No True Scotsman

1 1⁄2 oz Islands Scotch, Highland Park (Einar)
3⁄4 oz Amontillado Sherry, Lustau
3⁄4 oz Amaro Montenegro
1 twst Lemon peel (as garnish)
Instructions

Stir, strain, up, cocktail glass. Garnish with a lemon peel.

Notes

Complex notes, dry and changes with time.

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HallA commented on 11/14/2021:

Really nice. Leads with sweeter notes from all three ingredients - honey from the scotch and raisin from the sherry and orange from the montenegro. Then evolves into the slight peat on highland park as well as the bitter amaro notes and the drying sherry finish.

Banana Fingers

1 oz Madeira, Broadbent
1 oz Bermuda rum, Gosling's Black Seal (5-Spice Infused)
1⁄2 oz Crème de Banane, Giffard
Instructions

Build over a cube and stir to incorporate

Notes

1 tsp 5-spice per 750ml Gosling's, steep overnight and strain back into the bottle.

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Year
2021
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Eclipse Spritz

1 oz Amaro Nonino
1 oz Calvados
3 oz Brut Champagne
Instructions

Mount in a flute glass. Serve ice cold.

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Year
2021
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Phillip Gruneich
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The Smoked 45

1 1⁄2 oz Irish whiskey, Connemara
3⁄4 oz Triple sec, Cointreau
3⁄4 oz Amaro Montenegro
2 ds Aztec Chocolate bitters
1 twst Orange peel
Instructions

Stir over ice, strain, and serve up. Garnish with a flamed orange peel.

Yields Drink
Year
2020
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3.5 stars
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Dark and Moody

1 1⁄2 oz Fernet Branca
1⁄2 oz Herbal liqueur, Green Chartreuse
1⁄2 oz Simple syrup
1⁄2 oz Lime juice
Instructions

Shake, Strain, Up, Coupe, No garnish.

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Authentic recipe
Creator
Tommy Stearns, Deep Dive, Seattle
Source reference

https://imbibemagazine.com/recipe/dark-and-moody-daiquiri/

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  • WOW! 4.5 stars. Agreed that this somehow tasted a lot like cynar… which I think is a good thing! Also similar to an industry sour, which I LOVE. I’d definitely be down to make this again.
  • Interesting. I n t e n s e . Very herbal and sour. I get almost a Cynar and lemon combo here somehow. Oh whoops, I need to try the Industry Sour first here.
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subspot commented on 2/07/2022:

It is what it sounds like it is, fernet plus some other stuff.

bkemp1984 commented on 6/04/2022:

Love it. Leopold Bros Fernet doesn't seem as bitter as Branca to me, so dialed back the simple a bit. Would probably still like it dialed back for Branca as well. Have a bottle of Fernet Vallet to try this with.

Leap Day

2 oz Tennessee whiskey, George Dickel
1 oz Pear liqueur, Rothman & Winter
1⁄4 oz Cinnamon syrup
2 ds Bitters, Angostura
1 Maraschino cherry, Luxardo (as garnish, optional)
Instructions

Shake, strain, serve in a Nick-&-Nora

History

Concocted on February 29th 2020

Picture of Leap Day
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2020
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Derby Cup

1 1⁄4 oz Bourbon
3⁄4 oz Mint syrup (See notes.)
1 1⁄4 oz Pimm's No. 1 Cup
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
2 oz Soda water (In glass, not shake.)
1 spg Mint (As garnish.)
Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a Collins glass containing 2 oz soda water. Top with crushed ice and garnish with a mint sprig and 2 borage flowers (if available). Floating a barspoon of funky Jamaican rum like Wray & Nephew or Smith & Cross would not be out of place here (originally intended but left out of this drink of the day recipe). As for the mint syrup, a tea made from a steep with hot simple syrup, but muddling mint sprigs in simple syrup and straining will work well.

Notes

Appears in Maggie Hoffman's 2019 Batch Cocktails: Make-Ahead Pitcher Drinks for Every Occasion book.

History

For a drink of the day at Loyal Nine, I decided to make a mashup of two popular summer drinks -- namely a cross between a Mint Julep and a Pimm's Cup. From the Julep, I kept the Bourbon, mint, and crushed ice aspects and I considered floating a barspoon of Jamaican rum which is a technique called for in a few late 19th century drink books (I left it out since I figured that the extra ingredient would confuse the verbal description of the drink by servers at the tables); and from the Pimm's Cup, I kept the Pimm's, lemon, soda, and borage flower garnishes.

Yields Drink
Year
2016
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Fred Yarm, Loyal Nine, Cambridge, MA
Source reference

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2016/09/derby-cup.html

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4 stars
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Strawberry Daiquiri (JL Remix)

1 1⁄2 oz Light rum
3⁄4 oz Simple syrup
1⁄2 oz Manzanilla sherry
1⁄2 oz Lime juice
2 Strawberry
1 pn Salt
1 pn Black pepper
Instructions

Muddle two strawberries in shaker, shake with rest of ingredients and double strain into chilled cocktail glass. Garnish: skewered strawberry half dusted with black pepper.

Yields Drink
Year
2020
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Fraser Hamilton, Sweet Liberty Drinks & Supply Co., Miami
Source reference

https://imbibemagazine.com/strawberry-daiquiri-jl-remix/

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  • I did not like this as much as I thought I would. It reminds me of drinking strawberry jam. Not enough lime juice and the sherry really disappears. Maybe I'll try cutting the simple to 1/2 next time.
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Rougarou Daiquiri

1 3⁄4 oz Añejo rum (Barbancourt 8 Year was what I used)
3⁄4 oz Cynar
1⁄2 oz Lime juice
1⁄8 oz Allspice Dram
Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.

History

During Tales of the Cocktail 2017, I met a New Orleans local who told me about his childhood fears of the Rougarou, a werewolf that roams the Bayou and snatches up little kids. The term is believed to have stemmed from the French word loup-garou, and the spelling and pronunciation change was probably through the Cajuns in that region. So for a drink of the day atat Loyal Nine after I got back, I tried to capture the funk of the swamp and the swamp monster itself in a glass, and I came up with a Daiquiri variation inspired in part by the Navy Dock Daiquiri and the Frequent Flier (links to those drinks in the source reference link). I was originally going to go with the Smith & Cross Rum in the Navy Dock Daiquiri, but instead I opted for the slightly funky Barbancourt 8 Year Rhum especially given the Haitian connection to mysticism.

Yields Drink
Year
2017
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Frederic Yarm, Loyal Nine, Cambridge, MA
Source reference

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2017/08/rougarou-daiquiri_10.html

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3 stars
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  • Grapefruit with brown sugar. Spices heavy on the finish.
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Mai Tizzle Swizzle

1 1⁄2 oz Blended Scotch, Monkey Shoulder
1 oz Lime juice
1⁄2 oz Orgeat
1⁄2 T Orange liqueur
1⁄2 T Passion fruit syrup
3 ds Bitters, Angostura
Instructions

Shake with ice, strain and serve over fresh ice, garnish with lime wheel and cherry.

Notes

Not sure why they call this a swizzle but don't swizzle.

Yields Drink
Year
2020
Authenticity
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Creator
Monkey Shoulder
Source reference

New Orleans Magazine, Sept. 2020, p. 63

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