Dry Tortuga

2 oz Reposado Tequila
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
1⁄2 oz Orange juice
1⁄2 oz Simple syrup (Earl Grey Simple Syrup)
1⁄4 oz Campari
1 Egg white
1 pn Nutmeg (as garnish)
Instructions

Combine and dry shake. Add ice, shake and strain into old fashioned glass with 1 large cube. Grate fresh nutmeg over top.

Notes

Riff on a Baby Turtle from Trick Dog Bar in SF.

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Year
2024
Authenticity
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Creator
Ryan Bullard
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Ben Wade

1 1⁄2 oz Whiskey (Talisker 18 Yr Single Malt)
1 oz Cardamaro
3⁄4 oz Bergamot liqueur, Italicus
3 ds Peychaud's Bitters
Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.

History

Watching the 1957 classic, "3:10 To Yuma."

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Year
2023
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Creator
Carl N.
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Progressive Orangutan

1 1⁄2 oz Rye, Rittenhouse
1 oz Dry vermouth, Carpano Dry
1⁄2 oz Bigallet China-China
1 ds Orange bitters ("Feegan's" mix 1:1 Fee's Orange and Regan's)
1 twst Orange peel (expressed and placed in drink)
Instructions

Stir liquid ingredients with ice, strain into chilled cocktail glass. Express an orange twist and drop in drink.

Notes

I could have called this "Orange, Three Ways" (or 4 ways considering the two orange bitters, orange amaro, and orange peel.) There is a medley of orange flavors here, but without orange juice.

I made this first with a low rye bourbon (Evan Williams Bonded) which was well received, but we preferred a bit more pepper from Rittenhouse Rye.

Despite using a dry vermouth, the half ounce of Bigallet China-China imparted a substantial but pleasant sweetness to the cocktail.

History

I enjoy the Liberal cocktail (using Bigallet China-China Amer rather than Amer Picon) and some variations, and wanted to do a riff on it employing Carpano Dry Vermouth rather than a sweet vermouth. The Carpano Dry has become my favorite dry of late, and I thought it would fit well here, providing flavorful body while allowing the orange of the Amer and bitters to stand out.

I kicked around several names, including references to Teddy Roosevelt's "Bull Moose" Progressive party as a Liberal riff. My emphasis for the drink was making orange the star, but I didn't want a generic name, so I began looking for some other way of referencing it. Orangutan seemed a tongue-in-cheek way to invoke the orange, so I fused that with progressive.

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Year
2023
Authenticity
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Creator
Shawn C., Fresno, CA
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Shawn C commented on 6/20/2024:

Curated to specifically list Carpano Dry--I had to add this as a new ingredient (brand) in the database.

Salvage Operation

1 oz Amaro (Ida Graves)
1 oz Falernum, Velvet Falernum
3⁄4 oz Simple syrup
2 ds Peach bitters
Instructions

Combine with ice in a shaker, shake, strain into a coupe.

Notes

The Ida Graves Amaro is made by the Ida Graves Distillery in Alexandria, Minnesota.

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Year
2024
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Creator
Tom Marrion
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Augusta Punch Shot

20 oz Bourbon (Early Times Bottled in Bond)
16 oz Apple brandy, Lairds Bonded
8 oz Lemon juice
4 oz Oleo-saccharum (Lemon)
12 oz Tea (Sweet Tea (Milo's))
24 ds Peach bitters
20 sli Peach (smoked/torched, as garnish)
Instructions

Mix all ingredients well in punch bowl with plenty of large ice cubes; garnish with smoked/torched peach slices

Notes

The perfect punch to enjoy during The Masters! [very much not a shot, just a play on words for the golfers]

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Unknown
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Santonioni

1 1⁄6 oz Gin
3⁄4 oz Amaro (Amaro Santoni)
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
1⁄4 oz Rich simple syrup 2:1
1 twst Orange peel (as garnish)
Instructions

Shake, strain, orange twist

Notes

Can go a little longer on the syrup to play up the bitter notes or a little shorter to play up the sour. Swap for a lemon twist for more citrus and less floral notes.

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Year
2023
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Creator
Natalie Weizenbaum
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Chef's Kiss

3⁄4 oz Fernet Branca
3⁄4 oz Demerara syrup
3⁄4 oz Herbal liqueur, Yellow Chartreuse
3⁄4 oz Lime juice
1 sli Lime (black sea-salt coated, as garnish)
Instructions

Shake and double strain into a cocktail glass, garnish with black sea-salt coated lime wheel

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Authentic recipe
Creator
John Pizano, Lazy Bird, Chicago
Source reference

https://www.liquor.com/chefs-kiss-cocktail-recipe-5115520

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Plátano Imitación

1 oz Mezcal, Del Maguey Vida
1 oz Añejo rum (pref. Uruapan Charanda Anejo)
1⁄2 oz Aperol
1⁄2 oz Sweet vermouth, Carpano Antica Formula
1⁄4 oz Oleo-saccharum (Banana)
1 ds Bitters, Angostura
1 ds Bitters, Fee Brothers Black Walnut
Instructions

Stir all ingredients over ice and strain into chilled Nick and Nora glass.

Notes

To make the banana oleo-saccharum, I cut the peels from two bright yellow bananas into 1/2" pieces and placed them in a small mason jar with 5 tsp granulated white sugar. The jar was sealed tight and left for 24 hours at room temperature before straining the resulting liquid through a coffee filter.

History

Attempting to recreate a wonderful cocktail from a recent outing to a local imbibery. The original featured tobacco bitters and madeira. Without those ingredients at home, I replaced the tobacco bitters with a dash each of Angostura and black walnut bitters, and the madeira with a half measure of Carpano Antica. Proportions of the original were unknown, but 2:1:1/4 felt right for this split-base, Manhattan/Boulevardier offshoot.

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Year
2023
Authenticity
Altered recipe
Creator
Ian Lacy, Overland Park, KS
Source reference

Adapted from a cocktail called Plátano served by Verdigris Bar in Leawood, Kansas.

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Kingston Quarters; or The Virtues of Half Measures

1 oz Rum, Smith & Cross
1⁄2 oz Campari
1⁄2 oz Bruto Americano
1⁄2 oz Sweet vermouth, Carpano Antica Formula
1⁄4 oz Zucca
1⁄4 oz Swedish Punsch, Kronan
1 Orange peel (garnish)
Instructions

Build, stir, serve up with orange peel garnish

History

This cocktail was borne out of scarcity. I had a bunch of bottles with dregs in them, but I wanted a negroni. Turns out, splitting the elements made for a very interesting drink. I didn't split the base and I'm glad because the funk of the S&C stood up well to what was going on with the sweets. FWIW, it seemed to improve with a little time to sit. Or maybe that was just my mood.

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Year
2024
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Creator
Alan Cooke
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Salvage Operation (Slight Return)

1 oz Gin
1 oz Aperitivo (Mezzodi Aperitivo Italiano)
1 oz Curaçao
Instructions

Shake with ice, strain into coupe.

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Year
2024
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Tom Marrion
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