Dakkar Grotto

1 1⁄2 oz Rhum Agricole (I used Rhum JM Blanc)
1⁄2 oz Sweet vermouth, Carpano Punt e Mes
1⁄2 oz Green tea syrup (1:1 using a strong 5 minute steep of green tea + equal part sugar)
1⁄2 oz Lime juice
1 twst Grapefruit peel (As garnish)
Instructions

Shake with ice, strain into a cocktail coupe, and garnish with a grapefruit twist.

Notes

Lime, grassy, grape, rhum funk, bitter, and green tea tannins.

History

Created at Loyal Nine in November/December 2016. For a name, I twas inspired by Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and dubbed it after the resting place of Captain Nemo.

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2016
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Creator
Frederic Yarm, Loyal Nine, Cambridge, MA
Source reference

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2016/12/dakkar-grotto.html

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  • Solid cocktail. Used japanese barley tea infused ss instead of green tea. — ★★★★
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...In a Pear Tree

1 3⁄4 oz Dry vermouth, Dolin
3⁄4 oz Pear liqueur, St. George (Spiced)
1⁄4 oz Pear liqueur, Rothman & Winter
1⁄2 oz Amaro Meletti
1 rinse Allspice Dram, Bitter Truth
Instructions

Stir, strain into coupe or Nick & Nora glass. I typically don't garnish this, but you could do a dehydrated pear slice or pear fan if you're feeling fancy.

Notes

The St. George Spiced Pear Liqueur is quite dry with a nice underpinning of holiday baking spices, and the Rothman is sweeter but quite earthy, so this is a nice combination of pear flavors. If you want something more boozy, split the dry vermouth base with cognac.

History

Was working on Chrysanthemum riffs to use up a bunch of open dry vermouth (and low ABV cocktails are not really my jam), but I was pleasantly surprised how flexible the base recipe is for experimentation and with this pear forward, autumn/winter riff in particular.

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2019
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Dolce Far Niente

1 oz Fernet Branca
1 oz Campari
1 1⁄2 oz Orange juice
1 1⁄2 oz Pineapple juice
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
1⁄2 oz Orgeat
1⁄4 oz Simple syrup
1 pn Salt (or 5 drop 1:4 saline)
3 spg Mint (as garnish (1 will do, 3 is what I used))
Instructions

Whip shake, pour into a Collins glass, fill with crushed ice, and garnish with a mint bouquet.

Notes

My Italian take on the Polynesian Paralysis using a Ferrari (Fernet-Campari) as the spirit; I named it the Dolce Far Niente meaning "sweet doing nothing/sweet idleness" which sounded classier than the Italian Paralysis.

History

I had just made one of the older recipes and was inspired to tinker. And amaro tiki is fun!

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2019
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Creator
Frederic Yarm, Boston, MA.
Source reference

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2019/09/dolce-far-niente.html

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Stars Align

2 oz Japanese Whisky, Nikka Coffey Grain
1 oz Umeshu (I use Choya brand)
5 dr Pomegranate molasses
3 ds Bitters, Angostura
Instructions

Mix all ingredients without ice until pomegranate molasses fully dissolves, then serve over a big cube in a rocks glass

Notes

Umeshu and Nikka whiskey go together like butter and bread. A little added sweetness and tartness from the pomegranate molasses takes the combination to the next level (you can add more of the molasses if you prefer a more tart drink)

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Cliff Mathieson, San Luis Obispo, California
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  • Made with a homemade white rum based umeshu. I'd strongly recommend a full barspoon of pomegranate molasses. Also stir w/ ice before serving but after dissolving pomegranate. (4.5★)
  • Very subtle. And drinkable. Used 7 drops of pomegranate molasses & Crude bitterless marriage bitters. — ★★★★★
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Prizzly Bear

1 oz Mezcal, Del Maguey Vida
1⁄4 oz Allspice Dram
1 rinse White Crème de Menthe
1 twst Orange peel (expressed and discarded)
Instructions

Serve as cold as possible, with as little dilution as possible.

Freshly rinse a Nick & Nora or sherry glass with the creme de menthe and express orange oil.

Notes

Works best if you make/have a sharp, peppery allspice dram and a perky white creme de menthe (spearmint + peppermint + orange mint)

History

A humorous mashup of the classic Polar Bear and the Nannie Dee.

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2011
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Randy Wong, Clio, Boston, MA
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waitiki commented on 10/15/2019:

I'm catching up, posting old cocktails from nearly a decade ago. Have made many of them recently and they feel like old friends. 

Lady Liberty

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1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
1⁄4 oz Apricot liqueur, Merlet
2 ds Grapefruit bitters, Bittermens Hopped Grapefruit Bitters
Instructions

Shake & strain into a coupe

History

Inspired by the Resolute Cocktail 1937

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2011
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Randy Wong, Honolulu, HI
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Domaine Daiquiri

2 oz Haitian Rum, Barbancourt white
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice (Centrifuge-clarified lemon preferable)
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1⁄2 oz Cinnamon syrup
3 ds Bitters, Angostura Orange
Instructions

Shake with ice; double strain. Garnish with orange & lime twists.

History

Inspired by Mariano Licudine's Derby Daiquiri.

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2010
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Mild impro

3 oz Rye (Jack Daniel's)
3⁄4 oz Pastis (Bardouin)
1 t Lavender Honey Syrup
Instructions

Dilute honey in rye and pastis. Long stir with ice, strain in coupe.

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3⁄4 oz Egg white
Instructions

Do a dry shake then shake vigorously with ice

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HallA commented on 10/15/2023:

It's a very decadent sour.. a little sweet for my tastes though it's pleasant and balanced.

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1⁄2 oz Absinthe
1⁄2 oz Meyer lemon juice
2 ds Peychaud's Bitters
1 cube Sugar cube
Instructions

Crush sugar with Peychaud’s in highball glass. Add iced booze, stir with perfumed cherry

Notes

“ohmigosh
like drinking chemicals”
(my spouse)

History

Thanks, Don!

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