Right Handed Planter

2 oz Jamaican rum (Aged or dark)
3⁄4 oz Sweet vermouth
3⁄4 oz Campari
1 1⁄2 oz Tea (Black tea, strong steep, cooled)
1 oz Lime juice
1⁄2 oz Sugar
3 ds Bitters, Bittermens Xocolatl Mole
1 pn Nutmeg (Freshly grated, as garnish)
1 spg Mint (As garnish)
Instructions

Dissolve the sugar in the lime juice and cooled tea. Shake with ice, strain into a rocks or Collins glass with fresh ice, and garnish with a mint sprig and freshly grated nutmeg.

History

In pondering Lemon Hart Rum's Colonel A.R. Woolley's Improved Planter's Punch presented by Jeff Berry in his Potions of the Caribbean book where the traditional drink was augmented by cooled tea as the weak element, my mind drifted to figure out a good riff on that. I landed on a mashup of the Rum Negroni-like Right Hand as the second recipe point, and merging together the two concepts and including my choice of mint and nutmeg garnishes that I opted for in the Improved Planter's Punch, the Right Handed Planter was born.

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

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2020/09/right-handed-planter.html

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4 stars
(6 ratings)
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  • Tastes somewhat like a Slovakian liqueur called Tatra Tea
  • Good intro to Jamaican rum — ★★★★
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The Sandcastle

1 oz Watermelon juice (Simply Watermelon)
1 oz Rum, Diplomatico (Reserva Exclusivs)
1 oz Martinique Rum, Clément
3⁄4 oz Lime juice
1⁄2 oz Falernum, Velvet Falernum
1⁄2 oz Pisco, Macchu pisco
2 ds Peychaud's Bitters
Instructions

Fill double old fashioned glass with crushed ice. Add all ingredients to shaker. Shake and strain.

Notes

The only thing that can’t be switched in this is the watermelon juice.

History

Friend bet me I couldn’t make a good cocktail with watermelon juice. This is what I came up with.

Yields Drink
Year
2020
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Ryan Bullard, Lynbrook NY
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3.5 stars
(3 ratings)
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Neptune's Wrath

1 1⁄2 oz Gin
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
3⁄4 oz Simple syrup
1⁄4 oz Absinthe
1 Egg white
1⁄4 oz Herbal liqueur, Green Chartreuse
Instructions

Shake gin, lemon juice, simply syrup, absinthe, and egg white for one dry shake then shake again with ice. Double strain into sour (ideal) or coup glass. Light chartreuse on fire then pour into drink to finish. No garnish

Yields Drink
Year
~2007
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Toby Maloney of Violet Hour
Source reference

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoMchfbaVPw
https://www.diffordsguide.com/cocktails/recipe/5825/neptunes-wrath

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4.5 stars
(10 ratings)
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danoman89 commented on 4/27/2022:

More balanced/palatable than the name suggests

Shawn C commented on 12/13/2024:

Curated to add ~2007 creation year per Difford's Guide and added it as an additional reference. Also, changed to "authentic recipe" rather than unknown.

New Daq City

2 oz Light rum, Probitas
1⁄2 oz Pineapple syrup
1⁄4 oz Passion fruit syrup
1 oz Lime juice
2 ds Peach bitters, Fee Brothers
2 ds Blackstrap Bitters
1 sli Lime (garnish)
Instructions

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

Notes

Pineapple syrup: equal parts fresh pineapple juice + cane sugar. Passion fruit syrup: equal parts defrosted Goya passion fruit pulp + cane sugar.

Yields Drink
Year
2020
Authenticity
Your original creation
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Want it dry?

1 1⁄2 oz Gin, Tanqueray
1⁄3 oz Bigallet China-China
1⁄4 oz Falernum
1⁄8 oz Galliano
2 dr Orange flower water
1⁄8 oz Amaretto, Disaronno
Instructions

Long stir, frozen/chilled martini glass. Serve.

Notes

Drier than you think. Gin is very present like a martini.

Yields Drink
Year
2020
Authenticity
Your original creation
Curator rating
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Average rating
4 stars
(3 ratings)
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Italo-french take

2 oz Rhum Agricole (Longueteau white 62%)
3⁄4 oz Suze
3⁄4 oz Maraschino Liqueur (Cartron)
2 dr Chocolate bitters
1 dr Orange flower water
1 lf Sage (as garnish)
Instructions

Stir with ice in mixing glass, serve in rock glass with one huge ice cube. Garnish with a big fresh sage leaf.

Notes

Longueteau 62 % despite the abv is not that hot.
Alcohol is very well integrared.
The cane is not that obvious compared with other white agricoles.
You get a lot of minerality and grass.

Yields Drink
Year
2020
Authenticity
Your original creation
Curator rating
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The Benevolent

1 1⁄2 oz Blanco tequila
1⁄2 oz Averna
1 oz Coffee (cold brew)
1⁄2 oz Simple syrup
1 Egg white
1 ds Bitters, Bittermens Xocolatl Mole
Instructions

Shake, strain, coupe.

Yields Drink
Year
ca. 2020
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Justin Campbell, Mason, Los Angeles, CA
Source reference

https://punchdrink.com/recipes/the-benevolent/

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4 stars
(4 ratings)
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EtherPole commented on 5/04/2023:

The recipe gives 7oz drink with foam. Don't try to serve it in a Nick&Nora or a small coupe.

Very long list split

3⁄4 oz Rye, Rittenhouse 100
1 1⁄2 oz Rum (Paranubes 50%)
1 oz Lemon juice
1⁄3 oz Oleo-saccharum (Homemade)
1⁄3 oz Elderflower liqueur
1⁄3 oz Suze
1⁄4 oz Falernum (Homemade)
1⁄8 oz Ouzo
1 ds Bitters, Angostura Orange
Instructions

Shake long strain, coupe. Serve.

Notes

Paranubes is made of cane juice. Subsitute white agricole rum.

Oleo: lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit peel+ sugar. Overnight. A bit of water.
Falernum: Mine is like an orgeat in texture. Blend ginger, cloves, allspice, nutmeg, lime peels, almonds, with rum, sugar, water. Let steep a week or two.
Strain a bit...

History

I've tried 1/4 for the modifiers.
Drier, rumy. But flavors do not pop enough.

Yields Drink
Year
2020
Authenticity
Your original creation
Curator rating
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Nordic Summer

2 oz Aquavit, Ahus Akvavit
1 oz Aperol
1 oz Lime juice
1 twst Lemon peel (as garnish)
Instructions

Shake; strain; up; lemon peel garnish

Yields Drink
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Amy Traynor
Source reference

https://www.moodymixologist.com/blog/nordic-summer-an-aquavit-aperol-co…

Curator rating
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Average rating
4 stars
(6 ratings)
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  • Approachable introduction too Aquavit. — ★★★★
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Chance Encounter

1 1⁄2 oz Pisco, Kappa
1⁄2 oz Dimmi
3⁄4 oz Salers Gentiane
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
1⁄4 oz Simple syrup
1 twst Grapefruit peel
Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into chilled glassware of choice. Express grapefruit peel.

Yields Drink
Year
2016
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Brian Sturgulewski, Celeste, Chicago, IL
Source reference

https://punchdrink.com/recipes/chance-encounter/

Curator rating
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3.5 stars
(2 ratings)
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Shawn C commented on 7/03/2023:

Surprisingly good, but I made an unintended modification (perhaps subconsciously), using 1/2 oz of simple syrup rather than the called for 1/4. I had feared that Salers known drying effect would be too much with the 3/4 ounce of lemon, since the Dimmi is balanced between sweet and bitter. The inadvertent use of 1/2 oz simple syrup resulted in a very balanced drink, with the floral (apricot and citrus blossom) of the Dimmi, some gentiane/wormwood bitterness. The flavor/aroma are reminiscent of Aveze in some ways.

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