Romancing the Stone

1 oz Scotch
3⁄4 oz Cardamaro
3⁄4 oz Amaro, Cappelletti Sfumato Rabarbaro (Sfumato or Zucca)
1⁄2 oz Herbal liqueur, Green Chartreuse
2 ds Orange bitters
1 twst Grapefruit peel (As garnish)
Instructions

Stir with ice, strain into a rocks glass with ice, and garnish with a grapefruit twist.

Notes

Mellows nicely with ice melt.

History

In scanning my liquor shelves, I conjured up an Scotch abstraction of the Bijou taken in the Caustic Negroni direction. Since Scotch goes well with amari like Sfumato in the Preceptor and Cardamaro in the Great King Street, Green Chartreuse and orange bitters would round out the combination nicely. Moreover, Bijou means jewel, so I dubbed this one the Romancing the Stone after the 1984 romantic adventure comedy.

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

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2020/09/romancing-stone.html

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4 stars
(17 ratings)
From other users
  • Excellent. I spritzed the top with Laphroaig for a bit more smoke.
  • Used Port Charlotte 10 scotch. A nice complex tasting cocktail, different.
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Shawn C commented on 12/12/2022:

Clever combination and with thoughtful proportions. I wasn't sure if I would like this, since Green Chartreuse is often a bully in classic cocktails; but the Sfumato, Cardamaro, and Scotch are intense enough on their own to tame the strong herbal Chartreuse. Even the Angostura Orange Bitters (from the original post) were a good match for the other components. Of course Sfumato and Cardamaro are intense, so this is something one should be in the state of mind for.

Velho Tomas

1 1⁄2 oz Old Tom Gin
1 oz Bianco Vermouth
1 oz Beirao
Instructions

Stir with ice. Serve on rocks.

History

Original.

Yields Drink
Year
2020
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Tom Marrion
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Book of Life

3 sli Apple
1 1⁄2 oz Apple brandy
1 oz Apple cider
1⁄2 oz Bärenjäger
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
3 sli Apple (Honeycrisp, fan for garnish)
Instructions

Muddle apple slices in shaker with lemon juice. Shake, strain, coupe, garnish.

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Year
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Creator
Joey Trotz
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8 Blueberry
2 oz Gin
1 oz Lemon juice
1⁄2 oz Honey
2 ds Bitters, Scrappy's Lavender
Instructions

Muddle blueberries before adding other ingredients. Shake. Strain and pour into a sour goblet.

Notes

Stick to contemporary gins with this one. Avoid London dry. Plymouth, St. George Botanivore, and Barr Hill all gave me great results. Barr Hill seems to have yielded the best results.

The result is an aromatic wonderland of a punch.

Yields Drink
Year
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Instructions

Stir with ice, strain into a cocktail coupe, and garnish with a grapefruit twist.

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Authentic recipe
Source reference

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Instructions

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Notes

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Black sheriff is an agricole rum aged in Kentucky whisky cask. Very very strong oak, and bourbony.
It's dry and bitter with heavy bourbon after aroma.
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Year
2020
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The Italian American Cocktail

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3⁄4 oz Campari
1⁄2 oz Amaro Nonino (original calls for Amaro Montenegro)
1⁄4 oz Lemon juice
1 bsp Maple syrup
1 twst Lemon peel
Instructions

30 second stir, strain, up.

Yields Drink
Year
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Authenticity
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Creator
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Source reference

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PNC

2 oz Pisco
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1⁄2 oz Cynar
1 twst Lemon peel (as garnish)
Instructions

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Authenticity
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Creator
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Instructions

Reverse dry shake and strain into coupe glass.

Notes

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Authenticity
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Instructions

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Notes

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Yields Drink
Year
2018
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Devojka, Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY
Source reference

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