Shake ingredients together with ice, EXCEPT champagne. Strain mix into champagne flute and pour champagne on top with lemon peel garnish.
901 Very Good Cocktails by Stew Ellington
Shake, strain, up.
A healthy way to start the day.
Shake, strain, up or rocks.
Shake, strain, up.
Stir with ice, pour over large ice cube
Mix everything (except Chartreuse & Nutmeg)) with a lot of cracked ice, shake well and strain. Float the Chartreuse on top with a spoon and add a dusting of the grated nutmeg
"The Gentleman's Companion, Volume II: Being an Exotic Drinking Book", by Charles H. Baker, Jr., 1946, pp 87-88
Shake first four ingredients, strain into a Collins over ice, topping with a splash of Coke and a good amount of fresh grated nutmeg. Serve with straw.
Malcolm X wrote of making a potent nutmeg tisane in prison.
"Nutmeg! THAT'S the secret flavor in Coke!" http://achewood.com/?date=01272005
Build in a collins glass over ice. Top with Club Soda. Garnish with Black Peppercorns and a twist of Grapefruit or Lime Wheel.
Grapefruit-Thyme-Black Pepper Syrup
Steep 1/4 Cup of Crushed Black Peppercorns and a small faggot of Thyme in 1 cup of Hot water for one hour. Add the juice of 4 Grapefruits and their zest. Add 3 cups of white sugar. Bring to a simmer. Remove from heat. Let stand for 30 minutes. Strain.
Stir all into large slow cooker. Heat on high for 2 hours. Lower to warm setting and stir before serving.
Adjust bitters, sugar, and spices to taste.
Thrown together for a '70s-themed Christmas party. At roughly 5:1 cider:bourbon, it's boozy enough to know there's some "good stuff" in it, but not so strong that your guests are falling down after a few cups.
Shake, strain, up.
For the bitters, choose something "dried fruity" with a bit of pie spice. I really like Drunken Crane Jujube, Miracle Mile Peach, and Brooklyn Hemispherical Black Mission Fig (or some combination of thereof). Plum would probably work nicely too. If you go with Jerry Thomas' Decanter, maybe use only 1 dash.
A drink named (?) after a song from one of my favorite albums, featuring three or four of my favorite ingredients? Yeah. Definitely trying this.
There was no rhyme or reason to the naming of this drink. For some reason, while sipping on it and brainstorming cocktail names, this song popped into my head... Also, the (arguably) best R.E.M.-related cocktail name (and another favorite album) was already taken... ;)
Unsurprisingly tasty. Apricot dominates, rounded out by the elderflower, and dried out in the finish by the bourbon and bitters. I used a dash of Bittermens Burlesque.
Oooh, intriguing... I've had a bottle of the Burlesque forever, but never seem to use them. I'll have to try them next time... Glad you dig it!