(the) Connecticut

1 oz Rum
1⁄2 oz Sherry
1⁄2 oz Ancho Reyes chile liqueur
1⁄4 oz Fernet Branca
1 oz Half-and-half
3 ds Aztec Chocolate bitters
1⁄2 oz Water (Orange Blossom Water)
Instructions

Vigorously shake all ingredients with ice, strain into a frozen coupe glass.

Notes

A bit more Ancho will add some heat and flavor.

History

I'm watching a favorite movie, "Christmas In Connecticut." A glance at my back bar spurred the imagination.

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Year
2018
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Creator
Carl N. in Simi
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Number 6

2 oz Gin (Ki No Bi Kyoto Dry Gin)
1⁄2 oz Chambord
1⁄2 oz Yuzu juice
1 t Simple syrup (Blank Slate Black Pepper Rich Simple Syrup)
Instructions

Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a coupe. Garnish with Amarena cherries.

Notes

Citrus and berry forward with depth from the black pepper. Relative of the Sugarplum and French Martini.

History

Created as a gift to someone who had an unfortunate experience with a Yuzu cocktail.

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Après Ski Gimlet

1 1⁄2 oz Gin, Plymouth Navy Strength
1⁄2 oz Zirbenz Stone Pine Liqueur
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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2018
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Northern Neighbor

1 1⁄2 oz Cognac, Pierre Ferrand Ambre
1⁄2 oz Bourbon, Old Grand Dad 100 (cherrywood smoked)
1 bsp Cherry Liqueur, Cherry Heering
1 bsp Orange Vanilla Syrup, Royal Rose
1 ds Cherry Bark Vanilla Bitters, Bittercube
1 ds Orange bitters, Angostura
1 Orange peel
1 Lemon peel
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

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2016
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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
1 ds Orange bitters
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.

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2018
Authenticity
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Creator
Ryan Bullard, Bullard House, Lynbrook, NY
Source reference

My brain

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Beach & Panorama #2

2 lf Basil
1 rinse Absinthe (as rinse)
2 oz Blended rum, Banks 5 Island
1 oz Lime juice
1⁄2 oz Grenadine (Homemade, see note)
2 sli Lime peel
1 ds Bitters, Boker's
1⁄3 oz Dry vermouth, Noilly Prat Original Dry (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

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2018
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Darwin's Hopes

1 1⁄2 oz Irish whiskey, Jameson (Banana Infused)
1 oz Sweet vermouth, Carpano Antica Formula
1 oz Pedro Ximénez Sherry
3⁄4 oz Triple sec, Cointreau
4 ds Bitters, Fee Brothers Black Walnut
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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Igor Skliarevsky
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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
1 rinse Walnut Liqueur, Nux Alpina
Instructions

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

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Year
2009
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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
1⁄4 oz Crème de Banane, Giffard
3 ds Cranberry bitters, Bittermens
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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Brian Evans, Sunday in Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York (USA)
Source reference

https://punchdrink.com/recipes/moon-watcher/

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Church Bay Cooler

1 1⁄2 oz Gold rum (Goslings)
1⁄2 oz Sherry, Lustau Dry Amontillado
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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2018
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Scott Diaz, Tacoma, WA
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