Low Winter Sun

3⁄4 oz Rye, Rittenhouse 100
3⁄4 oz Amaro Abano
3⁄4 oz Bonal Gentiane Quina
3⁄4 oz Palo Cortado Sherry, Lustau ("Peninsula")
1 Orange peel
Instructions

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

Notes

The Lustau Palo Cortado "Peninsula" Sherry combines the nutty dryness of an amontillado with the rich fig & raisin notes of an oloroso. Substitute with a split of those two sherries if unavailable.

History

Part of my ongoing "4 parts, equal parts, stirred" series.

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2019
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Apricot Sour

1 1⁄2 oz Apricot liqueur, Rothman & Winter
3⁄4 oz Bourbon, Elijah Craig (Small Batch)
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
1 rinse Allspice Dram, Bitter Truth
Instructions

Shake all ingredients with ice for 15 seconds, strain into a chilled coupe rinsed with pimento dram. Garnish with a lemon wheel.

Notes

Also works with scotch or cognac in place of the bourbon; I change it up depending on my mood or what a guest prefers.

History

Part of a series I'm working on with liqueurs as a cocktail base.

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2019
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  • 1:1 ratio Bourbon/Apricot Liqueur .5 Lemon 1 Barspoon of Allspice Dram Try with dusted Graham Cracker rim — ★★★★
  • Yum! Love this combination of flavors. Maybe 4.5
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Aperol Sour

2 oz Aperol
1 oz Lemon juice
1⁄2 oz Galliano (Autentico)
1⁄4 oz Herbal liqueur, Yellow Chartreuse
1⁄4 oz Ginger-Honey Syrup
3 ds Bitters, Angostura Orange
1 oz Egg white (or 3 drops of InstaFoam)
Instructions

Add all ingredients to a shaker (unless using egg white or aquafaba; then dry shake first). Shake vigorously for 8 seconds. Double strain into an Old fashioned glass with a large ice cube. Garnish with half an orange slice

Notes

For the syrup: bring 340g honey, 75g peeled and thinly sliced ginger, and 350 ml water to a gentle simmer (do not boil, only allow light steam to generate) until honey dissolves. chill overnight with the ginger inside. Strain

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2019
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Eran Shifferman
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  • This should be called Creamsicle or Dreamsicle. Very good :) — ★★★★★
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jb3689 commented on 4/13/2022:

Brilliant. Exactly what I was looking for in an Aperol sour. The Galliano and Yellow Chartreuse add some welcome complexity. I craze a bit more body, but this went down so easily. Used 1:1 demerara instead of the ginger-honey, but I'd love to try the ginger-honey. Added to my home menu

Christmas Concoction

1 1⁄2 oz Gin, Tanqueray Malacca
3⁄4 oz Crème de Violette
1⁄2 oz Cassis
1 oz Lime juice
3 ds Aztec Chocolate bitters
Instructions

Shake well with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.

Notes

I like this also with Boodles Gin.

History

A bit of Christmas Day revelry.

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2019
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Carl N.
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  • Overpowering and unbalanced — ★★
  • Very chocolatey & delicious on the finish. Reduced Rothman & Winter creme de Violette to 1/2 oz as suggested.
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bkemp1984 commented on 4/03/2021:

Made with Golden Moon creme de violette and an ok Total Wine brand creme de cassis, pretty good. I could never imagine 3/4 of Rothman and Winter violette in any drink and I use the Golden Moon whenever it's more than 1/4 in a recipe. If using R&W I'd maybe just do 1/2 oz. It would still have enough sugar to balance the lime, or could add a bit of syrup too.

Fall Harvest Punch

1 oz Rye, Wild Turkey 101
1 oz Apple brandy (Copper & Kings)
1 1⁄2 oz Apple cider
1⁄2 oz Lime juice
1 bsp Allspice Dram, St Elizabeth
1 ds Bitters
2 oz Ginger beer
Instructions

Combine all ingredients except ginger beer in tin and shake with ice. Pour over fresh ice, and add ginger beer to taste.

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2019
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Meditation purpose

1 1⁄3 oz Bourbon, Maker's Mark
3⁄4 oz Dry vermouth, Noilly Prat Original Dry
1⁄3 oz Apricot liqueur (Merlet lune d'abricot)
1⁄3 oz Amaro Nonino
1⁄4 oz Elisir Novasalus
Instructions

Stir, strain in coupe, express lemon Peel and drop in.
Serve.

Notes

I asked for a boulevardier or Manhattan kind.
But i insisted on something very different and experimental.

It was complex and subtle at the same time.
Not strong alcool forward.

Bourbon showed only at the end.
At the same time, the drink was dry, a bit bitter, with crisp and not sweet.
Just the subtle sweetness needed.

I thought he splitted the base with gin.

Delicious.

History

Christmas with my parents in Spain.
Trying "new" bars as usual.

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2019
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Eduardo Campos, Tandem cocktail bar, Barcelona, Spain
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  • Didn't have Elisir Novasalus, so subbed Braulio. Quite good! Dry with slight sweetness & tartness from the apricot liqueur (I used Stone Barn Biggs Junction Apricot, which is less sweet than average, so upped it to 0.5oz /15ml). — ★★★★
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Shawn C commented on 1/14/2023:

Well-crafted, almost dry. The dry bitter pine sap of the Elisir Novsalus pairs well with the sweet apricot (I used Rothman & Winter). I wasn't sure if the Noilly Extra-dry here in the U.S. would work, but it did.

flickerdart commented on 3/03/2023:

Had to do some substituting (pear liqueur and amaro montenegro) but the whisky, vermouth, and novasalus carry the day. A nice variation on a dry manhattan that gets elevated to a premium flavor by the amari.

hypoxic_ commented on 1/23/2024:

Probably one of the most interesting drinks I've come across here on Kindred, in a good way.

I only wish I had the appreciative company here to share it with, and discuss...

Jakartian Peardition

1 oz Batavia Arrack, Van Oosten
3⁄4 oz Oloroso sherry
1⁄2 oz Pear eau de vie, Clear Creek
3⁄4 oz Lime juice
1⁄2 oz Grapefruit juice
1⁄2 oz Orgeat
1⁄4 oz Cinnamon syrup
Instructions

Shake, strain into coupe, up.

Notes

Came across this looking for Arrack drinks. From Guillermo Bravo of New York’s The NoMad Bar.

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https://punchdrink.com/recipes/jakartian-peardition/

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  • Works well with calvados instead of pear brandy
  • Note - original uses pear brandy, not liqueur; see reference when making
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uberwrensch commented on 4/28/2020:

I'm intrigued enough to try. Question about the pear liqueur you list vs pear brandy spec on the Punch site. That'd certainly affect the sweetness, no? What did you use?

Shawn C commented on 2/20/2026:

Corrected the recipe from "pear liqueur" to "pear eau de vie" and the called for Clear Creek. The previous commenter is correct, pear brandy and pear liqueur can differ greatly. Unfortunately, "pear brandy" currently is listed as an alias for pear liqueur, when pear brandy is instead ambiguous because it could refer to a drier brandy or eau de vie, while pear liqueur is by nature sweetened. It could take some time to untangle this in other recipes.

Malmsey Flip

2 oz Madeira, Blandy's Malmsey 5 Year
1⁄2 oz Maple syrup
1⁄2 oz Bitters, Angostura
1 Whole egg
Instructions

Shake once without and once with ice, strain into a large coupe glass, and garnish with freshly grated nutmeg.

Notes

Other Madeira styles will work as long as the sweetness level is adjusted for (perhaps a bsp of simple syrup for each level down). Malmsey > Bual > Verdelho > Sercial. I think Rainwater is somewhere in the middle.

History

In needing more Flip ideas for the Winter, I was inspired by Jacob Grier's PX Flip (PX sherry, Angostura, egg). Since Malmsey Madeira is not as sweet as Pedro Ximenez sherry, I took a page from Misty Kalkofen's Fort Washington Flip and sweetened things with maple syrup. While my drink was an off menu item, it did make a menu in late 2017 at the Livestock Tavern in Honolulu.

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

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2016/12/malmsey-flip.html

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St. Ludmilla

2 oz Becherovka
3⁄4 oz Honey syrup
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
4 oz Water (hot)
1 Cinnamon stick (as garnish)
Instructions

Combine first three ingredients, pour in mug and top with tea-kettle-hot water and garnish.

History

Made for Reddit's Tipple Tuesday #9: Hot Stuff

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2019
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Jared Duff, /duffuser on Reddit
Source reference

https://www.reddit.com/r/cocktails/comments/e7a2qr/tipple_tuesday_9_hot…

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Gomá

1 1⁄2 oz Fino sherry
1 oz Shochu
1 oz Tequila
3⁄4 oz Simple syrup (wakame leaves)
1 dr Sesame oil
Instructions

Stir with ice, strain to coupe glass. Garnish with sesame oil.

Notes

For wakame syrup, simmer wakame leaves with simple syrup for 3 minutes.

Picture of Gomá
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Fabio de la Pietra, Izakaya Kuroda, São Paulo, Brasil
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