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Caractacus Potts

3 oz Gin (Bombay)
1⁄2 oz Lime juice (to taste)
2 oz Seltzer water (to top)
Instructions

Shake everything but the seltzer, double strain into a Collins glass full of ice, top with selzter.

Notes

Finishing it with seltzer makes this drink more approachable, which is important because I find that this is a very nice early-in-the-day sipper. It's also very representative of springtime around these parts with it's beautiful pink color and gin-botanical character.

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Year
2019
Authenticity
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Creator
Connery Carson of Pensacola Florida
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Zachary Pearson commented on 5/16/2020:

Curated this - changed parts to ounces. Cleaned up some of the notes section. Revised instructions to match the cited link. This is very similar to the Endless Summer and the Watermelon Gin Cooler. Thanks,  Zachary


Botanical Elixir

2 oz Aromatized wine, Lillet Blanc
1 oz Herbal liqueur, Green Chartreuse
1⁄2 oz Gin
1⁄2 oz Simple syrup
1 twst Lime peel (as garnish)
Instructions

Shake, strain into a coupe, garnish.

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2 stars
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Written Word

3⁄4 oz Orange liqueur
3⁄4 oz Gin
3⁄4 oz Herbal liqueur, Green Chartreuse
3⁄4 oz Lime juice
1 Maraschino cherry (as garnish)
1 sli Lime (as garnish)
Instructions

Shake with ice.
Strain into coupe
Garnish with cherry and lime wheel on pick

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Unknown
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4 stars
(3 ratings)
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Lillet-St. Germain

3 sli Orange
2 oz Aromatized wine, Lillet Blanc
1 sli Orange (as garnish)
Instructions

Muddle orange slices in shaker.
Add remainder + ice and shake.
Pour in lowball half-filled with ice
top with soda water & additional orange slice

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5 stars
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tcmcdonough commented on 6/25/2023:

Fantastic drink if you are looking for a delicious low-alcohol cocktail.


Americanino

Instructions

Fill glass with ice, and liquors and top with tonic water. Garnish with twist of orange

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Creator
Simone Mina of Checchino Restaurant in Rome
Source reference

Amaro Nonino hangtag

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4 stars
(9 ratings)
From other users
  • A classic aperitivo. Just great - although almost any amaro and tonic would be wonderful.
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Ice-berg

Instructions

Blend together until smooth, then pour unstrained. Garnish with the underberg bottle.

Notes

Really tasty. You get the bitter up front but it's very balanced.

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Creator
Garret Richard
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Craig E commented on 4/08/2021:

Curated to add credit to Garret Richard (per Parson's Amaro book). 


Insanely Good Gin & Tonic

1 1⁄2 oz Gin, Brooklyn (preferable)
1⁄2 oz Suze
1⁄4 oz Lime cordial (or lime juice)
4 oz Tonic water, Q (preferable)
Instructions

Add ingredients minus tonic in a chilled Collins glass; top with ice and tonic; garnish with a lime wheel

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Creator
Chaim Dauermann, Up & Up, New York
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4 stars
(14 ratings)
From other users
  • With Amer Sauvage and Morgenthaler cordial and Tanq, bracingly bitter. — ★★★
  • Suze is a brilliant move here. Horrible name.
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Zachary Pearson commented on 5/13/2020:

Tried this tonight, but with Tanqueray subbed for the Brooklyn Gin (I thought it'd be similarly minimalist). It's fine. The Suze dominates, especially on the finish. I don't think the bitters are necessary, and I'd like more lime. Thanks,  Zachary



DrunkLab commented on 5/14/2020:

If you're making this without making Chaim's lime cordial (recipe at the link), I would steep some lime peels in the gin/Suze combo until fragrant and then strain before adding ice and tonic. 

This drink was rather (one might say "insanely") popular when I was at The Up & Up. While the gentian flavor from Suze isn't what I personally go to G&Ts for (side note: can we get a quinquina answer to Suze/Campari on the market?), this is a thoughtful, balanced drink with nerd interest but broad appeal. 


Zachary Pearson commented on 5/14/2020:

Rafa - I thought about the cordial but it doesn't seem there's a good way to scale that down considering the time investment. Perhaps lime juice for the cordial isn't a good substitute? Thanks,  Zachary


Craig E commented on 5/14/2020:

Could falernum (and juice) play some role in a quick and dirty sub for the cordial (and perhaps the bitters)?


Zachary Pearson commented on 5/14/2020:

Craig - too much almond there. Almond + Suze sounds like a wrong path. Suze is just such a difficult thing to use. Rafa - as for a Quina sub for Suze... my first thought would be to make a tincture of lime and vanilla and dilute it with flat tonic water and a touch of OFW to 30 proof. Thanks,  Zachary 



applejack commented on 5/16/2020:

I tried this using a lime cordial I make for gimlets (a sous vide prep of equal parts lime juice and cane sugar, with the lime peels being removed prior to juicing and being added in).  I already got too much cocktail crap in the fridge so I wasn't looking to make another cordial just for this drink.  The Brooklyn Gin is a typical New Western style gin (i.e lower proof--80 in this case--and citrus heavy with the juniper pushed to the background).  I tend not to like gins in that style with G&Ts, and given there was already more citrus in my build using my cordial, I used Ford's.  I liked the addition of Suze. Not sure I would serve this to my dad when he's looking for a G&T, but it's an interesting enough twist for the cocktail nerd crowd.

Also, there is--or was--a cinchona bark liqueur available (though with limited availability), Vicario Quina Liqueur.  Not easy to find (got mine somewhere in Brooklyn a few years ago) but it was a really nice product.


Zachary Pearson commented on 5/17/2020:

I'm drinking one of these with the julienned lime from the above note + 1 tsp sugar to get in the cordial ballpark. It's much better than my first attempt - the massive whomp of lime oil tames the Suze bitterness nicely. Thanks,  Zachary 


HallA commented on 8/07/2020:

Done with Morgenthaler cordial recipe and botanivore gin.  Probably will go to tanq next time as more juniper will stand up a little better but still a great drink.


Brain-Duster (William Schmidt)

1 oz Absinthe
1⁄2 oz Sweet vermouth
1 oz Lime juice (juice of 1 lime)
Instructions

Shake; strain; up.

History

Another recipe of the same name and similar vintage is also in the Kindred database; they have absinthe and sweet vermouth in common but little else. There are many ways to dust your brain I guess!

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Year
1891
Authenticity
Altered recipe
Creator
William Schmidt, New York, New York (USA)
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3.5 stars
(2 ratings)
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subspot commented on 5/12/2020:

Ooof, maybe using Vieux Pontarlier was the mistake but this was unbalanced and boring. 


Fast Rigging

1 1⁄2 oz Light rum
1⁄4 oz Aromatized wine, Cocchi Americano
3⁄4 oz Lime juice
1⁄2 oz Simple syrup (lemon syrup; see Notes)
6 lf Mint (6-8)
1 Ginger (pinky-sized piece)
1 spg Mint (as garnish)
1 pn Black pepper (as garnish)
Instructions

Muddle mint, ginger, and celery in syrup and juice. Fine strain into shaker, add alcohol and shake with ice. Serve up and garnish.

Notes

For lemon syrup, simmer 1c water, 1c sugar, and zest of a lemon until dissolved. Cool, stir in 1/3c lemon juice, and fine strain.

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Greg Best, Atlanta, Georgia (USA)
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Runaway Horses

1 oz Apple brandy (Aged like Laird's Bonded or Calvados)
1 oz Cardamaro
1 oz Amaro, Cappelletti Sfumato Rabarbaro (Sfumato or Zucca)
1 twst Grapefruit peel (As garnish)
Instructions

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

History

I was inspired by the a drink from the 1934 Laird's recipe book on EUVS, and I decided to tinker. I recalled the apple brandy-Rabarbaro combination and the apple brandy-Cardamaro one from other cocktails, and I combined all three elements into an Apple Negroni-style equal parts cocktail. For a name, I decided to dub this one after a Yukio Mishima novel called Runaway Horses.

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Year
2020
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Creator
Frederic Yarm, Boston, MA
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5 stars
(8 ratings)
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alcoholism commented on 12/09/2022:

Good, but I preferred it with the addition of 1 oz. amontillado. Cardamaro was still sort of lost in the mix. I suspect Laird’s may work better than the calvados I used.


Mixin In Ansley commented on 11/15/2023:

Undisputed 5 star. Hits the sweet and the bitter- evocative. You suddenly wonder where you are.