Lion's Mane

1 1⁄2 oz Bourbon (or Cognac)
3⁄4 oz Sweet vermouth
3⁄4 oz Dry vermouth
3⁄4 oz Lime juice
1⁄2 oz Honey syrup
1 t Donn's Spices #2
2 ds Bitters
Instructions

Shake, strain, up.

Notes

Tropicalized Manhattan sour.

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2014
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Rafa García Febles, NYC.
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  • Good intro to the manhattan
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Harvey Wallbanger (GCNY)

2 oz Orange juice (strained through a coffee filter)
1⁄4 oz Lemon juice
1 1⁄2 oz Vodka
1⁄2 oz Galliano
1 ds Orange bitters, Angostura
Instructions

Stir, strain, up.

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There are many versions; this one's courtesy of Don Lee for Golden Cadillac, NYC.
Source reference

http://on.wsj.com/1gRBc64

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  • The lemon helps. If using whipped cream vodka, may be too sweet. Sub yellow chartreuse for galliano.
  • Good but lacks of complexity
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Shawn C commented on 3/01/2023:

While I don't make this cocktail as listed, the Harvey Wallbanger is one of my favorites despite being a very simple vodka(!?) cocktail. It all begins and ends with the oranges, since the juice is THE major flavor component. I learned this when I moved to California and had my own orange trees to work with--this drink took on a whole new dimension as a result. The best juice for this cocktail (and other orange juice containing drinks) is fresh-squeezed from oranges of proper ripeness. Slightly under-ripe to ripe is good, anything drifting into overly sweet/over-ripe is not. There should be some tanginess to the juice, but not the over-ripe sickly sweet, dark bitter/off taste of post-season oranges or many prepared juices/concentrates. I often use small oranges for this, little ones you will never see in the store.

When fresh squeezed, there is considerable oil from the orange zest, and that greatly augments the flavor. With good fresh oranges, omit the lemon juice in this recipe, you won't need it or want it. This way doesn't require any orange bitters either--the squeezed zest is supplying that. Getting the right oranges does make the drink somewhat seasonal for me, from December through about May covering the two seasons when the Washington and Valencia oranges consecutively are at their best.

I often make this by squeezing around 3-4 ounces of orange juice directly into a double rocks glass, then add 1.5 oz vodka (Sobieski). I don't do any straining of the juice unless there are seeds. I add ice and stir in the glass, then float the Galliano. If you want alcohol heat, this won't have it (unless you double the vodka), but it is so tasty.

PFT (Pretty Fluffy Thing)

1 1⁄2 oz Gin
1⁄4 oz Campari
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
1⁄4 oz Simple syrup
Instructions

Shake, strain, up.

History

Https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYXqwbtkkeM

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Creator
Tom Richter, NYC.
Source reference

http://punchdrink.com/recipes/pft/

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  • Great simple drink. Very springy. Wish it made more volume without having to up the Gin content though.
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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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Owen Thomson, Bar Pilar and Café Saint-Ex, Washington, D.C.
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on.wsj.com/1jN9gmb

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

2 oz Tequila
1 oz Pineapple juice
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.
Source reference

https://web.archive.org/web/20150318054022/http://jackfrombrooklyn.com/…

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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
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Creator
Rafa García Febles, NYC.
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3.5 stars
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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
1⁄4 oz Crème de Banane
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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2014
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Rafa García Febles, NYC.
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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 oz Absinthe, Vieux Carré
1 oz Lime juice
1⁄2 oz Vanilla syrup
1⁄2 oz Falernum
1 ds Bitters, Bittermens 'Elemakule Tiki
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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2014
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Rafa García Febles, NYC.
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  • Interesting Balance, sweet, refreshing
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Wray of Light

1 1⁄2 oz Jamaican rum, Wray & Nephew Overproof
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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2014
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Rafa García Febles, NYC.
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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

3⁄4 oz Apple brandy, Lairds Bonded
3⁄4 oz Bison grass vodka
3⁄4 oz Chinato, Cocchi Barolo Chinato
3⁄4 oz Averna
2 ds Grapefruit bitters
Instructions

Stir and strain.

Notes

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

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Stew Ellington
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  • Good way to use Bison Grass vodka.
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