Susurrus

2 oz Calvados, Boulard (VSOP)
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
1⁄2 oz Simple syrup
2 ds Bitters, Fee Brothers Old Fashion
2 oz Hard cider (dry)
Instructions

Shake the first four ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail flute or coupe OR build in an ice-filled old fashioned glass and stir briefly to combine.

Top with hard cider. Garnish with a thin apple slice.

Notes

It's straightforward apple pie in a French 75 jacket. Dash of ginger or allspice dram would probably work nicely.

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  • Rather one note. The note is apple.
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World's Fair

1 1⁄2 oz Rye, Willett 2 Year
3⁄4 oz Amaro Montenegro
3⁄4 oz Sweet vermouth, Carpano Punt e Mes
1⁄2 oz Walnut Liqueur, Nux Alpina
1 ds Bitters, Fee Brothers Whiskey Barrel Aged
1 Cherry (as garnish)
1 twst Orange peel (as garnish)
Instructions

Stir with ice and strain into a cocktail coupe. Serve with a cherry-orange peel flag garnish.

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Creator
Vannaluck Hongthong, Baldwin Bar, Woburn, Massachusetts (USA)
Source reference

http://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.co.il/2016/03/worlds-fair.html

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  • Upped Rye to 2oz — ★★★★
  • Made with Punt e Mes and cardamom bitters.
  • Fat 3/4 on the amaro and, likewise, another dash of bitters.
  • Nice winter-y warm-toned drink.
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yarm commented on 11/30/2022:

Created by Vannaluck Hongthong at the Baldwin Bar in Woburn, MA.

Craig E commented on 12/04/2022:

Curated to clean up including adding creator. Thanks @yarm!

Crimson Lake

1 1⁄2 oz Gin, The Botanist
3⁄4 oz Aperitivo, Leopold Brothers
3⁄4 oz Sweet vermouth, Carpano Antica Formula
2 ds Bitters, Fee Brothers Whiskey Barrel Aged
Instructions

Stir; strain; up. Blood orange twist.

Notes

Negroni riff using the similar-but-different Leopold Brothers Aperitivo. Cinnamon-rich Fee Brothers bitters play well with the herbal notes in the Aperitivo.

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Year
2016
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Your original creation
Creator
Drew Fields, Washington DC
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The Reverb Crash

4 oz White grapefruit juice
1 1⁄2 oz Passion fruit syrup
3⁄4 oz Lime juice
3⁄4 bsp Orgeat
1 oz Light rum (Cuban)
1 oz Dark rum (Jamaican)
Instructions

Put in a shaker with half a cup of crushed ice, shake well and put in a Tiki mug - I guess a 14-16 Oz one , add crushed Ice to fill. Garnish with, eh- I dunno - half a grapefruit, ok, no - with a mint sprig.

Notes

You can use more Orgeat if you want - it depends how strong the taste of the syrup is. The idea is to just feel a bit of it. I used Monin brand which is very strong.

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Year
2003
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Kick-The-Reverb
Source reference

http://www.tikiroom.com/drinks/drinkcontest-results.htm

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Drink My Blood

1 oz Rye
1 oz Campari
3⁄4 oz Blood orange syrup
1⁄2 oz Aromatized wine, Lillet Rouge
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
Instructions

Shake, strain, up. Garnish with orange or lemon twist.

Notes

I used the blood orange syrup recipe from the Ides of March.

History

A cocktail for Maundy Thursday.

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Year
2016
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Your original creation
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Pumpernickel

1 1⁄2 oz Rye, Rittenhouse 100
3⁄4 oz Ramazzotti
1⁄2 oz Sweet vermouth, Carpano Punt e Mes
7 ds Bitters, Angostura
1 twst Lemon peel (expressed and discarded)
Instructions

Stir, Strain, Up, Coupe. Twist and discard garnish.

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Year
2014
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Authentic recipe
Creator
Amor y Amargo, Brooklyn, New York
Source reference

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2014/11/pumpernickel.html

Curator rating
5 stars
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4 stars
(23 ratings)
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  • Good drink, used Foro because I didn’t have ramazatti and a little less angostura
  • Superbly named, nicely spiced, stiff but smooth.
  • Big, boozy, and bitter.
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chadwilcomb commented on 4/15/2021:

I first made this one subbing Carpano Antica for the Punt e Mes. After trying it with Punt e Mes, I think I like it better with the Antica. Anyway...

yarm commented on 9/27/2021:

Definitely before 2015. Sother made this for me at a pop-up event in Boston in 2014: https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2014/11/pumpernickel.html

Slightly different there (Bourbon, 3/4 oz Put e Mes, only 2 dash Angostura) when he made it for me. In Sother's book it is the one listed here with rye and 7 dashes etc. but with Amaro Abano instead of Ramazzotti. It's not uncommon for Amor y Amaro drinks to change the amaro identity over time.

Small Dinger

1 oz Light rum
1 oz Gin
1⁄2 oz Lime juice
1⁄2 oz Grenadine
Instructions

Shake, Strain, Up Coupe

History

Pulled from "Bar La Florida Cocktails" Book

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Source reference

12 Bottle Bar Book by David and Lesley Solmonson

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  • Gin = Roméo
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Be Wise, Be Brave, Be Tricky

2 1⁄4 oz Bourbon, Old Grand Dad (BIB or 114)
1⁄3 oz Coffee liqueur, Kahlua
1⁄3 oz Licor 43
1 t Islay Scotch, Laphroaig Quarter Cask
3⁄4 oz Water (chilled)
2 ds Bitters, Scrappy's Lavender
Instructions

Build without ice in a chilled rocks glass. Stir briefly to combine. Express a large lemon peel over the drink and drop in.

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Year
2016
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Creator
Drew Fields, 2016 (Washington DC)
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Smoke and Fears

2 oz Cynar
1⁄2 oz Islay Scotch, Laphroaig 10
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
3 ds Wormwood bitters
Instructions

Shake, strain, big cube, lowball, brace yourself.

Notes

Like a whiskey sour, but with large attachments.

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Year
2016
Authenticity
Unknown
Creator
Dan Chadwick, Kindred Cocktails
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  • Wow! Excellent use of Cynar. I used Ardmore peated and a quarter oz of absinthe instead of wormwood biters.
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flickerdart commented on 10/21/2020:

Wow! Smoky nose, tastes exactly like chinotto soda. Used Peychaud's due to extreme lack of bottles for the moment.

applejack commented on 11/27/2020:

Surprised I haven't tried this one before.  Have a few bottles of Lap 10 that I'm looking to work down, and stumbled upon this.  It's quite good.  As the previous commenter mentioned, this is similar to Chinotto (though with a metallic, ashy finish to me).

Boston Sidecar

3⁄4 oz Light rum
3⁄4 oz Cognac
3⁄4 oz Triple sec, Cointreau
1 oz Lime juice
Instructions

Shake, Strain, Up, Coupe.

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https://mrbostondrinks.com/recipes/boston-sidecar-cocktail

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