The Last Laugh

3⁄4 oz Gin
3⁄4 oz Herbal liqueur, Green Chartreuse
3⁄4 oz Maraschino Liqueur
3⁄4 oz Lime juice
3 oz Cava (or other dry sparkling wine)
Instructions

Shake all but wine, strain into champagne flute, top with sparkling wine. Garnish with lime twist.

History

Published in 2016 by Kara Newman in "Shake, Stir, Sip"

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Year
2016 or earlier
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Abigail Gullo, Compère Lapin, New Orleans
Source reference

https://punchdrink.com/recipes/the-last-laugh/

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(the) Cowboys

1 1⁄2 oz Whiskey, Jack Daniels
1 oz Aperol
3⁄4 oz Pomegranate Liqueur
1⁄2 oz Campari
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
2 ds Salt (Himalayan Pink Rock Salt)
Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.

History

Watching a marathon of classic Cowboy movies from the '30's and '40's and '50's.

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Year
2025
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Carl N.
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(the) Potato

1 1⁄2 oz Gin (Four Pillars Bloody Shiraz Gin)
1 oz Aperol
3⁄4 oz Dry vermouth, Noilly Prat
1⁄2 oz Campari
1⁄2 oz Lime juice
3 ds Bitters, Angostura
1 pn Salt (Himalayan Pink Rock Salt)
Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.

History

A culinary victory worthy of a great cocktail: today, for the very first time in my life: I cooked a baked potato in the microwave. All these decades I used the oven, but today I discovered the ease of the microwave method.

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Year
2025
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Carl N.
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Iberico

1 1⁄2 oz Gin (Four Pillars Bloody Shiraz Gin)
1 oz Dry vermouth, Noilly Prat
3⁄4 oz Almond liqueur
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
2 ds Bitters, Angostura
Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.

History

Today received a package of Jamon Iberico de Bellota "Pata Negra" .... one of the great culinary treats. So I created this cocktail to enjoy with some jamon.

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Year
2025
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Carl N.
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1 1⁄2 oz Mezcal
3⁄4 oz Lime juice
1⁄2 oz Drambuie
1⁄2 oz Crème de Banane
2 ds Peychaud's Bitters
Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a coupe glass.

History

I was inspired by the Drambuie and banana liqueur combination in The Goodwill that I recently made. I swapped its rye and lemon for mezcal and lime, and accented the drink with Peychaud's Bitters. For a name, I was inspired by Backbar's cryptid menu, and I dubbed this the Lechuza after the shapeshifting witch of Mexico – a person-sized bird with a human face.

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Year
2025
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Frederic Yarm, Boston, MA
Source reference

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2025/05/lechuza.html

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Almaza

2 oz Gin
1 oz Sweet vermouth, Martini & Rossi
3⁄8 oz Orange vermouth, Martini & Rossi Fiero (M&R's Fiero is a modern release of this old formula)
1 Orange peel (optional)
Instructions

Stir with ice, strain into cocktail glass, Garnish optional.

Notes

Volumes have been increased from 2+ oz total (60 cL in the book) to 3+ oz. Proportions held constant, hence the 3/8 oz Fiero. Original volumes would be 1 1/3: 2/3: 1/4. Meier's fluid oz, dram, and teaspoon volume conversions differ from modern values, which is somewhat confusing, especially since there is a missing decimal in his teaspoon mL conversion, and it is a 50% oversized teaspoon anyway.

While there is no garnish in the book recipe, an optional orange twist is consistent with the historical M&R Aperitivo (Fiero) orange profile. I dropped mine into the drink to give it zing.

History

Published in Frank Meier's 1936 "The Artistry of Mixing Drinks"

Almaza means diamond in Arabic, but it is not clear if this is the inspiration for the name.

Yields Drink
Year
1936
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
unclear, published by Frank Meier, Ritz Bar, Paris
Source reference

Frank Meier's 1936 "The Artistry of Mixing Drinks"

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1 1⁄2 oz Irish whiskey (The Irishman Single Malt)
1 oz Pomegranate Liqueur
1⁄2 oz Campari
1⁄2 oz Lime juice
2 ds Bitters, Angostura
Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.

History

Out and about on travel.

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Year
2025
Authenticity
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Creator
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Sequestered

1 1⁄2 oz Whiskey, Jack Daniels
1 oz Orange liqueur, Citronge
3⁄4 oz Campari
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
2 ds Bitters, Angostura
Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.

History

Still "Banished" and out on travel.

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Year
2025
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Carl N.
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Trash & Vaudeville

1 1⁄2 oz Rye
1⁄2 oz Mezcal
1⁄2 oz Bénédictine
1⁄2 oz Amaro Montenegro
1 twst Orange peel (As garnish)
Instructions

Stir with ice, strain into an old fashioned glass with a large ice cube, and garnish with an orange twist.

History

After posting my Oaxacan Lady on Reddit during the day and making it for a guest later that night at the C-Side Bar, I decided to riff on the Montenegro-Benedictine combination when I got home from work. I crossed a Frisco (rye-Benedictine) with an M&M (mezcal-Montenegro) and named it after a store on St. Mark's Street in Manhattan that I was reminded of in the book St. Mark's is Dead. I used to buy clothes there in the 1990s back when the edgiest clothes in Boston could only be found at Allston Beat and a few other select places. I previously had mashed up the Frisco with the Alaska for the Call of the Wild which worked well, so I went ahead with the idea. I originally made this as equal parts rye & mezcal, but I think the 3:1 works better.

Yields Drink
Year
2025
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Frederic Yarm, Boston, MA
Source reference

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2025/05/trash-vaudeville.html

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Banished

1 1⁄2 oz Gin, Monkey 47
1 oz Almond liqueur
3⁄4 oz Triple sec
3⁄4 oz Orange juice
2 ds Bitters, Angostura
Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.

History

Out on travel for a month, with only the barest of necessities to make even a modestly reasonable cocktail.

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Year
2025
Authenticity
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Creator
Carl N.
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