Fine & Dandy

1 1⁄2 oz Gin (Plymouth gin per Savoy)
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
1 oz Triple sec, Cointreau
2 ds Bitters, Angostura
Instructions

Shake with ice, strain into glass.

Notes

Curator's note: This is an altered recipe that is substantially sweeter than the original. The Savoy recipe called for 1/2 Plymouth Gin, 1/4 Cointreau, 1/4 lemon juice, 1 dash Angostura bitters.

Yields Drink
Year
1930
Authenticity
Altered recipe
Creator
Harry Craddock, The Savoy Cocktail Book
Source reference

Bartender's Choice smartphone app

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Shawn C commented on 3/26/2025:

This recipe listed presently as "authentic" instead came from a Bartender's Choice phone app that altered the recipe. It isn't supposed to be 2 parts sweet to 1 part sour, but Difford's and others make similar alterations changing it into a sweet drink instead. Savoy's original calls for 1/4 each of Cointreau and lemon juice, 1/2 Plymouth Gin, and one dash of Angostura. The result is not sweet at all and tends toward dry astringency when first served, because the lemon acidity comes through strongly while ice cold, and the sugar is completely muted until the drink warms somewhat. (Might depend somewhat on how much oil is squeezed from the pith when juicing the lemon.)

Shawn C commented on 3/28/2025:

Edited to list as altered recipe with notes about the original.

Expat (Little Branch NYC)

2 oz Bourbon
3⁄4 oz Simple syrup
1 oz Lime juice
2 ds Bitters, Angostura
1 spg Mint
Instructions

Add mint and simple to shaker, muddle lightly. Add remaining ingredients, shake with ice, strain into glass.

Yields Drink
Year
2010
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Lauren Schell & Vito Dieterle, Little Branch NYC
Source reference

Bartender's Choice smartphone app

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3.5 stars
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  • No mint!? Brown sugar syrup & hald lime Used lemonbitters too
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Fransos commented on 5/04/2016:

Bartenders Choice App recipe has "small handful mint" in the list of ingredients. Also wrong name on one of the creators. It's Schell, not Schekk. 

Zachary Pearson commented on 5/04/2016:

Fixed, thanks. For people who don't have the app, it would be nice if you'd quote the whole drink so I can transcribe it correctly. Thanks, Zachary

Fransos commented on 5/06/2016:

The way it's written now works very well. Essentially a Bourbon Southside with Ango :-) 

Bridgeport

1 1⁄2 oz Irish whiskey
1 1⁄2 oz Apple brandy, Lairds Bonded
3⁄4 oz Dry sherry
1⁄4 oz Cinnamon syrup
1 bsp Kirschwasser
1 ds Bitters, Fee Brothers Whiskey Barrel Aged
1 ds Bitters, Boker's
Instructions

Stir with ice, strain, serve up. Flame an orange peel over top and garnish with same.

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Year
2015
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Me
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Fish House Punch (Death & Co)

2 oz Club soda
1 oz Lemon juice
1 oz Cognac, Hine
1 oz Rum, Appleton Estate V/X
1⁄2 oz Peach liqueur, Massenez
4 cube Sugar
1 sli Peach (as garnish)
Instructions

Muddle sugar cubes with half club soda. Stir all ingredients with ice, strain and pour into glass with single large ice cube. Add remaining club soda, garnish with peach slices.

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Authentic recipe
Creator
Death & Co. ,
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4 stars
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4.5 stars
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Fourteen

2 oz Rye, Rittenhouse
1 oz Falernum
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
2 ds Bitters, Angostura
1 oz Club soda (to top)
1 twst Lemon peel (as garnish)
1 Maraschino cherry (as garnish)
Instructions

Shake whiskey, falernum, juice, and bitters. Strain over fresh ice in a rocks glass. Top with soda and briefly stir. Garnish.

History

Made for MxMo XCVI http://mixologymonday.com/2015/04/07/mxmo-xcvi-april-20-2015-drink-of-s… as a crafty update of the Seven and Seven.

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Year
2015
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Craig Eliason, St. Paul, Minnesota (USA)
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Mosquito Coast

2 oz Rum, Scarlet Ibis
1⁄4 oz Allspice Dram, St. Elizabeth
3⁄4 oz Lime juice
3⁄4 oz Simple syrup
1 wdg Lime
Instructions

Shake all the ingredients with ice, then strain into a coupe. Garnish with the lime wedge.

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Year
2008
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Phil Ward, Death & Co., NYC
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Death & Co., p. 263

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  • A tad sweet, but what it does, it does well. 4.5.
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Cock 'n Bull Special

3⁄4 oz Bourbon
3⁄4 oz Bénédictine
1⁄2 oz Cognac
1⁄4 oz Triple sec, Cointreau
2 ds Bitters, Angostura
Instructions

Build in glass with ice, stir.

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Bartender's Choice smartphone app

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  • Awesome, sweet, strong, serious
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Casino

2 oz Old Tom Gin
2 ds Lemon juice
2 ds Maraschino Liqueur
2 ds Orange bitters
1 Cherry (as garnish)
Instructions

Shake with ice, strain into glass.

Yields Drink
Year
1930
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Harry Craddock
Source reference

The Savoy Cocktail Book

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3 stars
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sjdiaz21 commented on 5/14/2015:

There are a few different ratios used for this cocktail, but I believe the Savoy calls for 2 dashes (1/8 oz or so) each on the maraschino and lemon juice, not 3/4 oz.

spry commented on 3/23/2016:

Apparently the Savoy calls for Old Tom Gin,  with 1/4 oz lemon juice and 1/4 oz Maraschino and orange bitters.  Anyways that combination makes a fantastic drink!

Axiomatiq commented on 6/20/2016:

Do yourself a favor and drop the amount of maraschino to a scant 1/4 oz. Add a bar spoon of simple to sweeten it up slightly.

noksagt commented on 3/09/2018:

Craddock's formulation (which uses 2 oz of Old Tom gin, only 2 dashes of the remaining ingredients, and garnishes with a cherry) is delightful. My score is based on that formulation, rather than the version posted here.

Craig E commented on 3/09/2018:

Thanks for the comments; I've curated the recipe to reflect the Savoy formulation.

drinkingandthinking commented on 9/02/2022:

I found 2 dashes to be not enough lemon and luxardo. Several recipes call for 1/2 oz , but I found 1/4 oz each works pretty good.

Bourbon Smash

2 oz Bourbon
4 wdg Lemon
3⁄4 oz Simple syrup
1 ? Mint (Small handful)
2 ds Bitters, Angostura
Instructions

Muddle all ingredients in shaker, shake, strain into rocks glass with fresh ice. Top with club soda if necessary.

Yields Drink
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Your original creation
Source reference

Bartender's Choice smartphone app

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  • Scotch variant is not nearly as good
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Battle of New Orleans

2 1⁄2 oz Bourbon
1⁄4 oz Simple syrup
1 ds Absinthe
2 ds Peychaud's Bitters
1 ds Orange bitters
Instructions

Stir with ice, strain into chilled glass.

Yields Drink
Year
1945
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Crosby Gaige
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Crosby Gaige's Cocktail Guide

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  • Basically a spicy OF. Herbsaint works in place of absinthe.
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