Café de Olla

2 oz Tequila, Peligroso (Cinnamon)
1⁄4 oz Coffee syrup
1⁄4 oz Amargo-Vallet
Instructions

Stir, strain into old fashioned glass with a large cube or sphere. Garnish with an orange swath.

Notes

Was looking to use up some Peligroso Cinnamon I had in inventory. You could also use your own cinnamon infused tequila (a multi day process for standard infusing, or a few hours via sous vide). For the coffee syrup, I mixed equal parts Aeropress coffee (between a French press and espresso in strength) with demerara sugar.

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Cap & Snaps

2 oz Cappelletti Aperitivo
1 oz Aquavit
1 twst Orange peel (as garnish)
Instructions

Stir; strain; rocks; garnish.

Notes

Also works as a spritz with some soda.

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Craig Eliason
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2019
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Craig Eliason, Saint Paul, Minnesota (USA)
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  • Friend mentioned cream soda and sure enough it's there somehow. — ★★★★
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Dakkar Grotto

1 1⁄2 oz Rhum Agricole (I used Rhum JM Blanc)
1⁄2 oz Green tea syrup (1:1 using a strong 5 minute steep of green tea + equal part sugar)
1⁄2 oz Lime juice
1 twst Grapefruit peel (As garnish)
Instructions

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

Notes

Lime, grassy, grape, rhum funk, bitter, and green tea tannins.

History

Created at Loyal Nine in November/December 2016. For a name, I twas inspired by Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and dubbed it after the resting place of Captain Nemo.

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2016
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Frederic Yarm, Loyal Nine, Cambridge, MA
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  • Solid cocktail. Used japanese barley tea infused ss instead of green tea. — ★★★★
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...In a Pear Tree

1 3⁄4 oz Dry vermouth, Dolin
3⁄4 oz Pear liqueur, St. George (Spiced)
1⁄4 oz Pear liqueur, Rothman & Winter
1⁄2 oz Amaro Meletti
Instructions

Stir, strain into coupe or Nick & Nora glass. I typically don't garnish this, but you could do a dehydrated pear slice or pear fan if you're feeling fancy.

Notes

The St. George Spiced Pear Liqueur is quite dry with a nice underpinning of holiday baking spices, and the Rothman is sweeter but quite earthy, so this is a nice combination of pear flavors. If you want something more boozy, split the dry vermouth base with cognac.

History

Was working on Chrysanthemum riffs to use up a bunch of open dry vermouth (and low ABV cocktails are not really my jam), but I was pleasantly surprised how flexible the base recipe is for experimentation and with this pear forward, autumn/winter riff in particular.

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Dolce Far Niente

1 oz Campari
1 1⁄2 oz Orange juice
1 1⁄2 oz Pineapple juice
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
1⁄2 oz Orgeat
1⁄4 oz Simple syrup
1 pn Salt (or 5 drop 1:4 saline)
3 spg Mint (as garnish (1 will do, 3 is what I used))
Instructions

Whip shake, pour into a Collins glass, fill with crushed ice, and garnish with a mint bouquet.

Notes

My Italian take on the Polynesian Paralysis using a Ferrari (Fernet-Campari) as the spirit; I named it the Dolce Far Niente meaning "sweet doing nothing/sweet idleness" which sounded classier than the Italian Paralysis.

History

I had just made one of the older recipes and was inspired to tinker. And amaro tiki is fun!

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2019
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Frederic Yarm, Boston, MA.
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Stars Align

2 oz Japanese Whisky, Nikka Coffey Grain
1 oz Umeshu (I use Choya brand)
Instructions

Mix all ingredients without ice until pomegranate molasses fully dissolves, then serve over a big cube in a rocks glass

Notes

Umeshu and Nikka whiskey go together like butter and bread. A little added sweetness and tartness from the pomegranate molasses takes the combination to the next level (you can add more of the molasses if you prefer a more tart drink)

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Prizzly Bear

1⁄4 oz Allspice Dram
1 twst Orange peel (expressed and discarded)
Instructions

Serve as cold as possible, with as little dilution as possible.

Freshly rinse a Nick & Nora or sherry glass with the creme de menthe and express orange oil.

Notes

Works best if you make/have a sharp, peppery allspice dram and a perky white creme de menthe (spearmint + peppermint + orange mint)

History

A humorous mashup of the classic Polar Bear and the Nannie Dee.

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2011
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I'm catching up, posting old cocktails from nearly a decade ago. Have made many of them recently and they feel like old friends. 


Lady Liberty

2 oz Gin, St. George Terroir
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
1⁄4 oz Apricot liqueur, Merlet
2 ds Grapefruit bitters, Bittermens Hopped Grapefruit Bitters
Instructions

Shake & strain into a coupe

History

Inspired by the Resolute Cocktail 1937

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Randy Wong, Honolulu, HI
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Domaine Daiquiri

2 oz Haitian Rum, Barbancourt white
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice (Centrifuge-clarified lemon preferable)
1⁄2 oz Lime juice (Centrifuge-clarified lime preferable)
1⁄2 oz Cinnamon syrup
Instructions

Shake with ice; double strain. Garnish with orange & lime twists.

History

Inspired by Mariano Licudine's Derby Daiquiri.

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  • Increase cinnamon syrup to 0.75 oz
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Mild impro

3 oz Rye (Jack Daniel's)
3⁄4 oz Pastis (Bardouin)
1 t Lavender Honey Syrup
Instructions

Dilute honey in rye and pastis. Long stir with ice, strain in coupe.

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