Live Wire

1 1⁄2 oz Vodka
1⁄2 oz Drambuie
1⁄2 oz Coffee liqueur
1⁄2 oz Espresso (chilled)
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
1 twst Lemon (as garnish)
Instructions

Shake, strain, cocktail glass, garnish.

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Year
2025
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Creator
Todd Brant
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Capri

1 oz Aperol
1⁄2 oz Luxardo Bitter Bianco
1 1⁄2 oz Pineapple juice
1⁄2 oz Lime juice
2 oz Soda water
1 spg Mint (as garnish)
Instructions

Fill a highball glass with ice cubes and add the soda water. Shake the rest with ice and strain into the highball. Garnish with the mint sprig and serve with a straw.

Notes

Less than 1 UK unit total.

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Year
2020
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Creator
Ben Talbot
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Rose Plane

3⁄4 oz Irish whiskey, Jameson
3⁄4 oz Amaro Nonino
3⁄4 oz Ramazzotti Aperitivo Rosato (This is *not* Ramazzotti Amaro)
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
2 dr Salt Solution
1 twst Lemon peel (optional, expressed onto paper plane garnish)
Instructions

Shake with ice, double-strain into chilled cocktail glass.
Optional paper plane garnish--lemon coin expressed onto it before attaching plane to edge of glass. (He didn't express the peel into the drink itself, but I prefer to.)

Notes

Finally found a paper plane variation that I really like. Generally, I find the original paper plane to be somewhat imbalanced in terms of acidity vs. sweet. This riff substitutes Jameson Irish Whiskey for the bourbon, and Ramazzotti Rosato Aperitivo for the Aperol, while adding two drops of saline. In this cocktail the rosato acts somewhat as elderflower liqueur does, while also filling in for the orange aperitivo.

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Year
2025
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Kevin Kos, Slovenia
Source reference

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7Tm3zvyy9U

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Ghost Rider

3⁄4 oz Fernet Branca
3⁄4 oz Campari
1⁄2 oz Maraschino Liqueur
1⁄2 oz Ginger syrup
1⁄2 oz Lime juice
1 Candied ginger (As garnish)
Instructions

Shake with ice, strain into a coupe glass, and garnish with candied ginger on a pick.

History

I became inspired by the Maraschino, ginger, and lime trio in the Hitman from Dutch Kills and I mashed it up with the Ferrari (Fernet-Campari duo). Previously, I did a similar Ferrari mashup in the Blank Hand Society using the Gilda as the other inspiration point. For a name, I dubbed this one the Ghost Rider after a 1977 song from the synth-punk band Suicide that was a nod to a Marvel Comics character.

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Year
2025
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Frederic Yarm, Boston, MA
Source reference

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2025/12/ghost-rider.html

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Sandfly

3⁄4 oz Islay Scotch
3⁄4 oz Campari
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
3⁄4 oz Ginger syrup
Instructions

Shake. Double Strain. Up to Cocktail glass. No garnish

Notes

A very good Mosquito variation

History

Created in 2017, this is a riff on the Mosquito by Sam Ross.

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2017
Authenticity
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Creator
Zachary Pease, Attaboy, New York City
Source reference

https://www.cocktailexplorer.co/cocktails/sandfly/the-educated-barfly/

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Shawn C commented on 12/10/2025:

Published & curated to show as authentic recipe, with year, creator and establishment.

Giuseppe's Lady

1 1⁄4 oz Gin, St. George Terroir
1⁄2 oz Cynar
3⁄4 oz Grenadine
1⁄2 oz Lime juice
1 ds Bitters, Angostura
Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a coupe glass. Twist a lemon peel over the top.

History

Hybrid of a Little Giuseppe and a Pink Lady. The recipe originally used Ransom's Old Tom Gin, but it was soon discovered that St. George's Terroir Gin was a better fit to the profile..

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Year
~2014
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Will Isaza, Fairsted Kitchen, Brookline, MA
Source reference

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2014/06/giuseppes-lady.html

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Shawn C commented on 12/10/2025:

Published & curated to add establishment where it was created, approximate year, and to reword some of the history to avoid word-for-word copying from a portion of the reference.

Three Word Title

1 1⁄2 oz Vodka
1⁄2 oz Orgeat
1⁄2 oz Lime juice
1⁄4 oz Passion fruit syrup
1⁄4 oz Falernum
3 oz Sparkling white wine (to top)
Instructions

Shake all but sparkling wine, strain to flute, top.

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Authenticity
Altered recipe
Creator
Interval, San Francisco, CA
Source reference

https://old.reddit.com/r/cocktails/comments/159rejy/three_word_title_th…

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Stag's Soliloquy

2 oz Apple brandy, Lairds 100 proof
3⁄4 oz Jägermeister
1⁄4 oz Apricot liqueur
1 Brandied cherry (as garnish)
Instructions

Stir, strain, cocktail glass, garnish.

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2025
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Todd Brant
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Save the Robots

1 1⁄4 oz Gin (Preferably London Dry style)
1⁄2 oz Calvados (American aged apple brandy will work in a pinch)
3⁄4 oz Cynar
1⁄2 oz Herbal liqueur, Yellow Chartreuse
1 ds Orange bitters
Instructions

Stir with ice and strain into a single old fashioned glass.

History

I became inspired by the Nautical Mile with London Dry Gin and Calvados that I had the night before. I soon mashed up those spirits with the modifiers of Ce Soir, and I dubbed it Save the Robots after an after-hours club in New York City's East Village that I rediscovered in the book St. Marks is Dead and recalled from my time living in Manhattan in the early 90s.

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Year
2025
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Creator
Frederic Yarm, Boston, Massachusetts
Source reference

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2025/12/save-robots.html

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Sun-kissed

1 1⁄2 oz Gin, Beefeater
1⁄2 oz Crème de Pamplemousse, Giffard
1⁄2 oz Aperol
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
1⁄2 oz Simple syrup
Instructions

Add all to a shaker tin with ice, shake and double-strain into a coupe, Garnish with a lemon peel circle to look like a sun.

Notes

Citrusy, refreshing, summery drink. The volume of this drink is a little strange, but the balance is there. If you want a tarter drink you can take out or dial back the simple syrup, but I think it rounds it out nicely.

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Year
2025
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Creator
Zen Taylor
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