Pomegranate & Rose Gin Liqueur)
1⁄2 oz Cynar
3 ds Aztec Chocolate bitters
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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Year
2022
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Carl N.
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Flow my Tears, the Policeman said

2 oz Light rum
1 oz Apricot liqueur
3⁄4 oz Herbal liqueur, Green Chartreuse
1⁄2 oz Lime juice
Instructions

Combine ingredients with ice. Shake. Strain.

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Unknown
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3 stars
(1 rating)
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  • 3.5
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Illegal

1 oz Mezcal
1⁄2 oz Jamaican rum, Wray & Nephew Overproof
1⁄2 oz Falernum
1 bsp Maraschino Liqueur, Luxardo
3⁄4 oz Lime juice
1⁄2 oz Simple syrup
1⁄4 oz Egg white (optional)
Instructions

Shake, strain into a chilled chilled coupe or with ice in rocks glass.

History

Unknown - official IBA cocktail

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Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
unknown
Source reference

https://iba-world.com/illegal/

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4 stars
(6 ratings)
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  • Perfect combination of sweet, sour and smoke.
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St Basil

1 1⁄2 oz Gin
3⁄4 oz Elderflower liqueur, St. Germain
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
1⁄2 oz Simple syrup
6 lf Basil (Lightly tapped)
Instructions

Shake, strain into coupe.

Notes

Fresh, crisp, balanced - a real crowd-pleaser. Double strain if you want but I think the floating green bits add a bit of visual flair.

History

The amazing Feedback Lounge closed in 2015. This drink is way too delicious to disappear into obscurity.

Yields Drink
Year
2009
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Matt Johnson, Feedback Lounge, Seattle WA
Source reference

Recipe shared by bartender.

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4 stars
(2 ratings)
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  • May eed to adjust the lemon -- tried it with lemon juice and may have been too much. Need to try with fresh lemon. — ★★★★
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Earl Jam

2 oz Bourbon (Walnut infused)
3⁄4 oz Ramazzotti
3⁄4 oz Burnt sugar syrup
1 twst Orange
Instructions

Build in rocks glass and add ice cubes. Orange twist garnish.

Notes

If you don’t feel like infusing bourbon with walnut, simply adding 2-3 dashes Fee Bros Black Walnut bitters will do. Sweet, with dark autumn notes.

History

Feedback Lounge closed in 2015 - a real loss for West Seattle.

Yields Drink
Year
2009
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Matt Johnson, Feedback Lounge, Seattle WA
Source reference

Recipe shared by bartender.
https://foursquare.com/v/feedback-lounge/49fd0988f964a520046f1fe3

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Georgia Sour

2 oz Bourbon (Ideally 90+ proof)
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
3⁄4 oz Raspberry syrup
2 ds Peach bitters, Fee Brothers Peach
1 spg Mint (garnish)
Instructions

Shake, strain into rocks glass over ice. Garnish with mint sprig.

Notes

Peach Melba reimagined as an adult beverage.

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Year
2020
Authenticity
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Kingston Watusi

1 1⁄2 oz Jamaican rum, Smith & Cross
1⁄2 oz Campari
1⁄2 oz Fernet Branca
1⁄2 oz Crème de Banane
Instructions

Build in an old fashioned glass, add a large ice cube, and stir to mix and chill. No garnish.

Notes

A crazy dance of flavors.

History

Late one Saturday night, I finished my bartending work week and needed a nightcap. I was too tired to peruse cocktail books for a recipe, so I began to think about a few flavor combinations including Smith & Cross Rum-Campari in the Kingston Negroni, Campari-banana liqueur in the Banana Boulevardier, Fernet-banana in the Banana Toronto, and Campari-Fernet in the Eeyore's Requiem. As the dance of ingredients came together, I dubbed it the Kingston Watusi.

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

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2022/08/kingston-watusi.html

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4 stars
(6 ratings)
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  • The S&C along with the fernet dominates; banana gets lost. Lots of adventurous directions.
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stirred commented on 9/03/2022:

There's a lot going on here. As a pre-dinner drink it is both a tad too sweet and too bitter for me at the moment. I'm looking forward to how it evolves as the large rock melts.

Old Number One

1 oz Apple brandy (Aged)
1 oz Scotch
1 oz Sweet vermouth
2 ds Bitters, Angostura
1 Cherry (As garnish)
Instructions

Stir with ice, strain into a cocktail coupe, and garnish with a cherry.

Notes

A Maroni Wireless riff created for the Fall 2022 issue of Edible Boston (& Edible Worcester)

History

When I was working on my cocktail article on apple drinks for the Fall 2022 issue of Edible Boston and Edible Worcester, I needed to create and test out a recipe. I wanted to riff on the Marconi Wireless – a cocktail "I love so much that I named one of my cats Marconi." I later wrote, "One of the earliest recipes that I fell in love with was the Marconi Wireless as an apple Manhattan of sorts. Here, I riffed on that classic by adding a Scotch element to the mix [and swapping the bitters from orange to Angostura] to generate the Old Number One named after the world's first telephone at Charles William Jr.'s house on Arlington Street in Somerville, MA." That location is under a mile from my home, so it has been part of our city's tapestry of pride along with Marshmallow Fluff.

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

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2022/08/old-number-one.html

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4.5 stars
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  • 3 stars for me as written; 4 stars with the addition of 1 tsp cinnamon syrup and 0.25 oz Fernet Branca
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Best Years

1 1⁄2 oz Pisco, Capel
3⁄4 oz Cynar
1⁄2 oz Crème Yvette
1⁄2 oz Falernum, Velvet Falernum
3 ds Peychaud's Bitters
Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.

Notes

Just bought my very first bottle of Cynar.

History

Currently watching, "The Best Years Of Our Lives"

Yields Drink
Year
2022
Authenticity
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Creator
Carl N.
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