Border Patrol

1 oz Fernet Vallet
1 oz Mezcal, Del Maguey (Vida)
1 oz Lime juice
1⁄2 oz Demerara syrup
1 pn Salt (or Saline solution)
Instructions

Shake, up or rocks

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Esquire
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Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Nick Ramsdell
Source reference

https://www.esquire.com/food-drink/drinks/recipes/a23564/border-patrol-…

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Dear Fernet

1 oz Overproof bourbon (Stagg jr 129 proof)
3⁄4 oz Suze
3⁄4 oz Sweet vermouth (Lustau)
3⁄4 oz Fernet Branca
1⁄4 oz Orgeat
Instructions

Long stir, about a minute, strain in coupe

Notes

Sweet yes ! But my palate loved the taste it had.
I pretty much like how fernet and suze interact.

If someone knows a way to keep the flavor and lower sweetness, please, let me know !

I uped bourbon slowly to 1. 1/3, but fernet and suze vanished....

Maybe dry sherry instead of vermouth ?

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Year
2019
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HallA commented on 2/19/2022:

It's sweet for sure, but with a bracing bitterness from the fernet so it doesn't taste cloying at all. Can definitely taste each part of the mix and agree with other comments that the fernet + suze is lovely, and I tend to think maybe more so with the Letherbee fernet I used that has a bit more saffron. Very nice.

Interrobang‽

1 oz Armagnac
1 oz Bénédictine
1 oz Cynar
1 Islay Scotch (spritz, as garnish)
Instructions

Stir, strain, lowball with no ice, garnish.

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Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Sother Teague
Source reference

I'm Just Here for the Drinks and https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2019/01/interrobang.html

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  • Enjoyable but quite sweet.
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Coadster commented on 1/03/2025:

Good but a bit too sweet. I did 1/2 of the Benedictine and then did 1/2 of an herbal liquor and then 1/4 of Laphroig and it seems a bit better balanced.

yarm commented on 1/04/2025:

Yes. Most drinks like the 100 Year Old Cigar take that 2 oz spirit, 1/2 oz Cynar, 1/2 oz Benedictine structure. I found 1:1:1 enjoyable but on the richer end of my limits.

noksagt commented on 1/04/2025:

I tend to share the preference for more spirit-forward and less sweet drinks.

However, I read this particular cocktail more as an amaro- and peat- modified B&B. The bottled version of B&B is 60% Bénédictine, and so we remain roughly in the ballpark here. Using a younger higher proof spirit works here too.

Aperitivo #3

1 3⁄4 oz Sherry, Lustau Manzanilla
3⁄4 oz Bonal Gentiane Quina
3⁄4 oz Gin, G'Vine Floraison
1⁄3 oz Rhubarb syrup
1⁄3 oz Fernet Branca
1 ds Bitters, Angostura Orange
Instructions

Stir quickly just in order to chill with a lot of ice, strain, coupe.

Notes

Mid way between a sherry hanky panky and a bamboo, with additional notes.

Very light, herbal and floral.
Be carefull with dilution.

History

Just bought a bottle of manzanilla for the first time.
Wanted to try something but do not wanted to be influenced by recipes from the database.
This one comes.

Tried with 1oz gin and 0,5 rhubarb syrup:
More gin profile, fernet as present as before, apertif wines nearly disappeared.

I really think a higher proof cocktail will be good too.

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Year
2019
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Captain Flint

1 2⁄3 oz Gold rum
2⁄3 oz Absinthe
2 dr Bitters, Angostura
1 sli Orange
1 sli Pear
Instructions

Stir and strain in a chilled cup. Garnish with orange and pear.

History

Cocktail dedicated to the most disturbing of pirates (real or literary)

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Year
2017
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Democracia Corinthiana

1 2⁄3 oz Cachaça
4 oz Cola (Guaranito or Guaranà Anctartica soda)
2 t Lime juice
1 wdg Lime (garnish)
Instructions

Build in Collins glass, stir, garnish

Notes

Https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corinthians_Democracy

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Year
2018
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3 stars
(2 ratings)
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  • Perhaps one of the few ways to drink Cachaca.
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Vuja

1 oz Raki (Choose a Serbian Apple Rakija)
1 oz Pelinkovac (Gorki List)
1 oz Sweet vermouth, Cocchi
1 twst Lemon peel
Instructions

Build in glass. garnish with lemon peel

History

In memory of Vujadin Boskov

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Year
2018
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Your original creation
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Azteca Highball

4 oz Lager (A pale lager as "Corona Extra")
1 2⁄3 oz Mezcal
2 t Triple sec, Cointreau
1⁄2 oz Lime juice
2 t Grenadine
1 wdg Lime
Instructions

Shake Mezcal, Grenadine and lime juice; strain in a Highball glass with ice, add the beer and stir briefly; garnish with the lime wedge.

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Year
2018
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4 stars
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  • Worked really well as a boozy smoky alternative to a radler/shandy. Sparing use of beer makes the flavors really shine, but adding more beer makes it go down faster.
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Azteca

1 2⁄3 oz Mezcal
2 t Triple sec, Cointreau
1⁄2 oz Campari
1⁄2 oz Lime juice
1 sli Lime
Instructions

Shake and strain in chilled cup. Garnish with a slice of lime

History

Cocktail dedicated to the Mexican national football (soccer, in USA) team.

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Year
2018
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Your original creation
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4 stars
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  • Might be nice as a spritz with a sparkling white
  • Zomg bitter. I upped the orange liqueur to 1/2oz and it was still bitter. Another 1/2oz simple was slightly too much - 1/4oz next time. A different mezcal will change that.
  • Really nice. Very bitter tho. And I like bitter. Needs some sweets. Next time up the Cointreau.
  • Love the bitterness from the Campari, the sharpness of the lime and the smokiness of the mezcal. Used Bauchant orange liquor instead of the triple sec; it's smoother.
  • Too bitter for me. Maybe increase Cointreau to 1/2 ounce or sub for 1/2 ounce benedictine.
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Joe White commented on 1/10/2024:

I like this drink. It doesn't make me sit up and purr, but it is a solid cocktail, that I would happily drink.

yarm commented on 3/10/2025:

Looks like a mezcal Jasmine.

The Electron

1 3⁄4 oz Mezcal
1⁄2 oz Cinnamon syrup
3⁄4 oz Lime juice
3⁄4 oz Carrot juice
2 ds Orange bitters
1 oz Salt (for rim)
1 oz Pink Peppercorn (for rim)
Instructions

Rim chilled coupe. Shake remaining ingredients and strain.

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Year
ca. 2018
Authenticity
Unknown
Creator
Julia Momose, Chicago
Source reference

https://vinepair.com/cocktail-recipe/the-electron-recipe/

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