The Double Talk

1 3⁄8 oz Blended Scotch, Chivas 12
2⁄3 oz Campari
2⁄3 oz Aromatized wine, Lillet Blanc
1 pn Salt (Matcha Tea Salt)
Instructions

Stir, strain lowball big ice. Salt as side serve.

Yields Drink
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Atsushi Suzuki
Source reference

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zlCMjhG4Dg

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Average rating
3.5 stars
(7 ratings)
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  • Basically an old pal-- not bad, but maybe some bitters to enhance it?
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San Pedro

2 oz Blanco tequila
1⁄2 oz Dry vermouth
1⁄8 oz Triple sec, Cointreau
3 ds Grapefruit bitters, Scrappy's Grapefruit
1 twst Lime peel (as garnish)
Instructions

Stir; strain; up; garnish.

Yields Drink
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Source reference

http://scrappysbitters.com/cocktail/san-pedro/

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Average rating
4 stars
(1 rating)
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lesliec commented on 2/22/2021:

Curated; amended amounts per source.

Rob's Sonny, Roy

2 oz Scotch
1 oz Cranberry shrub
1⁄4 oz Sweet vermouth, Carpano Antica Formula
4 dr Orange bitters (Garnish)
Instructions

Stir everything except the bitters. Coupe glass. Garnish with orange bitters.

Yields Drink
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Source reference

Bitters and shrub syrup cocktails by Warren Bobrow. Page 110

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3 stars
(1 rating)
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Ward 2

1 1⁄2 oz Rye, Old Overholt
1 oz Aromatized wine, Cocchi Americano
1⁄2 oz Braulio
Instructions

Stir with ice and strain into a rocks glass. Garnish with lemon oil.

Yields Drink
Year
2015
Authenticity
Unknown
Creator
Backbar, Somerville MA
Source reference

http://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2015/10/ward-2.html

Curator rating
3 stars
Average rating
4 stars
(10 ratings)
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  • Solid. Exposes the Braulio without it becoming overwhelming.
  • I prefer this variation: 1 oz. Bulleit Rye 1 oz. Cocchi Americano 1 oz. Braulio
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Dan commented on 1/22/2019:

I lacked the courage to try this as a Negroni-format drink, so I used Manhattan-esque ratios: 2:1/2:1/2. Quite good. I might summon the fortitude to try it as written. I'm not a big mint fan, and too much Braulio comes across as Fernet-y to me. I bet this is great for Fernet lovers. Initial curator rating of 3 stars, subject to improvement with more trials.

Westhovsies commented on 2/15/2019:

Once I found the recipe for this, I adjusted from my original variation of 1 oz. Rye, 1 oz Cocchi Americano, 1 oz. Braulio, which Dan is referring to in his comment.  

Slaughterhouse Five

1 oz Cachaça, Novo Fogo
1 oz Lime juice
1 oz Pineapple Gum Syrup, Small Hand Foods
1 oz Curaçao, Pierre Ferrand Dry Curaçao (scant ounce)
3 ds Absinthe, Vieux Pontarlier Verte
Instructions

Combine in tin and shake well. Double strain to coupe

Yields Drink
Year
2018
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Bill Cleary, Heritage, San Francisco, CA, USA
Curator rating
Not yet rated
Average rating
4 stars
(1 rating)
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Chase the Lion

1 oz Applejack, Lairds
1 oz Bourbon
1⁄4 oz Allspice Dram, St Elizabeth
3⁄4 oz Lime juice
1⁄4 oz Rich demerara syrup 2:1
1 ds Bitters, Angostura
Instructions

Combine ingredients in tin and shake. Double strain to nick and nora glass. Garnish dehydrated lime wheel or dehydrated apple slice

Yields Drink
Year
2018
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Bill Cleary, Heritage, San Francisco, CA, USA
Curator rating
Not yet rated
Average rating
3.5 stars
(2 ratings)
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Grapes of Wrath

2 oz Brandy (unaged Frisco California brandy)
1⁄2 oz Apricot liqueur, Luxardo apricot liqueur
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
1⁄2 oz Lime juice
1⁄2 oz Orgeat, Small Hand Foods
2 bsp Red wine, Malbec (Amalaya Malbec)
Instructions

Add ingredients excluding malbec to tin with ice and shake well. Strain over fresh ice and float 2 barspoons malbec on top

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Yields Drink
Year
2018
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Bill Cleary, Heritage, San Francisco, CA, USA
Curator rating
Not yet rated
Average rating
5 stars
(3 ratings)
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Dark side

2 oz Pimm's No. 1 Cup
1 oz Lime juice
1⁄3 oz Ginger syrup
4 lf Mint
1⁄3 oz Cucumber juice
Instructions

Shake, strain, coupe, Slice cucumber as garnish

Notes

Ginger undertones, cucumber front

History

Tasted at the shell cocktail bar, France, Paris, during winter cocktail week 2019

Yields Drink
Year
2019
Authenticity
Altered recipe
Creator
Shell cocktail bar, France, Paris
Curator rating
Not yet rated
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Rude Boy

2 oz Jamaican rum, Wray & Nephew Overproof
3⁄4 oz Lime juice
1⁄2 oz Simple syrup
1⁄4 oz Santa Maria al Monte
3 dr Orange flower water (as garnish)
Instructions

Stir, strain, garnish with orange flower water.

Yields Drink
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Scott Holliday, Rendezvous
Source reference

http://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2009/02/rude-boy.html

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4.5 stars
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Southland

1 oz Rye, Wild Turkey 101
1 oz Mezcal, Del Maguey Vida (smoky)
1⁄2 oz Bénédictine
2 ds Bitters (vanilla bitters)
Instructions

Stir with ice. Strain into rocks glass over large ice. No garnish.

Notes

No garnish. Originally, this drink called for Chicory & Vanilla Bitters from Drunken Crane bitters, but other vanilla bitters will work as well.

History

A cocktail of Rye Whiskey, Smoky Mezcal, Benedictine Liqueur and Chicory & Vanilla Bitters made for the perfect drink to capture Los Angeles in a glass. That was the goal of the LA distillery, Greenbar Collective. The contest took place back in the spring of 2014 and was their goal was to find a drink that would be to LA what the Manhattan was to New York.

I really wanted something where you could taste the sunny, sandy, smoggy, glitzy, palm-lined, paved chaparral, suburban-sprawl, melting pot of the Los Angeles Metro Area—known to newscasters as The Southland. More importantly, I wanted to use all-booze ingredients that were shelf-stable. I originally tried it with other bitters, but then a friend of mine, Michael Crane, gave me a sample of his newly minted Chicory & Vanilla bitters, which took it to the next level because they really helped punch up the Benedictine.

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Yields Drink
Year
2014
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Distinguished Spirits
Source reference

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JL8MP_XZH9A

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4.5 stars
(7 ratings)
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  • If you're looking for a dry boozy drink with complexity, this is a great ticket.
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