Golden Ghost

3⁄4 oz Mezcal
3⁄4 oz Blanco tequila
3⁄4 oz Genepy
3⁄4 oz White Crème de Cacao
1 ds Orange bitters
1 Star anise (Garnish)
Instructions

Stirred, Nick and Nora glass, garnish.

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Year
2018
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Brian Evans, Sunday In Brooklyn, New York City
Source reference

https://imbibemagazine.com/recipe/golden-ghost-bijou-cocktail-riff/

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3.5 stars
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From other users
  • Had to sub sotol for mezcal, and a GC/Strega mix for Genepy. I like the subtle mix of flavors but it wound up too sweet. Maybe try cutting back the CdC (and adding back chocolate bitters if necessary). EDIT: Did just that, uploaded as Phantastic Voyage.
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ACH

1 1⁄2 oz Gin (Few Breakfast Gin)
1 oz Junmai Sake
3⁄4 oz Cassis, Giffard
3⁄4 oz Lime juice
2 ds Cranberry bitters
Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.

History

Cheers to a potential 3rd generation USNA Graduate.

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Year
2022
Authenticity
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Creator
Carl N.
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Andrew Charles

1 1⁄2 oz Amaro (Amaro di Toscana)
1 oz Cognac
3⁄4 oz Crème de mure
1⁄4 oz Orange flower water
Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.

History

In honor of The Newest Vike !!

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2022
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Creator
Carl N.
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Coffee's For Closers

1 oz Coffee liqueur, Caffé Borghetti espresso liqueur (Other coffee liqueurs will work)
1 oz Averna
1 oz Bénédictine
1 Whole egg
1 pn Nutmeg (Freshly grated as garnish)
Instructions

Shake once without ice and once with ice, strain into a single old fashioned glass, and garnish with freshly grated nutmeg. An additional garnish of freshly grated coffee bean would not be out of place here.

Notes

The Espresso Martini is hot, but folks want to see what else coffee flavors can do.

History

A guest at Drink wanted a dessert cocktail that was coffee flavored, and I came up with this Flip on the fly with the Borghetti Espresso Liqueur and Averna from our house Espresso Martini recipe and the Benedictine, egg, and nutmeg garnish from the Colleen Bawn. I later made it for a guest requesting a nightcap towards the end of the night (captured here in the photo before I delivered it). Overall, it was a Flip like the classic Coffee Cocktail, but one that actually tastes of coffee. For a name, I dubbed this one after a line from the 1992 movie Glengarry Glen Ross – namely Coffee's for Closers.

"Always Be Closing" = A is for Averna, B is for Benedictine, C is for Coffee Liqueur!

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

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2022/03/coffees-for-closers.html

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Blues from a Gun

1 1⁄2 oz Blended Scotch
1⁄2 oz Islay Scotch (Laphroaig is what I used, but whatever's smoky will work here.)
3⁄8 oz Herbal liqueur, Yellow Chartreuse (Can go 1/2 oz for slighly sweeter.)
3⁄8 oz Bénédictine (Can go 1/2 oz for slighly sweeter.)
1 ds Peychaud's Bitters
10 dr Absinthe
1 twst Lemon peel (As garnish.)
Instructions

At work: build in a double old fashioned glass, add a large ice cube, stir to mix and chill, and garnish with lemon oil from a twist. At home: stir with ice, strain into a double old fashioned glass with fresh ice, and garnish with a lemon twist.

Notes

Made with blended Japanese whisky at work (Suntory Toki) and with blended Scotch whisky at home (Famous Grouse).
For a slightly sweeter drink, I have used 1/2 oz of each liqueur for a total of 1 oz; however, a total of 3/4 oz seems to make most folks happy.

History

At Drink, there can frequently be a bigger call for Old Fashioned variations than for Manhattan riffs; sometimes a duo can order four rounds of two different Old Fashioneds meaning that I needed 8 to fit their specific requests. Sadly, I know more Manhattan ones for the structure allows for more adaptations including the fortified wine component. This is one that I crafted on the fly for a guest who wanted a Scotch Old Fashioned, and I repeated for multiple guests over the following weeks. The liqueur combination of Yellow Chartreuse-Benedictine is one that has worked since 1895 in the Widow's Kiss from George Kappeler's Modern American Drinks and the Colleen Bawn from Edward Spencer's The Flowing Bowl. Eventually, guests began to want a name, so I decided to make myself one at home. I ended up dubbing this Blues from a Gun after a song from the Scottish rock band The Jesus and Mary Chain.

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

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2022/03/blues-from-gun.html

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  • Riffed on this with 3/8 Strega and 3/8 crème de menthe for the liqueurs, and a mild Islay. And liked it.
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Craig E commented on 4/25/2022:

How come your customers don't deserve the same fresh ice you give yourself? :-)

yarm commented on 4/26/2022:

At work, they get beautiful bubble-free ice and a glass from the glass freezer, and the cube is still rather substantial after that chilling/dilution in the glass. So that's a step up. We build our Old Fashioneds at work which saves tools (I have 2 Yarai mixing glasses for 2 bartenders at my station) and time. I'm often not building single drinks but rounds as large as 9 this past week. It's logistics and consistency -- you can't stir/strain one time and build another. There have been requests for 6 Old Fashioneds at once this past month, and to stir/strain all of them would have it take minutes longer which means fewer folks can get served or get the attention they need.

PX & Rye

2 oz Rye
3⁄4 oz Pedro Ximénez Sherry
1⁄4 oz Sweet vermouth
1 ds Bitters, Angostura
Instructions

Stir, strain into cocktail glass. Garnish with 2 expressed lemon zests

Notes

Unsurprisingly with the PX it's very sweet and raisin-like but with a more bitter vermouth tastes really good.

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Unknown
Source reference

https://www.foodandwine.com/cocktails-spirits/why-pedro-ximinez-sherry-…

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Strega Sour

1 1⁄2 oz Gin, Aviation
1 oz Framboise, Mathilde (Framboise)
3⁄4 oz Strega
3⁄4 oz Lime juice
2 ds Lemon bitters
Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.

History

In memory of a Naval Academy graduate.

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Year
2022
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Carl N.
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3 stars
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Burning Rubber

1 1⁄2 oz Spanish brandy, Lustau Brandy de Jerez Solera Reserva
3⁄4 oz Bourbon
1⁄4 oz Cynar 70
1 ds Chocolate bitters
1 ds Orange bitters
1 twst Lemon peel (as garnish)
Instructions

Stir, strain, express peel.

Notes

The sweetness of the bourbon and the sherry notes of the brandy prevent the charred qualities of the Cynar 70 from dominating this high-octane drink.

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lesliec commented on 4/19/2022:

Definitely high octane. Needs something to give it better mouthfeel and smooth it out - I tried gomme syrup, but that's not it. And I don't think the lemon garnish does it any favours.

Full Metal SWOpin

1 1⁄2 oz Whiskey, Glenmorangie (Malaga Cask Single Malt Whiskey)
1 oz Strega
3⁄4 oz Pear liqueur, Mathilde
3⁄4 oz Lime juice
2 ds Peychaud's Bitters
Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.

History

In memory of hanging out with a Naval Academy graduate on the Pendleton rifle range, full auto and free ammo.

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2022
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Creator
Carl N.
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StregViation

1 1⁄2 oz Gin, Aviation
1 oz Strega
3⁄4 oz Crème de Violette, Rothman and Winter
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.

History

In memory of a Naval Academy graduate who never made it into aviation.

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Year
2022
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Carl N.
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