Lips Like Sugar

1 1⁄2 oz Mezcal
1⁄2 oz Sloe gin
1⁄2 oz Cynar
1⁄2 oz Lime juice
1⁄2 oz Simple syrup
Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail coupe.

History

While working at Drink in Boston one night, I had made a guest or two Phil Ward's Lipspin. Later, another guest requested a mezcal drink with bitter notes but with citrus, and I decided to convert the Lipspin into a Sour especially after recalling a comment on Kindred Cocktails where someone thought the drink could use some acid. Therefore, I reduced the two liqueurs from 3/4 to 1/2 oz, and since the Lipspin is pretty well balanced as a stirred drink, I countered the lime juice with simple syrup. When I got home, I tried out the recipe for myself and dubbed this Lipspin riff after the Echo & the Bunnymen song Lips Like Sugar.

Yields Drink
Year
2021
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Frederic Yarm, Drink, Boston, MA
Source reference

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2021/12/lips-like-sugar.html

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(11 ratings)
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Guns of Brixton

3⁄4 oz Mezcal
3⁄4 oz Apple brandy
1 oz Bonal Gentiane Quina
1⁄4 oz Sloe gin
1⁄4 oz Cynar
Instructions

Stir with ice and strain into a cocktail coupe.

History

Two Mondays ago, I wanted to utilize my new bottle of Bonal as well explore the combination of Cynar-sloe gin that I had first learned about in the Transatlantic Giant and the Lipspin. I had previously tinkered with mezcal in this combination and knew that the spirit complemented Bonal, and I recalled that applejack worked wonderfully with sloe gin in the Persephone as well as partnering with tequila and mezcal. For a name, I was listening to a Pandora radio station, and The Clash's Guns of Brixton was playing as I was making the drink. When I realized that sloe plums are grown in Brixton, the name stuck.

Yields Drink
Year
2021
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Frederic Yarm, Boston, MA
Source reference

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2021/12/guns-of-brixton.html

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3.5 stars
(3 ratings)
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Mount Vesuvius

2 oz Mezcal, Banhez
3⁄4 oz Bergamot liqueur, Italicus
1⁄2 oz Amaro, Cappelletti Sfumato Rabarbaro
1⁄2 oz Maraschino Liqueur, Luxardo
1 ds Chocolate bitters, Scrappy's Chocolate
1 twst Orange peel (Flamed)
Instructions

Stir, strain, up, chilled coupe, garnish with flamed orange peel

Notes

A little smokey, herbal, balanced

Yields Drink
Year
2021
Authenticity
Your original creation
Curator rating
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4 stars
(19 ratings)
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Artur B commented on 5/27/2023:

Silky, light smoke (Zignum Anejo), sippable. Swaped for Amara Lazzaroni (slightly Fernet).

(the) Clementine

1 1⁄2 oz Mezcal, Del Maguey Vida
1 oz Crème de mure
3⁄4 oz Junmai Sake
1⁄2 oz Heavy whipping cream
1⁄4 oz Orange flower water
3 ds Orange bitters
Instructions

Shake all ingredients with ice, strain into a frozen cocktail glass.

History

Watching Wyatt drift on into Tombstone to meet a young lady.

Yields Drink
Year
2021
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Carl N.
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1 star
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Bean Country

2 oz Bourbon, Eagle Rare
1⁄4 oz Bénédictine
1⁄4 oz Coffee liqueur, Mr. Black
1 ds Bitters, Scrappy's Cardamom
1 ds Bitters, Angostura
1 twst Orange peel
Instructions

Stir, strain, and serve up with an orange peel.

Notes

A bitter start gives way to an herbal coffee sweetness with a hint of orange.

I recommend using a 90-proof bourbon, e.g. Russell's Reserve 10 year is a good substitution. Try adding an additional 1/4 oz of Mr. Black if it's not sweet enough for you; to spec, I find the drink's sweetness to be between my go-to Old Fashioned and Manhattan, which hits the spot for me.

Yields Drink
Year
2021
Authenticity
Your original creation
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Average rating
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(the) PFT

1 1⁄2 oz Whiskey (Glenmorangie Malaga Cask single malt)
1 oz Warm spice liqueur, Sukkah Hill Besamim
3⁄4 oz Dry vermouth, Noilly Prat
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
1⁄2 oz Lavender syrup
3 ds Aztec Chocolate bitters
Instructions

Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.

History

In memory of a Naval Academy graduate who tried to enjoy the PFT.

Yields Drink
Year
2021
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Carl N.
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Between borders

1 1⁄2 oz Tequila, Don Julio Blanco (scant)
3⁄4 oz Cynar
3⁄4 oz Pacharan
Instructions

Ice. Stir in ofd, serve.

Notes

Taste according to me like a sweet,brandy old fashioned.

History

No more than another attempt to riff the negroni.

Yields Drink
Year
2021
Authenticity
Your original creation
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Overload on Orange Avenue

1 1⁄2 oz Gin (Few Breakfast Gin)
3⁄4 oz Citron liqueur, Sukkah Hill Etrog
3⁄4 oz Triple sec
1 oz Orange juice
1⁄8 oz Saffron tincture
3 ds Orange bitters
Instructions

Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glasss.

History

In memory of a Naval Academy graduate who spent a lot of time strolling Orange Avenue in Coronado.

Yields Drink
Year
2021
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Carl N.
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Ideal

7⁄8 oz Gin
7⁄8 oz Sweet vermouth
7⁄8 oz Dry vermouth
1 t Maraschino Liqueur
1⁄4 oz Grapefruit juice
1 sh Almonds (on the side)
Instructions

Shake all but almonds, strain to coupe, serve with almonds on side

Yields Drink
Year
ca. 1916-1937
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Source reference

https://euvs-vintage-cocktail-books.cld.bz/1937-Bar-La-Florida-Cocktail… via https://www.diffordsguide.com/cocktails/recipe/2449/ideal

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Craig E commented on 12/09/2021:

It's ambiguous but the way I read that La Florida recipe, I'd guess the original calls for the juice of a quarter of a grapefruit (rather than a quarter of a part or of an ounce).

Chuckwagon Clive

1 1⁄2 oz Rum (Beenleigh White Rum)
1 oz Crème de Violette, Rothman and Winter
3⁄4 oz Pavan
3⁄4 oz Aromatized wine, Cocchi Americano
3 ds Lemon bitters
Instructions

Shake all ingredients with ice, strain into a frozen coupe glass.

Notes

Cachaca can be substituted for Rum.

History

In memory of a Naval Academy graduate who spent many evenings in The Chuckwagon.

Yields Drink
Year
2021
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Carl N.
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