Black Sakura

Instructions

STIR with ice and double strain strain into a chilled nick & nora glass or champagne coupe. Cherry and/or lemon garnish.

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Andy Aitken at proofcocktails.nl
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  • The sake largely stays out of the way which leads to a surprisingly medicinal outcome (although not in any way unpleasantly). The drink is good, but feels flat.
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Born of Winter

3⁄4 oz Coffee rum, Brinley's
3⁄4 oz Batavia Arrack
3⁄4 oz Amaro Lucano
3⁄4 oz Cream
1 pn Nutmeg
Instructions

Shake all ingredients with ice for 15 seconds, strain into coupe. Garnish with fresh grated nutmeg.

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In the Light of the Sun

2 oz Light rum, Diplomatico Planas
1⁄2 oz Coconut liqueur, Kalani
1⁄2 oz Crème de Cacao, Marie Brizard (Blanc)
1 ds Strega
Instructions

Shake all ingredients with ice for 15 seconds, strain into coupe. Garnish with lime twist or lime wheel.

Notes

The Diplomatico Planas is a 6 year (filtered), 94 proof light rum, so it's of a significantly higher proof than most others in the category. As an alternative, you could use Bacardi Heritage 1909 (89 proof), use a 80 proof light rum split with a bit of Wray & Nephew White Overproof (though you'll get a bit of that Jamaican hogo), or 2.25 oz of an 80 proof light rum.

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Eye for an Eye

1 oz Rum, Ron del Barrilito 3 Star
1⁄2 oz Batavia Arrack
1⁄2 oz Hibiscus Liqueur, FruitLab
1⁄2 oz Coffee liqueur, St. George
1⁄2 oz Passion fruit syrup
1 bsp Amargo-Vallet
1 Lime peel
Instructions

Shake all ingredients with ice for 15 seconds, strain into coupe. Garnish with lime twist or lime wheel.

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The Dandy Randy

1 1⁄2 oz Brandy
1 oz Limoncello, Pallini
3⁄4 oz Dry sake
1 ds Aztec Chocolate bitters
Instructions

Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.

Notes

The sake works to "smooth" the brandy and let the limoncello stay on top.

History

Created to honor the memory of a college classmate and Navy helo pilot.

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Carl N. in SoCal
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The Velvet Underground

Instructions

Shake, strain into a double Old Fashioned glass over fresh ice. Garnish with an edible flower.

Notes

I found this on the Del Maguey website and I love its simplicity and nod to the Last Word...

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Justin Whitman, Bar Manager from Grand Rapids, MI
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  • Tasted strikingly like Gatorade!
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Mexican Nomad

1⁄4 oz Herbal liqueur, Green Chartreuse
Instructions

Stir with ice and strain into martini glass

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  • Dominated by the vermouth. Weirdly. And dissapointingly.
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Freudian Flip

1 oz Cognac
1 oz Calvados
1⁄2 oz Bénédictine
1⁄4 t Absinthe
1 pn Nutmeg
Instructions

Dry shake first 6 ingredients. Add ice and shake to nice foaminess. Strain and grate nutmeg on top.

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Source reference

Naples Wine Cave. Adapted recipe.

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Sleepthief

1 1⁄2 oz Rye, Rittenhouse
1⁄2 oz Coffee liqueur, St. George
1⁄2 oz Cynar 70
1⁄2 oz Herbal liqueur, Green Chartreuse
1 twst Lemon peel
Instructions

Stir (maybe for 5-10 revolutions more than usual as these are strongly proofed ingredients), strain into old fashioned glass with a large cube or sphere (or a coupe with no ice). Garnish with a lemon swath.

Notes

** UPDATE 5/10/22 **
I've continuously played with the ratios of this drink over the last few years based on feedback, and recently rolled this out on a new dessert menu at work. Current version is 4 parts, equal parts (.75 oz), using Cynar instead of Cynar 70.

The amaro choice is flexible--I've had it with standard Cynar, Nardini, even Zucca (thanks Drew).

History

Named after the electronica band. Their music isn't really my cup of tea, but I thought the name was catchy for a nightcap type drink with coffee liqueur.

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  • Dark and delicious drink that packs a bit of a punch. I didn't have the recommended coffee liqueur and found my alternate (homemade) overpowering; reduced that to 1/4 oz for better balance.
  • Dark, sweet and boozy digestif
  • This is very good. For me, I'll dial back the green chartreuse to .25 oz on the next version. Also a drop or low concentration saline solution seems to enhance the combination.
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The Shark Lady

1 oz Coconut rum (Kaola rum)
1⁄2 oz Rum, Pusser's (Gunpowder)
1⁄2 oz Vanilla liqueur (Nassau Royale)
3⁄4 oz Lime juice
1 1⁄4 oz Guava juice
1⁄2 oz Hibiscus syrup
2 ds Pimento bitters, Dale De Groff
Instructions

Shake, serve in a shark mug, garnish with splash of Peychaud bitters and hibiscus flower

Notes

Substitute for Nassau Royale Liqueur (discontinued) : half Licor 43 and half Falernum

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