Pillow Shot
Shake, strain, down
Shake, strain, down
Shake, strain, squeeze a lemon peel and discard
This is both compelling and weird. Kudos.
Shake, strain into a chilled coupe. No garnish.
You must used a barrel aged gin (I used Breuckelen) to get that oak in there. A light style Old Tom like Hayman's will not work. Dolin Blanc, though wonderful, is not the best fit here, use a more savory style like Contratto.
Curated this slightly - moved the long notes from the body of the drink to the notes section, so it doesn't blow out line breaks. Changed 3 2/5 oz vermouth to 3/4 - I'm guessing this is what you want to meet the Paper Airplane? Thanks, Zachary
Stir, strain, coupe. Squeeze and drop the lemon.
Stir. Up. Garnish carefully with oil from Orange peel. Discard.
Left me feeling a bit flat. The gin (I used Botanist) just overpowered the Nonino and Apricot. Ok, but unremarkable.
Stir. Strain over fresh ice in glass of your choice. Garnish. Sip. Repeat.
Combine ingredients into mixing glass. Add ice and stir for 10 seconds. Serve over a large ice cube, express with orange peel.
There's a few versions of this percolating around the web, many of which use two rums instead of rum and rye. But this looks to be the most recent iteration
Stir, strain, up
To make the Campari, rest 750 ml of Campari with 20 star anise pods for 8-12 hours.
Gary Regan's The Negroni by way of http://imbibemagazine.com/stiletta/
Very nice. I wasn't going to devote an entire bottle of Campari to occasional home use, so I just floated a star anise. A little more infusion time may have been better, but it was a good drink anyway. Conveniently, 20 star anise in 750ml is near enough to one in 30ml (1oz).
A bit too sweet, I think. Still very nice. Will try slightly different proportions at a later time.
A bit too sweet, I think. Still very nice. Will try slightly different proportions at a later time.
Dry shake, shake with ice, coupe; garnish with pineapple leaf
Crush ice in blender - you want some fine ice and some smaller pieces. Add everything except garnish, blend briefly, pour unstrained into a coupe. Garnish.
Curated this - rewrote instructions to avoid copyright. Added the ice. Thanks, Zachary
So sour that the lime seems to cover most other flavors unfortunately, although what's left would still be pleasant to cool down on a hot day.
Increasing Crème de Cacao to a full 1oz improves the balance slightly and lets the flavor rise a little above the sour lime.