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Gin & Us

1⁄2 oz Bergamot liqueur, Italicus
2 oz Gin
1⁄2 oz Dry vermouth
Instructions

Stir, serve up with a lemon zest twist

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2024
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Creator
Matthew Coffey
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subspot commented on 1/03/2025:

Solid simple cocktail, used Tanq 10 for the gin, would recommend three Donostia lemon paste stuffed olives in addition to the lemon peel.


Berlin in the 70s

1 oz Mezcal
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
1⁄2 oz Cinnamon syrup
Instructions

Shake with ice, strain into a double old fashioned glass full of ice, and garnish with an orange slice accented with 7 drop Fee's Old Fashioned Bitters (Fee's Whiskey Barrel-Aged).

History

Found on Frederic’s Cocktail blog, also at imbibe.

Frederic’s notes: Cure: New Orleans Drinks and How to Mix ’Em and spotted Berlin in the 70s. The recipe was attributed to bartender Billy Dollard who was inspired by Cure bartender Maks Pazuniak who was tinkering with a recipe that he was calling New York in the Seventies

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Billy Dollard who was inspired by Cure bartender Maks Pazuniak
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  • I find that this comes too close to a margarita - the orange juice essentially plays the role of triple sec, and the sheer volume means the smoke of the mezcal is lost unless you use a particularly assertive mezcal. An example of a cocktail with too many touches for too little benefit, in my view. — ★★★
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Pinello

1 7⁄8 oz Limoncello, Pallini
2⁄3 oz Gin
1 t Pine liqueur
Instructions

Shake & strain in chilled cocktail glass. Lemon twist.

Notes

Simple and fresh digestive after dinner.
Gin Poli Marconi 46 is a good choice.

History

Drink born trying to make limoncello less banal.

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Year
2024
Authenticity
Your original creation
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Phoenix

1 3⁄8 oz Aromatized wine, Cocchi Americano Rosa
2 t Sherry (Alvear Medium Dry)
2 t Madeira, Blandy's
2 t Rye
1 twst Lemon
Instructions

Stir, express and discard lemon peel, serve up

Notes

I have substituded tawny port for the madeira along with dry sherry for the sherry with good results.

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Year
2022
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Creator
Zachary Lavoie, Wild Blue Restaurant, Whistler BC
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  • Low ABV stirred cocktail — ★★★★★
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Christmas in a Glass

1 oz Rum (Vivacity Cranberry Rum, Oregon)
2 oz Cranberry juice (Oceanspray)
2 t Simple syrup, Spiced (recipe below)
4 Cranberry (optional garnish)
1 sli Orange (used Trader Joe's candied orange)
Instructions

Combine all ingredients from rum through simple syrup in a shaking tin with ice. Shake to chill, then double strain into a chilled coupe or martini glass. Garnish with whole cranberries and a half-slice of orange.

Spiced Syrup:
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup water
3 cinnamon sticks or 1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 inch fresh ginger, sliced or 1 tsp ground ginger
2 inch piece orange peel
one large pinch ground cloves or ground nutmeg
Simmer for 20-30, let cool for one hour, strain into a clean container.

Notes

I used Oceanspray Cranberry Cocktail (original formula) for this recipe. If using a no-sugar-added cranberry juice, adjust the sweetness with simple syrup to taste.

History

My goal with this drink was to create a new cocktail using Vivacity Cranberry Rum, having previously served the mule recipe (provided by the distillery) two years in a row. I workshopped this recipe and took it to the family Christmas party where it was well received.

Picture of Christmas in a Glass
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Year
2023
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5 stars
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Cocteau Twist

3⁄4 oz Chambord
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
1⁄4 oz Orgeat
2 oz Club soda
1 Maraschino cherry, Luxardo
Instructions

Shake the Scotch, Chambord, lemon juice, orgeat, and bitters with ice, then strain into a snifter or rocks glass over ice. Add club soda and a Luxardo maraschino cherry, then stir.

History

Started with the name and worked backwards from that.

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Year
2024
Authenticity
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Creator
Brian Beck, Mosswood Loft, Seattle
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Italian espresso martini

1 oz Espresso
1 1⁄2 oz Amaro
1⁄2 oz Coffee liqueur, Kahlua
Instructions

Chill a Nick & Nora glass with ice and water and set aside.

Brew a shot of espresso, pour the shot into a shaker over ice to chill, and quickly strain the ice out to avoid excess dilution.

Add the Averna and Kahlúa to the shaker with fresh ice, and shake vigorously to foam the espresso.

Strain into the chilled Nick & Nora glass.

Garnish with 3 coffee beans.

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Creator
Nicholas Boden
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Marianito (with juice)

2 1⁄2 oz Sweet vermouth
2⁄3 oz Campari
1⁄2 oz Gin
2⁄3 oz Pomelo juice
Instructions

Per Marchante's instructions, the ingredients can be combined in a tin and thrown, before straining into a Nick & Nora. (However, the accompanying image shows the drink over ice in a rocks glass, so stirring with ice, or building in the glass would also work.) Garnish with a green olive and orange twist.

History

The Marianito, aka Vermut Preparado, is the infinitely malleable stalwart of evening aperitivo time from San Sebastián to Milan. This recipe, from Punchdrink, calls for Pomelo juice, but I subbed Yuzo - and I’ve also had it without any citrus. Feel free to try different vermouths, amari, and spirits.

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Creator
Fernández Marchante | Bilbao, Spain
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  • A simpler version is 2 vermouth/.5 gin/.5 Campari, with an orange zest and olive garnish - from https://www.foodandwine.com/vermouth-preparado-marianito-recipe-8710014 A tasty, low ABV sip.
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Shawn C commented on 10/17/2024:

I am not sure what to make of this since the Marianito recipe hasn't been standardized in Spain--different places have their own spin (https://punchdrink.com/articles/marianito-bilbao-cocktail-recipe/). The constants are sweet vermouth, gin, and Campari, with about half the recipes including Angostura bitters.

Since this recipe has been posted as the main one (not a variant) the juice should probably be stricken from the ingredient list or listed as optional/leaving it only as a variation in the notes. Yuzu in particular should not be in the main ingredient list since the recipes I see with juice call for pomelo or orange. Note that a few recipes call for a small amount of Curacao and no juice.

Unfortunately, the Punch recipe seems to be a bartender's own variation using pomelo juice. Many/most Marianito recipes don't have citrus juice, just an orange peel and olive garnish or similar (e.g. an orange slice.) Punch actually lists Cinzano vermouth, but a Spanish rojo vermouth is normal.


randallr commented on 10/29/2024:

Yes, indeed, Shawn is right - that’s why I noted the recipe is “infinitely malleable,” and that it’s frequently made without citrus. All that said, Kindred Cocktails needed a Marianito recipe up here to spark this vital cultural conversation! (By the way, Txurrut is a fabulous Basque vermouth!)


Shawn C commented on 4/14/2025:

Curated ingredients and volumes to conform to the referenced recipe. Some other changes are coming, including the name since this "thrown" version with juice is less common than the original without juice. At this time I am leaning toward "Marianito (with juice)". I would call it "Marianito (shaken)" except that the reference specifically links to throwing. After the name change is made, a traditional Marianito recipe will be added with the original name.


Spyglass

1 3⁄4 oz Gin, Plymouth
1⁄4 oz Aquavit, Krogstad
1⁄2 oz Dry vermouth, Dolin
1⁄2 oz fennel liqueur, Don Ciccio & Figli Finocchietto
1 twst Lemon peel (express and discard)
Instructions

Stir; strain; Nick & Nora; express peel and discard.

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Death & Co., New York, New York (USA)
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Opera Comique

1 oz Aquavit
3⁄4 oz Cynar
1⁄4 oz Herbal liqueur, Green Chartreuse
1 twst Orange peel (As garnish)
Instructions

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

History

Negroni Week had me in the mood to tinker despite the end result being nothing like a Negroni. I became inspired by the Cynar-Chartreuse combination of the Drink of Laughter & Forgetting and by the structure of the Tailspin. I was considering gin as the spirit, but that put the mix too close in the direction of my Continuum circa 2018. The Cynar made me think of the Trident and its aquavit, so I made that switch. I dubbed this the Opera Comique (a/k/a Murderer's Corner) after one of the most bawdy concert saloons in old San Francisco run by Happy Jack Harrington in the 1870s as discovered in Herbert Asbury's book The Barbary Coast.

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Year
2024
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Creator
Frederic Yarm, Boston, MA
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  • Glassy amber color. Sip is sweet as expected, but fruitier than expected. Some grape bubble gum. Bitterness and spiciness have well balanced layers. A little saline probably wouldn't be out of place.
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