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Rough Seas

3⁄4 oz Ginger syrup
3⁄4 oz Orgeat
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
2 ds Peychaud's Bitters (heavy dashes, as garnish)
Instructions

Shake with a little pebble ice, strain into a double OF glass full of pebble ice. Add more pebbles, and dash the bitters on top.

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Year
2017
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Creator
Sother Teague, Amor y Amargo, New York NY
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CathalS commented on 11/10/2023:

Honestly, way too sweet. The flavours line up. But I'd cut the syrups in half.


Spicy Kitten

1⁄2 oz Orgeat
1⁄2 oz Cinnamon syrup (Demarara)
1 pn Nutmeg (Garnish)
Instructions

Shake, pour shaker contents, garnish

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4 stars
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  • Use a cinnamon syrup that's cinnamon-forward - lots of flavors here. Solid Mai Tai riff if you don't have a good curacao or mint garnish on hand, but do have cinnamon and pineapple juice. — ★★★★
  • I need to find cinnamon syrup
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subspot commented on 3/10/2021:

I recommend using a high proof Jamaican with this and shaking with cracked ice.


happyrobot commented on 4/28/2021:

The cinnamon syrup is this was key (IMHO). Nice cocktail.


Angostura Colada

1 1⁄2 oz Bitters, Angostura
1⁄2 oz Rum, Smith & Cross
1 1⁄2 oz Cream of coconut
1 sli Orange (Garnish)
1 lf Pineapple (Garnish)
1 pn Nutmeg (Garnish)
Instructions

Shake with ice, pour shaker contents into snifter, add more crushed ice, stir gently, garnish

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Creator
Zac Overman, Fort Defiance, Brooklyn NY
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Shawn C commented on 2/27/2024:

Curated to "Cream of coconut" per the linked recipe.


A Six for a Nine

2 oz Añejo rum (Barbados preferably)
1⁄2 oz Falernum
1⁄4 oz Bénédictine
1⁄4 oz Amer Picon (Perhaps sub a bitter citrus-forward amaro like Amaro Nonino, Ramazzotti, Averna or Montenegro)
1 twst Orange peel (As garnish)
Instructions

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

History

On National Rum Day, I thought about how falernum can almost sub for a vermouth in some drinks, and I decided to cross the Corn'n'Oil with the Creole Cocktail. For a name, I dubbed this one after the Bajan Creole phrase of "Don't take a six for a nine" meaning not to misjudge a person's true intentions.

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Year
2020
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Frederic Yarm, Boston, MA
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4.5 stars
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Fairweather

3⁄4 oz Yuzu Sake
1⁄2 oz Aloe vera liqueur, Chareau
1⁄2 oz Flavored vodka, Ketel One Botanical Cucumber & Mint (or cucumber-forward gin)
2 oz Prosecco
3 lf Mint (as garnish)
Instructions

Build over ice, garnish, stir, splash Prosecco.

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Year
2020
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Rafa García Febles, NYC.
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Bryter Layter

3⁄4 oz Yuzu Sake
3⁄4 oz Aromatized wine, Cocchi Americano
1⁄2 oz Gin
1⁄2 oz Lime juice
Instructions

Shake, fine strain, up.

Notes

Works with other spirits—cachaça is fun.

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Year
2020
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Creator
Rafa García Febles, NYC.
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Dale Caña

1 1⁄2 oz Rhum Agricole (St James, Aged)
3⁄4 oz Rum (Fair, white, muscovado, 55%)
1⁄2 oz Cinnamon syrup (see note)
1⁄2 oz Oleo-saccharum (see note)
1⁄4 oz Crème de Banane (Merlet)
Instructions

Shake long, strain. Coupe.

Notes

Short on the 0.5 oz.
For cinnamon syrup:
1 stick, water, blend.
Pan with sugar, heat. Filter. Bottle.
Oleo: orange, grapefruit, lime, and lemon peels. Sugar. Cover and reserve overnight. A bit of water. Filter. Bottle.

Fair muscovado is strong in taste and proof.

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Year
2020
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Billy Sunday Old Fashioned

2 oz Bourbon, Kentucky XO (or Johnny Drum or Rowan's Creek)
1⁄2 oz Zucca
Instructions

Muddle sugar cube and Zucca with a splash of water until dissolved. Add bourbon and ice, stir, strain into old fashioned glass with large cube. Garnish with expressed orange swath.

Notes

I just use .25 oz cane syrup in place of the muddled sugar cube + water.

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Year
2013
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Creator
Billy Sunday, Chicago, IL
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Billy Sunday Daiquiri

1⁄2 oz Rhum Agricole, Rhum JM Blanc
1 oz Passion fruit syrup
1⁄2 oz Simple syrup
4 ds Bitters (Pineapple)
Instructions

Shake with ice, dirty dump into 16 oz goblet and top with crushed ice.

Notes

When I've made this at home, I've used Brooklyn Hemispherical Charred Pineapple Bitters (no longer available as far as I know). There are some recipes online for pineapple bitters, or you could infuse fresh pineapple into some tiki or aromatic bitters.

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Year
2013
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Creator
Billy Sunday, Chicago, IL
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EtherPole commented on 6/19/2021:

A bit too sweeet, I think you can leave out the simple syrup


West Indian Old Fashioned

Instructions

Stir, strain into an ice filled old fashioned glass. Garnish with expressed orange peel.

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Year
2015
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Creator
Carey Jones & John D. McCarthy, Food & Wine
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applejack commented on 1/03/2021:

Hadn't made one of these in awhile and kinda forgot what it tasted like, so I just mixed one up.  Surprisingly it wasn't as bitter as I would have thought, and not at all overpowering.  I actually found it a bit sweet with 1/2 oz 1:1 syrup, I'd probably go with either 1/3 oz 1:1 syrup or 1/4 oz 2:1 rich syrup.  But if you want those classic Ango flavors in a stirred drink, it's a good way to go.  Might also be interesting to try with Smith & Cross / Rum Fire / Stolen Overproof or an Appleton / overproof split for the rum base.