Provocateur

1 1⁄2 oz Añejo rum (Something dry and aged like Barbancour 8 Year)
3⁄4 oz Madeira (Sercial or another dry style like Verdelho)
3⁄4 oz Bénédictine
1 ds Bitters, Bittermens Xocolatl Mole
1 twst Orange peel (As garnish, cut into the shape of a button, see photo)
Instructions

Stir with ice, strain into a cocktail coupe, and garnish with a (button-shaped) orange twist.

History

I was influenced by a 2010 Thomas Waugh whisky drink called the Prospector (pre-Death &Co.) to create this drink of the day during our bar's Rhum Barbancourt drinks week (theme for drink of the day). The name helped to sell this drink tremendously!

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Year
2017
Authenticity
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Creator
Fred Yarm, Loyal Nine, Cambridge, MA
Source reference

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2017/03/provocateur.html

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  • Terrific!
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I did not have any Madeira so I used a dry sherry - very pleasant!

Orchid Thief

1 1⁄2 oz Fino sherry
1 oz Dry vermouth
1⁄2 oz Bénédictine
1 twst Lemon peel (as garnish)
Instructions

Stir; strain; up; garnish.

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Creator
Chip Tyndale, Dutch Kills and Flatiron Lounge, New York, New York (USA)
Source reference

https://punchdrink.com/recipes/orchid-thief/

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  • Excellent cocktail for a late afternoon in the sun, on the balcony, with a book. I used Carpano dry and Valdespino’s Inocente .
  • Really nice low abv drink. The sherry and benedictine interact well to create a cocktail with a very balanced sweetness.
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Witches' Blood

1 oz Scotch, Monkey Shoulder
1⁄2 oz Cherry Liqueur
3⁄4 oz Sweet vermouth, Dolin
3⁄4 oz Strega
1 ds Blood Orange Bitters
Instructions

Stir with ice, strain into a coupe or Nick & Nora glass. No garnish.

Notes

My favourite shop was out of Cherry Heering so the cherry component I made this with originally was de Kuyper, which is quite syrupy. If using Heering, maybe adjust quantities to 3/4 oz of everything

History

A Blood & Sand with a witchy (Strega) twist. Perhaps inspired by one too many Dresden Files books.

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Year
2020
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Creator
lesliec
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4 stars
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Stone of Destiny

2 oz Blended Scotch
3⁄4 oz Sweet vermouth, Carpano Punt e Mes
1⁄4 oz Apricot liqueur
1⁄8 oz Ginger syrup
1 twst Orange peel (as garnish)
Instructions

Shake; strain; up; garnish.

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Craig Eliason
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Year
2020
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Creator
Craig Eliason, Saint Paul, Minnesota (USA)
Source reference

https://forums.egullet.org/topic/156071-drinks-2018/?do=findComment&com…

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  • Rich and dark, in the Boulevardier neighborhood.
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Very good, but 1/4 to 1/2 oz dry vermouth helps the sugar balance and really transforms the drink.

Spring in Saint Paul

1 oz Gin, Hendrick's
1⁄2 oz Campari
1⁄2 oz Simple syrup
1⁄2 oz Cherry bounce (homemade with cognac)
1⁄4 oz Lemon juice
Instructions

Shake, strain, coupe, brandied cherry garnish

Notes

How to make your own brandied cherries (the liquid is cherry bounce): https://www.blossomtostem.net/brandied-cherries/

History

I just looked at a bunch of cocktails with gin + Campari -- they often call for a sweeter, fruity or floral addition like Saint Germain or some such. My homemade brandied cherries + bounce packs a fruity but not overly sweet punch, decided to try it, and it was pretty tasty. Voila!

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2020
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Creator
Cara Anthony
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Don Jefe

1 oz Mezcal, Del Maguey Vida
3⁄4 oz Byrrh
3⁄4 oz Amaro Meletti
1 rinse Orange bitters
Instructions

Stir and strain into cocktail glass.

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  • Made with Banhez and Lucano. Berry, tobacco, herbs. At first sip, not my cup of tea, but grew on me. Sweet with a numbing finish.
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Tarzan Boy

1 oz Rhum Agricole (Blanc)
1⁄2 oz Bianco Vermouth
1⁄2 oz Dry vermouth
1⁄2 oz Campari
1⁄2 oz Passion fruit syrup
1 twst Orange peel (As garnish)
Instructions

Stir with ice and strain into a rocks glass. Fill with ice, garnish with an orange twist, and add a straw.

History

For Yacht Rock Sundays at Loyal Nine in 2015, I crafted a tropical Negroni that I dubbed the Tarzan Boy for I was sourcing drink names from our playlist. The idea started with how passion fruit modulates Campari into something tropical and not incredibly bitter -- an idea I was first introduced to in Jamie Boudreau's Novara. Rhum agricole bolstered the tropical aspects of the mix, and I kept with white vermouths to allow the guava-like color to sing out. The Tarzan Boy was popular enough that it made the regular cocktail list once the Yacht Rock Sunday series concluded in the early Fall.

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Year
2015
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Frederic Yarm, Loyal Nine, Cambridge, MA
Source reference

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2015/10/tarzan-boy.html

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Somehow the grassiness of the agricole, the grapefruit zest-like bitter flavor of the Campari, the passion fruit, and the vermouth combine to create an intense neoprene flavor for me. I have sampled some un-aged Hmong rice whiskey distillate with the very same flavor note (although the latter is minus the other fruit and sweet characteristics.) That isn't all bad, as there are some interesting things happening that some will appreciate. However, this isn't what I was expecting or looking for.

yarm commented on 11/29/2023:

I've gotten that rubber/plastic note from some rhum agricoles and not others. And citrus can soften that note, but straight spirits drinks don't hide it well. So I can see that. Which one did you use BTW?

I used JM Rhum Agricole Blanc (110 proof), Dolin Dry & Blanc Vermouths, Campari, and Small Hand Passion Fruit Syrup. It can be weird/undpredictable how disparate flavors and fruits can combine to make something unlike any of them. The "chocolate" notes that appear in the Tin Can Telephone are a more tasty example (for that I was using Cinzano sweet vermouth as a first pass, rather than something like Cocchi di Torino which is known for providing a mild chocolate note.)

Red Eye Old Fashioned

1 3⁄4 oz Bourbon, Elijah Craig (Small Batch)
1⁄4 oz Virgin Islands Rum, Cruzan Blackstrap
1⁄4 oz Coffee syrup
5 dr Bitters, Bitter End Memphis Barbecue
1 Orange peel
Instructions

Stir, strain into old fashioned glass with a large cube. Garnish with orange peel.

Notes

For the coffee syrup, I mixed equal parts Aeropress coffee (between a French press and espresso in strength) with demerara sugar.

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Year
2014
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Lost Plane

3⁄4 oz Rum, Gosling's Black Seal
3⁄4 oz Aperol
3⁄4 oz Amaro Montenegro
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
Instructions

Shake, double strain to Nick and Nora glass. Garnish with lemon peel.

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Altered recipe
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Emily Gosling from Goslings Black Seal Rum
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4 stars
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  • Quite similar to the original Paper Plane, but perhaps even better?
  • Cut lemon back to between 0.5 & 0.75oz. Used Smith & Cross rum. — ★★★★
  • Really refreshing, can't tell if I like it more than the paper plane. Definitely a great use for aperol and gosling.
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Made with Stiggin' Fancy Pineapple Plantation. Very nice, light, accessible. A good intro to mildly bitter-sweet cocktails.

To me it has the same problems as the original Paper Plane, it is dry, acidic, and unbalanced. When cold the acidity combines with the bitter elements of the amari to *suppress* the rest of the flavors. It does improve as it warms (just like the Paper Plane), but the only versions that I have really cared for have reduced the lemon juice and even included a little simple syrup to take the edge off. Cruzan Blackstrap's molasses element might hold up better here.

Lumberjack Negroni

1⁄2 oz Scotch
1⁄2 oz Apple brandy (Aged such as a VS Calvados or Laird's Bonded)
1 oz Campari
3⁄4 oz Dry vermouth
1⁄4 oz Maple syrup
1 twst Orange peel (As garnish)
Instructions

Stir with ice, strain into an old fashioned glass with ice, and garnish with an orange twist.

History

I was inspired by a recent drink with maple syrup to wonder what it would do in a Negroni? The maple made me think of apple brandy and Scotch instead of gin, and I used dry vermouth since the maple provided all the sweetness needed.

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Year
2020
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Frederic Yarm, Boston, MA
Source reference

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2020/04/lumberjack-negroni.html

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  • A bit like someone spilled a Boulevardier into my apple cider.
  • Great drink. Used Dewars and Mt. Defiance Apple Brandy. Would love to try with different scotch. Maybe sub Aperol and see how that turns out too.
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