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Bitter Sweet Poison

2 oz Maple Canadian whisky, SAP56
1⁄2 oz Herbal liqueur, Green Chartreuse
3⁄4 oz Lime juice
1⁄2 oz Maple syrup
2 oz Bitter lemon soda, Great Jamaican (to top)
4 dr Bitters, Angostura (as garnish)
1 spg Thyme (or rosemary, as garnish.)
Instructions

Shake, strain, old fashioned, large rock, top, stir gently, garnish with bitters and sprig.

Notes

Sprig may be dried.

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2020
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Pub Saint Pierre, Montreal, QC, Canada
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The Extra Mile

3⁄4 oz Bourbon
3⁄4 oz Herbal liqueur, Green Chartreuse
3⁄4 oz Aromatized wine, Lillet
3⁄4 oz Ancho Reyes Verde chile liqueur
Instructions

Stir, strain, up

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2021
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Rum Balans

1 oz Jamaican rum, Appleton (Signature Estate Rum)
1⁄2 oz Allspice Dram
1⁄4 oz Coconut rum (Used Koloa Kaua)
1 twst Orange peel
1 pn Nutmeg (freshly ground)
Instructions

Stir all ingredients with ice and strain into cocktail glass. Express orange and drop into glass. Add shaved nutmeg.

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2021
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Reed Sandridge, Cocktail Crafting, Washington, DC
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@cocktailcrafting

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Secret Saba

1 1⁄2 oz Rye, Rittenhouse 100
3⁄4 oz Cognac
3⁄4 oz Moscatel Sherry
1⁄2 oz Fernet Branca
Instructions

Short stir (a 10 count), strain into a chilled coupe.

Notes

The cognac should be an older style with some sweetness, color and boise. For the sherry, use something darker, not a Chipiona. I used Valdespino - the one with the gorgeous orange label.

History

Started out as a Toronto riff. I love a rye/cognac split base, and the sherry was at hand. It just took the realization that too much dilution makes the Fernet overly medicinal.

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2021
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Zachary Pearson
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Parisian Blonde

1 oz Curaçao, Pierre Ferrand Dry Curaçao
1 oz Cream (see note)
1 pn Cinnamon (as garnish)
Instructions

Stir the rum and curacao, strain into a chilled coupe. Float cream, garnish.

Notes

To make the cream, combine 6 oz heavy cream and 1 oz 2:1 Demerara syrup. Whip until slightly thickened but pourable.

History

Adapted from a Savoy drink (1/3 ea rum, cream and curacao shaken) by Erik Ellestad.

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2016
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Erik Ellestad
Source reference

Smuggler's Cove, pg 174

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Ice in a shakers. Ingredients. Stir well. Strain.

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The Midnight Tryst

1 oz Mezcal (Cenizio Colonial)
1⁄2 oz Reposado Tequila (El Mayor)
1⁄4 oz Ancho Reyes Verde chile liqueur
1⁄4 oz Licor 43
1⁄2 oz Honey syrup (equal parts Mike's hot honey and water)
1⁄2 oz Lime juice
2 ds Chocolate bitters (Woodford Reserve)
2 ds Bitters, Scrappy's (Bergamot bitters)
Instructions

Shake and strain into a lowball glass with a large ice cube. Garnish with an edible flower

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More Cacao Bell

1 1⁄2 oz Whiskey (Seven Stills - Gigawatts or another with rich, malty overtones)
1 twst Lemon peel (as garnish)
Instructions

Stir. Pour over large rock.

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Amoxicillin

1⁄2 oz Herbal liqueur, Yellow Chartreuse
1⁄4 oz Ginger syrup (2:1, sugar:ginger juice)
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
6 Islay Scotch (garnish, 6 sprays from atomizer)
1 sli Lemon (garnish)
Instructions

Shake all ingredients (except garnishes) with ice, strain into iced old fashioned glass. Garnish with 6 atomizer sprays of peated scotch and lemon wheel.

History

Creation date is a guess based on looking at the page's HTML code and the timestamps in the directory paths.

There are several other Penicillin riffs floating around with the same name, including those with bases of oloroso sherry, agave (tequila/mezcal split), and American whiskey (bourbon and rye).

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Year
2017
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Creator
Chris Yamka, Seattle
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Not bad, but lacks depth--needs either a significantly peatier scotch as the base or a significantly beefier ginger syrup.



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1⁄4 oz Brandy
1⁄4 oz Passion fruit syrup
2 sli Lemon (as garnish)
1 spg Thyme (as garnish)
Instructions

Build over crushed ice and swizzle. Garnish.

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2021
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Summer-Jane Bell, Hello Stranger, Oakland, CA
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