Burnished Brass

1 oz Cognac, Pierre Ferrand 1840
1⁄2 oz Amontillado Sherry, Lustau Dry Amontillado (Los Arcos)
1⁄2 oz Bénédictine
1⁄2 oz Pineapple syrup
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
1 ds Bitters, Dale DeGroff's Pimento Bitters
1 sli Lemon (garnish)
Instructions

Shake all ingredients with ice for 15 seconds, strain into a chilled coupe, Garnish with a lemon wheel.

Notes

If using a lower proof, less rustic cognac, maybe bump it up to 1.25 oz. Also works well with 1.5 - 2 oz cognac in place of the cognac / sherry base split.

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Year
2016
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Dark Romance

1 1⁄2 oz Rum (Aged)
3⁄4 oz Coffee liqueur, Mr. Black
3⁄4 oz Amaro Montenegro
1⁄2 oz Demerara syrup
1 ds Orange bitters, Angostura
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Don's Passion

1 Passion fruit
2 oz Light rum, Bacardi
1 oz Lime juice
1⁄2 oz Galliano
1⁄2 oz Orange juice
1⁄4 oz Grenadine (reserved, see instructions.)
Instructions

Scoop passion fruit into a shaker. Shake, coupe, sink grenadine in the center of the glass.

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Year
2008
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Symeon White, Avon Gorge Hotel, UK
Source reference

https://www.diffordsguide.com/cocktails/recipe/2384/dons-passion

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HallA commented on 8/17/2023:

I modified with ingredients I had. Dropped orange juice and used 1/4 cointreau, used passion fruit syrup instead of a passion fruit (1/2 oz), made it a fat oz of lime juice to balance the passion fruit syrup. Maybe the slightest bit sweeter than intended but still delicious.

El Mediterraneo

3 lf Basil
1 2⁄3 oz Light rum, Bacardi
2⁄3 oz Lemon juice
1⁄3 oz Mastika
1⁄3 oz Simple syrup
5 dr Olive oil (as garnish)
Instructions

Shake everything except the olive oil, coupe, garnish.

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2015
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Creator
Jad Ballout, Central Station Boutique Bar, Beirut
Source reference

https://www.diffordsguide.com/cocktails/recipe/3502/el-mediterraneo

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Maximiliano

1 1⁄4 oz Mezcal, Del Maguey Vida
3⁄4 oz Suze
3⁄4 oz Bianco Vermouth, Dolin
1 pn Salt
1 twst Lemon zest (as garnish)
Instructions

Stir, rocks glass, big rock, garnish.

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Creator
Julio Xoxocotla, Ward III, NYC
Source reference

https://www.diffordsguide.com/cocktails/recipe/4051/maximiliano-cocktail

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Lady Loam

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3⁄4 oz Aperol
1⁄4 oz Bruto Americano, St. George
1⁄2 oz Beet juice (brine from pickled beets)
1 spg Rosemary (as garnish)
Instructions

Stir, strain, up. Garnish with rosemary.

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1 oz Mezcal (Joven, coffee infused - see notes)
1⁄2 oz Amaro Lucano
1⁄2 oz Chocolate liqueur (Trader Vic's)
Instructions

Combine ingredients with ice, strain, and serve up in a cocktail glass.

Notes

Get a coffee filter with a teaspoon of medium or dark roast coffee. Pour the mezcal through the filter and wait for the liquid to filter through. This should take a minute or two.

History

Based on this by Mike Melazzo, but added the instant/filter aspect. No need to wait a few hours.

https://imbibemagazine.com/recipe/black-gato-nightcap-recipe/

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Stranger thing #5

1 1⁄2 oz Bourbon, Wild Turkey 101
1⁄2 oz Grappa (Nardini 60%)
3⁄4 oz Sweet vermouth
1⁄2 oz Mastika (Skinos)
2 ds Peychaud's Bitters
Instructions

Stir with ice, strain, coupe.

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Fire Drill

1 1⁄4 oz Mezcal
1 oz Amaro, Lo-Fi Gentian
3⁄4 oz Passion fruit syrup
3⁄4 oz Lime juice
Instructions

Dry shake all ingredients (except mint garnish), pour into an old fashioned glass two-thirds filled with crushed ice. Top with additional crushed ice and garnish with mint sprig.

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1⁄2 oz Blended Scotch, Johnnie Walker Double Black Label
1 bsp Coffee syrup
1 bsp Pedro Ximénez Sherry, Lustau
3 ds Blackstrap Bitters, Bittercube
1 Orange peel
Instructions

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

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