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High Chicago

1 oz Apricot eau-de-vie, Blume Marillen
3⁄4 oz Mastika
1⁄2 oz Curaçao
1 t Suze
1⁄4 t Kummel
1 twst Orange peel (expressed and discarded)
Instructions

Stir, strain, up, twist, garnish with a curled carrot peel and a spritz of carrot eau de vie.

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Will Elliot, Maison Premiere, Brooklyn, NY.
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Kümmel Trident (Jack Rose)

1 oz Kummel
1 oz Cynar
1 twst Orange peel (as garnish)
Instructions

Stir, strain, up, twist.

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Trevor Frye, Jack Rose Dining Saloon, Washington, D.C.
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Dan commented on 12/08/2015:

Hmmm. Aquavit isn't sweetened. I'm skeptical of the sugar balance in this one....


DrunkLab commented on 12/08/2015:

Not too sweet at all with Combier kümmel, but your mileage may vary.



Blown Rose

3 sli Apple (Fuji)
2 oz Rye, Old Overholt (Chamomille-infused)
1⁄2 oz Pineapple juice
1⁄2 oz Lime juice
1⁄2 oz Cinnamon syrup
Instructions

Muddle the apple slices, add the remaining ingredients and shake with ice. Double strain into a coupe, garnish with a lime wheel.

Notes

1/4 cup of loose chamomille in one liter bottle of Old overholt, stir well, strain well after 1 hour and 45 minutes

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Year
2009
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Creator
Thomas Waugh
Source reference

Death & Co Cocktail Book, p.198

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  • Best tea cocktail I've ever had - definitely up there among the best sours I've ever had as well. — ★★★★★
  • I used chamomile tea. Shoulda used more.
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European Union

Instructions

Stir, strain into a coupe. No garnish

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2008
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Creator
Alex Day
Source reference

Death & Co Cocktail Book, p.162

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  • The Strega does wonders.
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City of Gold Sling

Instructions

Shake with ice, strain into a highball glass over ice cubes

History

Variation on the Singapore Sling

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Year
2009
Authenticity
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Creator
Joaquin Simo
Source reference

Death & Co Cocktail Book, p.155

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Pink Buck

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1 oz PInk grapefruit juice
1⁄4 oz Simple syrup (I used black currant)
Instructions

Shake without ginger beer, strain into an ice filled Collins glass. Top with ginger beer and garnish with a grapefruit peel.

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Alisson
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The Accidental Hipster

3⁄4 oz Rye
3⁄4 oz Fernet Branca
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
Instructions

Shake strain up

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Julia and Chris Tunstall
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St Columb's Rill

2 oz Irish whiskey, Bushmill's
1⁄4 oz Herbal liqueur, Green Chartreuse
Instructions

Stir with ice, strain, coupe. No garnish.

Notes

Works very nicely with Monkey Shoulder for the whiskey in the absence of Bushmill's.

Note: The published Death & Co. recipe excludes the Xocolatl bitters, but Ward specifically lists it in his recipe (see the 2010 link.)

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Year
2008
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Creator
Phil Ward, Death & Co
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  • Excellent! Used martini dry vermouth and Bushmill's Black Bush.
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Jojiro commented on 1/03/2022:

The original recipe specified adding 1 dash of Bittermens Xocolatl Mole Bitters, and the cocktail name was "St. Columb's Rill", not "St. Columbus Rill". St. Columb's Rill is a stream on which the Bushmill distillery was originally built. The name pays tribute to Saint Columba of Cornwall, and has nothing to do with Columbus.


Zachary Pearson commented on 9/22/2022:

Do you have a link to that effect? My copy of Death & Co. has this as written. Thanks, Zachary




yarm commented on 9/29/2022:

They must've fixed it up after the 2014 printing. Mine bought in the first month of it coming out has it spelled as St. Columbus, and hence, that's the way it appears in my blog when I made it.


Craig E commented on 9/30/2022:

Updated name and ingredients accordingly. Thanks all!


benjajinj commented on 1/19/2025:

My copy of the book has no mole bitters - neither does the ebook.



Shawn C commented on 2/16/2025:

Curated to add a reference to the blog link with Phil Ward's specific listing of Xocolatl bitters that is missing from the Death & Co. recipe. That should settle any further confusion about whether the bitters were intended to be there.


The Aztec Snow

2 oz Bourbon
1⁄4 oz Crème de Cacao
1⁄4 oz Galliano
3⁄4 oz Egg white
2 ds Aztec Chocolate bitters, Fee Brothers
1 pn Nutmeg
Instructions

To a cocktail shaker, add all the ingredients (except for the nutmeg) and dry shake vigorously. Add ice and shake again. Double strain into a coupe and garnish with nutmeg.

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laerm commented on 12/30/2016:

Too high proof for egg white: it curdled.


Solera Sidecar

1 1⁄2 oz Cognac VSOP (Hine)
1⁄4 oz Amaretto, Lazzaroni
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
1⁄4 oz Simple syrup
Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a coupe.

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Creator
Joaquin Simo, Death and Co., NY
Source reference

Death and Co. Modern Classic Cocktails

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