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Après Ski Gimlet

1⁄4 oz Cane syrup (1:1)
1⁄2 oz Lime juice
1 Lime (used half shell)
Instructions

Shake all ingredients (including half shell to strip off some of the lime oil) with ice for 15 seconds, strain into coupe. Garnish with lime wheel

Notes

If using 90-94 proof gin, up to 2 ounces.

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Year
2018
Authenticity
Unknown
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4 stars
(1 rating)
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Northern Neighbor

1⁄2 oz Bourbon, Old Grand Dad 100 (cherrywood smoked)
1 bsp Orange Vanilla Syrup, Royal Rose
1 ds Cherry Bark Vanilla Bitters, Bittercube
Instructions

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

Notes

For the cherrywood smoked bourbon, use a Polyscience hand smoker (or Breville) to cold smoke 3/4 of a bowl of cherrywood chips per 750ml of Old Grand-Dad Bonded bourbon

Yields Drink
Year
2016
Authenticity
Your original creation
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Average rating
4.5 stars
(2 ratings)
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Open Sleigh

2 1⁄2 oz Rye
1⁄2 oz Applejack, Lairds
1⁄4 oz Cassis
1⁄4 oz Lemon juice
1⁄4 oz Allspice Dram
Instructions

Shake all ingredients over ice in strainer. Pour into coupe glass. Express and orange peel over top and drop in as a twist.

Notes

Berry, citrus and spice.

History

The drink takes inspiration from wassailing, the holiday celebration to end winter and bring on a spring harvest.

Yields Drink
Year
2018
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Ryan Bullard, Bullard House, Lynbrook, NY
Source reference

My brain

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Average rating
3.5 stars
(8 ratings)
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  • Will try again with another rye - the current one, Balcones Texas Rye (100 proof), has some strong flavors that don’t play well with other ingredients. — ★★★★
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Beach & Panorama #2

2 lf Basil
1 rinse Absinthe (as rinse)
2 oz Blended rum, Banks 5 Island
1⁄2 oz Grenadine (Homemade, see note)
2 sli Lime peel
1⁄3 oz Dry vermouth, Noilly Prat (as float)
Instructions

Rub the inside of à coupe with basil, shake everything else, float vermouth.

Notes

Grenadine: Organic pomegranate juice+ same part sugar+ little heat

Yields Drink
Year
2018
Authenticity
Your original creation
Curator rating
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Darwin's Hopes

Instructions

Stir with ice, strain into an old-fashioned glass over a large ice cube. Garnish with orange twist.

Notes

To make the banana infused whiskey, add 3 sliced bananas to a bottle of whiskey, rest at room temperature for three to four days, then strain out the bananas.

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Yields Drink
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Igor Skliarevsky
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4 stars
(4 ratings)
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  • Remarkably similar to the smoking monkey from Jamie Beaudreau
  • Made with bannana infused bourbon as I had some to hand! Bannana taste is pretty strong so think affect must be pretty similar
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Zachary Pearson commented on 1/10/2019:

Curated this slightly - rewrote instructions for the banana whiskey to avoid copyright (at least those instructions look like they were all over the internet verbatim). Thanks,  Zachary


Elk's Own (Paul McGee)

1 1⁄2 oz Bourbon, Heaven Hill (Bottled in Bond)
1⁄2 oz Ruby Port, Graham's (Six Grapes)
1⁄4 oz Cynar
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
1⁄2 oz Simple syrup
1⁄2 oz Egg white
Instructions

Shake, strain into old fashioned glass rinsed with walnut liqueur.

Yields Drink
Year
2009
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Paul McGee, The Whistler, Chicago, IL
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Moon Watcher

1 1⁄4 oz Blended Scotch
3⁄4 oz Madeira (Rainwater)
1⁄4 oz Allspice Dram
1 Cranberry (as garnish)
1 twst Lime peel (as garnish)
1 ds Allspice Dram (as garnish)
Instructions

Stir; strain; Nick and Nora; garnish with cranberry, lime peel, and a mist of pimento dram.

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Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Brian Evans, Sunday in Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York (USA)
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Church Bay Cooler

1 1⁄2 oz Gold rum (Goslings)
3⁄4 oz Passion fruit syrup, B.G. Reynolds
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
1 1⁄2 oz Vanilla Soda water, DRY Vanilla Bean (top with)
1 spg Mint (garnish)
1 wdg Lemon (garnish)
Instructions

Combine ingredients, except vanilla soda, in shaker tin with ice. Shake and strain into an iced collins glass. top with vanilla soda and garnish.

History

Finalist cocktail for the 2018 Goslings Rum Best in the West cocktail competition held in Hamilton Bermuda

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Yields Drink
Year
2018
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Scott Diaz, Tacoma, WA
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5 stars
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Ocho Maneras

Instructions

Stir. Strain. Lowball with big ice. Garnish orange peel

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Yields Drink
Year
2018
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Tom Oliveira
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3.5 stars
(4 ratings)
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  • Dry and floral
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Amaro Andrea

1 1⁄2 oz Amaro (Amarogutta)
1⁄2 oz Fernet Branca
2 wdg Orange
4 lf Mint
1 twst Lemon peel
Instructions

Muddle orange and mint with ingredients. Shake with ice. Strain to coupe glass. Garnish Lemon Peel

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(5 ratings)
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