Build with ice in a tulip wine glass.
Cocktail inspired by the typical Paduan Spritz.
Mix well, dry shake, and strain into highball glass with crushed ice. Made for a final get-together of like-minded ne'er-do-wells.
Stir, strain, up, twist.
Rock glass, one huge ice cube or ball, stir, serve, express one lemon peel, discard
Fernet = drops not dashes
Stir, strain over fresh ice, garnish.
Shake all ingredients with ice for 15 seconds, strain into coupe. Garnish with grapefruit twist or half grapefruit wheel.
Do a split base with the Stiggins' and a white rum for something a bit less fruity. For the mango syrup, I use frozen unsweetened Goya mango fruit pulp, blended 1:1 with 1:1 cane syrup cuz it's easy and I'm cheap. You could make your own by pureeing fresh mango slices in a blender, or use more expensive mango purees like Perfect Puree, Boiron, La Fruitiere, etc.
Stir and serve
Stir, strain into old fashioned glass with a large cube or sphere. Garnish with an orange swath.
Also works well with a base of rye whiskey or London dry gin.
Stir, strain, coupe
Stir/Strain/Serve Up
Tracie says that the garnish, 3 brandied cherries on a stick, is very important - the tiny amount of brandy seals the deal.
Tracie Herrmann was challenged by a customer to marry Maker's Mark and Fernet Branca - and this is what she came up with. There is already a "Challenge Accepted" cocktail in the database - Tracy's desired name - so I am calling this one "Challenge Excepted." Interestingly enough, that one also contains Fernet. The system also provides a few other similar drinks - the Alcazer and the Root of All Evil in particular perhaps.
Recipe obtained directly from the bartender
Interesting, quite herbal although not as intense as I anticipated for a drink that is half herbal liqueur. The peat in the Laphroaig somehow tames the Izarra's peppermint/spearmint character.