Machine Gun Etiquette

3⁄4 oz Scotch
3⁄4 oz Apple brandy (Aged such as a VS Calvados or Laird's Bonded)
3⁄4 oz Fino sherry
3⁄4 oz Cynar
1 ds Peychaud's Bitters
1 rinse Apricot liqueur (Glass rinse)
1 twst Orange peel (As garnish)
Instructions

Stir with ice, strain into a cocktail coupe or double old fashioned glass pre-rinsed with apricot liqueur, and garnish with an orange twist. Leaving some of the excess rinse in the glass would do no harm here.

History

Late last year, I was enjoying the autumn evening and thought about the Fall-inspired combination of Scotch and apple brandy. I then considered how well each pair with Cynar, and the Cynar made me think of the pairing with apricot liqueur in the Enjoy the Silence and other drinks like the One One Thousand. The Cynar also made me think of the Remember the Alimony, and the idea quickly came together. Finally, I added a dash of Peychaud's upon straw tasting the combination since it needed a little extra depth. For a name, I dubbed this one the Machine Gun Etiquette after a song by The Damned perhaps due to the smoky element or as an alternative to alimony payments (please don't take the last one seriously folks).

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2019
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Frederic Yarm, Boston, MA
Source reference

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2019/10/machine-gun-etiquette.html

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flickerdart commented on 11/05/2025:

If your other ingredients aren't quite up to snuff, a drop of absinthe instead of the Peychaud's makes this drink something special.

Kaiteur Swizzle

3⁄4 oz Lime juice
1⁄2 oz Grade A amber color and rich taste maple syrup
1⁄2 oz Falernum, Velvet Falernum
2 oz Blended rum (Aged, Guyana)
2 ds Bitters, Angostura
1 spg Mint (as garnish)
Instructions

Glassware: Collins or highball

Garnish: Swizzle napkin wrap and mint sprig

Add all the ingredients to glass, fill 3/4 full with crushed ice, and swizzle with a barspoon (or lélé). Add more crushed ice as need to fill the glass, and garnish.

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Creator
Martin Cate
Source reference

Smuggler's Cove, p. 140

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  • Simple but really good rum swizzle!
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Craig E commented on 7/05/2020:

Curated a bit including correcting the spelling of the name to "Kaieteur" (which comes from a huge waterfall in Guyana). Other online recipes have the lime juice at 1/2 oz, and also include grated nutmeg as an additional garnish. (I don't have access to the Smuggler's Cove book now to verify.)

noksagt commented on 7/04/2020:

First edition of the book has the misspelled "Kaiteur" twice (once in the drink title and once in the statement "Named for the breathtaking Kaiteur Falls in Guyana.")

The recipe is already correct to what is printed in the book (no nutmeg, 3/4 oz lime).

Craig E commented on 7/05/2020:

Thanks @noksagt. Since the misspelling is from the horse's mouth, I'll revert this entry to it, and just leave these comments for the satisfaction of my fellow pedants. 

noksagt commented on 7/05/2020:

For whatever it is worth, yelp photos of the menu have this spelled as "Kaieteur" and omit nutmeg, but are also reasonably recent compared to the 2010 Bon Apetit iteration. I can't find pictures of the drink in the bar to see what they actually serve.

The Necromancer

2⁄3 oz Gin (Empress 1908 Indigo)
2⁄3 oz Triple sec
2⁄3 oz Dry vermouth, Dolin
2⁄3 oz Absinthe
1⁄2 oz Crème de Violette
2⁄3 oz Lemon juice
Instructions

Combine gin, triple sec, vermouth, absinthe, and creme de violette in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a chilled coupe glass. Float lemon juice on top to create a reactive change of colors. Garnish with a lavender sprig or blueberries

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craftginclub.co.uk

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Suffering Bastard

4 oz Ginger beer
1⁄2 oz Lime juice
1⁄4 oz Demerara syrup
1 oz Gin
1 oz Brandy
2 ds Bitters, Angostura
Instructions

Glassware: Collins or highball

Garnish: Mint spring and swizzle stick

Pour ginger beer into glass. Shake remaining ingredients with cracked or cubed ice in shaker. Strain contents into glass, fill with more ice, and garnish.

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1942
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Shepherd's Hotel, Cairo
Source reference

Smuggler's Cove, p. 65

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  • Use a 1/2 oz of lime juice
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Humuhumunukunukuapua'a

2 oz Gin
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
3⁄4 oz Pineapple juice
1⁄2 oz Orgeat (SC)
2 ds Peychaud's Bitters
3 Cherry (as garnish)
1 Orchid (as garnish)
Instructions

Glassware: Double old-fashioned.
Garnish: Edible orchid and maraschino cherries on a cocktail pick.
Add ingredients to a shaker with crushed ice, shake and pour without straining into glass. Garnish.

Notes

Substitute blended aged rum for gin to make a Lauwiliwilinukunuku'oi'oi

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Source reference

Smuggers's Cove p. 144

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shadowkirby commented on 1/06/2022:

Great refreshing drink. Tastes like it has maraschino in it - that sort of cherry starburst taste.

Haunted House

1 oz Jamaican rum, Appleton V/X
1 oz Rye, Rittenhouse
1⁄2 oz Swedish Punsch, Kronan
1⁄4 oz Ginger syrup
2 ds Bitters, Angostura
1 twst Orange peel (as garnish)
Instructions

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

Notes

Appleton Estate V/X has been renamed as "Appleton Estate Signature Blend"

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2011
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Creator
Jeremy Oertel, Donna, Brooklyn, NY
Source reference

"The Old-Fashioned: The Story of the World's First Classic Cocktail," Robert Simonson, Ten Speed Press, 2014, p.152

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Starman Sour

1 oz Gin
1⁄2 oz Amaro Nonino
1⁄2 oz Apricot liqueur
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
2 ds Orange bitters
Instructions

Shake, strain into chilled stemmed cocktail glass, garnish with orange twist

Notes

The sweet stone fruit shines through with background notes of bitter sweet spice.

History

Variation on the Starman (originally posted on Kindred Cocktails)

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Source reference

https://kindredcocktails.com/cocktail/starman

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Paradise Sour

1 oz Rye (Bonded)
1 oz Rum (Cask-strength Barbados)
1⁄2 oz Aromatized wine, Cocchi Vermouth di Torino
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
1⁄2 oz Lime juice
1 oz Falernum
1⁄2 oz Egg white
2 ds Bitters, Angostura
1 twst Lemon peel (as garnish)
1 Orchid (as garnish)
Instructions

Shake all with ice. Strain into coupe. Garnish with lemon peel and orchid.

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https://www.whiskyadvocate.com/paradise-sour-cocktail/

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Spiced Tamarind Buck

3 spg Mint (divided)
1⁄4 oz Falernum, Velvet Falernum
3⁄4 oz Triple sec, Cointreau
1 1⁄2 oz Rhum Agricole (Lemba - Unaged)
2 ds Bitters (Portland Bitters Project - Super Spice)
1⁄2 oz Lime juice
2 oz Ginger beer, Fever Tree
2 oz Club soda
1⁄2 oz Tamarind
Instructions

Muddle 2 sprigs (4 leaves) mint in mixing tin with Falernum and Cointreau. Add rum, lime juice, bitters, then shake. Strain into glass over a large cube. Top with ginger beer. Garnish with remaining mint sprig..

Notes

If you don't have Super Spice bitters, try Bittermens Tiki or anything with a cinnamon note. Alternative is to add a pinch of ground cinnamon prior to shaking (I didn't have any, so I used the bitters in its place).

Could also use a whole lime and muddle with the mint as in a traditional mojito preparation; I already had fresh squeezed lime ready so I used that instead. Could use regular simple or another sweet liqueur in place of the falernum, but I think it adds a great spicy note if you have it. And, of course, any regular rum can always sub for the rhum agricole

To make the tamarind puree, dissolve a small piece of brick tamarind in enough hot water, let it soften for a few minutes, then strain to remove seeds/fiber. Or use a small amount (1/2 tsp?) of tamarind paste.

The drink would probably work with reposado or anejo rum as the base spirit.

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Dawn - Portland, OR
Source reference

This tamarind mojito, w/alterations: https://food52.com/recipes/78415-a-beautiful-friendship-tamarind-mojito…

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Zachary Pearson commented on 6/30/2020:

Curated this - cleaned up a lot of the notes, added the ginger beer to the instructions. Thanks,  Zachary

Le Vieux Pêcher

1 oz Cognac VSOP (Hennessy V.S.O.P)
1 oz Rye, Old Overholt
1 oz Simple syrup (peach, see note)
2 ds Peach bitters
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
1⁄2 oz Egg white (or Aqua Faba)
2 oz Seltzer water
1 sli Lemon peel (as garnish)
2 spg Mint (as garnish)
Instructions

Spirit, Lemon juice, egg whites, simple syrup, bitters, into your tin. Dry shake (or reverse shake - however you like). Shake with ice. Add seltzer to tin. Strain into glass with ice - I use a larger rocks glass.. Express lemon and drop into drink. Mint as a garnish is nice as well.

Notes

Peach Simple Syrup is deadly delicious. I did a 1:1 simple syrup with a single peach sliced up and into the pot. Let it sit for a good 30 minutes.

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