Miss Scarlet

1 1⁄2 oz Gin
1⁄2 oz Lime juice
1⁄4 oz Cynar
3⁄4 oz Grenadine
Instructions

Shake, Double Strain, Up, Coupe

Notes

Use homemade Grenadine. Don't even bother if all you have is fake stuff. Grenadine is pretty easy to make!

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Doug Phillips, Slippery Slope, Chicago
Source reference

Imbibe Magazine

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  • somehow adds up to much more than the sum of its parts. nice tart but sweet and accessible sipper
  • 1/4 oz of Grenadine
  • Made with Beefeater and lemon. Found the Gin maybe a touch too strong for the drink. Will try Aviation Gin instead on the next go!
  • Tart, cranberry-ish. The Cynar is ingenious here. 2nd time, with 1/2 oz cherry grenadine. Still cranberry-ish. — ★★★★
  • Did it with Rose's and then with homemade grenadine. 4 with the cheap stuff, 4.5 with the real stuff. The Cynar makes this drink.
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Love love love this!!! Subbed cardamaro for cynar and lemon for lime (all we had), homemade grenadine (made with a touch of orange and rose water), cherry bitters, definitely putting this one in rotation!


Tasty but a little on the sweet side. Will try reducing the grenadine a bit next time.


Improved Japanese Cocktail

Instructions

Shake, Double Strain, Coupe, Up, No Garnish

Notes

Sub 1/4 to 1/4 of the cognac for Rittenhouse Rye for a nice variation.

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Authentic recipe
Creator
Toby Cecchini, Long Island Bar, Brooklyn, New York (USA)
Source reference

May 2015 Imbibe Magazine

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  • Can also substitute Brandy (Korbel) for the Cognac I may also try reducing the Orgeat a tad as others have commented.
  • This is very good, perhaps a bit sweet. Will decrease orgeat to .75 probably on next one. Peychauds does some nice work here. UPDATE: .75 Orgeat is perfect! — ★★★★★
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Las Meninas

1 oz Brandy, Cardenal Mendoza
Instructions

Build in a rocks glass with a large rock. Be sure to use Mendoza or some other sherry-tastin' Spanish brandy.

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Year
2016
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Stew Ellington
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4 stars
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  • kind of shocking how well spanish brandy works with the other ingredients; my only complaint is it's such easy drinking that the whole thing basically tastes like a complex vermouth
  • Want to try
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Great painting.  Great drink.  So what are we gonna do when the Abbott's runs out.?



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It's dun run out. So what bitters can be used in place of Abbotts?


I had no spanish Brandy on hand, and tried with Cognac.

I confirm what Mahastew already specified: Does not work with Cognac.  Too sweet. You are warned...


This is an excellent, well-balanced cocktail. Lots of flavor, but not overwhelming, a successful Spanish brandy riff on the Boulevardier. As per the recipe I used Cardenal Mendoza, Gran Classico, Punt e Mes, and my own bottling of Abbott's Bitters based on Darcy O'Neil's painstakingly researched resurrection of the original. All components work together in this cocktail, with the fennel/anise of the Abbott's being noticeable in the aroma. [In response to the question about bitters, try Darcy's recipe for the Abbotts, it is really good and different.]


New Spain

3⁄4 oz Lime juice
1⁄2 oz Agave syrup
1 sli Ginger (1/2-inch thick)
1 sli Lime
1 pn Nutmeg
Instructions

Muddle lime juice, agave and ginger. Add sherry and mezcal. Shake. Strain over large ice cube. Garnish with nutmeg and lime.

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Authentic recipe
Creator
Talia Baiocchi
Source reference

A Modern Guide to Sherry, Ten Speed Press, 2014 (page 216)

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  • Okay, but I need to try again with less ginger and better sherry
  • Went easy with the ginger after reading comments but will try again with the full amount as I found it fine. More of a summer drink than late November. Livened up with a dash of mole bitters
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La Parie

1 1⁄2 oz Gin, Tanqueray
1 oz Aromatized wine, Lillet Blanc
1 twst Lemon peel
Instructions

Stir with ice until well chilled and strain into a very cold glass

Notes

A twist on the Martini adding Maraschino sweetens but also gives a 2:1 Martini an interesting flavour. You can go to 0.5oz of the Maraschino but personally I find that a little too sweet

History

Made this one up in France, where Lillet is cheap and plentiful! There must be a recipe using these ingredients out there but I am yet to find it!

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Year
2015
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Your original creation
Creator
JamesW
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4 stars
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Workers on the Tracks

2 oz Rye, Rittenhouse (or Wild Turkey 101)
1⁄2 oz Curaçao, Pierre Ferrand Dry Curaçao
1⁄2 oz Herbal liqueur, Yellow Chartreuse
1 twst Orange peel (as garnish)
Instructions

Stir; strain; rocks; garnish.

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Unknown
Creator
Luke Andrews, The Whistler, Chicago, Illinois (USA)
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4 stars
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4 stars
(14 ratings)
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  • Equally good with Rittenhouse or Wild Turkey 101
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  • Made this with 80° rye and it was nice--can see how overproof whiskey would be even better.
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Scorpion (Luau)

2 oz Gold rum (Puerto Rican)
2 oz Gin
1 oz Brandy
3⁄4 oz Simple syrup
1 oz Orgeat
Instructions

Donate everything to a blender. Spin up like the devil for 3 seconds. Pour, unstrained, into a wisely sized bowl. Drink by yourself or with friends.

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Year
1958
Authenticity
Unknown
Source reference

Beachbum Berry Remixed, p.85

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  • Skipped the simple syrup, used all orgeat syrup.
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Coney Island Baby

1 oz Genever
3⁄4 oz Cognac
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
3⁄4 oz Orgeat (pistachio)
1⁄4 oz Aquavit
1 rinse Absinthe
1 ds Orange flower water (aromatic spritz, as garnish)
Instructions

Shake, strain, rocks.

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Year
2016
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Rafa García Febles, NYC.
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Vespa Jockey

1 1⁄2 oz Gin
1 1⁄2 oz Tuaca
1⁄4 oz Campari
1 twst Lemon peel (as garnish)
Instructions

Build over ice in rocks glass and stir. Garnish with a lemon twist.

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Dr. Bamboo
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  • Works with Luxardo Bitters, as well.
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Cadiz Cathedral

3⁄4 oz Sherry, Manzanilla Fina
1⁄2 oz Oloroso sherry
1⁄4 oz Byrrh
Instructions

Build in a mixing glass, add large ice and stir, being mindful not to over stir the drink with all of its low proof ingredients.

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Year
2016
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Kyle Davidson, Blackbird, IL, USA
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