Cynarita

1 1⁄2 oz Blanco tequila
1⁄2 oz Campari
1⁄2 oz Cynar
Instructions

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

Notes

I personally prefer this with a grapefruit swath rather than lemon, but to each their own.

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Year
2011
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Michael Madrusan, The Everleigh, Fitzroy, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Source reference

"A Spot at the Bar," Michael Madrusan & Zara Young, Hardie Grant Books, 2016, p. 49

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It's a nice riff on a Negroni with less Campari, which I prefer, and swapping in Cynar for the sweet vermouth. I used Ocho Plata tequila which complimented the bitterness of the Amari & a lemon twist. I'll try the grapefruit twist next time as suggested & since it pairs well with agave.


Everything's gonna be alright

1 1⁄2 oz Cognac (Camus île de Ré)
3⁄4 oz Pineapple juice
1⁄3 oz Herbal liqueur, Chartreuse (MOF* 45%)
1⁄3 oz Averna
Instructions

Build and serve in rock glass stir a bit, serve.

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2020
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pretty good - I had different VS cognac and had to use regular chartreuse. I opted to use yellow for a mellow flavor and it was nice and smooth. Have to find the 45% for a bit more bite to it.


Diamonds & Spades

1 1⁄2 oz Fernet Branca
1 1⁄2 oz Campari
1⁄2 oz Simple syrup
1 pn Salt (or 2-5 drops of a 1:4 saline solution)
1 rinse Absinthe
1 twst Lemon peel (Oils as garnish)
Instructions

Dissolve salt in simple syrup, add rest save for the absinthe and lemon peel, stir with ice, and strain into an absinthe-rinsed rocks glass. Twist a lemon peel over the top and discard.

History

For my shift drink at work one night, I thought about our amari collection and considered taking the Ferrari (50:50 Fernet-Campari) shot in a New Orleans direction. Given that Boston's love of the Sazerac is frequently traced back to Sazerac evangelist John Gertsen at No. 9 Park followed by Drink (where he hosted Sazerac Sundays), I thought about the New Orleans bar where he learned to love them -- Tujagues. That restaurant name made me think of "Two Jacks" as in playing cards, and the one red ingredient and one black ingredient made me hone in on card suits for a name. In the end, Diamonds & Spades won out over the Clubs & Hearts.

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Year
2018
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Creator
Frederic Yarm, Our Fathers, Allston/Boston, MA
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Metal Urbain

1 3⁄4 oz Cognac
1⁄2 oz Amaro Nardini
1⁄4 oz Herbal liqueur, Green Chartreuse
1 twst Orange peel (As garnish)
Instructions

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

History

I was inspired by the Punt e Mes-Amaro Nardini combination in the Carroll Gardens that also appears in a few other cocktails that I have enjoyed. The richness and depth of my Pierre Ferrand Cognac seemed like a great parallel to the way Amaro Nardini comes across in a drink, and from there, I opted for Green Chartreuse as an accent for it teamed up wonderfully with Nardini in the Green Hornet and Key Party, and for chocolate bitters to augment that note in both the Nardini and the Cognac (plus, Green Chartreuse and chocolate are a match made in heaven). Given the two French ingredients, I dubbed this one after one of the first French punk bands, Métal Urbain, whose album was a cult hit at the radio station I worked at in graduate school.

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Year
2020
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Frederic Yarm, Boston, MA
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Spanish Steps

3⁄4 oz Gin
3⁄4 oz Campari
1⁄2 oz Tawny port
1⁄2 oz Coffee liqueur
Instructions

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

Notes

Brands weren't specified, but I like this with a strong, juniper forward London Dry style gin (I usually use Junipero) and the drier St. George NOLA coffee liqueur. I sometimes also swap out the tawny port for the port-like Dubonnet or a sweeter sherry like East India.

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Year
2018
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
David Molyneux, The Everleigh, Fitzroy, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Source reference

Bartender's Choice Vol. 2 App for iOS

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Cantilever

1⁄2 oz Gin, Gordon's
1⁄2 oz Byrrh
1 oz Amaro Lucano (Lucano Anniversario)
1 twst Lemon peel (as garnish)
Instructions

Stir; strain; up. Garnish with a folded lemon peel clipped to the rim so that it extends unsupported off the side of the glass.

Notes

The "Anniversario" bottle of the amaro came out a few years ago to celebrate the 120th anniversary of the distillery. It's a bit higher proof than their regular offering.

History

Signature drink for the 80th anniversary of the Society of Architectural Historians.
Credit to Chris Elford's Sharpie Mustache as proof of concept for a rye/gin/amaro/aperitif combo.

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Craig Eliason
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Year
2020
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Craig Eliason, St. Paul, Minnesota (USA)
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  • Very nice; 2:1 split base ~60% abv rye to counteract for 40% gin, otherwise to spec
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  • Didn't have Lucano Anniversario, so made with the standard Lucano and still quite nice. 4.5 if I could.
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Tasty. Sweetness and cola flavor from the Lucano dominates, blending well with the rye. Some botanicals from the gin and the Lucano. Byrrh can be problematic for me in classic cocktails, but it is very much hidden in the background here. There is a good base recipe in this drink to play with; some might prefer a drier cocktail with more gin/rye/Byrrh using perhaps 1/4 oz less Lucano, but the current offering is an easy, no fuss, sipper. [Note: I used standard Amaro Lucano (not Anniversario), Tanqueray, Rittenhouse, and Byrrh.]


Smoky Sicilian

1 1⁄2 oz Mezcal, Del Maguey Vida
3⁄4 oz Averna
1⁄2 oz Triple sec
1⁄2 oz Lavender syrup
Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.

History

Continued explorations with Averna.

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2020
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Carl N.
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Patwa Mokulele

1 oz Aperol
1 oz Coffee liqueur (J Rieger Caffé Amaro)
Instructions

Shake handedly with ice, double strain to old fashioned up... or over a single large ice cube if you want to extend it out a bit.

Notes

Very easy to drink. Reminds me of a cross between a Kingston Negroni and a Jungle Bird. Strong, sweet (but not too sweet depending on the ripeness of the pineapple), velvety, bitter back end, complex.

History

The cocktail's name is a riff on the Paper Plane. Patwa (aka Patois or Patwah) refers to Jamaican Creole, and sounds like 'paper.' Mokulele is Hawaiian for 'plane' or 'island hopper'.

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2020
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Ian Lacy, home, Kansas City, (USA)
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Bundt Cake Buddha

2 oz Jamaican rum (I used Blackwell)
3⁄4 oz Aromatized wine, Dubonnet Rouge
3⁄4 oz Cynar
1⁄4 oz Bénédictine
1 sli Orange (garnish)
1 twst Orange peel (squeeze for oils, discard)
Instructions

Stir, strain into chilled cocktail glass, squeeze oils, garnish with orange slice.

Notes

Bring out more orange with optional dash of orange bitters

History

Looking for something else to do with Dubonnet Rouge before it turns. The original recipe was too sweet, as usual, so I added some Cynar to tame it and the result was oddly chocolatey-orange, like the classic chocolate-orange bundt cake my mom used to make, so I went with that.

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North of Sunset

1 1⁄2 oz Gin
1⁄4 oz Strega
1⁄4 oz Raspberry syrup
1 twst Lemon peel (As garnish)
Instructions

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

History

I became inspired by the flavor combination in Chris Hannah's 'Round Midnight that was published in the 2009 Rogue Cocktails book. I lifted the Strega, raspberry, and Maraschino trio, altered their ratios, and utilized it as a sweetener in a 3:2 Dry Martini. This came about as the raspberry syrup made me think of the dry vermouth version of the Clover Club, and that set up the gin and dry vermouth base. For a name, I kept the Thelonius Monk theme of the Hannah's drink (I assume it was this since he is a big jazz fan) and named this one the North of Sunset especially given the splendid sunset I had witnessed an hour or two before (even though Monk's song is about the boulevard in Los Angeles).

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Year
2020
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Creator
Frederic Yarm, Boston, MA
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  • Subbed cranberry syrup for the raspberry. Delicate pink color. Intriguing drink. Candy-ish but in a sophisticated way. Pleasantly didn't taste the conflict that sometimes comes with martini-meets-liqueur templates.
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