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Rusty Soul

2 oz Applejack
3⁄4 oz Cardamaro
1⁄4 oz Kummel
1 twst Lemon peel (as garnish)
Instructions

Stir, strain, up, twist.

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Creator
Owen Thomson, Bar Pilar and Café Saint-Ex, Washington, D.C.
Source reference

on.wsj.com/1jN9gmb

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4 stars
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  • Made with Laird's Apple Brandy and Helbing Kummel
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Verano Amar

2 oz Tequila
1⁄2 oz Sorel liqueur
1⁄2 oz Lime juice
1 pn Cinnamon (cinnamon sugar, to rim)
Instructions

Shake, pour without straining into a cinnamon sugar-rimmed rocks glass.

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Creator
Nicole Fey, The Vault, Boston, MA.
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Durero

1 1⁄2 oz Dry sherry
1 1⁄2 oz Dry sake
2 ds Bitters
1 twst Lemon peel (as garnish)
Instructions

Stir, strain, up, twist.

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Year
2014
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Rafa García Febles, NYC.
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3.5 stars
(2 ratings)
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  • Gokyo "Tanuki" Sake and La Guita Manzanilla, Bittermens grapefruit. Green apples, melon, almond, yeast. Lighter flavors than a Bamboo.
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Siren of the Tropics

1 1⁄2 oz Jamaican rum, Appleton
3⁄4 oz Port
3⁄4 oz Lime juice
1⁄4 oz Crème de Cacao
2 ds Bitters, Dr Adam Elmegirab's Orinoco Bitters (2-3)
1 pn Nutmeg (As garnish)
Instructions

Shake, strain, up, garnish.

Notes

Named for the late, great Josephine Baker.

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Year
2014
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Authentic recipe
Creator
Rafa García Febles, NYC.
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4.5 stars
(10 ratings)
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  • Angostura-colored, complex and wintry and accessible, with dark, layered flavors. Nutmeg essential. Consider a rum blend. — ★★★★★
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sevyryelsdorn commented on 5/28/2019:

3/5. Personally would not use a Jamaican rum, or would split Jamaican with a no hogo rum. To me, Jamaican rum sours all end up tasting mostly of citrus and the rum - tasty, but after getting out all these other ingredients, a bit disappointing.


Black Mirror

1⁄2 oz Vanilla syrup
1⁄2 oz Falernum
1 spl Soda water
1 spg Mint (as garnish)
Instructions

Shake, strain, rocks, splash soda, garnish.

Notes

A tropicalized play on the Broken Mirror from Elsa in Brooklyn.

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Year
2014
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Creator
Rafa García Febles, NYC.
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(2 ratings)
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  • Interesting Balance, sweet, refreshing
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Wray of Light

3⁄4 oz Lime juice
1⁄2 oz Falernum
1⁄2 oz Pineapple syrup
1 spg Mint (as garnish)
Instructions

Shake, rocks, garnish, serve with straw.

History

Beachbum Berry created the Hart of Darkness as a safer, delicious way of consuming his favorite overproof dark rum; I adapted his recipe to my favorite overproof white rum.

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Year
2014
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Your original creation
Creator
Rafa García Febles, NYC.
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(6 ratings)
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  • Since recently making fresh pineapple syrup, I was looking for a good recipe. Wray of Light hits the mark! I changed the recipe back to Smith & Cross dark Jamaican overproof rum. I'm impressed with the balance of this 4 ingredient cocktail.
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DrunkLab commented on 7/04/2014:

Than drinking it straight from the bottle, probably. Which I guess is what the Bum did in the days before he invented his Hart of Darkness.


Smokey's Tangle

Instructions

Stir and strain.

Notes

This combination really brings the spice out of the barolo chinato; tastes strongly of cinnamon.

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Creator
Stew Ellington
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4 stars
(4 ratings)
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  • Good way to use Bison Grass vodka.
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Naked Gardener

2 oz Tequila, El Jimador Reposado
1 1⁄2 oz Grapefruit juice
3⁄4 oz Simple syrup
2 oz Prosecco
7 sli Cucumber
1 twst Lemon peel
Instructions

Slice cucumber very thinly. Muddle the cucumber. Add tequila, grapefruit, and simple. Shake and strain into a collins glass with rocks. Top off with prosecco. In and out lemon twist. Garnish with a thicker cucumber slice.

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Year
2014
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Creator
SmallGirlMad
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  • tequila cucumber prosecco
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Mise en Abyme

Instructions

Combine in shaker with crushed ice. Stir, serve in coupe. Garnish with a miniature version of itself, which in turn...

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DrunkLab commented on 5/12/2014:

I made a "garnish with a smaller version of itself" joke inside your "smaller version of itself" joke.


Beetox Margarita

1 oz Beet Puree (Homemade)
1⁄2 oz Agave syrup
7⁄8 oz Lime juice
3 sli Beet (as garnish)
1 spg Mint (as garnish)
Instructions

Give all ingredients a nice shake and pour over ice into a wine glass or rocks glass.
Garnish with three thin beetroot circles (when hit by the light they look incredible) on a pick and a generous sprig of mint to contrast against the beautiful purple colour of the drink.

Notes

You can make your own beetroot purée by blending around 3 boiled beets with about 100g of fine sugar and aprox 50ml of water.

History

Leo and I came up with this drink when nursing a hangover, it’s a great alternative to a Bloody Mary but also a drink that you can drink at any hour. The earthy flavour of the beet really accentuates the agave and tastes the bomb. Plus, beetroots are full of antioxidants so we figure it’s pretty good (ish) for you too!

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©Anya Montague 11/05/2014
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Year
2013
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Creator
Anya Montague and Leo Boys
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5 stars
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