Persephone out of Hades

1 1⁄2 oz Pisco
3⁄4 oz Pear Vodka, Grey Goose
1⁄2 oz Pomegranate juice
3⁄4 oz Lime juice
1 spg Rosemary (as garnish)
Instructions

Combine liquid ingredients in shaker with ice. Shake well and strain into glass. Garnish with rosemary.

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Year
2023
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ChemoCentric

1 1⁄2 oz Islay Scotch, Lagavulin 16
3⁄4 oz Sweet vermouth, Carpano Punt e Mes
3⁄4 oz Herbal liqueur (Pomegranate Liqueur)
3⁄4 oz Ancho Reyes chile liqueur
1⁄2 oz Lavender syrup
4 ds Cherry Bitters
Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.

History

CAPT Chuck gets it done.

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Year
2023
Authenticity
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Creator
Carl N.
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ChemoHAIR

1 1⁄2 oz Cognac
1 oz Citron liqueur, Sukkah Hill Etrog
3⁄4 oz Lychee liqueur
1⁄2 oz Herbal liqueur, Green Chartreuse
4 ds Peychaud's Bitters
Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.

History

CAPT Chuck expects that this will put some hair back on his head !!

Yields Drink
Year
2023
Authenticity
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Creator
Carl N.
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ChemoTAXOL

1 1⁄2 oz Gin, Bombay Sapphire
3⁄4 oz Herbal liqueur (Blood Orange Liqueur)
3⁄4 oz Corn liqueur, Nixta
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
3 ds Rhubarb bitters
Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.

History

Taxol is one thing ..... THIS is the elixir which gets it done !!!

Yields Drink
Year
2023
Authenticity
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Creator
Carl N.
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  • Each contributing flavour gets a bit lost — ★★
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A Kidnapped Drink

1 1⁄2 oz Cynar
1⁄2 oz Herbal liqueur, Green Chartreuse
3⁄4 oz Lime juice
3⁄8 oz Ginger syrup (See notes)
3⁄8 oz Honey syrup (See notes)
2 ds Bitters, Angostura (Plus a spritz for garnish)
Instructions

Shake with ice, strain into a cocktail coupe, and garnish with a spritz of Angostura Bitters (substitute a few drops).

Notes

3/4 oz honey-ginger syrup. Using 3/8 oz of each ingredient works well too.

History

After writing up a Penicillin riff called the Juju Man, I became inspired to riff on its citrus, honey, ginger aspect. I mashed up this concept with the Cynar-Chartreuse The Drink of Laughter and Forgetting and named it A Kidnapped Drink after another Milan Kundera work, A Kidnapped West.

Yields Drink
Year
2023
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Frederic Yarm, Boston, MA
Source reference

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2023/09/a-kidnapped-drink.html

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Gusano Rojo

1 oz Mezcal
1 oz Sweet vermouth
1 oz Campari
1⁄2 oz Honey syrup
1⁄2 oz Lime juice
1 pn Cayenne pepper (A sprinkle of pepper powder as garnish (floating))
Instructions

Shake with ice, strain into a coupe glass, and garnish with cayenne chili powder.

Notes

My Negroni Week 2023 offering. A mashup of the Red Grasshopper (tequila, honey, lime, garnish cayenne powder) and a Mezcal Negroni.

History

I decided to make a mashup of the Red Grasshopper with the Mezcal Negroni after spotting the cayenne pepper powder on the shelf as Negroni Week 2023 was coming up. I dubbed the end result the Gusano Rojo which is the Red Chili Worm that grows on mezcal plants.

Yields Drink
Year
2023
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Frederic Yarm, Boston, MA
Source reference

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2023/09/gusano-rojo.html

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Brockton Navy

1 oz Old Tom Gin (Scofflaw Brand)
1 oz Amargo-Vallet
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
3⁄4 oz Orgeat
1 wdg Lemon (as garnish)
Instructions

Shake all ingredients with ice, strain into iced rocks glass, garnish with lemon wedge.

Yields Drink
Year
2023
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Danny Shapiro, Scofflaw, Chicago, IL
Source reference

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Caught in a Cabaret

1 oz Tequila
1⁄2 oz Cynar
1⁄2 oz Sloe gin
1⁄2 oz Apricot liqueur
1⁄2 oz Lime juice
Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail coupe.

History

I recently spotted a reference to Ted Haigh's Millionaire variation that reminded me of a Charlie Chaplin with its apricot, sloe, and lime. That got me motivated to riff on that trio of ingredients, and I latched onto the sloe gin aspect and decided to mash the Charlie Chaplin up with Phil Ward's Lipspin that complements the sloe gin with tequila and Cynar. For a name, I dubbed this after one of Charlie Chaplin's films and called it Caught in a Cabaret.

Yields Drink
Year
2023
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Frederic Yarm, Boston, MA
Source reference

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2023/09/caught-in-cabaret.html

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Double Buzz

1 1⁄2 oz Overproof rum, Plantation O.F.T.D.
1⁄2 oz Fernet
1 1⁄2 oz Cream of coconut
2 oz Coffee
2 ds Bitters, Angostura
8 lf Mint
1 spg Mint (as garnish)
Instructions

Shake all ingredients with ice, strain into ice-filled Collins glass. Garnish with mint sprig.

Notes

Smugglers Cove house coconut cream is less viscous than Coco Real or Coco Lopez, so is easier to clear from a jigger.

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Year
2018
Authenticity
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Creator
Syrus Fotovat, Braise, San Jose, CA (US)
Source reference

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Shawn C commented on 2/28/2024:

Curated to change the "Coconut cream" to "Cream of coconut." Smugglers Cove house coconut cream suggested in the notes is actually a syrup in the cream of coconut style (although the Smugglers Cove recipe is somewhat thin on the coconut side.) A coconut cream should have higher coconut fat content and little or no additional sweetener.

Negroni dell'Erborista

1 1⁄2 oz Gin, Tanqueray
3⁄4 oz Amaro dell'Erborista
3⁄4 oz Campari
1⁄2 oz Sweet vermouth, Carpano Antica Formula
2 ds Bitters (Bittercube Root Beer Bitters)
1 twst Grapefruit peel (Red grapefruit, as garnish)
Instructions

Stir ingredients with ice, strain into glass with large rock or sphere. Twist grapefruit peel over drink and garnish.

Notes

Also works with orange twist. Tanqueray 10 was in one of the Negroni dell'Etna recipes and would be worth a try, so I used a few drops of lime juice in my initial version with standard Tanqueray. Hayman's London Dry might work well too.

History

This recipe was a happy accident as I intended to make a Negroni dell'Etna, but had Erborista stuck in my brain and made the inadvertent substitution. Since this is a variation, I simply altered the name to match. The Erborista introduces a pipe tobacco/sandalwood aroma and umami. While bitter up front from the Campari and the pine terpenes of the Erborista, it transitions to a Zucca rhubarb-like umami, before finishing with a robust bitterness. The result is an added dimension to the Negroni template.

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Year
2023
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Creator
Shawn C, Fresno, California
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