Polynesian Pearl Diver

1 1⁄2 oz Puerto Rican Rum
1⁄2 oz Demerara Rum
1⁄2 oz Jamaican rum
1 bsp Falernum, Velvet Falernum
1 oz Orange juice
3⁄4 oz Lime juice
1 ds Butter (sweet; see note)
1 ds Honey
1 ds Vanilla syrup
1 ds Allspice Dram
1 ds Cinnamon syrup
Instructions

Blend and pour unstrained into a coconut shell or tiki mug; garnish with a gardenia.

Notes

The combination of butter, honey, pimento dram, vanilla syrup, and cinnamon syrup is known as Don's Gardenia Mix or Pearl Diver mix. It is best batched as follows: 1 oz butter 1 oz honey 1 t cinnamon syrup and 1/2 t each of allspice and vanilla. (Note that Punch recommends a slightly but negligibly different recipe.) Combine and cream in a sauce pan.

History

Variation on Don the Beachcomber's Pearl Diver created to give life to the fictional Polynesian Pearl Diver from the film Django Unchained.

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Year
2015
Authenticity
Altered recipe
Creator
unlisted
Source reference

http://punchdrink.com/recipes/polynesian-pearl-diver/

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DaveBurns commented on 3/09/2019:

Is it intentional that the mix listed in the ingredients has equal amounts of butter/honey/vanilla/allspice/cinnamon but the mix in the notes has very different proportions?

The Rhyme & Reason

1 oz Cachaça, Boca Loca
1⁄2 oz Aperol
3⁄4 oz Cinnamon syrup
1⁄2 oz Lime juice
1 oz Grapefruit juice
1 sli Lime (wheel, as garnish)
Instructions

Shake and strain into a Collins glass, garnish.

Yields Drink
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Sean Kenyon, Steuben's, Denver, Colorado, US
Source reference

http://cocktails.about.com/od/rumrecipes/r/rhyme_reason.htm

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zman commented on 9/28/2015:

Good drink! I added another .5oz rum and cut the syrup down to .5oz. Great drink!

 

Beekeeper's Apprentice

1 oz Amaro Sibilla
1 oz Herbal liqueur, Yellow Chartreuse
1 oz Lemon juice
1 oz Honey syrup
Instructions

Shake, fine strain, straight up, cocktail glass

Notes

Lemon juice or honey syrup (2:1) can be adjusted down to vary tartness/sweetness to your taste. Each variation has its own attraction.

History

A bit of a riff on an Industry Sour, but with honey accents tying things together

Picture of Beekeeper's Apprentice
Yields Drink
Year
2015
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Scott Stoeffler and Jill Krieg, Downers Grove, IL
Curator rating
5 stars
Average rating
5 stars
(16 ratings)
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  • Sara: "It's a 5 for me" — ★★★★★
  • My first foray into Amaro Sibilla and wow does it deliver. Very well balanced earthiness and complexity along with the bright, juicy lemon/honey
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  • Spectacular. I like it with 1/2 oz honey and 1/2 oz lemon juice.
  • Fantastic. Bracing, bitter (as you'd expect) and herbal. Honey comes through and echo's the Sibilia. Not for the timid.
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blue_94_trooper commented on 2/26/2015:

Any thoughts on making this with green Chartreuse? I haven't splurged for a bottle of yellow yet but I'm always looking for things to do with Sibilla.

Brindisi commented on 2/26/2015:

Yes, it is....one of our favorite post-Doyle Holmes stories

Brindisi commented on 2/26/2015:

We haven't tried the Sibilla with green yet, but I don't think it would be a wasted effort!  We thought the yellow would pair better with the honey tones, and it does seem to play nicely with that amaro.

Dan commented on 2/28/2015:

I'm sure Ms. King will be pleased. She inquired on twitter. This recipe tipped me over the edge to buy another bottle of yellow. I have Sterga and Galliano, but I wanted to try it as written.Green might walk over the more subtle aspects of the Sibilia, but I'm game to try it. Really great cocktail. This might be best on the rocks, though. It's a thoughtful drink, and as you linger, the additional dilution will let it evolve a bit. I don't think there's much risk of becoming watery.

Brindisi commented on 3/01/2015:

Thanks, Dan! Do let us know what you think about it on the rocks.  We tend to favor drinks like this straight up, but it's definitely a slow sipper that way, so a gradual dilution might be interesting as well.  Couldn't find anything on Laurie King's twitter...can you point us to what you saw?

Viscouse commented on 2/21/2020:

Subbed Barenjager for the honey syrup, and Montenegro for the Sibilla. Very tasty! Calling it a Beekeeper's Folly.

Heavens to Betsy

1 oz Gin
1 oz Fino sherry
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
3⁄4 oz Ginger-Honey Syrup
1⁄2 t Orange marmalade
2 ds Orange cream citrate
2 ds Orange bitters
1 spl Club soda
Instructions

Shake, strain, rocks, soda.

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Year
2015
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Rafa García Febles, NYC.
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White Port Cobbler

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1⁄4 oz Orgeat (Small Hand Foods)
2 ds Bitters, Bittermens 'Elemakule Tiki
1 spg Mint (as garnish)
Instructions

Briefly shake, strain over crushed ice in a tin, garnish with a mint bouquet and candied almonds.

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Authentic recipe
Creator
Nick Dietrich, Cure, NOLA.
Source reference

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1682

1 1⁄2 oz Curaçao, Pierre Ferrand Dry Curaçao
1 oz Bonal Gentiane Quina
1⁄2 oz Bianco Vermouth, Dolin
1 ds Cranberry bitters, Bittermens (long)
1 twst Orange peel (expressed and discarded)
Instructions

Long stir, strain, up, twist.

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Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Matty Durgin, Green Russell, Denver, CO.
Source reference

http://bittermens.com/recipes/

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Scot's Pear

1 1⁄2 oz Blended Scotch, Johnnie Walker Platinum Label
1⁄4 oz Tawny port
1 oz Pear juice
3⁄4 oz Ginger syrup
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
1 Candied ginger (as garnish)
Instructions

Shake, strain over one big rock in a double rocks glass, garnish.

Notes

Served at this year's Oscars ceremony.

Yields Drink
Year
2015
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Joe Brooke, Diageo.
Source reference

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Newkirk Crusta

1 jig Puerto Rican Rum, Bacardi
2 ds Port
2⁄3 part Lime juice
1⁄2 t Raspberry syrup
1 twst Lime peel (wide; served in glass)
Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a sugar-rimmed glass. Rim a lime peel along the inside of the drink.

Notes

Frederic Yarm, at the link, interprets the confusing instructions as 1 1/2 oz rum | 1/2 oz port |1/2 oz lime juice | 1/2 tsp raspberry syrup.

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Year
1910s?
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
via Pioneers of Mixing at Elite Bars: 1903-1933
Source reference

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Spindrift, Jr.

1 1⁄2 oz Demerara Rum
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
3⁄4 oz Orange juice
1⁄2 oz Passion fruit syrup
1⁄4 oz Vanilla syrup
Instructions

Shake, pour unstrained into a mug, top with more ice, serve with straw.

Notes

Simplification of the Spindrift created in 1994 at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas.

Yields Drink
Year
2008
Authenticity
Altered recipe
Creator
Beachbum Berry
Source reference

http://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2015/02/spindrift-jr.html

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I don't like things too sweet, so I increased the rum to 2 and cut the Passion fruit syrup to 1/4

 

Sleeping with Strangers

1 oz Rhum Agricole, Neisson blanc
1 oz Swedish Punsch, Kronan
1 oz Campari
7 dr Orange cream citrate, Bittermens
1 twst Orange peel (as garnish)
Instructions

Stir first three ingredients, add orange cream citrate, strain over one big rock, garnish.

Yields Drink
Year
2012
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Maksym Pazuniak.
Source reference

http://bittermens.com/cocktails/sleeping-with-strangers/

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