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The Thing That Should Not Be

3⁄4 oz Bourbon, Old Grand Dad 114
3⁄4 oz Fernet, Letherbee
3⁄4 oz Fernet Vallet
3⁄4 oz Bénédictine
Instructions

Stir, strain into a chilled old fashioned glass (no ice). Express and swipe the rim with a lemon swath, then discard.

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Year
2020
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5 stars
(3 ratings)
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Isaac Newton

4 oz Calvados
2 oz Apple syrup (cider syrup, see note)
2 sli Apple (as garnish)
2 Cinnamon stick (as garnish)
Instructions

Shake, strain into two coupes, garnish.

Notes

The cider syrup can be made by reducing fresh cider over low heat by half. Applejack can be substituted for Calvados (ed. note - just use Laird's Bonded, seriously)

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Year
2020
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Florence Fabricant
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3 stars
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  • Double Haggis — Scotch, Drambuie, Orange bitters, Apple cider, Lemon juice
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The Drink With No Name

3⁄4 oz Amaro Nardini
4 dr Coffee bitters
1 twst Lemon peel (As garnish)
Instructions

Stir, strain, low, garnish.

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Year
2018
Authenticity
Unknown
Creator
Peter van de Reep, Upstairs at Campagnolo, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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4.5 stars
(2 ratings)
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Spicy Sicilian

1 1⁄2 oz Gin (Four Pillars Bloody Shiraz Gin)
3⁄4 oz Averna
3⁄4 oz Limoncello, Pallini
1⁄2 oz Tamarind syrup
Instructions

Shake all ingredients with ice, strain into a frozen couple glass.

History

My very first adventure with Averna. Named by Mike G. in San Jose, CA.

Yields Drink
Year
2020
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Carl N.
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The Corrigan

1 1⁄2 oz Pisco, Capel
3⁄4 oz Triple sec
1⁄2 oz Limoncello, Pallini
3⁄4 oz Lime juice
1⁄2 oz Tamarind syrup
Instructions

Shake all ingredients vigorously with ice, strain into a frozen coupe glass.

History

This afternoon I was wandering around the former Corriganville Movie Ranch. If the trees could talk ........

Yields Drink
Year
2020
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Carl N.
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Jersey Garden

1⁄2 oz Suze
1⁄4 oz Grenadine (Homemade)
1 spl Soda water
Instructions

Build in lowball glass, stir, add ice, serve.

Picture of Jersey Garden
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Year
2020
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Matthew Carver
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Gene Cocktail

1 oz Overproof rum, Plantation O.F.T.D.
1⁄4 oz Suze
1 spl Ginger ale
Instructions

Mix all ingredients in glass with ice, top with splash or 1 oz of ginger ale, twist of choice.

History

Invented oct. 10, 2020

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Year
2020
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Matthew Carver
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4 stars
(4 ratings)
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thiudans commented on 10/22/2020:

Someone suggested the name Gray and Rainy, I guess taking it as a riff on the Dark and Stormy. I don't know...


Bar Fly

1 1⁄2 oz Gin
3⁄4 oz Parfait Amour
1 1⁄2 oz Pineapple juice
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
3⁄8 oz Simple syrup
1 twst Lemon peel
Instructions

Shake, up, double strain to lowball with ice. Garnish with lemon twist

Yields Drink
Year
1930
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Harry MacElhone, Harry´s New York Bar, New York
Source reference

ABC of Mixing Cocktails, Harry MacElhone

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4 stars
(2 ratings)
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nemovere commented on 10/15/2022:

Dirty yellow-green color, taste is hard to describe beyond "sour". Gin botanicals covered up (using Tanqueray). If you like gin sours and want to taste something different, maybe make this drink with 2oz or 2 1/4oz of gin.


Ciudad Oscura

1 oz Mezcal, Sombra
1 oz Añejo tequila, Alma
1⁄4 oz Fernet Vallet
1 bsp Agave syrup (1:1)
1 Orange peel (garnish)
Instructions

Stir all ingredients, strain into chilled coupe or Nick & Nora glass. Garnish with expressed orange swath.

History

One of the first cocktails I made after getting a bottle of Fernet Vallet. It's incredibly inky black color infuses every drink with a rich dark hue, hence the name (and a shout out to Alex Proyas' underrated "Dark City" flick)

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Year
2015
Authenticity
Your original creation
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4 stars
(1 rating)
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applejack commented on 10/14/2020:

My bad on the typo, I may or may not have had a few when I entered this one.


bkemp1984 commented on 8/27/2022:

This is coming from someone who is finishing off his last bottle of mezcal and not really going to buy it much in the future, but I plan to try 1 1/4 oz tequila and 3/4 oz mezcal. Still good and Fernet Vallet is great


Burma Shave

1 1⁄2 oz Gin (low juniper like Roku or Hendricks)
3⁄4 oz Lime juice
3⁄4 oz Bergamot liqueur, Italicus
Instructions

Shake, strain, coupe.

Notes

Gin and lime/ and other flavors/Now improved/ with minty savor/ Not a Pegu Club/Burma Shave

Yields Drink
Year
2020
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Zachary Pearson
Curator rating
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Average rating
3.5 stars
(3 ratings)
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