Dry Marchetti
Stir, Strain, Up to Cognac Rinsed Martini Glass. Garnish with an olive.
- Improved Martini Cocktail (David Santucci) — Gin, Bianco Vermouth, Añejo tequila, Dry vermouth, Maraschino Liqueur
- Mezcal Martini — Gin, Mezcal, Dry vermouth
Stir, Strain, Up to Cognac Rinsed Martini Glass. Garnish with an olive.
Stir like a negroni. Serve.
You can try with 3/4 Maurin, and 1/3 chartreuse. Much drier, even fainted hot.
Depends on your mood.
Shake, strain, up.
My Suze is French. The syrup is equal parts water and vanilla sugar shaken.
So Suze tastes to me like lime and vanilla, and this was attempt at reinforcing everything but the gentian in the Suze. It has a wavery jalapeno aroma and flavor but obviously none of the heat.
Mix cognac and raspberry shrub in a highball glass with ice, top with club soda.
Club soda is to top - 3 oz is approximate. To make the raspberry shrub (recipe at link): take 12 oz raspberries and soak them in 24 oz of cider vinegar for eight days. Strain into a saucepan, pushing on the fruit to get all the liquid out. Add 32 oz sugar to the liquid, bring to a boil, stir to dissolve the sugar, then filter and refrigerate.
The drink likely dates from the 1870s in New Orleans - the name is variously attributed to the 1820s mayor of New Orleans, or the Roffignac cognac brand (or other stories.) The drink was saved from oblivion by Stanley Arthur's 1937 "Famous New Orleans Drinks and How to Mix 'Em" - which called for whiskey rather than cognac, but noted the original contained cognac. The raspberry shrub was a mystery ingredient for decades ( "Red Hembarig") before being unraveled by Robert Moss in 2011.
See also https://www.mikeaugustyniak.com/recipes/2017/5/roffignac for another set of proportions / raspberry shrub recipe.
Shake, strain, up.
Tangerine syrup - Original calls for 1/2 tangerine peel added to juice of one tangerine to 3 Tbs sugar "macerated in microwave". I just used 1:1 sugar/juice cold shaken.
Other variations:
I used Asbach German brandy instead of cognac, The King's Ginger instead of Barrow's and lemon instead of tangerine peel for garnish
Stir, strain into old fashioned glass with a large cube. Garnish with an expressed lemon swath.
Shake, strain, up, garnish
Cold method tangerine syrup: 1:1 tangerine juice to sugar, shake vigorously and repeatedly until sugar dissolves.
Originally from a cruise ship bar according to blog author. I changed by adding cranberry infused instead of Skyy vodka. Original also calls for either orange or tangerine and a branded tangerine syrup. I only used tangerines and made my own syrup.
Stir, strain, serve up. Garnish with brandied cherry.
I used Mister Bitters Cacao and Macadamia bitters
Muddle mint in syrup and liqueurs in a double old fashioned glass. Remove mint, add rye, and stir to mix. Fill with crushed ice, garnish with mint sprigs, and add straws.
For Loyal Nine's Yacht Rock Sundays, I wanted to create a Julep, and since I already had a Bourbon drink on the menu, I opted for rye. I also wanted to take an amari route, and i remembered how Zucca worked well with mint in other recipes. Amaro Montenegro seemed like it would sooth those bitter notes, but it still needed some demerara syrup to find its happy resting place. Named after one of the songs on the Sunday night Spotify list.
Long stir, coupe.
The drink would benefit from a navy strength gin. Baldoria is a vermouth brand launched by two famous cocktails bars in Paris (lu lu white and the little red door). It's pale, like a bianco but slightly pink. Low bitterness (like byrrh). Difficult to sub, maybe a mix between a dry vermouth/rosé vermouth/byrrh. It's sweet, very spicy and herbal, bitter, with very light texture. A pleasure!
Pay day! I've went to a shop never been which opened a year ago:
Maybe 1000 meters square dedicated to spirits+ a bar on the same place!
It's like a Disney land but for serious and conscious drinkers.
Bought the 3rd bottle of mezcal in my life. And i am enjoying a lot this one. If someone have recommendations about mezcal...
Wonderfully complex. I totally get what the creator was going for. Made with La Favorite Rhum Agricole Blanc as that was the closest I had.