Beet Happening

1 1⁄2 oz Apple brandy
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
1⁄2 oz Beet juice
1⁄2 oz Ginger syrup
1⁄4 oz Zwack Unicum Plum
Instructions

Shake, strain, up.

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Year
2014
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Rafa García Febles, NYC.
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Cassingle Revival #2

3⁄4 oz Bourbon
3⁄4 oz Drambuie
3⁄4 oz Triple sec, Cointreau
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
Instructions

Shake, strain, up.

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Year
2013
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Rafa García Febles, NYC.
Curator rating
4 stars
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4.5 stars
(28 ratings)
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  • Bracingly tart in a way that earns the name. A nice fruity and spicy alternative to the more common herbal equal-4-parts Last Word-esque cocktails. (4.5)
  • Used lime juice. With lime, could reduce the amount to, say, 1/2 oz, to let the drambuie shine. However the tarntness was delicious, making a slightly herbal whiskey sour.
  • Sour lemon zest flavor dominates. Pleasing complexity underneath. — ★★★★
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I used Meyer lemon juice. Excellent! In the neighborhood of a Sidecar, but more balanced.

Skytanic

2 oz Gin
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
1⁄2 oz Curaçao
1⁄4 oz Maraschino Liqueur
1⁄2 t Blue Curaçao
1 rinse Absinthe
Instructions

Shake, strain, up.

i'll have campari and... i guess vodka?
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Year
2014
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Rafa García Febles, NYC.
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Not yet rated
Average rating
3 stars
(2 ratings)
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  • The tiny does of my cheap blue curacao cheapened the color but not really the flavor of this. Even still, this "improved" Aviation isn't necessarily an improvement. — ★★★
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Back to Town

1 1⁄2 oz Reposado Tequila, Espolon Reposado
1 oz Aromatized wine, Cocchi Americano Rosa
3⁄4 oz Plain shrub (House orange shrub)
2 ds Bolivar Bitters
Instructions

Stir and strain into a rocks glass over a large cube. Express the oil of an orange swath over the drink and garnish with the peel.

Notes

Created for Tequila Espolon's Cocktail Fight competition.

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Ian Carlson, Joystick Gamebar, Atlanta, GA
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If You're Going Into Town...

3⁄4 oz Blanco tequila, Espolon
3⁄4 oz Aromatized wine, Cocchi Americano Rosa
1⁄2 oz Rhum Agricole, Neisson blanc
1⁄4 oz Plain shrub (House orange shrub)
1⁄4 oz Lemon juice
1 ds Bitters, Bittercube Bolivar
Instructions

Stir over ice; strain into a coupe and express the oil from a swath of orange peel.

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Your original creation
Creator
Ian Carlson, Joystick Gamebar, Atlanta, Georgia
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Blackcurrant Knickerbocker

2 oz Demerara Rum, El Dorado 8
1 oz Lemon juice (or lemon/lime juice mix)
1⁄2 oz Triple sec, Cointreau
1⁄4 oz Cassis
1⁄4 oz Blackcurrant preserves
Instructions

Shake, strain, up. Garnish with lemon or lime wheel.

History

A blackcurrant version of the 19th-century Knickerbocker, which originally used raspberry syrup.

Picture of Blackcurrant Knickerbocker
2014 JesseB
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Year
2014
Authenticity
Your original creation
Source reference

Used KindredCocktails Knickerbocker recipe as reference point.

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My Oh My Ty

1 oz Nicaraguan Rum, Flor de Caña 7
1 oz Martinique Rum, La Favorite Blanc
1 oz Lime juice
1⁄2 oz Orgeat
1⁄2 oz Orange liqueur, Clément Créole Shrubb
1⁄4 oz Absinthe
3 ds Simple syrup (3-4)
1 spg Mint (as garnish)
Instructions

Shake with three cubes, strain over crushed ice in an Old Fashioned glass, garnish.

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Year
2009
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Brian Miller, Death & Co, NYC.
Source reference

http://www.sfgate.com/food/article/Bartenders-make-a-beard-run-3251813…

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4 stars
(8 ratings)
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The Pledge

1 1⁄2 oz Rye, Bulleit
1⁄2 oz Herbal liqueur, Yellow Chartreuse
1⁄2 oz Averna
2 ds Bitters, Angostura
1 twst Lemon peel (as garnish)
Instructions

Stir, strain, garnish.

Notes

Benedictine can be substituted for the Averna and Rittenhouse 100 for the Bulleit.

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Year
2014
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Death to Sour Mix
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Not yet rated
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4 stars
(17 ratings)
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  • 4 dashes bitters
  • Used Green Charteuse
  • MUST TRY
  • A little on the sweet side, might try reducing Benedictine.
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Having been served in North Carolina an un-named cocktail containing inter alia Rye, Chartreuse, and Averna, I searched for similar confections, and found The Pledge at the cited source.

I made both the original version, and the adaptation described above - although I made both with Bulleit Rye. 

I think the two drinks are sufficiently different, that the original version should be listed here as The Pledge, and the version posted here in 2014 be given a slightly different name, or listed as a variant.

The Benedictine version was both smoother and sharper than the Averna version, which seemed to be richer and less herbal. The mouth feel of the original version is more substantial, also.

I thought both versions were good, and I will probably make one or the other again, at some point.

Curated this drink - from a user comment, I reverted this to the original recipe at the cited link and added the substitutions in the notes. Also, I cleaned up the instructions, added the garnish and date. Thanks,  Zachary

Cinquenta Cinquenta

1 1⁄2 oz Reposado Tequila
1 1⁄2 oz Bianco Vermouth
2 ds Celery bitters
1 Peperoncino (as garnish)
Instructions

Stir; strain; up; garnish.

Notes

Frederic Yarm (at link) suggests an orange, lemon, or grapefruit twist as an alternative garnish, and Angostura or orange bitters as alternative bitters if needed.

I used a grapefruit twist. This was lovely.

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Unknown
Creator
Jim Meehan
Source reference

http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/620070#4687579

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Curated to add garnish to ingredients list, paraphrase instructions, and sort out notes.

Emerald

2 oz Irish whiskey
1 oz Sweet vermouth
2 ds Orange bitters
Instructions

Stir, up. Optional orange twist garnish.

Notes

Basically an Irish whiskey Manhattan.

History

Published by David Wondrich in Esquire in 2007.

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Unknown
Source reference

http://www.esquire.com/food-drink/drinks/recipes/a3703/emerald-drink-re…

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