The Highlander

1 1⁄2 oz Scotch, Compass Box Great King Street
1 oz Swedish Punsch, Kronan
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
1⁄2 oz Ginger syrup
3 oz Soda water (to top)
2 ds Grapefruit bitters, Bittermens Hopped Grapefruit (as float)
1 twst Orange peel (as garnish)
Instructions

Shake, strain over fresh ice in a Collins, top with soda, float bitters and insert orange peel as garnish.

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Creator
Donato Alvarez, Sixth Engine, Washington, DC.
Source reference

via Compass Box promotional material.

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Dan commented on 6/03/2014:

Variation from Backbar, Somerville, MA:
1 1/2 oz Scotch, Dewar's
3/4 oz Cochi Americano
1/2 oz ginger syrup (spicy)
1/4 oz Amaro, Meletti
1 oz Grapefruit juice
1/4 oz Lemon juice
1 rinse or spritz Fernet Branca

Shake, strain, rocks, spritz (or rinse first).

Truly excellent.

Looks great. Surprised you don't find that spec too sweet.

Mamie Taylor à la Dead Rabbit

2 oz Scotch, Compass Box Great King Street
1⁄2 oz Strega
3⁄4 oz Lime juice
3⁄4 oz Ginger syrup
3 ds Bitters, Boker's
3 ds Mace tincture
3 oz Soda water (to top)
Instructions

Shake, strain, top with soda in a highball/sling glass.

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Year
2013
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
The Dead Rabbit, NYC, adapted from Tim Daly's Bartender's Encyclopedia of 1903.
Source reference

I found this in a Mamie Taylor-themed handout Compass Box gave me.

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Bulwer-Lytton Sour

2 oz Gin (Earl Grey tea-infused)
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
3⁄4 oz Ginger syrup (Scant)
1 t Bergamot syrup
1 ds Lavender bitters (+1 on egg white)
1⁄2 oz Egg white
Instructions

Shake, strain, up.

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2014
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Creator
Rafa García Febles, NYC.
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Tequila Sunrise (Shelter)

1 oz Blanco tequila
1 oz Orange juice
1 oz Falernum, Velvet Falernum
1 oz Lemon juice
3⁄4 oz Campari
1 spl Soda water
Instructions

Pour the Campari and soda into a Collins, fill with cubes, shake the other ingredients and strain carefully over the ice, serve with straw.

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Rafa García Febles, NYC.
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  • Made with homemade falernum. Bitter enough to retain some gravitas but fun, accessible, and tasty. — ★★★★★
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After the Gold Rush

1 oz Bourbon
1 oz Highland Scotch
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
3⁄4 oz Tea syrup (green tea-honey syrup)
Instructions

Shake, strain, one big rock.

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Green Giant

2 oz Old Tom Gin, Hayman's
1⁄2 oz Dry vermouth
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
3⁄4 oz Simple syrup
8 lf Tarragon (8-10)
4 Pea (sugar snap pea pods)
Instructions

Muddle the snap peas and tarragon in syrup, shake, fine strain over crushed ice in a rocks glass, garnish with two more sugar snap pea pods.

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http://liquor.com/recipes/green-giant/

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Lost Word

3⁄4 oz Gin
3⁄4 oz Kummel
3⁄4 oz Herbal liqueur, Yellow Chartreuse
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
Instructions

Shake hard, strain, adorn with "fancy slashed lemon zest."

Notes

I was recounting a dream in which every time I tried to make a Last Word my bottle of Green Chartreuse slipped my grasp and taunted me, as one does, and I slipped up and typed Lost Word instead. Rufus ran with it.

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2014
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Creator
Rufus Grantham, London.
Source reference

http://barnotes.co/recipes/rafa-s-lost-word

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Italian Rivalry (aka Monte Old-Fashioned)

1 oz Bourbon
1 oz Cognac
1⁄2 oz Amaro Montenegro
1 cube Brown sugar
1 twst Lemon peel
1 twst Orange peel
Instructions

Muddle sugar cube in a rocks glass. Add rest of the ingredients.Stir with a large cube and Garnish with Citrus Twists.

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If you're looking for a man's drink, the Italian Rivalry (aka Monte Old-Fashioned), look no farther. With its robust flavor from the bourbon (Jim Beam black label), and the exquisite taste of a good cognac (Hennessy Very Special Cognac), combined with light brown sugar to add some sweetness (but not too much), with the zest oils from an orange and a lemon to counterbalance the flavors. NOTE: One level tsp of sugar equals one sugar cube.

As you might guess, this drink is complex with its many different flavors. I think you'll enjoy both the breadth and depth of flavors you'll encounter in this drink.

The only decision you'll have to make is whether you want to use light or dark brown sugar. For myself, I was satisfied with light brown sugar (which was the only brown sugar I had). The dark brown sugar is likely to be somewhat sweeter and richer. However, be you woman or man, you'll enjoy this "man's drink."

Auld Draper

2 oz Gin, Caorunn
3⁄4 oz Byrrh
3 ds Orange bitters
1 twst Orange peel (flamed, as garnish)
Instructions

Stir, strain, rocks, twist.

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Year
2014
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Creator
Elana Lepkowski, Serious Eats.
Source reference

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Bone Machine

1 oz Bourbon, Bulleit
1 1⁄2 oz Oloroso sherry, La Bodega
1⁄2 oz Amaro Nonino
1⁄4 oz Bénédictine
1 ds Bitters, Angostura
2 ds Orange bitters, Regans' orange bitters
1 twst Orange peel (flamed, as garnish)
Instructions

Stir, strain, rock, twist.

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2014 or before
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Creator
Jeff Lyon, San Francisco, CA.
Source reference

https://web.archive.org/web/20200927171711/http://liquor.com/recipes/bo…

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HallA commented on 1/23/2023:

Deeply Sherry containing, nice evolution, sherry nutty / raisin-ey notes throughout. That's usually a three for me, individual mileage may vary.

Curated to web archive link (original from 2014 has been flushed by Liquor.com.)

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