Oaxacan Lady

3⁄4 oz Mezcal
3⁄4 oz Bénédictine
3⁄4 oz Amaro Montenegro
3⁄4 oz Lime juice
2 ds Bitters, Bittermens Xocolatl Mole
Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a coupe glass.

History

After writing up Eastern Standard's Spanish Lady on the blog, I was inspired to riff on it. I felt that the Montenegro aspect was too bright and that perhaps switching from a light bodied rum to smoky mezcal could help balance that. Part of my thinking was that mezcal and Montenegro go amazingly well together in the 50:50 shooter, the M&M. I also swapped the original's lemon juice and Angostura Bitters to lime juice and molé bitters.

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2024
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Creator
Frederic Yarm, Boston, MA
Source reference

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2024/07/oaxacan-lady.html

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Forbidden Fruit (Aisha Sharpe)

1 1⁄2 oz Apple brandy, Lairds Bonded
1 oz Pimm's No. 1 Cup
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
1 t Simple syrup
2 ds Peychaud's Bitters
2 ds Bitters, Angostura
1 ? Ginger beer (to top)
Instructions

Shake all ingredients except ginger beer with ice. Strain into highball or collins glass with fresh ice. Top with ginger beer. Garnish with lemon wheel.

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Aisha Sharpe
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https://www.liquor.com/recipes/forbidden-fruit/

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Pimm's Coupe

1 oz Mezcal
1 oz Pimm's No. 1 Cup
1 1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
3⁄4 oz Simple syrup
Instructions

Shake and strain into coupe. Garnish with lemon twist and fresh or dehydrated strawberry

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Creator
Jon Baxter, The Copper Grouse, Manchester, Vermont, USA
Source reference

https://www.liquor.com/pimms-coupe-cocktail-recipe-5101652

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  • Nice, crush-able, lower abv sour. Great brunch drink. I might play around with the sweet/sour ratio a bit.
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Hungry Hungry Hipster

2 oz Zwack liqueur
1 oz Orange juice
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
2 oz Beer, Miller High Life (to top)
1⁄2 sli Orange (as garnish)
Instructions

Shake; strain; ice-filled Collins; garnish.

History

A spin on the "bro-mosa," a mimosa of High Life and OJ.

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Toby Maloney, Violet Hour, Chicago, Illinois (USA)
Source reference

https://punchdrink.com/recipes/hungry-hungry-hipster/

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Carlisle

1 3⁄4 oz Cognac
3⁄4 oz Dry vermouth, Dolin
1⁄2 oz Drambuie
1 ds Orange bitters, Regans' orange bitters
1 twst Lemon peel
Instructions

Add first four ingredients to a glass, express lemon peel and add along with ice. Stir and strain up without a garnish.

Notes

I use Tesseron's Composition as my house brandy for mixing.

History

Spring 2024 menu

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Boomerang

1 oz Rye
1 oz Swedish Punsch
1 oz Dry vermouth
1 ds Bitters, Angostura (a heavy dash)
1⁄2 bsp Lemon juice (calls for a "dash")
Instructions

Sources say to shake and strain into a cocktail glass, but with the small amount of lemon juice, stirring rather than shaking is fine.

No garnish listed, but a lemon twist works well.

Notes

There is an earlier cocktail named Boomerang, published by Robert Vermiere in 1922 and by Carlo Beltramo in 1924 in Geneva, but it is an entirely different drink (gin, marashchino, dry and sweet vermouth, no Swedish punsch). 1932's The Green Cocktail Book (London) has a similar variation using equal parts gin, dry and sweet vermouth, a dash of Angostura, with no punsch.

In 1936 Frank Meier's Artistry of Mixing Drinks includes a Boomerang with Angostura and equal parts Scotch, dry vermouth, and punsch.

History

This is the most common version of the Boomerang, published in the Savoy Cocktail Book in 1930 and both The Cafe Royale Cocktail Book and UK Bartender's Guide in 1937.

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1930
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Source reference

Savoy Cocktail Book, 1930; The Cafe Royale Cocktail Book, 1937.

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Murcian Me

1 1⁄2 oz Gin (Bombay Sapphire Murcian Lemon)
1 oz Pacharan (Zoco)
3⁄4 oz Cassis
2 ds Cranberry bitters
1 pn Salt (Black Volcanic Rock Salt)
Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.

History

First cocktail using my new bottle of Bombay Murcian Lemon gin.

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2024
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Carl N.
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Shawn C commented on 6/25/2024:

Didn't have Sapphire's Murcian gin, but from reading reviews, subbed with Sapphire Bombay supplemented by a touch of ground white pepper. (Oddly, the reviews didn't emphasize the lemon peel component and showed less than is in Bombay Sapphire.) I had Atxa Pacharan and Massenez creme de Cassis. The Atxa has a distinctly star anise flavor rather than licorice/anise/fennel note, and that came through in the drink. It was a pleasant combination of currant, star anise, dark plum (sloe) and a slight peppery heat.

Galah (Okar)

1 1⁄2 oz Dark rum
1 1⁄2 oz Pineapple juice
3⁄4 oz Okar Island Bitter (25 mL, so a fat 3/4 oz)
1⁄2 oz Orgeat
1⁄2 oz Lime juice
1 lf Mint (garnish)
Instructions

Shake with ice, double strain into cocktail glass, garnish w/ mint leaf.

Notes

The version above is from the back of the Okar bottle, which uses a mint leaf garnish rather than lemon myrtle leaf (an Australian species) listed on the website. I have converted volumes to nearest ounce equivalents.

History

Created by Okar, Applewood Distillery, Gumeracha, Australia. This is a riff on the Jungle Bird using Okar Island Bitter in place of Campari. (There are various completely different cocktails named Galah out there.)

The galah is a pink and gray cockatoo native to Australia, and in Australian slang, galah can refer to a fool or clown.

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Okar website published April, 2020. Individual not specified.
Source reference

https://okar.com.au/blogs/okar-cocktails/the-galah

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Seersuckerpunch

7 sli Cucumber (1 as garnish)
1 pn Salt
1⁄4 t Malic acid (scant 1/4 tsp)
1 oz Jamaican rum, Wray & Nephew
3⁄4 oz Nicaraguan Rum, Flor de Caña Extra Dry
1⁄2 oz Apple juice
3⁄4 oz Simple syrup (basil-infused; see Notes)
1 spg Basil (as garnish)
Instructions

Muddle 6 slices cucumber with salt and malic acid. Shake with liquid ingredients and ice. Fine strain and carbonate. Serve up with a garnish of a basil sprig stuck into a cucumber slice.

Notes

Notes: Basil syrup: Heat 1/2 c. sugar and 1/2 c. water with 10-12 basil leaves until simmering, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Cut heat and let steep 30 minutes. Strain.
Would probably work on the rocks, as well as batched for a summer party.

History

Winner of the Reddit Original Cocktail Competition - June 2024: Cucumber & Basil.

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Craig Eliason
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2024
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Craig Eliason, Saint Paul, Minnesota (USA)
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https://www.reddit.com/r/cocktails/comments/1d5ehii/original_cocktail_c…

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  • Garden freshness, tart apple. Close to a gin and tonic in effect. Absolutely love the aroma of the empty glass with garnish.
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Old Mate

1 oz Rye (~100 proof range)
1 oz Okar Island Bitter
1 oz Dry vermouth, Carpano Dry (or other quality dry vermouth)
1 twst Lemon peel
Instructions

Stir with ice, strain into chilled cocktail glass, express peel into glass, garnish.

Notes

I have used Rittenhouse and Wild Turkey 101 Rye for this and it has been well received by family. Another dry vermouth would do, but I like the profile of Carpano Dry for this.

The Okar Island Bitter is probably closest to Select Aperitivo in its overall bitter/sweet profile and balance. The differences are that the Okar doesn't have the clear vibrant red color of the Select, and it has a subtle mint and red berry while Select has more rhubarb flavor.

History

Simple riff on the Old Pal, with a nod to the unique flavors of the Australian Okar Island Bitter.

I ran the name past Steve Roennfeldt to make sure it wouldn't come off as cringe-worthy Down Under, and he approved.

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2024
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Creator
Shawn C., Fresno, CA
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