B.C.M.

1 1⁄2 oz Reposado Tequila
1⁄2 oz Maraschino Liqueur, Luxardo
3⁄4 oz Lime juice
3⁄4 oz Simple syrup
1 ds Bitters, Plum Bitters
1 ? Maraschino cherry, Luxardo (Garnish)
1 ? Blackberry (For muddling)
Instructions

Build drink in pint glass. Add 1 large blackberry and muddle. Add ice and shake hard for 8-10 seconds. Strain into double old fashioned glass either straight up or on the rocks. Garnish with 1 Luxardo Maraschino cherry.

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Year
2015
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Chris Sorgani
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4 stars
(13 ratings)
From other users
  • too sweet - cut back on the simple syrup or maybe cut it out altogether.
  • try 1/2 oz simple
  • 1/2 oz simple is enough — ★★★★★
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Kentucky Breakfast

2 oz Bourbon
1 oz Lemon juice
1⁄2 oz Rich simple syrup 2:1
1⁄2 oz Egg white (beaten)
1 t Apricot preserves
1 cube Ice
Instructions

In a cocktail shaker, combine bourbon, lemon juice, simple syrup, egg white and apricot preserves. Shake well with ice, and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

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Unknown
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Strip and Go Naked

5 oz Lager
1 oz Gin
1 oz Vodka
1 oz Lime juice
3⁄4 oz Orange juice
1⁄4 oz Grenadine
Instructions

Stir with ice, pour unstrained into a double rocks glass.

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Year
1963
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Dean Short, AZ.
Source reference

Jeff Berry, Beachbum Berry Remixed, p. 77.

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1 star
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Oahu Gin Sling

2 oz Gin
1 oz Lime juice
1⁄2 oz Bénédictine
1⁄2 oz Cassis
2 bsp Simple syrup
3 oz Club soda
Instructions

Shake without soda, add soda and stir, pour unstrained into a pilsner glass, garnish with a lime spiral.

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Year
1970
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Thomas Mario, Playboy Magazine.
Source reference

Jeff Berry, Beachbum Berry's Intoxica, p. 60.

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3 stars
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Jamoca

1 oz Puerto Rican Rum (gold)
1 oz Jamaican rum (gold)
1 oz Coffee (chilled)
1⁄2 oz Brown sugar coffee syrup
1⁄2 oz Lime juice
4 oz Crushed ice
Instructions

Blend for no more than 5 seconds, pouring without straining into a pilsner or specialty glass, add more crushed ice to top, serve with straw.

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Year
1930s
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Don the Beachcomber
Source reference

Jeff Berry, Beachbum Berry's Sippin' Safari, p. 144.

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Hikihoho

1 1⁄2 oz Martinique Rum, Rhum JM Blanc
1⁄2 oz Blanco tequila
1⁄2 oz Triple sec
1⁄2 oz Coconut liqueur
1⁄2 oz Orgeat
1 oz Lime juice
1 oz Pineapple juice (Unsweetened)
1⁄2 oz Parfait Amour
5 dr Vanilla extract (Optional)
Instructions

Shake all ingredients except Parfait d’Amour. Pour in hurricane glass fillled with cracked ice. Float Parfait d’Amour. Garnish with a fruit stick.

Notes

Tested with Rhum JM Blanc, Don Fernando Tequila Blanco, Cointreau, MB Coconut, MB Parfait d’Amour.

History

This faux tiki punch was inspired by Jack London's story called "The Pearls of Parlay" and utilizes punchy rhum agricole blanc, tequila and coconut liqueur with a hint of vanilla.

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Darkest Manhattan

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2 ds Bitters, Scrappy's Chocolate
1 twst Orange peel (expressed, as garnish, or 1 dr orange oil)
Instructions

Stir all ingredients with ice and pour into old fashioned glass. Garnish with orange peel or one drop of orange essential oil if no orange in your fridge.

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Unknown
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Kindred Cocktails commented on 1/23/2015:

Curated to remove unneeded ingredient notes and add brand of bitters. Your instructions imply a stir-and-dump into an OF glass. Do you mean this to be strained?

Sundowner

1 1⁄4 oz Cognac
1 oz Lemon juice
3⁄4 oz Galliano
3⁄4 oz Triple sec, Cointreau
1 wdg Lime (lime wheel, as garnish)
4 oz Crushed ice
Instructions

Shake with crushed ice, pour unstrained into a double rocks glass, garnish.

Notes

A fascinating Tiki-era Corpse Reviver twist that, with light modifications, deserves a place on contemporary menus.

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Year
1960s
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Kon-Tiki restaurant, Sheraton Waikiki.
Source reference

Jeff Berry, Beachbum Berry's Intoxica, p. 81.

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3 stars
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  • 1/2 oz of Galliano, 1 oz Cointraeu — ★★
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1 oz Galliano
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
Instructions

Shake, strain, up.

Notes

Sort of a vanilla and anise Sidecar, notable both for its unusual ingredients in a tropical setting and for its early use of Galliano.

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Year
1954
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Lagoon Cocktail Terrace at the Coco Palms resort, Kauai.
Source reference

Jeff Berry, Beachbum Berry's Intoxica, p. 70.

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  • As others have said, it's an anise forward side car. Float a star anise as garnish. Solid drink!
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Lani-Honi

1 1⁄2 oz Bénédictine
1 oz Puerto Rican Rum (light)
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
Instructions

Shake, strain into a small goblet over crushed ice.

Notes

An unusual tiki-era punch with a liqueur base.

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Year
1962
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
as served aboard the Matson Line's SS Mariposa on its 42-day South Seas cruise.
Source reference

Jeff Berry & Annene Kaye, Beachbum Berry's Grog Log, p. 48.

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4.5 stars
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  • Used El Dorado 3 yr rum. Punches way above its weight in terms of simplicity/deliciousness ratio.
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