Add liqueuers to a flute, top with sparkling wine.
Shake, strain, up.
Shake, strain, up.
Stir, up, garnish with peel after expelling oil onto the surface of the drink.
The Spy Hop Harvest gin—whose base spirit is made from foraged apples on San Juan Island—is crucial for this drink to taste right. So is the orange twist.
Stir, strain over one large rock.
Needs tweaking to find the optimal bitter ingredient. Gran classico?
Created as part of my ongoing effort to rehabilitate Jäger's reputation.
I haven't made the original recipe yet, because while I am keen on Gran Classico, it is usually quite assertively bitter and I thought it might overpower here. So I tried the Cappelletti variant suggested by Craig, which was quite good with a wine base profile, but slightly to the sweet side. I am looking forward to trying the original--and possibly a blend of the two to dial it in. If I prefer a variant might I suggest: Educated Jabroni, Improved Jabroni or Jabroni #2.
I have avoided Jagermeister for decades, but am finding the half bottle I picked up this week has a pleasant herbal liqueur/amaro essence that fits in with the wide range of amari/liqueurs in my cabinets. Its flavor is suggestive of an ouzo used as an amaro base.
I have made the original, 4 stars, quite good. The rhubarb & gentian bitterness of the Gran Classico come through loud and clear compared to the milder, sweeter flavor when Cappelletti was used. Both are good, but with very different resulting characters. I will have to make that hybrid to see if any synergy ensues.
Shake, strain, up.
Stir, strain, up.
This was my attempt to create a drink that brought out the bitter aspects of coffee while downplaying the sweetness. I also wanted to avoid milk or actual brewed coffee.
Shake all ingredients other than the soda water, strain, top with soda water.
The amount of soda water can be adjusted to balance out the alcohol.
Created for and named after my mom, whose name is pronounced "Pim".
Stir, strain into a glass with one large ice cube.
Created for Westland's 2015 Peat Week celebration.
Blend for 10 seconds, pour into tiki mug, Garnish with gardenia and a pearl.
Beachbum Berry Remixed, Jeff Berry, pg. 52
Had to do a few substitutions, but I loved the result.
3/4 oz Root Beer syrup from Portland Soda Works
1/2 oz Cruzan Black Strap rum
1/4 oz Fernet Branca
3/4 oz Cointreau
1/4 oz Licor 43
3/4 oz lemon juice