Monkey Business - Momofuku

3⁄4 oz Spiced Rum, Sailor Jerry
3⁄4 oz Jamaican rum, Wray & Nephew Overproof
1⁄2 oz Crème de Banane, Giffard (Banane du Brésil)
1⁄4 oz Maraschino Liqueur, Luxardo
Instructions

Combine all ingredients in mixing glass/tin. Stir with ice, then strain over large rock in a lowball. Garnish with lime peel.

Notes

The banana and maraschino provide a smooth offramp from the Wray & Nephew. Great way to introduce someone to overproof Jamaican rum. And extremely batch-friendly!

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Momofuku, Las Vegas, NV
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Spec obtained from bar staff

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Herbal galaxy

7⁄8 oz Ginger liqueur, Domaine de Canton
7⁄8 oz Gin (Suntory Roku Gin)
1 2⁄3 oz Sorel liqueur
1 2⁄3 oz Elderflower liqueur, St. Germain
1 spl Bitters
1 spl Simple syrup (Optional)
Instructions

Combine all ingredients in jigger, shake, & pour.

Notes

Result's in a sweet but extremely herbal lower-proof mixed beverage

History

A whole bottle of sorel was consumed before the proper ratios were discovered

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Year
2023
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Creator
C, Crayola, Va, USA
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retiredSEAL

1 1⁄2 oz Whiskey, Glenmorangie (Nectar d'Or single malt)
1 oz Sweet vermouth, Vya
1⁄2 oz Maraschino Liqueur, Luxardo
1⁄2 oz Fernet (Throw Back)
3 ds Peychaud's Bitters
Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.

History

10 years later ...... Retired !!

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2023
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Creator
Carl N.
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Crab Cakes

1 1⁄2 oz Pisco, Capel
1 oz Amaro (Amaro di Toscana)
3⁄4 oz Ancho Reyes chile liqueur
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
3 ds Rhubarb bitters
2 ds Salt (Himalayan Pink rock salt)
Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.

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St. Katherine

1 1⁄2 oz Vodka (or dry gin)
1 1⁄2 oz Elderflower liqueur, St. Germain
3 ds Orange bitters
3⁄4 oz Simple syrup (Lingonberry)
Instructions

Combine, stir with ice, strain over new ice in rocks glass or up in a coupe. Garnish with expressed orange peel or rosemary sprig if yr fancy

Notes

This was originally mixed with vodka ad hoc. A floral or junipery gin would likely add a pleasant dimension. The combination of fruit and flower are the real heroes here.

History

This is an original thrown together from what we had in the bar on New Year's Eve in 2017. Named for St. Catherine of Vadstena, after the inclusion of St. Germain and Swedish fruit concentrate—and mixed at the request of a patron named Katherine—this drink keeps coming back around as a notably delicious expression of unique ingredients.

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2017
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Creator
Joseph Marx, Kansas City. House party.
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Café Negroni

3⁄4 oz Coffee liqueur (Journeyman Snaggletooh)
3⁄4 oz Gin
1⁄2 oz Campari
1⁄3 oz Sweet vermouth
Instructions

Add all ingredients to mixing glass. Stir until mixed (10s); strain from mixing glass to old-fashioned glass, over block ice. Garnish with expressed orange peel.

History

Negroni riff

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2021
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Rice Overrun

2 oz Blended rum, Banks 5 Island
3⁄4 oz Curaçao, Pierre Ferrand Dry Curaçao
1⁄2 oz Rice vinegar
1 bsp Simple syrup
2 ds Grapefruit bitters
1 twst Grapefruit peel (as garnish)
Instructions

Stir all ingredients with ice, strain into a coupe, express and garnish with a grapefruit peel.

Notes

You want straight-up rice vinegar here, NOT "seasoned" rice vinegar which includes added salt and sugar.
If you want a more aerated texture or antique glass look, feel free to shake it.

History

Created for the Reddit Original Cocktail Competition - June 2023 - Rice Wine & Grapefruit.

Picture of Rice Overrun
Craig Eliason
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Year
2023
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Your original creation
Creator
Craig Eliason, Saint Paul, Minnesota (USA)
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https://www.reddit.com/r/cocktails/comments/13x7ls3/original_cocktail_c…

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From other users
  • Clear citrusy nose. Tingly sip with a nice balance of acid and sweet. A hint of peach in here too. In the finish the sharpness becomes more recognizable as vinegar.
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Pikotaro

2 oz Pineapple rum
1⁄4 oz Crème de Banane
1⁄4 oz Fernet Branca
1⁄8 oz Demerara syrup (1:1)
1 rinse Absinthe (As rinse)
Instructions

Stir with ice and strain into an absinthe-rinsed old fashioned glass.

History

While flipping through Death & Co.'s Welcome Home book, I spotted the Lost Horizon that made me recall the Banana Toronto at Offsuit. That inspired me to use the Fernet-crème de banane duo, and I fused the idea with two Sazerac variations – namely, Trina's Starlite Lounge's Stigginserac and Death & Co.'s Bananarac. The pineapple part made me think of the "Pen Pineapple Apple Pen" song, so I dubbed this one after its artist Pikotaro.

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2023
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Creator
Frederic Yarm, Boston, MA
Source reference

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2023/05/pikotaro.html

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  • Solid 4. In the banana old-fashioned dept. but with more depth.
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Fistuk's house

2 oz Peach liqueur, Suntory Kanade white peach
3⁄4 oz Pistachio liqueur, Bottega crema di pistacchi
1⁄4 oz Apricot liqueur, Giffard abricot du Roussillon
Instructions

Stir thoroughly (you wanna mix the cream liqueur in properly but without diluting the whole thing and loosing texture). Strain into a Nick & Nora. No garnish

Notes

Another example of letting the ingredients do the work for you. It is crucial to use these (sadly expensive) specific ingredients. Will not vouch for the outcome of any other combo.

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2023
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jkm78 commented on 5/06/2024:

I’m afraid I had only one of these exact ingredients (the apricot liqueur) but the peach and pistachio liqueurs I did made it work nonetheless

Is That All There Is?

3⁄4 oz Mezcal
3⁄4 oz Rhum Agricole
1⁄2 oz Suze
1⁄2 oz Aperol
1⁄2 oz Lime juice
2 ds Peychaud's Bitters
1 twst Grapefruit peel (As garnish)
Instructions

Shake with ice, strain into a cocktail coupe, and garnish with grapefruit oil from a twist.

History

I became inspired by Attaboy-Nashville's Palm Sunday while writing it up on the blog, and I extracted its Suze-Aperol combination and took it in a citrus direction akin to the Square Root. For the spirit, I went with the quirky combination of mezcal and rhum agricole that I have utilized before such as in the All of Freud's Beautiful Women. For a name, Sam Ross' Too Soon? made me think of another question – that being Peggy Lee's song Is That All There Is?

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Year
2023
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Creator
Frederic Yarm, Somerville, MA
Source reference

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2023/05/is-that-all-there-is.html

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