Christmas in Hell

3⁄4 oz Branca Menta
3⁄4 oz Becherovka
3⁄4 oz Cherry Liqueur, Cherry Heering
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
Instructions

Shake all ingredients with ice for 15 seconds, strain into coupe. I've garnished with either a blood orange wheel (fresh or dehydrated), a single star anise seed or picked cherries depending on what I had ready.

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Year
2019
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Call of the Wild

1 1⁄4 oz Rye
1 1⁄4 oz Old Tom Gin (I also have made this with London Dry Gin.)
1⁄2 oz Bénédictine
1⁄2 oz Herbal liqueur, Yellow Chartreuse
2 ds Orange bitters
1 twst Lemon peel (As garnish.)
Instructions

Stir with ice, strain into a cocktail coupe, and garnish with lemon oil from a twist. In later iterations, I have garnished with the twist, so either option is fine.

Notes

Lemon, pine, honey, malt, rye spice, and minty herbal. The spirit duo here was based off a pairing in a house cocktail that worked rather elegantly: Gin Lane Old Tom Gin and Rittenhouse Bonded Rye. Feel free to use London Dry Gin for that's what I used after I left Our Fathers.

History

At Our Fathers, I did a mashup of two stirred drinks: the Alaska and the Frisco. The Frisco is the lesser known variation of the Frisco Sour that lacks citrus that I traced back to Boothby's 1934 book. What links the recipes together are two factors: first, the structure of spirit balanced by liqueur (the Alaska does have orange bitters while the Frisco does not (with Angostura, the Frisco becomes a Monte Carlo)), and second, both were sites of American gold rushes. For a name, I dubbed this one after a Jack London book, Call of the Wild, set in the more Northern rush.

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Year
2018
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Frederic Yarm, Our Fathers, Allston, MA
Source reference

http://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2018/03/call-of-wild.html

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  • I used Chemist's Barrel-rested gin thinking this would be a good spot for it, and it really shone in this drink.
  • Pine. — ★★★
  • Green Chartreuse
  • Made with High West 2x & Beefeater. Tasting notes are accurate. The gin and whiskey marry well, perhaps surprisingly. Sweet herbs then spice.
  • Honey, pine, some burn from the rye. Used Old Overholt, Beefeater and Green Chartreuse.
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Ajvan commented on 12/03/2019:

Used what I had on hand--Old Overholt, Beefeater and Green Chartreuse--and enjoyed this. Tasting notes are accurate, nice wintry drink. 

Eyes on the Table

1 oz Mezcal
1 oz Byrrh
1⁄2 oz Aperol
1⁄2 oz Elderflower liqueur, St. Germain
2 ds Bitters, Bittermens Xocolatl Mole
1 twst Orange peel (As garnish.)
Instructions

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

History

When I started working at River Bar in March 2018, I was inspired by Byrrh Quinquina being on the bar. I then matched it with three ingredients that I have seen it work well with: mezcal, elderflower, and Aperol. For a name, I later dubbed this one Eyes on the Table after a work by Spanish born surrealist artist Remedios Varo.

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

http://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2018/04/eyes-on-table.html

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4.5 stars
(18 ratings)
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  • REALLY WANT TO TRY
  • Tasty but a bit sweet. Upped the mezcal and it worked better for me
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Rhein Airlift

2 oz Riesling (A sweeter one)
1 oz Amère Sauvage
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
1⁄4 oz Braulio
1⁄4 oz Islay Scotch, Laphroaig
2 ds Bitters, Bitter Truth Cucumber
2 oz Soda water
Instructions

Stir all except soda water with ice, strain into a wine glass over big cube, top with soda water.

Notes

Suze is probably fine to swap for the Amère Sauvage, but add a little something like orange bitters to make up for it.

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Year
2019
Authenticity
Unknown
Creator
Micah Stupak
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Campfire Sour

1 1⁄2 oz Bourbon (high proof)
1 1⁄2 oz Amaro, Cappelletti Sfumato Rabarbaro
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
Instructions

Shake, strain, rocks. Lemon wheel.

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Unknown
Creator
Haus Alpenz
Source reference

https://alpenz.com/recipe-0526-0386.html

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  • 1 part bourbon, 1 part sfumato, 2/3 part lemon
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Sfumato & Rye

2 oz Rye, Rittenhouse
3⁄4 oz Amaro, Cappelletti Sfumato Rabarbaro
1⁄4 oz Lemon juice
1⁄4 oz Simple syrup
2 ds Orange bitters
1 twst Grapefruit peel
Instructions

Shake, strain into rocks glass. Top off with club soda (optional). Grapefruit peel garnish.

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Authentic recipe
Creator
Food & Wine
Source reference

https://www.foodandwine.com/drinks/sfumato-liquor-cabinet-roulette

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Saint of Circumstance

2 oz Cucumber Vodka, Crop Organic Cucumber Vodka
1⁄2 oz Aromatized wine, Lillet Blanc
3⁄10 oz Elderflower liqueur, St. Germain
3 ds Bitters, Bittermens Hopped Grapefruit
Instructions

Add ice to shaker. Add ingredients. Stir and strain into martini glass.

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Year
2019
Authenticity
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Creator
Luv4music
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Jayhawk

1 oz Bourbon
1 oz Reposado Tequila
3⁄4 oz Aperol
1 twst Lemon peel (as garnish)
Instructions

Stir, strain, expressed lemon peel garnish.

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Creator
AJ Vanderhorst
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3.5 stars
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Home On the Range

2 oz Rye
1⁄2 oz Triple sec, Cointreau
1⁄2 oz Sweet vermouth
2 ds Bitters, Angostura
Instructions

Stir, strain, rocks glass. Lemon peel garnish.

History

Dates back to 1945, Crosby Gaige's Cocktail Guide.

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Unknown
Creator
Dates back to 1945, Crosby Gaige's Cocktail Guide.
Source reference

http://www.barnotes.co/recipes/home-on-the-range

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  • A more boozey alternative to the old fashioned.
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João Gilberto

1 1⁄2 oz Spanish brandy (fernando de castilla)
3⁄4 oz Averna
3⁄4 oz Dry vermouth, Noilly Prat
1⁄4 oz Cinnamon Schnapps liqueur (witch on fire)
2 ds Bitters, Angostura
4 dr Orange flower water
Instructions

Strir. Strain. Coupe glass. Garnish with orange peel.

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  • Made with Goldschlager. Surprisingly and disarmingly delicious.
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