Airbag

1⁄2 oz Batavia Arrack
1⁄2 oz Mezcal
3⁄4 oz Sweet vermouth
1⁄4 oz Allspice Dram
1⁄4 oz Bénédictine
Instructions

Stir with ice, serve up

Notes

Can also be made with .75 oz tequila and .75 oz mezcal, if you favor a bit more smoke. Went over very well as an aperitif

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Phil Ward
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  • Made with blanco tequila but aged mezcal, and Dolin and xocolatl bitters. I'm floored that 1/4 oz of my homemade dram didn't take over. Nice finish.
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I remember making this years ago (maybe a decade?). This is a Phil Ward creation.  Sweet vermouth is Carpano Antica, Allspice Dram is St. Elizabeth and bitters (I've seen builds with 2 dashes) are Bittermens Xocolatl Mole Bitters.  Garnish is a lit Laphroaig Cask Strength soaked cherry.


Teonas commented on 3/06/2020:

Thanks, Applejack! Updated the creator :)


Postcard Home

1 1⁄2 oz Mezcal
1⁄2 oz Simple syrup
1⁄2 oz Amaro, Cappelletti Sfumato Rabarbaro
Instructions

Stir and strain into cocktail glass with a salted rim. Citrus twist garnish.

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2019
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Amanda Schmadel, Barrel Proof, New Orleans
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Sfumato & Repo

1⁄2 oz Amaro, Cappelletti Sfumato Rabarbaro
1⁄2 oz Sweet vermouth
1 twst Lime peel (as garnish)
Instructions

Stir, strain, Nick & Nora. Lime twist.

Notes

This one comes from Food & Wine.

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2018
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Curated: corrected vermouth amount to match source.


The Cause

1 3⁄4 oz Irish whiskey, Redbreast (It'd probably work with something slightly less pricey)
3⁄4 oz Dry vermouth, Dolin
1⁄3 oz Bruto Americano, St. George (scant)
Instructions

Stir, strain, and serve straight up. No garnish.

Notes

The rosemary notes in the Bruto Americano and the Dolin Dry amplify each other, making for a pretty unique drink! This one's great if you're into more savory herbal flavors.

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Cliff Mathieson, San Luis Obispo, California
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  • A real taste of rosemary!
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Mastika Sour

1 1⁄2 oz Mastika
2 oz Club soda
Instructions

Shake lemon juice and mastka with ice, top with soda

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  • Good payoff for low effort. I served it long over ice which worked well too.
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Mastika is the liqueur made from the resin of the gum mastic tree, found near Chios, Greece. There's several brands available in the United States. It's sweet, so the sour and soda help cut it a bit, but the piney, resinous flavor makes a unique drink. I serve these at cocktail nights and always get requests for more.


Forgetful Elephant

2 1⁄4 oz Bourbon, Booker's
3⁄4 oz Amaro Abano, Luxardo
1⁄2 oz Orgeat
1 pn Smoked Salt
Instructions

Stir with ice and strain into a rocks glass.

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Ted Kilpatrick, No. 9 Park, Boston, Massachusetts (USA)
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The drink is a little sweet. We will try to decrease the orgeat & Abano.

Also, it seems to work better with a large cube in the rocks glass.


Agreement with previous comment about this being rather sweet (three of us who tried this together all had that same impression, although we all liked the drink.) 1/2 oz of syrup (orgeat) is a lot, unless there is citrus or a strong bitter component to balance it. I will probably repeat by knocking the orgeat back to 3/8 or even 1/4 to reduce the sweetness. Other than that, the orgeat's almond and the Abano augment one another favorably.

Also, per Fred Yarm's "Drink & Tell", the drink was created by Ted Kilpatrick at No. 9 Park in Boston, so it should be listed as authentic.


yarm commented on 11/05/2023:

Were the sweet versions made with 130° Bourbon though? With 80-100° Bourbon, it's going to come off differently.

And yes, my book condenses the information in my blog post which is the reference here.


Good point. I made it with 101, but probably should have used the 116.8 Rare Breed instead since I have it on hand. I don't have Booker's, but with that at 126 to 130 proof and 2 1/4 oz it would be one stiff pour at ~94 - 96 proof before dilution, and ~1 2/3 oz of alcohol. I'll give it another go.


Celtic Solstice

1⁄2 oz Apple brandy (Lambig de Bretagne)
1⁄2 oz Blended Scotch, Grant and Sons (lightly peated)
1⁄2 oz Canadian whisky (Quebecois)
1⁄2 oz Herbal liqueur, Irish Mist (Irish Mist (sub Bushmills or Paddy or Jamesons if using Drambuie or lucky enough to find Chouchen))
1⁄4 oz Honey Liqueur (Drambuie or better yet Chouchen)
2 ds Bitters, Napa Valley (Toasted Oak)
2 ds Bitters
Instructions

Stir with ice then strain into your old-fashioned glass to savor as it warms in your hand.

Notes

Under construction

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Morning Darling

1 1⁄2 oz Irish whiskey (Tullamore Dew)
3⁄4 oz Simple syrup
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
1⁄2 oz Lime juice
1 1⁄2 oz Hard cider, Martinelli's
Instructions

Dry shake everything but the cider, then add ice and shake. Add cider and double strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Add three drops of Angostura bitters onto the foam and swirl nicely with a straw or toothpick. Enjoy!

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Millionaire (Embury)

2 oz Rye (or bourbon)
1⁄2 oz Curaçao
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
2 ds Grenadine
1 rinse Absinthe
Instructions

Dry shake, then shake and strain into an absinthe-rinsed coupe.

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1948
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Altered recipe
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David Embury
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Curated this to have the volumes match those given at the link, and to paraphrase the instructions in order to avoid copyright infringement. 


Echoes of Time

1 oz Blanco tequila, Astral
1 oz Rucolino, Amaro Cinpatrazzo
Instructions

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

Notes

For the tequila choice, I prefer this with a strongly flavored, earthy tequila (such as the 92 proof flavor bomb Astral). Amaro Cinpatrazzo is a locally produced amaro from the Chicagoland area whose primary ingredient is arugula; it also has notes of blueberry and coffee. I haven't had any other amari that are any easy substitute, perhaps a split of Zucca + Caffe Amaro.

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I have tried this before with the Cinpatrazzo and it was good, although not quite enough to make it into regular rotation (more like a solid 3+ rather than 4.) I recently picked up the best known arugula amaro, Ischia Sapori Rucolino and wondered how it would fare in this cocktail. Comparing Ischia Sapori vs Cinpatrazzo directly is akin to Zucca vs Sfumato Rabarbaro: Ischia is pleasantly sweet for sipping and not nearly as intense in arugula character as the Cinpatrazzo. The sweetness from the Ischia Sapori was simply too much for this cocktail, while I noted the Cinpatrazzo version was balanced. I might try again with a mix of the two Rucolino amari (probably 2 parts Cinpatrazzo to 1 part of the other to hold the balance.) Might switch to a red grapefruit peel for that combination.