Lady Grey

1 1⁄2 oz Gin
1 oz Dry vermouth, Dolin
1 oz Bergamot liqueur, Italicus
1 ds Orange bitters
1 twst Lemon peel (as garnish)
Instructions

Stir, strain, coupe, lemon peel.

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Year
2024
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Creator
Idle Hour
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Yellow Cigarillo

2 oz Reposado Tequila
1⁄4 oz Amaro, Cappelletti Sfumato Rabarbaro
1⁄4 oz Bigallet China-China
1⁄4 oz Crème de Banane, Tempus Fugit
Instructions

Stir, strain, coupe. Garnish?

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Year
2024
Authenticity
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Creator
Idle Hour
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Fall Fashion

1 3⁄4 oz Apple brandy, Lairds Bonded
1⁄4 oz Pear eau de vie, St. George
1⁄4 oz Cinnamon syrup
2 ds Cranberry bitters
1 twst Orange peel (as garnish)
Instructions

Stir, strain, rock, garnish.

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Todd Brant
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Year
2022
Authenticity
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Creator
Todd Brant
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Laszlo Daiquiri

1 1⁄2 oz Spiced Rum
3⁄4 oz Aperol
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
1 bsp Demerara syrup (1:1)
2 ds Orange bitters
1 twst Orange peel (garnish)
Instructions

Shake with ice, strain into coupe. Garnish with orange twist

Notes

The original recipe has more lemon juice. I find that cutting back lets more of the spiced rum come forward

History

I was looking for a cocktail to drink during the movie Casablanca in preparation and as background to streaming Monsieur Spade on Netflix before I realized that I should have been watching The Maltese Falcon.

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Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid as Ilsa Lund and Victor Laszlo © Warner Brothers, 1942.
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Year
2015
Authenticity
Altered recipe
Creator
Casablanca in Manhattan’s East Village
Source reference

https://www.pastemagazine.com/article/6-casablanca-cocktails

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French American Scaffa

1 1⁄2 oz Bonal Gentiane Quina
1 oz Rye, Old Overholt
1⁄2 oz Herbal liqueur, Yellow Chartreuse
Instructions

Room temperature Scaffa, mix in the glass and swirl around/stir

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Year
2014 or before
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Brian Johnson - Better Cocktails at Home YouTube channel
Source reference

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiFggq3_DWw

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Carré Blanc

1 oz Rye Genever
1 oz Aquavit, Aalborg
3⁄4 oz Dry vermouth, Dolin
1⁄4 oz Genepy, Dolin Genepy des Alpes
1 ds Orange bitters
1 ds Peychaud's Bitters
1 twst Lemon peel (express and discard)
Instructions

Stir, strain, up to cocktail glass. Lemon peel expressed and discarded

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Year
2024
Authenticity
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Creator
Leonardo Rezende
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The White Lodge

1 ds Orange bitters, Regans' orange bitters
2 ds Bitters, Bittermens Burlesque
1⁄2 oz Bianco Vermouth, Dolin
1⁄2 oz Luxardo Bitter Bianco
2 oz Mezcal, Ilegal Joven
3 ds Peychaud's Bitters (as float)
2 ds Coffee bitters (Twede's RR Coffee tincture (as float))
1 twst Orange peel (flamed, as garnish)
Instructions

Build over ice in a mixing glass, strain over large ice, float remaining bitters, flame orange peel over.

Notes

This cocktail should appear virtually clear in the glass with two distinct layers of haze appearing on top: the red from the Peychaud's bitters and a tinge of black from the RR coffee tincture. The aroma is smoky with a bright pop of orange oil and a deep, roasty note of dark-roast coffee.

Mezcal should be a moderately to heavily smoky one--although, nothing aggressively hot, nor overtly funky.

Other white amari are not necessarily going to provide the desired results in this cocktail.

History

Created circa 2017 by Sc'Eric Horner for the new Pine Grove Hall, which opened in 2020. Created as a companion to Tommy Klus' Black Lodge cocktail.

Creator requests attribution on printed menus.

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Year
2017
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Sc'Eric Horner, craft bartender
Pine Grove Hall, Pine Grove Mills, PA
Source reference

https://www.PineGroveHall.com

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Shawn C commented on 2/16/2025:

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More Blood and Sand

3⁄4 oz Scotch, Johnnie Walker Black Label
3⁄4 oz Sweet vermouth, Cocchi Vermouth di Torino
3⁄4 oz Cherry Liqueur, Cherry Heering
3⁄4 oz Blood orange (Moro blood orange)
Instructions

Shake with ice, strain into cocktail glass, garnish with blood orange wheel (optional)

Notes

The specific calls worked very well (Johnnie Walker Black and Cocchi di Torino) and I keep getting requests to make more of these from family members who are not typically keen on scotch--hence, the inclusion of "More" in the name, as well as it being a nod to the Moro.

This is the first year my Moro blood orange has produced, despite a record hot summer. The fruit is almost blackish purple inside (the photo taken under warm lighting truly doesn't do it justice.) The flavor is more muted in orange with a broader red raspberry that blends seamlessly with Cherry Heering and the cacao/raisin of the Cocchi.

History

Variation on the historical Blood & Sand (ca. 1930 in Savoy) but using Moro blood orange.

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My own photo of the cocktail as prepared, 2025
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Year
2025
Authenticity
Altered recipe
Creator
Shawn C., Fresno, CA
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Mexico City Blues

3⁄4 oz Mezcal
3⁄4 oz Gin
1⁄2 oz Sweet vermouth, Carpano Punt e Mes
1⁄2 oz Braulio
1⁄2 oz Bénédictine
2 ds Bitters, Bittermens Xocolatl Mole
Instructions

Stir with ice and strain into an old fashioned glass with a large ice cube.

History

Recently I got inspired by recalling the mezcal-gin combination which made more sense to me once I saw juniper trees growing in the agave fields in Oaxaca in January 2023 and had Gracias a Dios Agave Gin from Oaxaca on the back bar shelf at work a few months later. That duo had me finding the recipes and mashing up the Kerouac with Benedictine and the Thieves in the Night with Braulio. I originally tried a 1:1:1/2:1/2 structure akin to the Big Spender, but that turned out a little thin. I then added a little sweet vermouth to the mix which helped, but it came together more with Punt e Mes when I started again fresh. For a name, I dubbed this one Mexico City Blues after one of Jack Kerouac's short stories.

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Year
2025
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Frederic Yarm, Boston, MA 2025
Source reference

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2025/02/mexico-city-blues.html

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Joel Cairo

1 1⁄2 oz Whiskey (Macallan Edition No. 6 Single Malt)
1 oz Aperol
3⁄4 oz Sambuca
3⁄4 oz Lime juice
1⁄2 oz Lavender syrup
3 ds Grapefruit bitters
Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.

History

Watching, "The Maltese Falcon"

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Year
2025
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Creator
Carl N.
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