The Pleasant Surprise

1 oz Cognac
1 oz Amontillado Sherry
1 oz Port
1 twst Lemon peel (muddled)
1 t Sugar
1 ds Soda water
1 pn Nutmeg (as garnish)
Instructions

Mix the lemon peel and sugar with a dash of seltzer in an old fashioned glass. Fill it with cracked ice, add the other ingredients, and stir until the glass is frosted. Garnish with a pinch of nutmeg.

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Year
1892
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
William Schmidt, "The Only William," NYC.
Source reference

http://liquor.com/articles/masters-of-mixology-william-schmidt/

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Weeper's Joy

1 oz Absinthe
1 oz Sweet vermouth
1 oz Kummel
2 ds Curaçao
1⁄2 t Gomme syrup
Instructions

Stir, strain, up.

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Year
1892
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
William Schmidt, "The Only William," NYC.
Source reference

William Schmidt's The Flowing Bowl, 1892; recipe and slightly updated ratios via David Wondrich's Imbibe.

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Great Dane

2 oz Aquavit, Krogstad
3⁄4 oz Aromatized wine, Contratto Americano Rosso
1⁄2 oz Zwack Unicum Plum
1 twst Grapefruit peel
Instructions

Stir, strain into a Nick & Nora glass, garnish with a 'grapefruit smile'—a wide swath of grapefruit peel cut into a diamond shape with a slit cut through it to rest on the rim of the glass.

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Year
2013
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Authentic recipe
Creator
Joaquín Simó, Pouring Ribbons, NYC.
Source reference

http://www.dwr.com/display.do?ruleID=111414#gift

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Fontainebleau

1 1⁄2 oz Rye, Rittenhouse 100
1⁄2 oz Sweet vermouth, Carpano Antica Formula
1⁄2 oz Herbal liqueur, Green Chartreuse
1⁄2 oz Orange liqueur
2 ds Peychaud's Bitters
Instructions

Stir with ice, strain over a large ice cube, garnish with a lemon twist.

Notes

Similar to the Tipperary #3 and Stew Ellington's Gramercy, but inspired by http://www.straightbourbon.com/forums/showthread.php?20966-What-Cocktai…

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  • I'm not always a fan of green chartreuse, as i find it overpowers many cocktails, but it's perfect here as a foil to the rye-orange-vermouth richness. Used PF Dry Curaçao
  • Used with Grand Marnier. Can definitely taste the green chartreuse coming through but not over powering. Wife likes it. — ★★★★★
  • Used Cointreau. Rate 4.5 Will use High West double rye next time.
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  • Ozymandias — Rye, Brandy, Sweet vermouth, Bigallet China-China, Bénédictine, Bitters, Lemon zest
  • Carrie's Book Club — Rye, Orange Curaçao, Bénédictine, Bitters, Simple syrup
  • Bad Reputation — Bourbon, Bermuda rum, Herbal liqueur, Grapefruit bitters, Bitters, Grapefruit juice

I love it. Have never made it with either suggestion for rye or vermouth, but a few different combos of other brands. Have used PF Dry for the orange every time. Makes me want to try adding Peychaud's to Stew Ellington's Gramercy

Pigeon Park

1 1⁄2 oz Mezcal
3⁄4 oz Sweet vermouth, Carpano Punt e Mes
1⁄2 oz Pimm's No. 1 Cup
1⁄4 oz Bénédictine
2 ds Bitters, Angostura
Instructions

Stir and strain into a cocktail glass rinsed with Ardbeg, flame some orange oil over top as a garnish then discard the peel

Notes

Dense and smoky, with a light herbal note.

History

I created this drink as a variation on a Vancouver Cocktail, although I drifted a little further than I expected with the addition of Pimm's. I wanted something slightly herbaceous to highlight the subtle herbal aroma of the mezcal, and Pimm's No.1 felt like the perfect choice because it wasn't very sweet, and being made from gin it echoed the original Vancouver Cocktail, which was essentially a Martinez with Benedictine instead of maraschino.

Pigeon Park is a little square in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside where the homeless and junkies hang out or just take a nap. Still Vancouver, even thought it doesn't look anything like a postcard photo, yet not without charm either.

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2013
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Creator
Martin Corriveau
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4 stars
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  • As smokey as it sounds. The Ardbeg rinse was clobbered by the mezcal and I'm not sure it was critical. A solid cocktail, but more one-note than I expected (the note is smoke).
  • A hair sweet, but wouldn't taste right without that.
  • Made with Fidencio and a spritz of Laphroaig 10 yr. Love the chocolate and herbal throughout, and the little bitterness at the finish.
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Field Cocktail

2 oz Cognac, Pierre Ferrand Ambre
1 oz Dry vermouth, Noilly Prat
3⁄4 oz Pineapple juice
1 lf Pineapple (as garnish)
Instructions

Stir, strain, up, garnish.

Notes

Via Pierre Ferrand: "This Cognac-based twist upon the Algonquin Cocktail is Jim Meehan's tribute to Colin Peter Field, who runs the Hemingway Bar in Paris’s Ritz Hotel."

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Creator
Jim Meehan, PDT, NYC.
Source reference

http://www.pierreferrandcognac.com/en/pages/view/591

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2.5 stars
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  • This one is definitely unique, but I'm a huge fan. I usually use Dolin dry.
  • Louis Royer, Dolin. Nicely dry, but the flavors just do not work for me. It might work with a softer Cognac and perhaps more stirring to integrate (though it was plenty dilute already).
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Not Coming Home

1 1⁄2 oz Bianco Vermouth, Dolin
3⁄4 oz Absinthe, St. George
3⁄4 oz Elderflower liqueur, St. Germain
4 ds Orange flower water
1 twst Grapefruit peel
Instructions

Stir, strain, up, twist.

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Year
2013
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Creator
Tim Rabior, Sanctuaria, St. Louis, MO.
Source reference

http://drinkwire.liquor.com/post/101-best-new-cocktails-not-coming-home…

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  • New fave low ABV! Orange flower overpowers a bit but I don't mind
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Anne Bonny

1 1⁄2 oz Rum
3⁄4 oz Lime juice
1⁄2 oz Cinnamon syrup
1 oz Ruby Port (float)
1 pn Nutmeg (as garnish)
Instructions

Shake, strain, up, slowly float, garnish with freshly grated nutmeg.

Notes

For the rum, go with something piratey: Wray & Nephew, Banks 5 or 7, Pusser's, Smith & Cross, Lemon Hart.

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2013
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Creator
Rafa García Febles, NYC.
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  • Made with tawny port - so good! I'll have to try with ruby port next...
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Embassie

3⁄4 oz Gin
3⁄4 oz Aromatized wine, Cocchi Americano
3⁄4 oz Herbal liqueur, Yellow Chartreuse
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
1 twst Lemon peel
Instructions

Shake, strain, up, twist.

Notes

A dash of absinthe, a la the similar Corpse Reviver #2, is nice here.

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Mal Spence, Kelvingrove Café, Glasgow.
Source reference

http://punchdrink.com/recipes/embassie/

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  • Twist on Last Word, interesting but lacking balance. Too citric. Should work with another formula, to be tested furthermore.
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Breakfast

1 1⁄2 oz Mezcal
3⁄4 oz Sweet vermouth, Carpano Antica Formula
3⁄4 oz Coffee liqueur, Bittermens New Orleans Coffee
23 dr Bitters, Brooklyn Hemispherical Bitters Sriracha
1 twst Orange peel (expressed and discarded)
Instructions

Stir, strain, up, twist.

Notes

This is the Amor y Amargo guys' idea of "breakfast encapsulated."

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Creator
Aaron Polsky, Amor y Amargo, NYC.
Source reference

http://punchdrink.com/recipes/breakfast/

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Nice, I used a combination of chocolate and orange bitters and I like the subtle interplay 3.5

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