What's Kraken?

1 1⁄2 oz Spiced Rum, Kraken
1 oz Orange juice
1⁄2 oz Honey syrup (1:1 honey to water)
1⁄2 oz Aperol
3 Raspberry
1 twst Orange peel (Either twist or peel, as garnish)
Instructions

Muddle 3 raspberries, orange juice, and honey syrup. Add ice, spiced rum, and aperol. Shake and double strain into a coupe glass. Garnish with an orange twist while releasing the orange oils into the glass.

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  • A bit sweet, but I had to make my own lighter spiced rum with 4-1-1 Barbancourt 8, velvet falernum and allspice dram.
  • This tastes *so* much like a berry-flavored Orange Julius. It's great!
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Curated this a bit: removed "fresh squeezed" from the OJ. Changed "Kraken Spiced Rum" to "Kraken", which is a brand of spiced rum. Removed extraneous note that was causing line breakage, clarified the twist as garnish.

Thanks,

Zachary

Dusky Rose

1 oz Old Tom Gin, Hayman's
1⁄2 oz Falernum, Velvet Falernum
1⁄2 oz Aperol
1 oz Lemon juice
2 ds Peychaud's Bitters (float)
Instructions

Shake all (except Peychaud's) with ice. Strain into cocktail glass. Float Peychaud's.

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  • A little like vitamin C in a cocktail. Sweet, pretty and aperol forward.
  • Used Ebb & Flow Old Tom Gin — ★★★★
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this is a handsome looking cocktail. I added a small amount of egg whites and that really added to the visual appeal.

Now Voyager

1 oz Jamaican rum
1 oz Rhum Agricole
1 oz Bonal Gentiane Quina
2 ds Bitters, Bittermens Xocolatl Mole
1 twst Lemon peel (expressed and discarded)
Instructions

Stir, strain, up.

Notes

A bittered Pompadour playing off Bonal's similarity to Pineau des Charentes and affinity for Jamaican rum, named for a Bette Davis film where she sports that hairstyle. Sort of a Patois crossed with a Mai Tai as well.

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Meh...sorry to be a downer but this didn't work for me.  I used Depaz rhum agricole, Appleton 12, Bonal, and Bitterman's Xocolatl Mole and it just felt like a bad mix.  Maybe a different run would have helped - perhaps something stronger like Smith & Cross.  IN the end it just seemed like a good idea, with some ingredients I love that nonetheless came across as somehow being "off."  Certainly not undrinkable, but not something I'd make again, or recommend.

Appellation Cooler

2 oz Muscadet wine (or other dry white wine)
1 oz Aromatized wine, Cocchi Americano
1 oz Bianco Vermouth, Dolin (basil-infused)
1 t Apricot liqueur
2 sli Cucumber (or more, as garnish)
Instructions

Build in a wineglass over ice and stir; garnish with thin, seedless slices of cucumber.

Notes

Basil-infused bianco: add 20 basil leaves to a full size bottle of Dolin Blanc (or 10 to a 375), let steep for 24 hours, strain and refrigerate.

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2014
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Natasha David, Nitecap, NYC.
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http://punchdrink.com/recipes/appellation-cooler-2/

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Damiana Spritz

1 1⁄2 oz Damiana Liqueur
1 1⁄2 oz Aromatized wine, Cocchi Americano
3 oz Champagne
2 ds Bitters, Angostura (as float)
1 spg Mint (as garnish)
2 Blackberry (or more, as garnish)
Instructions

Add Damiana and Cocchi to a Collins glass, top with crushed ice and Champagne, float bitters, garnish, serve with straw.

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Bobby Heugel, Pastry War, Houston, TX.
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http://punchdrink.com/recipes/damiana-spritz/

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Barnes Stormer

1 oz Apple brandy
1 oz Rum
1⁄2 oz Sorel liqueur
3⁄4 oz Ginger syrup
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
1 ds Bitters
2 oz Soda water
Instructions

Shake, strain over soda and ice, top with another splash of soda, garnish with a lemon wheel and/or an apple slice, serve with straw.

Notes

A tropicalized Jack Rose gone dark and stormy, named for Jake Barnes.

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2014
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Where the Sun Shines

5 Raspberry
1 oz Bourbon
1⁄2 oz Elderflower liqueur, St. Germain
2 oz Ginger beer
1 ds Sugar
Instructions

Muddle raspberries and sugar in an old fashioned glass. Add bourbon and liqueur, add ice and stir. Top with ginger beer

Notes

Next time Im going to try with a rich raspberry syrup to avoid seeds and possibly some lime to balance it out

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  • Loads of raspberry seeds. Should strain them out.
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Nothing special but enjoyable - I don't mind the seeds and flesh of raspberries, but a bit of lime on top helps. A grown up Shirley Temple?

Strange Mercy

1 oz Genever, Bols
1 oz Gin, St. George Terroir
1⁄2 oz Tea syrup (jasmine green tea 1:1 with sugar)
1 ds Peychaud's Bitters
1 ds Orange bitters
1 twst Lemon peel (expressed and discarded)
Instructions

Stir, strain, up or rock, twist.

Notes

These two spirits work extremely well together, and even if you don't have the tea syrup (which is cheap, quick, and easy to make) I recommend trying them out together with different sweeteners: Bénédictine, Drambuie, honey, Maraschino, simple, whatever you have around.

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2014
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Rivington Punch

2 oz Rosé wine
1 1⁄2 oz Aperol
1⁄2 oz Elderflower liqueur, St. Germain
1⁄4 oz Raspberry liqueur, Combier
1 oz Soda water
Instructions

Build in a wine glass, add ice, garnish with a grapefruit slice and strawberry slices.

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Natasha David, Nitecap, NYC.
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http://punchdrink.com/recipes/rivington-punch/

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Tucker commented on 8/29/2014:

Used finger lakes raspberry liqueur. Extremely light, fun and summery. My wife had three. Three!

Pins & Needles (Alex Day)

1 oz Martinique Rum, La Favorite Blanc
1 1⁄2 oz Aromatized wine, Lillet Rose
3⁄4 oz Pineapple Gum Syrup
1⁄2 oz Lime juice
1 ds Bitters, Angostura
1 oz Soda water
Instructions

Shake, strain over rocks in a wine glass, garnish with a lime wheel and a pineapple wedge.

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Alex Day, Honey Cut, Los Angeles, CA.
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