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2 oz Cognac VSOP
1⁄2 oz Dry vermouth, Dolin
1⁄2 oz Herbal liqueur, Green Chartreuse
1 ds Bitters, Angostura
1 ds Peychaud's Bitters
Instructions

Stir with ice.
Strain into chilled coupe.
Garnish with lemon peel.

Notes

Dry less oaked cognacs work better
(will try armagnacs too)

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Zachary Pearson commented on 2/28/2021:

This is a lot of swaps to be a riff. Do you mean Dolin Dry or Blanc? Thanks,  Zachary

Ajax

2 Orange peel (swaths)
1 1⁄2 oz Genever
3⁄4 oz Cherry Liqueur
1⁄2 oz Aperol
1 t Maraschino Liqueur
1 t Balsamic Vinegar
1 Cherry (as garnish)
1 sli Orange (as garnish)
1 pn Nutmeg (as garnish)
Instructions

Shake, strain into a chilled coupe. Spear cherry and orange, dust with nutmeg, garnish.

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Year
2014
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Authentic recipe
Creator
Calin Ioaniciu, Club Kharma, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Source reference

https://cocktailpartyapp.com/drinks/ajax/

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Zachary Pearson commented on 2/27/2021:

Curated this quite a bit. Added attribution, link, rewrote instructions and notes to avoid copyright, edited drink to match the cited link. Thanks,  Zachary

Rob Royal

2 oz Japanese Whisky
3⁄4 oz Sloe gin, Plymouth
3⁄4 oz Fernet (Gagliardo)
3⁄4 oz Crème de Banane
Instructions

Stir, strain, coupe.

Notes

The drink taste like a Rob Roy (whisky+ vermouth).

History

I've tried many times to replace vermouth in different cocktails.
Apple juice, then sloe gin.
Sloe gin when mixed with an amaro or a fruity liqueur tends to mimic what a sweet vermouth tastes like.
Almost, this is the case with Plymouth sloe gin.

Vermouth is wood, fruity notes, wine notes, slight bitterness.

The sloe brings the astringency from the wine and wood.

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  • Plátano Imitación — Mezcal, Añejo rum, Aperol, Sweet vermouth, Bitters, Oleo-saccharum
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Desperate search

1 1⁄2 oz Mirabelle eau-de-vie
1⁄2 oz Rhum Agricole (Bologne black cane, 50%)
1⁄2 oz Oleo-saccharum (Clementine)
1⁄2 oz Herbal liqueur, Yellow Chartreuse
1⁄4 oz Suze
1⁄4 oz Galliano
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
Instructions

Shake, strain, coupe.

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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.

Yields Drink
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

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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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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.
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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 Blackstrap Bitters
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

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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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Year
2015
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Source reference

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

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