Darkness in Brooding

3⁄4 oz Batavia Arrack
3⁄4 oz Cynar 70
3⁄4 oz Zucca
3⁄4 oz Coffee liqueur, St. George
1 Orange peel
Instructions

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

Notes

Also works well with mezcal or a moderately peated scotch (say Talisker Storm or Bowmore, or a split base with some Laphroaig and another non-peated scotch). Part of my ongoing "4 parts, equal parts, stirred" series

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Year
2019
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4 stars
(7 ratings)
From other users
  • Meh
  • Darkness is right. Very heavy, but tasty
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1872

3⁄4 oz Scotch (Smoky blend or smoky single malt)
3⁄4 oz Barbados Rum (Or other non-funky moderately high pot still English-style rum)
1 oz Sweet vermouth, Carpano Punt e Mes
1⁄2 oz Amaro, Cappelletti Sfumato Rabarbaro (Or Zucca)
1 ds Bitters, Bittermens Xocolatl Mole
1 twst Orange peel (Flamed as garnish)
Instructions

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

Notes

Inspired by how well rabarbaro like Zucca & Sfumato pair with Punt e Mes, I crafted a 1919 riff that I named after the Great Boston Fire. I selected Scotch for half the spirit after how well rabarbaros pair with Scotch in the Caustic Negroni.

History

A drink crafted at home instead of at my work bar.

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Year
2019
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Frederic Yarm
Source reference

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2019/05/1872.html

Curator rating
4 stars
Average rating
4 stars
(22 ratings)
From other users
  • My favorite Manhattan-style drink ever. Very impressive. I split Dolin Red & Campari for the Punt e Mes portion. — ★★★★★
  • Original, mettre seulement une goutte de Xoco. Ai mis Averno comme Amaro.
  • Raisin & molasses. — ★★★
  • Used Amaro Montenegro
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Obvious Triticale

1 3⁄4 oz Rye (Dry fly Triticale whisky)
3⁄4 oz Cynar
1⁄2 oz Manzanilla sherry
1⁄2 oz Mirabelle eau-de-vie
1⁄4 oz Falernum
2 ds Bitters, Angostura Orange
2 ds Absinthe
Instructions

Rock glass, ice, stir, express orange peel, serve.

Notes

Triticale whisky is strong, bully.
Imagine a smith n' cross whisky ?

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2019
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Fernet About Dre

2 oz Rye
3⁄4 oz Fernet Branca
3⁄4 oz Amaro Meletti
2 ds Bitters, Fee Brothers Black Walnut
1 Cherry, Luxardo
Instructions

Ice, stir, strain

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Creator
Ryan Shipman
Source reference

Lou Bustamante, The Complete Cocktail Manual; https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2022/03/fernet-about-dre.html

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3.5 stars
(10 ratings)
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  • Meh
  • I don't know if I like this. I think I agree that to balance it you probably have to take the fernet down as it's kind of overwhelming at the proposed spec.
  • Good but I will use less fernet next time
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Curated to add credits and reference. Thanks @yarm

Song About An Ex

1 1⁄2 oz Brandy, Copper & Kings
3⁄4 oz Herbal liqueur, Yellow Chartreuse
3⁄4 oz Cynar
2 ds Grapefruit bitters
1 twst Lemon peel
Instructions

Stir and Strain

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3.5 stars
(3 ratings)
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  • Made with cynar 70, which is a little more intense and may overbalance, need to try again with usual formulation or backing off of this, nice combination of flavors
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Algiers Point

1 oz Cognac
1 oz Rye
1⁄2 oz Sweet vermouth, Carpano Punt e Mes
1⁄2 oz Herbal liqueur, Yellow Chartreuse
3 ds Peychaud's Bitters
2 ds Orange bitters
1 rinse Pastis, Herbsaint (As rinse; substitute absinthe)
1 twst Lemon peel (Oil only as garnish)
Instructions

Stir with ice, strain into an old fashioned glass rinsed with Herbsaint, and garnish with lemon oil from a twist.

History

One night, a pair of cocktailians that I know from around town came into River Bar. For their second round, they asked for something herbal like a Green Point, or perhaps something inspired by John Gertsen (No. 9 Park/Drink/now ABV). So I thought, "Why not both?" Since John is a big fan of Sazeracs and its variations, why not merge a Cognac Sazerac with a Green Point? Gertsen at No. 9 Park was also excited about serving Green Points, so it all fit into place. For a name, I honed in on the "Point" part of the 2005 Milk & Honey neoclassic and dubbed this one after the section of New Orleans on the other side of the Mississippi River, namely Algiers Point.

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Year
2018
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Frederic Yarm, River Bar, Somerville, MA.
Source reference

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2018/05/algiers-point.html

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4 stars
(22 ratings)
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  • The chocolatey finish took me by surprise!
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Somewhat mangled in my substitutions (elixir combier instead of chartreuse, genepy instead of absinthe) but well balanced and an excellent upgrade for a Manhattan fan looking for something more complex to sink their teeth into.

HallA commented on 9/23/2023:

Not dry enough for me, kind of a vieux carre --sazerac mix that is inferior to both. May try and make again with my preferred vieux carre raitos and using the chartreuse instead of benedictine...

A fantastic cocktail !! I'm a real pushover for an extensive component list, especially when I actually have all the components on the shelf. The opportunities to use "more of this" and "less of that" adds great fun in perfecting the cocktail to my own personal palate. Wonderful !!

Two words

1 1⁄2 oz Apple brandy, Lairds
1 1⁄2 oz Zucca
1 twst Lemon peel
Instructions

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

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Creator
Maggie Hoffman's Batch Cocktails
Source reference

http://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2019/09/two-words.html

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Irish Bugs Cutty

1 1⁄2 oz Irish whiskey, Dead Rabbit (Original calls for Cutty Sark blended scotch)
1⁄2 oz Amaro Meletti
1⁄2 oz Herbal liqueur, Yellow Chartreuse
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
1 1⁄2 oz Carrot juice
1 pn Black pepper (garnish to taste)
Instructions

Shake, strain, pour into ice-filled collins glass, grind pepper as garnish to taste

Notes

Original recipe calls for Cutty Sark Prohibition Edition Scotch but I thought a bit sweeter Irish whiskey would do the trick and pair well with sweet milky carrot juice.

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Altered recipe
Creator
Rob Krueger, Extra Fancy, Brooklyn, NY
Source reference

https://www.thespruceeats.com/bugs-cutty-cocktail-recipe-759218

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  • Stupid me - I shoulda capitalized on the Dead Rabbit brand for my naming. Dead Bugs Bunny!
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Swanky Panky

2 oz Sweet vermouth, Carpano Antica Formula
1 oz Gin, Aviation
1 oz Rye, Rittenhouse
2 ds Fernet Branca
Instructions

Stir, strain to coupe. Garnish with orange twist

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Unknown
Creator
Teddy's great uncle of Bob's Burger cartoon
Source reference

https://youtu.be/zT9iqeENJB0

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Ornithologist

1 1⁄2 oz Blanco tequila
1 1⁄2 oz Pineapple juice
3⁄4 oz Suze
1⁄2 oz Falernum, Velvet Falernum
1⁄2 oz Lime juice
1 bsp Mezcal, Del Maguey Vida
1 spg Mint (as garnish)
Instructions

Shake all ingredients with ice. Strain to a double rocks glass with ice. Garnish with a mint bouquet.

History

Rather than thinking of a white jungle bird at first. I wanted a tequila/suze/pineapple sour. The jungle bird template fit well with a few tweaks. Falernum over Simple Syrup gives a lot of complexity over the citrus / bitterness / earthiness / smoke.

At first I wanted the name to refer to something like a "radioactive bird", however I ended up with "Ornithologist", which is a scientist who studies birds. Since this is, colorwise, a reverse Jungle Bird, I flipped the point of view for the name. It's not a bad name but still could change for something more catchy lol

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Year
2019
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Phillip Gruneich
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4 stars
(28 ratings)
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  • Increased mezcal to 0.25 oz, decreased Suze to 0.5 oz. Amazing! — ★★★★★
  • Subs: - 1/2 Campari, 1/2 Amaro Nonino for Suze - Lime wedge for mint garnish Very smooth. Bitter, citrusy, straightforward. — ★★★★
  • fascinatingly complex and bitter
  • It's very earthy, the bitter from the Suze hits at the end. The pineapple adds a little tang the whole sip. Falernum includes some spice into all the earthiness of the cocktail. — ★★★★★
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Suze weighs in a little too strong for me but creative approach. Still miss the Campari- less a riff without it. Just revisited. Delicious especially if you are not looking for a jungle bird.

HallA commented on 10/23/2023:

Made with salers rather than Suze and it suffers for it. There's definitely something here but I think the deeper / longer finishing bitterness of the Suze and more intensity would have bridged more than than the Salers and helped with evolution.

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