Pineapple Fizz

1 1⁄2 oz Pineapple juice
1 t Sugar
1 1⁄2 oz Light rum (white rum in original)
4 oz Soda water
Instructions

Combine the pineapple juice and sugar in a collins glass and stir to dissolve. Fill the glass with ice cubes, add rum, and top with club soda.

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Year
2014
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
David and Lesley Solmonson
Source reference

The 12 Bottle Bar by David Solmonson & Lesley Jacobs Solmonson (Workman Publishing 2014), p. 215.

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  • Not very complex.
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Shipwrecked with Ginger Grant

2 oz Gin, Beefeater
1⁄4 oz Allspice Dram, Bitter Truth
1⁄2 oz Passion fruit syrup
1⁄2 oz Strawberry syrup
3⁄4 oz Lime juice
12 lf Mint
1 1⁄2 oz Hibiscus ginger beer, Q
1 Mint (Garnish)
Instructions

Muddle the 12 mint leaves with the syrups and lime juice in a shaking tin. Add the gin and allspice dram and shake with ice. Pop the seal, add the hibiscus ginger beer to the tin, strain into an ice-filled Collins glass, garnish with a mint crown.

History

Recently got some of the Q Hibiscus Ginger Beer and was playing around with some highball ideas.

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Year
2020
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Flamingo

2 oz Light rum
1 oz Pineapple juice
3⁄4 oz Lime juice
1⁄4 oz Grenadine
1 ds Peychaud's Bitters
Instructions

Shake and strain into chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a long dash of Peychaud's across the top of drink.

Notes

Caiafa says original recipe calls for Cuban rum, but he has also adapted it to use a rhum agricole. He also substitutes genever to turn it into a "Soho Flamingo."

History

Caiafa credits this to Ted Saucier, "Bottoms Up" 1951.

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Year
ca 1951
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Ted Saucier
Source reference

Caifa, Frank. "The Waldorf Astoria Bar Book." 2016. p. 147

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  • I found this to be really good. I made with El Dorado 3yr which is delicious, but I bet it's be great with an agricole. Like a tiki-style daiquiri.
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Jabberwocky

3⁄4 oz Gin, Gin Mare
3⁄4 oz Manzanilla sherry
3⁄4 oz Aromatized wine, Lillet Blanc
2 ds Orange bitters, Regans' orange bitters
Instructions

Stir. Up.Strain to chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with lemon peel

History

A variation on the Jabberwock from the Savoy Cocktail book. This variation is via The Black Pearl, Fitzroy, Australia

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Altered recipe
Creator
The Black Pearl, Fitzroy, Australia
Source reference

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGudsyMDO_g

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Piso Mojado

1 oz Mezcal, Del Maguey Vida
1 oz Blanco tequila, El Tesoro Platinum
3⁄4 oz Strawberry shrub (With basil, kiwi, & black peppercorns)
1⁄4 oz Curaçao, Pierre Ferrand Dry Curaçao
1⁄4 oz Lime juice
3 ds Bitters, Bittermens Burlesque
Instructions

Shake. Double strain into coupe. Garnish with strawberry. (And, optionally, kiwi slice and/or basil leaf.)

Notes

Recipe for shrub (based on Serious Eats' cold process (https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2011/06/cold-processed-berry-shrub-…)

1 cup strawberries, stemmed, chopped, and slightly crushed
2-3 kiwis, peeled, chopped, and slightly crushed
~12 leaves fresh basil, torn
~12 black peppercorns (to taste), whole
1 cup white sugar
0.5 cup apple cider vinegar
0.5 cup balsamic vinegar

Macerate fruit, basil, and peppercorns with sugar at room temperature for several hours.

Refrigerate overnight.

Add vinegar; refrigerate another 24-48 hours.

Fine strain.

Use when all sugar dissolved.

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Garoon commented on 9/03/2020:

Done, Zachary; apologies for having left it out.

Zachary Pearson commented on 9/03/2020:

No worries - I just know that everyone has a different idea on how to make them. Thanks,  Zachary

Old Tart

2 oz Gin, Bluecoat (Barrel Finished)
1 oz Bianco Vermouth, Dolin
3⁄4 oz Elderflower liqueur, St. Germain
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
1⁄2 oz Rhubarb syrup (1:1)
1 bsp Mint syrup (1:1)
Instructions

Shake. Double strain into coupe. Garnish with lemon swath.

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drinkingandthinking commented on 6/10/2022:

excellent, but I subbed some fresh mint and mint bitters to keep it less sweet. Also only had bombay gin, but still top drink - probably better with intended bluecoat.

Southern Goth

1 oz Scotch, Bank Note
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1⁄4 oz Cynar 70
1⁄4 oz Honey syrup (1:1)
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
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1 sli Lemon (garnish)
Instructions

Shake all ingredients with ice for 15 seconds, strain into a chilled coupe or Nick & Nora glass. Garnish with a lemon wheel.

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Year
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Du Jomba

1 1⁄2 oz Blended Scotch, Johnnie Walker Black Label
3⁄4 oz Averna
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
1⁄4 oz Maraschino Liqueur, Luxardo
1 twst Lemon peel
Instructions

Shake. Up. Double strain to coupe glass. Garnish with lemon zest.

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Double Fill-Up

2 oz Rye, Rittenhouse 100
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
3⁄4 oz Simple syrup
1 t Pomegranate molasses
3 lf Mint
Instructions

Shake and double strain into chilled cocktail glass. Garnish: 1 extra mint leaf.

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Year
2008
Authenticity
Unknown
Creator
Phil Ward, Death & Co., New York, NY.
Source reference

"Death and Co. Modern Classic Cocktails", 2014. p. 199

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Whiskey Smash

2 oz Whiskey
3⁄4 oz Simple syrup
3 wdg Lemon
6 lf Mint (plus a sprig as garnish)
Instructions

Muddle lemons, mint and syrup in a shaker. Add whiskey and Shake. Double strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice. Garnish: mint sprig.

Notes

In PDT book, it calls for Rittenhouse, but Meehan credits Degroff. In "Craft of Cocktail" Degroff's older version is made the same but: 2 lemon, 2-3 mint, .75 syrup, 1.5 Maker's Mark bourbon, 1oz water.

History

Apparently based an old recipe by Jerry Thomas, modified with the inclusion of citrus by Dale Degroff. See comments for more.

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Year
1999
Authenticity
Unknown
Creator
Dale Degroff, Rainbow Room, NYC.
Source reference

Meehan, Jim. PDT Cocktail Book. 2011. p. 265

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  • 11.23 - used 2 lemon rinds, 2 orange slices, and 3/4 of shitty triple sec. was fine!
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applejack commented on 8/11/2020:

I'm pretty sure the first instance of a "smash" in print was in Jerry Thomas' "Bar-Tender's Guide & Bon Vivant's Companion" from 1862, with whiskey (bourbon or rye), gin and brandy variants.  Prep was a dirty dump, not strained.

dustinw84 commented on 8/12/2020:

You're right. I have a re-print of Thomas's book, and he includes a brandy, gin, and whiskey smash. However, none of them include citrus. He simply call's them "a julep on a small plan." Directions are to basically shake whiskey, mint, sugar and water together. I also checked Wondrich's Imbibe and couldn't find anything about the inclusion of citrus with the smash.

yarm commented on 8/12/2020:

The Smash was originally a Julep on the small scale (Juleps could be doubles and ornate) that was in Jerry Thomas' 1862 book. Degroff at the Rainbow Room circa 1998 has been attributed for the inclusion of citrus in the Smash, and it took off here in Boston around 2005 with Eastern Standard's Whiskey Smash. Eastern Standard used a variety of Bourbons for that depending on the year, but it was never rye -- Bourbon is softer/rounder than rye and works better with lemon and mint for my palate. This gave new life to the Smash which otherwise would never appear on a menu over the better known Julep.

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