The Option Clause

3⁄4 oz Mezcal (Monte Alban)
3⁄4 oz Cynar (Cynar 70 is better if you have it)
3⁄4 oz Lime juice
1⁄2 oz Herbal liqueur, Green Chartreuse
1⁄2 oz Grapefruit liqueur, Combier Pamplemousse Rose
1 pn Kosher Salt
1⁄4 Serrano (raw)
1 twst Grapefruit peel
Instructions

Shake (including the raw serrano), double strain, coupe, twist. Rub rim of glass with peel, then garnish.

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Year
2016
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Speakeasy by the Sea, Santa Monica, CA
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  • Delicious cocktail. The Cynar seemed to over power a little. I might consider lowering to .5 and adding additional .25oz of mezcal. — ★★★★
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The Royal We

1 oz Gin
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
1⁄2 oz Orange flower syrup (Orange flower-infused orange blossom honey syrup; 2:1)
1 bsp Raspberry preserves
2 ds Orange bitters
1 twst Grapefruit peel
1 1⁄2 oz Sparkling rosé wine (to top)
Instructions

Shake, fine strain into a coupe, top with sparkling rosé.

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Year
2016
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Rafa García Febles, NYC.
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  • Gin- sour, bitter, sweet
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The Charleston

1 1⁄2 oz Bourbon
1 1⁄2 oz Madeira
3 ds Bitters, Angostura
1 twst Orange peel (as garnish)
Instructions

Combine over ice, stir, strain into coupe glass. Express orange peel into drink and use as garnish. I've riffed it using Rye or Bourbon, and I've used grapefruit peel instead of orange as well. All good.

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Source reference

https://punchdrink.com/recipes/the-charleston/

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  • Made with Elijah Craig and Sercial. Light and a bit disappointingly thin on the sip, but satisfying finish. I wonder if a barspoon of simple would be in order.
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The Hint of Spring

2 Blackberry
1 spg Sage (plus one leaf as garnish)
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
1⁄4 oz Simple syrup
2 oz Rum (Diplomatico Anejo)
1⁄2 oz Herbal liqueur, Green Chartreuse
2 ds Bitters, Angostura
Instructions

Muddle the blackberries and sage with the lemon juice and simple. Add remaining ingredients, shake, strain, coupe, garnish.

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Creator
Josh Gandee, Harvest Clintonville, Columbus, OH
Source reference

http://www.thekitchn.com/cocktail-recipe-the-hint-of-spring-drink-recip…

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  • Play with rum flavors. Matusalem 3/4oz and 1/4oz Hawaiian Dark Rum.Is there room for Trader Vic's Macadamia?
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Zachary Pearson commented on 3/05/2016:

Curated this. Removed picture and rewrote instructions o avoid copyright infringement. Added blackberries as per cited link. Added creator. Thanks,  Zachary

The Golden Pearl

1 1⁄2 oz Rum, Zaya
1 oz Ginger liqueur, Domaine de Canton
1⁄2 oz Lime juice
1⁄4 oz Honey syrup
2 ds Bitters, Bittermens Xocolatl Mole
Instructions

Shake all ingredients with ice and pour into a rocks glass over more ice.

Notes

Have tried this with Fee Bros. Molasses Bitters and Bittercube Blackstrap Bitters, which also work, depending on your taste. I use 2:1 honey syrup.

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Year
2015
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Creator
Scott Stoeffler, Downers Grove, IL
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Beatnik (Duggan McDonnell)

1 1⁄2 oz Averna
1 oz Bourbon
1⁄2 oz Tawny port
1 ds Peychaud's Bitters
1 twst Orange peel (flamed, as garnish)
Instructions

Rinse a chilled glass with the port, then add it to a mixing glass with the other ingredients. Stir and strain, garnish with the flamed orange peel and drop it into the drink.

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Year
2013
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Creator
Duggan McDonnell, Cantina, San Francisco
Source reference

http://drinkstraightup.com/2013/02/17/beatnik/

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  • Nice complex sort of Manhattan thing.
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Zachary Pearson commented on 3/04/2016:

Curated this. Rewrote instructions to avoid copyright. This seems similar to the other Beatnik we have in the database, but it's smaller and sweeter. Thanks,  Zachary

The Hotel Room Temperature

1 1⁄2 oz Sweet vermouth, Carpano Antica Formula
3⁄4 oz Rum, El Dorado 12
3⁄4 oz Orange Curaçao, Marie Brizard
14 dr Bitters, Bittermens Xocolatl Mole
1 twst Orange peel
Instructions

Pour between two glasses, no ice. Express orange oil on one glass, pour, and hang peel as garnish

History

Adapted by starchefs.com

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Kirk Estopinal, Cure, New Orleans, Louisiana (USA)
Source reference

http://www.starchefs.com/cook/recipe/kirk-estopinal/hotel-room-temperat…

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  • Made with El Dorado 8 and Pierre Ferrand. Obviously boozy with no dilution, but smooth and very tasty. — ★★★★★
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Companion

1 2⁄3 oz Light rum, Bacardi
2 t Dry vermouth, Noilly Prat Original Dry
2⁄3 oz Lemon juice
1⁄2 oz Honey syrup
1⁄2 oz Pear puree
1 pn Black peppercorns
Instructions

First muddle the 8 black peppercorns in the tin then shake and fine strain. Garnish with mint leaf and mini peg.

Notes

Refreshing, slightly dry and a little spicy kick from the pepper.

History

Created by Anya Montague as a winning Bacardi Legacy Global Cocktail Competition winning cocktail.

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2015
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Anya Montague
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  • Made this with Ogasawara white rum and white zapote puree instead of pear. Had some strange notes. Will make this again w/ a different rum.
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The Charlatan

2 oz Sweet vermouth, Carpano Punt e Mes
3⁄4 oz Campari
1⁄2 oz Cherry Liqueur, Cherry Heering
2 ds Orange bitters, Regans' orange bitters
3 twst Orange peel (flamed, to prepare the glass)
1 twst Orange peel (unflamed, as garnish)
Instructions

Flame 3 orange peels into old fashioned glass. Add other ingredients including orange twist. This is a room-temperature cocktail.

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Maksym Pazuniak
Source reference

http://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2012/05/charlatan.html

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  • Great nose. Nice tanginess to the taste, but this is quite syrupy.
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Tobacco Road #2

1 oz Coffee liqueur (St. George NOLA Coffee Liqueur)
3⁄4 oz Mezcal
1⁄2 oz Cherry Liqueur, Cherry Heering
1 ds Bitters, Fee Brothers Black Walnut
1 Brandied cherry
Instructions

Stir and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a brandied cherry.

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Year
2014
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Creator
Jessica Torres
Source reference

https://web.archive.org/web/20171005012830/http://onemartini.com/mezcal…

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  • Smoky, cherry, walnut. Added a drop of Aztec Chocolate.
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MOJO1229 commented on 12/16/2016:

<br />A very nice after-dinner drink, with a delicious multiplicity of flavors.

I used Starbucks coffee liqueuer (it's OK, but I wonder how well Kahlua would work, with its rum base), the Mezcal comes through despite the heaviness of Starbucks, as does the cherry flavoring from Herring. The Black Walnut bitters by Fee Bros is one of my favorite non-fruit, non-aromatic bitters. But in Tobacco Road #2, I found two dashes were needed to bring out the desired taste of that bitters; the black walnut bitters simply was overwhelmed by the coffee liquer using only one dash.

Finally, I made one other change that rounded out the various flavors, and added not only more depth to the already existing blend of flavors, but definitely complimented them as well. Simply, I added a single dash of Xocolatl Mole, for a wonderful subtle cocholate flavor. Very, very nice.

Whether you stay with the Tobacco Road #2 as written, or make either or both of the two small changes I suggest, you'll find this a flavorful, relaxing cocktail, either after a great dinner, or simply a cocktail to imbibe and relax with in the evening.

Robbyfresh commented on 6/24/2017:

This is weird. It definitely produces a tobacco flavor. I'm not sure if I like it or not, but it is certainly worth trying. 

KushCus commented on 11/23/2019:

Made with Kahlua and dash of walnut liqueur rather than bitters and some extra bitters and very interesting - not sure it's one for every day!

Ajvan commented on 12/02/2019:

I used Caffe Amaro, a couple dashes of black walnut and added a dash of Fee Bros Aztec Chocolate...a smoky, rich, cold weather sipper.

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