Charterhouse
Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
- Fears and Failures — Becherovka, Walnut Liqueur, Lemon juice, Honey syrup
Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
Shake, strain, up, garnish with a dried apricot on a pick.
Nice topped with sparkling wine—an Odette, maybe?
Rafa,
This is nice, but the Cognac gets a bit lost. I was thinking about subbing 1/2 oz of the Cocchi for Pineau des Charentes, but that may be getting toward a new drink. Thanks, Zachary
Zachary,
Maybe increase the Cognac to 1 1/2 oz? I was trying to make a drink to use my Apry in, and wanted to use Pierre Ferrand 1840 to bolster the apricot notes, not to give the drink much of a brandy character per se. As it is, this is basically a Hoop-La by way of a Self Starter. Your shaken Cognac and Pineau idea sounds intriguing--maybe a Pompadour riff?
Thanks,
Rafa
Combine all liquors in mixing glass. Fill 3/4 with ice, stir for 20 seconds. Strain into chilled coupe. Express lemon peel above glass, gently wipe rim and stem with spent peel. Twist and use for garnish.
Round, full-bodied, complex. Velvety. The high proof of the spirits used maintains the balance against some sweet and flavorful liqueurs. Much... bigger... than a Manhattan. If using a different Amaretto, might need to adjust amount.
Stir, strain into a chilled cocktail goblet, express and insert the lemon peel, garnish, serve with a side of soda.
Willett presents other possible ratios for the ingredients, at the link.
This drink is very dry and quite small. The Central Park is a very similar, and IMHO better, version of this drink. It's also from Portland so perhaps there's a relationship between these? The notes suggests that there are variations discussed at the link but the link itself seems to have bitrot away.
And these days, very expensive. Updated the link (the blog moved) Thanks, Zachary
Shake, strain into a tiki mug over rocks, garnish with a spent lemon or lime shell filled with 1/4 oz Lemon Hart 151 lit aflame, serve with straw.
Stir over ice, strain into coupe/cocktail glass, dash in bitters, enjoy. Repeat.
Also takes well to a mezcal rinse. If you love that sort of thing.
Mix all ingredients, shake, double strain
Build over cracked ice
A riff on the classic Corn 'N Oil
Shake; strain; up; garnish with an edible flower.
Created for the Bacardi Legacy national finals.
This recipe doesn't match the reference - should be 1/2 oz lime juice, 1/3 oz St Germain, 1/3 oz simple.
Curated this. Edited recipe to reflect cited link. Thanks for the catch. Zachary
Curated to 1/3 oz simple to match source reference.
Nice balanced drink- tropical, with a bit of complex mystery
Combine all ingredients in a shaker and fill with ice. Shake to chill, strain into chilled glass and garnish.
Unlike many spirits-only drinks, the Breaking Dawn should be shaken rather than stirred, to yield a foamy surface that looks a little like the crema on a fresh-pulled espresso.
Imbibe Magazine, November/December 2014 issue, Page 89