Campaign Trail

2 t Campari
4 1⁄8 oz Brut Champagne
Instructions

Build into a champagne flute

Notes

Just about any dry champagne will do. I personally prefer Perrier Jouët

History

Created in 2018 by Alex Vowles to celebrate a friend winning a local election

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2018
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Creator
Alex Vowles, Hawthorn Lounge, Wellington NZ
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  • Bitter, sweet and refreshing. Could be drank as a great aperitif or as a celebratory drink. The bitterness of the Campari plays well with the dry effervescence of the champagne. — ★★★★★
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Sparkling wine and Campari is an aperitif drunk in all the bars of Italy for over a century. In my city it's called Chiodino, meaning little nail.
This is because the carefully poured Campari penetrates like a nail into the wine.

Naval Treaty

1 3⁄8 oz Rum (Pacto Navio - Cuban)
2⁄3 oz White port
1⁄2 oz Apricot liqueur, Luxardo
1 bsp Herbal liqueur, Green Chartreuse
2 ds Bitters, Angostura
1 sli Orange cream citrate (Wheel, as garnish)
Instructions

Stir with ice, coupe, garnish with orange disk.

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2019
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Alex Vowles, Hawthorn Lounge, Wellington
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4 stars
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5 stars
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Had to make some subs — El Dorado 8 for the rum, Rothman & Winter for the apricot liqueur), orange peel coin for garnish — but really enjoyed this one: the white port and apricot liqueur lent a juicy-fruity smoothness to the dominant rum (ED8 is one of my favs), the chartreuse a hint of herbaceousness, and the aromatic bitters tempered the sweetness slightly (though this wasn’t too sweet to me). Booze-forward but not overly so as I stirred it well. Nice sipper that went down quick!

Banana Manifesto

2 oz Añejo tequila, Alma
1⁄4 oz Crème de Banane, Giffard
1⁄4 oz Coconut liqueur, Kalani
1⁄4 oz Amaro Nardini
1 ds Coffee Pecan Bitters
1 Orange peel
Instructions

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

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2019
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Source reference

http://www.splinteredstudios.com/BananaManifesto.htm

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American Trilogy

1 oz Applejack
1 oz Rye
3⁄8 oz Grade A dark color and robust taste maple syrup (called for 1/2 oz simple using 2:1 Grade B)
2 ds Orange bitters
1 twst Orange peel (as garnish)
Instructions

Combine liquid ingredients in a rocks glass. Stir with ice. Garnish with twist of orange peel.

History

Based on a cocktail developed at Little Branch in New York City.

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John Peterson, Little Bird, Portland, Oregon (USA)
Source reference

http://imbibemagazine.com/25-days-of-holiday-drinks-day-5-american-tril…

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  • A cocktail with backbone yet easy to drink. Used Wild Turkey rye 101 and Laird's Applejack, dash each of Reagan's and Bittercube Trinity bitters. Also Blis maple syrup (bourbon barrel matured) Rate 5.0
  • What a phenomenal old fashioned riff
  • As someone who makes his own maple syrup, I don't see the point of the original diluted maple syrup "syrup". Maple syrup is just boiled sap, and sweetness and consistency can vary greatly. Also, I used 1/2 oz. syrup.
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Sasha Petraske founded both Milk & Honey and Little Branch.



The cocktail's co-creators are Richard Boccato and Michael McIlroy.  They both worked at both bars. But Little Branch probably deserves the nod. In Regarding Cocktails, Boccatto's quote about this drink:

Once in the midst of a sleepy shift at Little Branch, I asked Mickey whether or not a cocktail could be built in the glass and devised with ingredients that were slightly different from those that we used to make our house Old Fashioned.

This is a modern classic & I'd think Bocatto & McIlroy's original version (rather than the minor alterations made in PDX) should be found somewhere here.

Last Date

1 oz Cognac, Pierre Ferrand 1840
1 oz Averna
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
1⁄2 oz Orgeat
Instructions

Shake, Strain, Rocks.

Notes

I like it in a coupe.

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Chad Arnholt, Citizen Public House, Boston
Source reference

Drink & Tell: A Boston Cocktail Book by Frederic Yarm

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Mr. Bali Hai

1 1⁄2 oz Dark rum
1 oz Light rum
3⁄4 oz Coffee liqueur
1 1⁄2 oz Pineapple juice
1 oz Lemon juice
1⁄2 oz Simple syrup
Instructions

Flash blend with 12 oz crushed ice; gated pour to tiki mug; optionally garnish w/ pineapple fronds.

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Year
ca. 1960
Authenticity
Unknown
Creator
Bali Hai, San Diego, CA
Source reference

Beachbum Berry, Intoxica, 2002.

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  • This was really good. I used an immersion blender to mix the crushed ice. I guess it should have been served with a straw b/c the ice floated to the top? More instructions would be helpful, but it tasted great.
  • The pairing of coffee/pineapple actually works...and since it's coffee you can drink it before noon. It's true.
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Solid though I must like lime juice more than lemon because I like the Ohana Joe better

Distilled Grape Appeal

1 3⁄4 oz Cognac VSOP
1⁄3 oz Simple syrup (Red wine & champagne)
2 dr Bitters, Angostura
1⁄4 oz Sherry, Lustau Oloroso
1⁄8 oz Overproof bourbon
Instructions

Long stir with a lot of ice in order to acheive a syrupy texture.
Strain in coupe, garnish with 3 cherries on pick.

Or once stirred as usual, store for 15 to 20 minutes in freezer. Serve.

Notes

Cognac: Lefoulon vsop.

Syrup: same part Red wine and champagne and same part white sugar.
Low heat at water bath.
Bottle. Fridge.

You can also make to different batches, one of champagne, the other of red wine.

For the Bourbon: Need to be a high proof Bourbon.
Better if over 120.
Used stagg JR for Bourbon batch 8 - 129,5 proof.

History

Bought Cognac a few weeks ago, tried several recipes and posted them on Kindred.
Wanted to focus on Cognac flavor.
Had some wine and champagne leftovers.

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2019
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The Clive

1 oz Mezcal, Del Maguey Vida
3⁄4 oz Blue Curaçao
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
3⁄4 oz Half-and-half
1⁄2 oz Lavender syrup
1 Egg white
Instructions

Shake all ingredients vigorously with ice, strain into a frozen coupe glass. Garnish with a cherry.

Notes

A riff on a cocktail I made a couple of years ago.

History

To honor the memory of a Naval Academy graduate and long-time Navy pal of mine.

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2019
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Creator
Carl in SoCal
Source reference

https://kindredcocktails.com/cocktail/green-holland

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Carlota's Collapse

1 oz Cynar
1⁄2 oz Mezcal
1⁄2 oz Elderflower liqueur
1 oz Sweet vermouth, Carpano Punt e Mes
1 bsp Lemon juice
6 ds Orange bitters
1 pn Salt
3 twst Lemon peel
Instructions

Stir all but twists, strain into rocks glass 1/8th-rimmed with salt, one big rock. Express twists, using one as garnish.

Notes

"Mashup of The Search for Deliciousness, Maximilian Affair, and Little Giuseppe"

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Year
2019
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Frederic Yarm, Boston, MA
Source reference

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2019/02/carlotas-collapse.html

Curator rating
5 stars
Average rating
4.5 stars
(28 ratings)
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  • Subbed Combier Peche de Vigne for Elderflower — ★★★★★
  • Subtle use of Mescal (still too much for my wife). Floral nose with well balanced Cynar (I went for a light oz.) Very interesting! Accidentally read bsp (Bar Spoon) as tbs, but I liked the lemon.
  • yet to try
  • Subtle but complex. Made mine with chinato vermouth so it has a cola aftertaste, but I love it! This is one of the best I've tasted in a long time. This is why I keep trying new cocktails. This one is worth it. — ★★★★★
  • Mezcal is nice choice - smokey flavor. Maybe too much cynar? Might try with .75 cynar.
  • Love the source drinks and love this too. I feared sweetness but the salt effectively counters it.
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Side Eye

2 oz Bourbon, Knob Creek
3⁄4 oz Sweet vermouth, Carpano Punt e Mes
1⁄4 oz Cynar
1⁄4 oz Amaro, Vecchio Amaro del Capo
1 ds Bitters, Fee Brothers Black Walnut
1 twst Lemon peel (expressed and discarded)
Instructions

Stir; strain; up; express and discard lemon peel.

History

Riff on Stink Eye for Fernet-averse drinkers.

Picture of Side Eye
Craig Eliason
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Year
2019
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Craig Eliason, Saint Paul, Minnesota (USA)
Source reference

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2014/11/story-behind-infamous-soph…

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Approachable, with some interesting interplay of modest amounts of diverse flavors that create a slightly different twist with every sip. I will have to try the Stink Eye for comparison.

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