Grand Hotel

1 3⁄4 oz Martinique Rum, Clément VSOP
3⁄4 oz Honey syrup (1:1)
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
6 dr Orange flower water
1 oz Champagne
Instructions

Shake without Champagne, add Champagne, fine strain into a coupe, garnish with an edible flower.

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Year
2017
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Altered recipe
Creator
Rafa García Febles, NYC.
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jello_jones commented on 6/01/2025:

Used Plantation 5 star and Biutiful cava. Delicious. Strong coconut notes for some reason but I’m not mad at it.

Laetare Fizz

1 oz Amaro Montenegro
1 oz Gin, St. George Botanivore
1 oz Aromatized wine, Dubonnet Rouge
1 oz Blood Orange Juice
1⁄2 oz Passion fruit puree
1⁄2 oz Cassis
1⁄2 oz Heavy cream
1⁄4 oz Lemon juice
1 Egg white
5 dr Peychaud's Bitters (garnish)
Instructions

Shake all ingredients with ice until tin is frosty. Coupe. Garnish with swirled drops of Peychaud's.

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Year
2017
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Heidi Schmidt
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5 stars
(3 ratings)
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  • High labor
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When Doves Fly

2 oz Gin (American gin)
1⁄2 oz Simple syrup
1⁄4 oz Falernum, Velvet Falernum
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
1 Egg white
1 twst Lemon peel
Instructions

Shake on ice, stain into chilled coupe. Garnish lemon peel.

Notes

Recipe just calls for 'American' gin, video shows Aviation brand. Recipe is still excellent with London dry gin.

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Creator
Jesse Vida, BlackTail, NYC
Source reference

http://www.liquor.com/video/curbside-cocktails-when-doves-fly/#gs.dZKME…

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4 stars
(5 ratings)
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Churchill

1 1⁄2 oz Blended Scotch, Johnnie Walker
1⁄2 oz Orange liqueur, Grand Marnier
1⁄2 oz Sweet vermouth
1⁄2 oz Lime juice
Instructions

Stir, strain, up.

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Year
1939
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Joe Gilmore, Savoy Hotel, London
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3.5 stars
(9 ratings)
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  • Good in Robins book
  • A drink caught between genres, a bit.
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noksagt commented on 3/23/2017:

Tasty; fairly "tiki", which was surprising.  A "part" is not an "ounce"; the recipe makes 2.

See the same ratio with....?more temperance?....at, e.g. http://imbibemagazine.com/churchill-manhattan-variation/

Also: many recipes I saw agreed on the Johnnie, but called for Cointreau or other triple sec rather than the Gran Marnier.

Zachary Pearson commented on 3/23/2017:

I'll adjust the number of drinks. I saw that Imbibe link and read it was a Manhattan variant, shuddered, and found another version. It's no more a Manhattan variant than a Daiquiri is a Old Fashioned variant. Thanks,  Zachary

MathMusic commented on 4/08/2017:

Not bad. I shook in a shaker since it has fresh lime juice. I made with dewars. Well balanced for a scotch cocktail.

The Velvet Smoking Jacket

1 1⁄2 oz Mezcal
1⁄2 oz Falernum, Velvet Falernum
1⁄2 oz Islay Scotch, Laphroaig 10
1 ds Orange bitters
1 twst Lemon peel
Instructions

Stir on ice, strain into chilled coupe. Garnish lemon peel.

Notes

Original published online calls for shaking, much better stirred.

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Authentic recipe
Creator
The Gander, New York, NY
Source reference

http://www.travelandleisure.com/food-drink/cocktails-spirits/laphroaig-…

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4 stars
(17 ratings)
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  • Very boozy, but I used Devil's Own Falernum which is very different - 80 proof. Good, but I had to add a bit of simple and a couple cloves to mellow out. Will try with Taylor's Velvet Falernum.
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Roycroft Cocktail

1 oz Rye, Rittenhouse
1⁄2 oz Herbal liqueur, Green Chartreuse
1⁄2 oz Bénédictine
1⁄2 oz Cherry Liqueur, Cherry Heering
1 oz Lemon juice
1 sli Ginger (as garnish)
Instructions

Shake; strain; up; garnish.

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Authentic recipe
Creator
Gary Crunkleton, The Crunkleton, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (USA)
Source reference

http://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2017/03/the-roycroft-cocktail.html

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4 stars
(13 ratings)
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  • Really interesting depth of flavor, but borderline fat for me. Next time I'd also try the recommendation of cutting the chartreuse and/or the heering and upping the rye. Still, a unique sour!
  • Pretty good. The chartreuse and lemon dominate. Rittenhouse gets a little lost. — ★★★★
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jensck commented on 3/19/2017:

Good, but the Chartreuse is a little overwhelming.

Upping the rye to 45ml and cutting the Chartreuse in half was a nice improvement.

bkemp1984 commented on 8/02/2022:

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Yankee Skipper

1 1⁄2 oz Rye
3⁄4 oz Sweet vermouth
1⁄2 oz Navy strength rum, Smith & Cross
1⁄4 oz Amer Picon
Instructions

Stir; strain; up.

History

Cocktail Virgin's adaptation of a recipe in Pioneers of Mixing at Elite Bars: 1903-1933.

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Source reference

http://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2017/03/yankee-skipper.html

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2.5 stars
(5 ratings)
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  • Made with blanc vermouth since that's what I had open--it'd be better with sweet. Amazingly smooth given how high-octane this was (made with Rittenhouse), but not particularly exceptional.
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MOJO1229 commented on 3/19/2017:

Lately, I've seen a number of libations posted by Craig E, many which intrigued me. Yankee Skipper was one; so using top shelf ingredients, I put it together. I used Bulleit rye, Vya sweet vermouth, Smith & Cross rum, and Picon Amer. What I expected and what I tasted were two different animals.

What I expected was a somewhat smooth tasting cocktail with a predominant rum taste; what I tasted was a clash of rye and rum, with no taste of the Picon Amer. Specifying the rye and sweet vermouth may help; different brands of rye and sweet vermouth have their own characteristic tastes, and may or may not blend well with Smith and Cross rum.

That leads to my next suggestion: use a smoother rum, such as a Barbados or Haiti rum. I did use an orange twist, which helped reduce the sharp, unpleasant taste of the original recipe. Perhaps I missed the boat on this one; only others can say yea or nay. As is, I rate it as 2.5, and look at the Yankee Skipper as a work in progress.

Green Beast

1 oz Absinthe, Pernod
1 oz Simple syrup
1 oz Lime juice
4 oz Water (chilled)
3 sli Cucumber
Instructions

Build in an iced Collins glass. Stir and garnish with cucumber slices.

Notes

Alternate recipe: muddle 3 cucumber slices in shaker, add absinthe and simple syrup, ice and shake, strain into iced Collins glass and add 2 oz water. Stir and garnish with additional cucumber slices.

History

Created as a large format punch for Pernod Abinsthe

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Year
2010
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Creator
Charles Vexenat, Paris, France
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4 stars
(6 ratings)
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  • most balanced absinthe forward cocktail I've ever had
  • I liked the drink, would've given it a 4 but, I wouldn't call it VERY GOOD. It was good, but not the best ever.
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White Lion

1 3⁄4 oz Light rum
1⁄2 oz Lime juice
1⁄4 oz Curaçao
1⁄4 oz Grenadine
Instructions

Shake, strain, up.

Notes

Sorry for the weird volumes - it's technically 7:2:1:1, and Embury says that cocktails are about 2.5 ounces. This is 2.75 pre-chill.

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Year
1948
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
David Embury
Source reference

The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks, 3rd ed. 1958

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Zachary Pearson commented on 3/17/2017:

I curated this - a little googling pegged it as an Embury drink so I removed the bitters and changed lemon (from the OP submission) to lime and jiggled the ratio a bit to conform to the book. Thanks,  Zachary

Marc Coucke

1 1⁄2 oz Light rum, Plantation 3 Star
1⁄2 oz Sloe gin, Plymouth
1⁄2 oz Apricot liqueur, Bitter Truth
1⁄2 oz Raspberry liqueur
1⁄2 oz Lime juice
1⁄4 oz Grenadine (Homemade)
Instructions

Build. Shake. Strain.

Notes

You might want to up the lime juice to 3/4 for less sweetness but I like the fruity aspect of this spec.

History

Marc Coucke is a very successful belgian entrepreneur and - you guessed it - a millionaire (billionaire even).

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Your original creation
Creator
Thierry Vandevelde
La 25ème Heure, Soignies, Belgium
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4.5 stars
(5 ratings)
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  • Good, fruity. Made with 3/4 oz of lime juice - personally, I wouldn't have wanted it any sweeter than it was with that quantity. I did also use R&W apricot which might be sweeter than Bitter Truth.
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