Red Eye Old Fashioned

1 3⁄4 oz Bourbon, Elijah Craig (Small Batch)
1⁄4 oz Virgin Islands Rum, Cruzan Blackstrap
1⁄4 oz Coffee syrup
5 dr Bitters, Bitter End Memphis Barbecue
1 Orange peel
Instructions

Stir, strain into old fashioned glass with a large cube. Garnish with orange peel.

Notes

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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2014
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Lost Plane

3⁄4 oz Rum, Gosling's Black Seal
3⁄4 oz Aperol
3⁄4 oz Amaro Montenegro
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
Instructions

Shake, double strain to Nick and Nora glass. Garnish with lemon peel.

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Emily Gosling from Goslings Black Seal Rum
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4 stars
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4 stars
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  • Quite similar to the original Paper Plane, but perhaps even better?
  • Cut lemon back to between 0.5 & 0.75oz. Used Smith & Cross rum. — ★★★★
  • Really refreshing, can't tell if I like it more than the paper plane. Definitely a great use for aperol and gosling.
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Kindred Cocktails commented on 4/12/2020:

Made with Stiggin' Fancy Pineapple Plantation. Very nice, light, accessible. A good intro to mildly bitter-sweet cocktails.

Shawn C commented on 6/09/2024:

To me it has the same problems as the original Paper Plane, it is dry, acidic, and unbalanced. When cold the acidity combines with the bitter elements of the amari to *suppress* the rest of the flavors. It does improve as it warms (just like the Paper Plane), but the only versions that I have really cared for have reduced the lemon juice and even included a little simple syrup to take the edge off. Cruzan Blackstrap's molasses element might hold up better here.

Lumberjack Negroni

1⁄2 oz Scotch
1⁄2 oz Apple brandy (Aged such as a VS Calvados or Laird's Bonded)
1 oz Campari
3⁄4 oz Dry vermouth
1⁄4 oz Maple syrup
1 twst Orange peel (As garnish)
Instructions

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

History

I was inspired by a recent drink with maple syrup to wonder what it would do in a Negroni? The maple made me think of apple brandy and Scotch instead of gin, and I used dry vermouth since the maple provided all the sweetness needed.

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Year
2020
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Creator
Frederic Yarm, Boston, MA
Source reference

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2020/04/lumberjack-negroni.html

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3.5 stars
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  • A bit like someone spilled a Boulevardier into my apple cider.
  • Great drink. Used Dewars and Mt. Defiance Apple Brandy. Would love to try with different scotch. Maybe sub Aperol and see how that turns out too.
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Silk Road Daiquiri

1 1⁄4 oz Blended rum, Denizen (3 Year)
3⁄4 oz Batavia Arrack
3⁄4 oz Chinese five spice syrup
1 oz Lime juice
Instructions

Shake with ice, strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with a single star anise seed.

Notes

For the Chinese 5 spice syrup combine 1 cup each water and demerara sugar with toasted 5 spice ingredients (.5 tbsp cloves, 1 tbsp Szechuan peppercorn & fennel seeds, 2 tbsp star anise, 1 cracked cinnamon stick). Sous vide for 2 hours at 145 degrees, plunge into ice bath, strain and bottle. Add .25 oz overproof vodka if desired to extend shelf life. Alternately use 3 tbsp of quality 5 spice powder. Or there are also several stove top recipes for 5 spice syrup available online.

History

Part of my 2015 "Daiquiri-palooza" of weekly daiquiri riffs for an entire year.

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2015
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Grand Marais

2 oz Aquavit
1 oz Herbal liqueur, Yellow Chartreuse
2 ds Celery bitters, Fee Brothers
Instructions

Stir all ingredients with ice in a mixing glass. Strain into a chilled Nick and Nora.

Notes

Used Vikre Aquavit, but others would probably also work well.

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2020
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Creator
Jill Krieg
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3.5 stars
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  • The Aquavit overwhelms the Chartreuse. Perhaps 1.25 or 1.5 oz Chartreuse. Rate 3.5 as is.
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Sheltering Sky

1 1⁄2 oz Cognac
1⁄2 oz Swedish Punsch
1⁄2 oz Bénédictine
1⁄2 oz Amontillado Sherry (Or Oloroso)
1 ds Bitters, Angostura
1 twst Orange peel (As garnish)
Instructions

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

Notes

Orange and nutty nose. A rich grape sip. Cognac, tea, minty, chocolate, and nutty flavors on the swallow with an allspice and rum funk finish.

History

Crafted for a 2014 ShakeStir competition with a Cognac sponsor. I was inspired by the Rocket from Pioneers of Mixing in Elite Bars: 1903-1933 with its brandy, Swedish punsch, sweet vermouth, and Picon elements. I converted the vermouth to nutty sherry and the Picon to Benedictine and Angostura Bitters. For a name, I was lured in by the Paul Bowles' mid-century classic for the combination seemed to represent world travel in a glass.

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2014
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Creator
Frederic Yarm, Russell House Tavern, Cambridge, MA
Source reference

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2017/06/sheltering-sky.html

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5 stars
(9 ratings)
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subspot commented on 5/29/2020:

Subbed Swedish Punsch for Xaymaca and it didn't have the nuanced finish as the given recipe. Tried it with Lustau amontillado Los arcos and I'd like to try it with a less dry amontillado or a big Olorosso, we also made it with multiple cognac and it worked great but shined with Courvoisier VS. 

Zerlina

1 1⁄2 oz Fino sherry
1⁄2 oz Gin, Monkey 47
1⁄2 oz Bergamot liqueur, Italicus
1⁄2 oz Apricot liqueur, Rothman & Winter Orchard Apricot
Instructions

Stir all ingredients with ice in a mixing glass and strain into a chilled Nick and Nora glass. ABV is low, so it needs only the briefest of stirs to chill it slightly. Garnish with an expressed lemon peel if you like a little extra flair.

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2020
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Scott Stoeffler, Downers Grove, IL
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4 stars
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  • A superb fruity low ABV sherry drink.
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Emotional Tailspin

3⁄4 oz Bourbon, Elijah Craig (Small Batch)
3⁄4 oz Amaro, Cappelletti Sfumato Rabarbaro
3⁄4 oz Cassis, Combier
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
1 Lemon peel
Instructions

Shake all ingredients with ice for 15 seconds, strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with a lemon peel.

Notes

While I like the Sfumato in this, I've used other amari as well, such as Zucca (more berry notes, less smoke) and Cynar (less smoke, more caramel notes).

History

Riff on one of my favorite modern classics, the Paper Plane. Trying to use up a bottle of creme de cassis while hunkered down during the coronavirus lockdown. Part of my "Cocktails from the Corona Bunker" series. :-)

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2020
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  • Made with Cynar. Delicious! — ★★★★
  • Made with Zucca
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Brindisi commented on 3/31/2020:

Definitely a good use for cassis!  Made this with Zucca (the previous recipe, not the current one), and it was mighty tasty!  Confinement does stimulate the creative juices, doesn't it?

Mixin In Ansley commented on 10/04/2023:

Love these elements and the equal parts idea but for me it’s 1oz bourbon, 3/4 oz Sfumato and 1/2 oz Cassis and lemon.

Odd Couple

1 1⁄2 oz Tequila (Reposado preferred)
3⁄4 oz Dry vermouth
3⁄4 oz Bergamot liqueur, Italicus
1⁄2 oz Suze
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
3 ds Lemon bitters (1821 lemon ginger tincture)
Instructions

Shake over ice, strain into coupe, garnish with a twist.

Notes

Suze may be heavy for some, start with 1/4 oz if you prefer a less bitter profile.

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  • Tequila martini
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Leatherman

1 oz Mezcal, Del Maguey Vida
1⁄2 oz Ancho Reyes chile liqueur
1⁄2 oz CioCiaro
1⁄4 oz Sweet vermouth, Cinzano Rosso
Instructions

Stir and strain over one big rock. Garnish with Orange zest.

Notes

I have used the exact recipe as well as swapping out the Mezcal, amaro and sweet vermouth for other brands, and the formula worked very well on all counts.

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Year
2019
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Authentic recipe
Creator
The Botanist, Portland, OR
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4 stars
(16 ratings)
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  • A bit sweet
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Shawn C commented on 1/10/2023:

A very nice mezcal cocktail. The moderate ancho heat blends harmoniously into the mezcal, mellowing the earthy/smokiness of the latter. The CioCiaro blends smoothly while broadening the flavor profile. The volume is to the small side, increasing to 1.5: 3/4: 3/4: 3/8 would make for a standard fill.

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