Sour Blueberry Negroni

1⁄2 oz Sour beer (Aged Blueberry llambic)
1⁄2 oz Bianco Vermouth (Basque Producer Atxa)
3⁄4 oz Gin, Nolet's
3⁄4 oz Campari
1⁄2 oz Cappelletti Aperitivo
1⁄2 oz Red wine (Blueberry Wine, Kelley Fox Wines)
1 twst Lemon peel (as garnish)
Instructions

Build all ingredients together in glass on a BFC, stir till chilled and then garnish with a lemon twist

Notes

The blueberry wine used in this recipe is quite dry and drinks like a dry red wine, but most blueberry wine @‘ the market is quite sweet.

History

Created to use up a huge overstock of large format fruited llambic inventory- stayed on menu by popular demand

Yields Drink
Year
2023
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Elias Gale, Bantam Tavern, Portland OR
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Sprezzatura (BroVo)

1 oz BroVo American Aperitivo
1 oz Tequila (The original recipe mentions mezcal as an alternative)
1⁄4 oz Lime juice
4 oz Grapefruit soda (We use Portland Syrups and Soda water)
Instructions

Mix everything but soda over ice (we used a collins glass) and top with soda. Garnish with grapefruit slices.

Notes

We discovered BroVo looking for a Chartreuse alternative (their Uncharted Rhapsody American Forest Liqueur). We also liked the sound of their American Aperitivo and this made a very nice deeper Paloma.

Yields Drink
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Creator
BroVo Spirits
Source reference

https://www.instagram.com/p/CgLUaKSLPb9/

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32 Degrees

1 1⁄2 oz Whiskey, Ardbeg (Smoketrails Islay Single Malt)
1 oz Herbal liqueur (Glayva)
3⁄4 oz Crème de Violette, Rothman and Winter
3⁄4 oz Pomegranate juice
3 ds Aztec Chocolate bitters
Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.

History

32 Degrees ...... maximum elevation of the moon on 01 October, in the Los Angeles area.

Yields Drink
Year
2025
Authenticity
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Creator
Carl N.
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Almost Famous

3⁄4 oz Mezcal
3⁄4 oz Apricot liqueur
3⁄4 oz Aromatized wine, Cocchi Americano
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
1 ds Orange bitters
Instructions

Shake, strain.

History

Served down. cocktailvirgin notes a similar cocktaik sans bitters served up in ca. 2023 from Satan's Whiskers in London called "Mischief"

Yields Drink
Year
ca. 2015
Authenticity
Unknown
Creator
Jay Coo, Franklin Café
Source reference

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2015/11/almost-famous.html

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The Bug

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1 oz Aperol
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3⁄4 oz Orange juice
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Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.

History

Watching "Men In Black"

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Year
2025
Authenticity
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Creator
Carl N.
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BasqueGRONI

1 1⁄2 oz Gin
1 1⁄2 oz Campari
1 1⁄2 oz Herbal liqueur, Izarra Green (Pays Basque)
Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.

History

It is the end of Negroni Week 2025.
And this is for my friends at Centro Basco.

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Year
2025
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Creator
Carl N.
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1 1⁄2 oz Campari
1 1⁄2 oz Falernum, Velvet Falernum
Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.

Notes

-- After straining into the glass, garnish with a twist of orange slice.
-- Or a couple of drops of orange bitters.
-- The idea is the orange "nose."

History

It is Negroni Week, this is my latest experiment on that theme.

Yields Drink
Year
2025
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Carl N.
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Swedish Paralysis

2 oz Herbal liqueur, Jeppson's Malort
1 1⁄2 oz Pineapple juice
1 1⁄2 oz Orange juice
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
1⁄2 oz Orgeat
1⁄2 oz Cinnamon syrup
5 dr Salt Solution (Or a pinch of salt (optional either way))
1 sli Pineapple (Wedge as garnish (see notes))
1 spg Mint (As garnish (see notes))
1 Cinnamon stick (As garnish (see notes))
Instructions

Whip shake, pour into a Tiki mug, fill with crushed ice, and garnish with a pineapple wedge, mint sprig, and smoldering cinnamon stick. The original garnish was an edible flower. Do not let the garnish specificity hold you back. An orange or lemon peel or wheel could be used with a cinnamon stick or other combinations.

Notes

This is the recipe that I won 3rd place in for the Boston Malört Competition in 2025 and varies slightly from my original published recipe as such: (1) the volume of Malört was increased from 1.5 to 2 oz especially since I had developed the recipe with the old Florida product and not the smoother modern Chicago one, (2) added 5 drops of 20% saline, and (3) changed the garnish from edible flower to what I had on hand which was a pineapple wedge, cinnamon stick, and mint sprig.

History

I became inspired when I was reminded of Smuggler's Cove Norwegian Paralysis. Their riff was an aquavit variation on the okelehao-based Polynesian Paralysis, and I had recently tinkered with an Italian amari (Fernet-Campari) direction in the Dolce Far Niente. To change things up, I opted for Malört as the spirit and switched the demerara syrup to cinnamon to better complement the herbal liqueur, and I dubbed this one the Swedish Paralysis. For the competition, I increased the Malört to 2 oz from 1 1/2 (it was developed with the Florida stuff which was rougher), added 5 drops of saline, and changed up the garnish from the one on the blog (see notes). The end result was 3rd place.

Yields Drink
Year
2019
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Frederic Yarm, Boston, MA
Source reference

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2019/09/swedish-paralysis.html

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Kong's Denouement

1 oz Jamaican rum, Appleton 12
3⁄4 oz Brandy, Sainte Louise
3⁄4 oz Madeira, Broadbent Rainwater Medium Dry
1⁄4 oz Cherry Liqueur, Cherry Heering
1⁄4 oz Crème de Banane, Tempus Fugit
1⁄4 oz Campari
1 pn Salt
5 Cherry (dried, as garnish)
1 twst Lemon peel (expressed and discarded)
Instructions

Stir; strain; up; garnish.

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Yields Drink
Year
2025
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Craig Eliason, Saint Paul, Minnesota (USA)
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The Procession

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Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.

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Year
2025
Authenticity
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Creator
Carl N.
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