Pilgrim

1 1⁄2 oz Puerto Rican Rum, Bacardi Gold
1⁄2 oz Orange liqueur, Grand Marnier (Or other cognac orange liqueur)
1 oz Orange juice
3⁄4 oz Lime juice
1⁄4 oz Allspice Dram, St Elizabeth
2 ds Bitters, Angostura
1 pn Nutmeg (For garnish)
Instructions

Shake all the ingredients with ice and fine strain into a martini glass. Sprinkle with nutmeg.

Notes

Can be served warm.

History

Curator's note: I have the 02 version of the book, and it actually calls for 1/2 ea light rum, dark rum and curacao, along with 2 oz orange juice. Those were the days.

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Year
2002
Authenticity
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Creator
Dale Degroff
Source reference

https://www.diffordsguide.com/cocktails/recipe/1521/pilgrim-cocktail

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Banana Split Personality

1 oz Irish whiskey, Powers
1 oz Jamaican rum (Hampden Estate Overproof)
3⁄4 oz Crème de Banane
1⁄2 oz Fernet, Leopold Brothers
1⁄2 oz Aperol
2 ds Peychaud's Bitters
Instructions

Stir with ice and strain into a large goblet over ice.

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Blurred Crusade

1 oz Aquavit, Aalborg
1 oz Dark rum, Havana Club
1 oz PInk grapefruit juice
1 bsp White Crème de Cacao
1 bsp Orange liqueur, Grand Marnier
2 dr Salt Solution (I make mine 20g salt to 80mL of water.)
Instructions

Shake all with ice, strain into a coupé. Garnish with a very thin slice of a section/quarter of pink grapefruit (don't jam a big slice in the glass).

Notes

1 bsp of each of those liqueurs does skew it sweetish; knocking those down to 1/2-3/4 bsp each and adding another drop of saline makes for a differently interesting drink.

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Year
2021
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Limpia

1 1⁄2 oz Blanco tequila (Patrón)
1⁄4 oz Oleo-saccharum (Clementine, see note)
1⁄4 oz Amaro Montenegro
1⁄4 oz Bianco Vermouth, Dolin
1 ds Peychaud's Bitters (as garnish)
Instructions

Stir, strain in coupe. Garnish.

Notes

To make the Oleo-Saccharum: microplane some clementines in a bowl and add sugar to cover. Steep overnight. Add a bit of boiling water. Steep overnight. Strain. Press liquids. Bottle.

History

The same ratios work well with brandy, lemon oleo, bigallet china.
Seems spirit+amaro+ oleo make a good deal.

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West Beach Old Fashioned

2 oz Scotch, Monkey Shoulder
1 bsp Coconut liqueur, Clément Mahina Coco (Mahina Coco)
1 bsp Pineapple syrup
3 ds Bitters, Bittercube Blackstrap
1 Orange peel
Instructions

Stir, strain into old fashioned glass with a large cube or sphere. Garnish with an expressed orange swath.

Notes

Pineapple syrup: equal parts fresh pineapple juice to cane sugar

History

Part of my 2016 run of weekly old fashioned riffs for an entire year

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Year
2016
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Source reference

https://www.thebeachguide.co.uk/north-scotland/hebrides/west-beach.htm

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Bee Upon The Blossom

1 oz Scotch, Monkey Shoulder
1 oz Gin, Barr Hill Tom Cat (Barrel Aged)
1⁄2 oz Bénédictine
1⁄2 oz Honey syrup (1:1)
1 oz Lemon juice
1 sli Lemon
Instructions

Shake all ingredients except garnish, strain into either a chilled coupe or an iced old fashioned glass (depending on preference). Garnish with a lemon wheel.

Notes

The Barr Hill Tom Cat Barrel Aged gin fits the honey theme, but has a pretty high bevcost. Sub with your favorite barrel aged gin.

History

Named derived from a line in the Robert Burns poem "Thou Fair Eliza"

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2015
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Source reference

http://www.robertburns.org/works/338.shtml

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Letter to a Younger Self

3⁄4 oz Scotch (I used Cutty Sark Prohibition (hint of smoke))
3⁄4 oz Apple brandy (I used Laird's Bonded)
3⁄4 oz Aromatized wine, Cocchi Americano (Lillet will work great too)
1⁄2 oz Orange liqueur (I used PF Dry Curaçao)
1⁄4 oz Fernet Branca
1 twst Orange peel (As garnish)
Instructions

Stir with ice, strain into a cocktail coupe, and garnish with an orange twist.

History

After spotting the recipe a couple weeks back for the Heather in Queue that Jackson Cannon created at Eastern Standard in 2008, the cocktail was still on my mind. The combination was a near classic one akin to the 1940s Don't Give Up the Ship, and I wanted to make my own take on it keeping the orange liqueur-Fernet Branca duo intact. Therefore, I switched the spirit from gin to a split of Scotch and apple brandy and swapped the blanc vermouth for Cocchi Americano. For a name, I dubbed this one Letter to a Younger Self as a nod to Jackson's infamous "Letter to a Young Bartender" that he penned for Tales of the Cocktail 2014.

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Year
2021
Authenticity
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Creator
Frederic Yarm, Boston, MA
Source reference

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2021/02/letter-to-younger-self.html

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Her Majesty

1 1⁄2 oz Amontillado Sherry
1 oz Rye, Wild Turkey (101)
1⁄4 oz Rich demerara syrup 2:1
1 sli Orange
Instructions

Muddle orange slice in shaker then add remaining ingredients; shake with ice and serve in DOF glass over crushed ice.

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2021
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Creator
Ellen Talbot , Fable Lounge, Nashville, TN
Source reference

https://imbibemagazine.com/recipe/her-majesty-a-sherry-cocktail/

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sevyryelsdorn commented on 4/19/2021:

I drank this up. I think it could use some bitters to add a bit of complexity.

Craig E commented on 4/20/2021:

Tagline says "Sherry + Bourbon" but per link the ingredients list has it correct as rye.

Red World

1 oz Gin
3⁄4 oz Aperol (Or Meletti Bitter)
1⁄2 oz Ramazzotti (Or Averna)
1⁄2 oz Aromatized wine, Dubonnet Rouge (Or Cap Corse Rouge or Byrrh)
1 bsp Amaro, Cappelletti Sfumato Rabarbaro
Instructions

Stir and strain.

Notes

For fans of the sour, a splash of lemon can help cut through the amari.

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Bitter Jean

2 oz Speyside Scotch
1⁄3 oz Islay Scotch
1⁄2 oz Cassis, Giffard
3⁄4 oz Sweet vermouth, Carpano Antica Formula
8 ds Bitters, Angostura
2 Brandied cherry, Luxardo (garnish, picked)
Instructions

Stir with ice and strain into chilled coupe or Nick & Nora glass. Garnish with 2 picked Luxardo cherries.

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Year
2017
Authenticity
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Creator
Soho House, London, England
Source reference

https://www.diffordsguide.com/cocktails/recipe/4123/bitter-jean

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