Dry shake first 6 ingredients. Add ice and shake to nice foaminess. Strain and grate nutmeg on top.
Naples Wine Cave. Adapted recipe.
Stir (maybe for 5-10 revolutions more than usual as these are strongly proofed ingredients), strain into old fashioned glass with a large cube or sphere (or a coupe with no ice). Garnish with a lemon swath.
** UPDATE 5/10/22 **
I've continuously played with the ratios of this drink over the last few years based on feedback, and recently rolled this out on a new dessert menu at work. Current version is 4 parts, equal parts (.75 oz), using Cynar instead of Cynar 70.
The amaro choice is flexible--I've had it with standard Cynar, Nardini, even Zucca (thanks Drew).
Named after the electronica band. Their music isn't really my cup of tea, but I thought the name was catchy for a nightcap type drink with coffee liqueur.
Shake, serve in a shark mug, garnish with splash of Peychaud bitters and hibiscus flower
Substitute for Nassau Royale Liqueur (discontinued) : half Licor 43 and half Falernum
Line an OF glass with a cucumber ribbon. Stir, strain over a large cube. Twist and discard grapefruit peel.
Quick shake, strain over crushed ice in a Belgian beer (Duvel) glass, pineapple fronds and mint sprig garnish.
To make the coconut syrup, take 4.5 cans of coconut milk, 1/2 quart of coconut chips, toasted and 15 oz of water. Bring the coconut milk and water to a simmer, turn off the heat, and add the coconut chips. Cover and let steep an hour. Strain and weigh the liquid. Add twice as much demerara sugar by weight to the liquid and stir to combine. As a note, the linked recipe omits what to do with the chips.
Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass over ice and stir until chilled.
Strain into a chilled coupe or cocktail glass.
Stir with ice, serve up. Express orange twist and garnish if desired
Lower ABV riff on Abigail Gullo’s Big Chief - https://kindredcocktails.com/cocktail/big-chief
Curated; added Kindred listing to Notes.
Shake, serve in a glass with ice. Garnish with half lime and 2 pineapple leaves
The best of the Mai Tai and the Jungle Bird
Build over ice. Lightly stir.
Combine ingredients over ice, stir and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish and enjoy.
Regional Finalist cocktail for the 2019 Woodford Manhattan Experience cocktail competition.
