Bronx Cocktail (Boothby)

2⁄3 oz Gin, Plymouth
2⁄3 oz Sweet vermouth
2⁄3 oz Dry vermouth
1 twst Orange peel (as garnish)
Instructions

Stir (or shake), strain, up, twist.

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Year
1908
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William Boothby credits it as "a la Billy Malloy, Pittsburgh, PA" in his book The World's Drinks and How To Mix Them.
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bit.ly/1dT2RkT

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  • Drank while watching The Thin Man, where Nick schools the bartenders on how to shake cocktails: a Bronx to a 2 step. Prefer: 2 gin, 3/4 sweet, 3/4 dry, 1 orange juice, orange bitters. Used cocchi vermouth.
  • Gary Regan's Formula: 2 oz gin (Tanqueray, Boodles) 1 oz orange juice ¼–½ oz dry vermouth (Dolin Blanc, Noilly Prat French Dry) ¼–½ oz sweet vermouth (Carpano Antica) 2 dashes orange bitters (Bitter Truth Orange Bitters)
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Pegu Club Cocktail (via Andrew Willett)

1 1⁄3 oz Gin
2⁄3 oz Curaçao (see Willett's note below))
1 bsp Key lime
1 twst Lemon peel (as garnish)
Instructions

Stir, strain, goblet, twist.

Notes

Unlike the contemporary Pegu Club, this is structured as a cocktail, in the original sense, rather than a sour/daisy (fancily sweetened sour). Basically this means less juice. Willett provides alternative ratios of gin to orange liqueur: 3:1 (credited to McElhone, 1922) and 1:1. This ratio is credited to Craddock, 1930 (the Savoy). Willett calls for less lime juice (though not much less) than older sources.

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via Andrew Willett, Elemental Mixology.
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I love the cocktails with little twists of variations. I am sure this one will be no different. I love how you put a little history in here as well, and the laymen's term (less juice).

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Thanks. Andrew Willett deserves the credit in this case for the cocktail history. The drink is very good.


Greetings!
Thank you for mentioning me in connection with this old drink and presenting it here in its original form as an alternative to the more modern re-working of it.
I thought that I would mention that I had up-dated the article to explain what I mean by "liqueur of bitter orange peel." In as much brevity as I can manage, all true Curaçao liqueur is made of the peel of the special variety of the bitter orange that grows on the island of Curaçao. Traditional Curaçao liqueur uses only that type of peel, making it rather bitter, and thus needing a lot of sugar to balance it. The triple-sec ('triple dry,' in French) variety of Curaçao liqueur was made to allow for a less-sweet product by using part bitter orange peel and part sweet orange peel. Cointreau is the most famous brand of triple-sec Curaçao liqueur, and was originally described exactly as such on the label. Combier l'Original is also a triple-sec-type liqueur of bitter orange peel, and was also originally called "Curaçao blanc, triple-sec," like Cointreau), but modern Combier is made with bitter orange peel from Haiti, instead of Curaçao, and therefore is not Curaçao liqueur, strictly speaking (and according to French labeling law). Because not all liqueur of bitter orange peel is made of the peel of the Curaçao orange and some of them are still quite good (like Combier), I call it "liqueur of bitter orange peel" in all of my recipes. This also allows the mixer to select either the very-bitter-and-very-sweet traditional variety, or the less-bitter-and-less-sweet triple-sec variety.
My original post can be found by following the link below:
http://elementalmixology.wordpress.com/2014/01/17/the-pegu-club-aint-th…


Hello Andrew/Mr. Willett,

Thank you for the further information; it's quite useful. I appreciate your research and the rigor with which you always present it. I tend to be a bit less exacting than you in casual usage (I figure that nearly a century of use of "cocktail" as a generic term for an alcoholic mixed drink renders that usage valid), I find your standards refreshing and your research invaluable. Cheers.


It is definitely valid to use language as most users have done for the better part of a century.
The collateral damage, in this case, is that when you want to refer to a traditionally-correct cocktail, it is almost impossible to be understood.
In 1900, if you asked a bar-tender for a Rum Cocktail, he would understand it to be a specific drink. He might ask you which sort of bitters you might want in it. He might also ask you whether you wanted it 'soft' (with sugar syrup and stirred through ice and strained) or 'old-fashioned' (starting with dry sugar and then served on-the-rocks). Whatever he asked or assumed, you would be able to get the Rum Cocktail.
Today if you go into all but a very few bars and ask for a Rum Cocktail, the bar-tender will not realize that you are asking for a specific drink. He or she might ask you, "What do you mean, Rum & Coke, Piña Colada, Daiquiri..." and might even be annoyed in mistaking your request as being too vague.
About seven years ago, my wife was able to get the Bourbon Cocktail at Seven Grand in downtown Los Angeles. A couple of years and staff incarnations later, she tried again. The bartenders at that whiskey-focused, supposedly pre-prohibition-type bar had no idea what she was talking about. When she explained it to them slowly and deferentially, they thought that she was telling them to stir and strain an 'Old-fashioned' (as if that were only one drink, rather than the old way to make a cocktail out of any liquor) and told her that they would not violate such a hallowed drink from tradition in the way she was suggesting. Such ignorance from those who wrap themselves in the pretense of American mixological tradition is breath-taking.
Imagine a future time when the perceived sophistication of the word 'sushi' has caused its over-use to the point that it means nothing more than any food that is vaguely Asian. Too bad for anyone trying to get the real thing then.


Dessert l'Italienne

1 oz Santa Maria al Monte
1 oz Braulio
1⁄2 oz Galliano
1⁄4 oz Espresso syrup (or liqueur)
Instructions

Stir, strain, neat.

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Year
2013
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Creator
Ryan Connelly, Belly Wine Bar, Cambridge, MA.
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Pins & Needles

2 oz Gin, St. George Terroir
1 oz Braulio
3⁄4 oz Pineapple Gum Syrup (Small Hand Foods)
1⁄2 oz Lime juice
1 spg Rosemary (as garnish)
Instructions

Shake, strain into a Collins over ice, garnish with a rosemary sprig and lime wheel, serve with straw.

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Year
2014
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Authentic recipe
Creator
Raul, Death To Sour Mix.
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  • feels close to being really good...I subbed creme de cacao for the syrup
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An alpine flavored Tiki drink that surprisingly works. A solid 3.5, but I can't quite go 4 so I am rating it a 3. To be fair, I used 1/2 oz of pineapple juice and 1/2 oz of simple syrup (should have used my gomme syrup instead) to simulate the "pineapple gum syrup" flavors while balancing sugar vs. the lime from my tree, so mouthfeel could be a little off. The pine and alpine herbal notes provide playful contrast to the pineapple/citrus. If you have Braulio and Zirbenz, try it.


Private Club Cocktail

3⁄4 oz Amaro Nonino
1⁄4 oz Maple syrup (medium amber)
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice (Eureka or other)
1 twst Lemon peel (2", as garnish)
Instructions

Stir, strain, one large rock, twist.

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Year
2014
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Elana Lepkowski, Stir and Strain.
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There are some good flavors in it but it needs work. The lemon juice is over powering with both flavor and acidity. I can't give you a better substitution but maybe I'll work on it. 


laerm commented on 9/23/2018:

I took the lemon down to a third and the maple up to a third. Solid improvement. (I also used some smoked maple syrup that I had.)


Reign In Blood

Instructions

Shake all ingredients with ice, double strain in double old fashioned glass. Fill with ice, garnish with blood orange wheel.

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Chocolate bitter and Chartreuse... sure?


Hot Buttered Amaro

1 1⁄2 oz Ramazzotti (or Fernet Branca)
1⁄2 oz Applejack (or Bourbon if using FB)
3 oz Cider (hot, to top)
1 1⁄2 bsp Butter (spiced)
1 twst Orange peel (studded with cloves, as garnish)
Instructions

Heat cider & mix ingredients in Irish Coffee glass

Notes

Spiced butter is 2/3c brown sugar, 1/2c butter, with cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg & ginger

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Year
2013
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Unknown
Creator
Dan Baker, B Street, Newton, MA
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Mezzo-Americano

1 1⁄2 oz Aperol
1⁄2 oz Gin
3⁄4 oz Lime juice
3 oz Chinotto (+)
1 wdg Orange (as garnish)
Instructions

Shake, strain over Chinotto and ice, garnish, serve with straw.

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Year
2014
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Creator
Rafa García Febles, NYC
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2 oz Campari
1 oz Rye, Bulleit
2⁄3 oz Lime juice
Instructions

Pour all ingredients into a shaker with ice. Shake. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Drop a twist of lime into the drink

Ten Month Anniversary
2014 Subgenre
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Very nice Campari sour.

I was tempted to try a Mescal float. Maybe next time.


Surprisingly balanced given the lack of sweetness


Campari is super sweet--it's just also so bitter that the sweetness is easily forgotten. 


5 O'Clock Tea

2 1⁄2 oz Gin, Tanqueray 10 (*masala chai infused)
3⁄4 oz Heavy whipping cream
2 dr Jamaican #1 bitters, Bittercube
2 t Brown sugar (packed)
Instructions

Shake, double strain, up. Serve with Parle-G biscuits

Notes

*in a 1 cup mason jar layer: 1 vanilla bean (halved and split), 1 stick of cinnamon (broken), 5 cardamom pods (bruised), 1 star anise, 1/2" ginger (thinly sliced), 1 tsp black tea, 1/2 tsp black peppercorns (bruised), 1/2 tsp cloves, 1/2 tsp lemon grass, 1/4 tsp grated nutmeg. Fill the mason jar w/ gin, seal, and shake 3-5 times over 24 hours. Strain and top off w/ gin

History

After my trip to Munnar, India, I came back with so many spices for masalas and chai's--I had to work on an infusion. I was a bit surprised how bracing the bitterness from the black tea and spices was, but I'd never infused with spices that were that fresh, so I ended up boosting the base spirit to balance it out. This drink ended up intense in spiciness and tempered bitterness, with an excellent mouth feel.

Picture of 5 O'Clock Tea
2011 Kindred Cocktails
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Year
2014
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Your original creation
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Jason Westplate
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