Toreador

1 oz Blanco tequila
3⁄4 oz Lime juice
2⁄3 oz Apricot liqueur
1⁄4 oz Simple syrup (1:1)
Instructions

Shake, strain, up in coupe

History

William J. Tarling’s Café Royal Cocktail Book (1937)

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Year
1937
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Source reference

https://punchdrink.com/articles/toreador-margarita-cocktail-recipe-tequ…

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4 stars
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4 stars
(5 ratings)
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  • Nothing surprising here but this is a great margarita variant.
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mako commented on 7/25/2024:

According to the Punch article, it's extremely popular in Australia.

Kindred Cocktails commented on 7/31/2024:

Made with 1.5oz tequila and Orchard Apricot. An excellent cocktail. The pepperiness of the tequila contrasts nicely with the apricot. -Dan

noksagt commented on 6/07/2025:

A nice varient from José Manuel Alvarez Gonzalez, Milk & Honey London (2011):
2 oz blanco tequila
1/4 oz apricot liqueur
1/4 oz Campari
1/4 oz ginger liqueur
1/2 oz lemon juice

Sandstorm

1 1⁄2 oz Gin
3⁄4 oz Grapefruit juice
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
1⁄2 oz Maraschino Liqueur
1⁄4 oz Crème de Violette
1 Maraschino cherry (As garnish)
Instructions

Shake with ice, strain into a coupe glass, and garnish with a cherry.

Notes

A gin Hemingway Daiquiri-Aviation mashup of sorts.

History

While writing up Matty Gees' Sands from Milk & Honey on the blog which was a Casino Cocktail with the addition of grapefruit and no orange bitters or perhaps the Savoy Cocktail Book simplified Aviation with grapefruit, I became inspired. What if I took the Sands and crossed it with the classic 1916 Aviation? Sand in the air made me think of a sandstorm which in turn made me think of Darudes's 2000 hit song as the name. Overall, the grapefruit juice works here with the Maraschino to push the combination a half or even a full step away from the Aviation.

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Year
2024
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Frederic Yarm, Boston, MA
Source reference

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2024/07/sandstorm.html

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  • Try Luxardo maraschino instead
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Ringo Highball

2 oz Blanco tequila
3⁄4 oz Acid blend (Champagne acid--see notes)
3⁄4 oz Simple syrup
1 ds Bitters (shiso bitters)
2 1⁄2 oz Soda water
3 sli Apple (on a pick, as garnish)
Instructions

Chill, add soda, pour over ice, garnish.

Notes

Champagne Acid (adapted from Dave Arnold)

420 g room temperature water
15 g tartaric acid powder
15 g lactic acid powder

Measure by weight. Stir to integrate. Bottle, date, and label. Can be stored room temperature. For single serving, use a syrup cheater.

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Year
2024
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Rafa García Febles, NYC.
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Craig E commented on 7/23/2024:

What's a "syrup cheater"? Just adding sugar to the acid blend instead of assembling separate ingredients?

DrunkLab commented on 7/24/2024:

"Cheater bottles" are bottles used for storing and pouring syrups, juices, and batches behind a bar. I copied the instructions for the Champagne acid from my bartenders' guide, and included my note for them that they can keep the acid blend in a cheater bottle the way they do syrups and juices. There is no added sugar in this case.

Iron Ranger

2 oz Bourbon
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
1 oz Pineapple juice
1⁄2 oz Falernum
1⁄2 oz Simple syrup
2 ds Bitters, Angostura
1 spg Mint (as garnish)
1 Cinnamon stick (as garnish)
Instructions

Shake; strain over crushed ice in a hurricane glass; garnish.

Notes

Castro suggests 50%+ ABV for the bourbon.

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Authenticity
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Creator
Erick Castro, Boilermaker, New York, New York (USA)
Source reference

https://www.bartenderatlarge.com/recipes/2018/3/3/bourbon-tiki-drinks-t…

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  • I love the use of bourbon instead of rum in this tiki-like refresher. Well balanced and bourbon comes through without overpowering.
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Coley Cobbler

2 1⁄4 oz Sweet vermouth
1⁄2 oz Fernet Branca
1⁄4 oz Demerara syrup
2 sli Orange (2 orange wheels for muddling)
1⁄8 oz Gin (As garnish)
2 sli Orange (2 half moon slices as garnish)
Instructions

Muddle the orange wheels, add the rest of the ingredients, shake with ice, and strain into a Collins glass. Fill with crushed ice, add a straw, and garnish with 2 orange half moons and around 1/8 oz juniper-forward gin dripped over the top.

History

While reading Nicola Nice's The Cocktail Parlor: How Women Brought the Cocktail Home book in the section mentioning the Sherry Cobbler, I was inspired to riff on Ada Coleman's Hanky Panky and transform it into a Vermouth Cobbler. Sweet vermouth and Fernet were a duo that worked in my Diddlin' Dora back, and I decided to make this riff an inverse Hanky Panky of sorts and include classic muddled orange wheels in the mix to smooth out the balance. I dubbed the result the Coley Cobbler after Ada's nickname at the Savoy bar.

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Year
2024
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Frederic Yarm, Somerville, MA
Source reference

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2024/06/coley-cobbler.html

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Alechata

1 1⁄4 oz Reposado Tequila
3⁄4 oz Cream
1⁄2 oz Becherovka
1⁄2 oz Simple syrup (rice-infused; see Notes)
1 pn Salt
1 pn Cinnamon (as garnish)
Instructions

Shake, fine-strain, up, garnish.

Notes

Rice syrup: In a blender combine equal parts cooked rice, hot water, and sugar and blend well. Let sit for 10 minutes, then fine strain.

History

Created for the Reddit Original Cocktail Challenge, July 2024: Tequila & cinnamon.
Name comes from the two inspirations: the Alexander cocktail and horchata.

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2024
Authenticity
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Creator
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Oaxacan Lady

3⁄4 oz Mezcal
3⁄4 oz Bénédictine
3⁄4 oz Amaro Montenegro
3⁄4 oz Lime juice
2 ds Bitters, Bittermens Xocolatl Mole
Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a coupe glass.

History

After writing up Eastern Standard's Spanish Lady on the blog, I was inspired to riff on it. I felt that the Montenegro aspect was too bright and that perhaps switching from a light bodied rum to smoky mezcal could help balance that. Part of my thinking was that mezcal and Montenegro go amazingly well together in the 50:50 shooter, the M&M. I also swapped the original's lemon juice and Angostura Bitters to lime juice and molé bitters.

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Year
2024
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Frederic Yarm, Boston, MA
Source reference

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2024/07/oaxacan-lady.html

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Forbidden Fruit (Aisha Sharpe)

1 1⁄2 oz Apple brandy, Lairds Bonded
1 oz Pimm's No. 1 Cup
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
1 t Simple syrup
2 ds Peychaud's Bitters
2 ds Bitters, Angostura
1 ? Ginger beer (to top)
Instructions

Shake all ingredients except ginger beer with ice. Strain into highball or collins glass with fresh ice. Top with ginger beer. Garnish with lemon wheel.

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Unknown
Creator
Aisha Sharpe
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https://www.liquor.com/recipes/forbidden-fruit/

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Pimm's Coupe

1 oz Mezcal
1 oz Pimm's No. 1 Cup
1 1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
3⁄4 oz Simple syrup
Instructions

Shake and strain into coupe. Garnish with lemon twist and fresh or dehydrated strawberry

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Creator
Jon Baxter, The Copper Grouse, Manchester, Vermont, USA
Source reference

https://www.liquor.com/pimms-coupe-cocktail-recipe-5101652

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2 oz Zwack liqueur
1 oz Orange juice
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
2 oz Beer, Miller High Life (to top)
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Instructions

Shake; strain; ice-filled Collins; garnish.

History

A spin on the "bro-mosa," a mimosa of High Life and OJ.

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Creator
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