Pocket Rocket

1⁄4 c Arugula
2 oz Vodka
3⁄4 oz Cynar
1⁄2 oz Elderflower liqueur, St. Germain
1 ds Celery bitters, Fee Brothers
1 twst Lemon peel
Instructions

Muddle a small handful of arugula in a mixing glass. Add the vodka, Cynar, St. Germain, dash of celery bitters, and ice. Stir, and double strain into a chilled coupe. Express a lemon twist, rim the cup with it, and float it as a garnish.

Notes

This is a work in progress. I love arugula, and instinct tells me its peppery notes should harmonize well with various liquors and amari. Although the Arugula Mojito got notice a year or two back, there were no cocktail recipes here using it. Experiments with mezcal came to naught, but the Cynar seems to complement the arugula well, and the ever trusty St. Germain mellows the bitterness. I am eager to see more recipes herein with arugula. No need to be kind - critiques are welcome!

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2013
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  • I was expecting a hot grassy mess, but was pleasantly surprised by the subtle complexity of this. It may have helped that I used cucumber infused vodka which held it all together nicely.
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There's a place in Sorrento, Italy that sells Arugula liqueur called Fattoria Terranova. shop.fattoriaterranova.it

Chin Up

2 sli Cucumber
2 oz Gin
1⁄2 oz Cynar
1⁄2 oz Dry vermouth
1 pn Salt
Instructions

Muddle a cucumber slice in mixing glass. Add liquids. Add ice, and stir well. Strain into chilled coupe. Float cucumber wheel on top as garnish.

Notes

Served to me by the passionate mixologist Chaim Dauermann at New York's Gin Palace just last night, and I thought it ought to be here. It's the same base ingredients as a Berlioni, but the different quantities and the addition of cucumber and, especially, salt, make for an utterly different experience.

History

The Hip Hip Gin Gin blog sources this to the Mr. Boston Platinum Guide.

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Flying Circus

1⁄4 oz Fernet Branca
1 1⁄2 oz Rum, Pyrat XO Reserve
1⁄2 t Demerara sugar
10 dr Bitters, Bittermens Burlesque
Instructions

Rinse a single pour rocks glass with Fernet Branca. Discard excess. Muddle demerara and Burlesque Bitters in base of glass until dissolved. Add rum. Stir. Top with large ice cube and garnish with flamed orange twist.

Notes

A Sazerac twist...

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2013
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Laura Cloer, The Main Street Pizza Company
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  • Need to double the ingredients to get a decent size drink
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Sofia

1 1⁄2 oz Old Tom Gin, Ransom
3⁄4 oz Cynar
3⁄4 oz Dry vermouth
1 ds Cardamom bitters
1 lf Mint
1 ds Rose water (aromatic spritz, as garnish)
Instructions

Rub mint leaf along inside of serving coupe and discard. Combine liquid ingredients, stir with ice, strain into coupe, spritz

Notes

Mint and cardamom-perfumed, Old Tom take on a Berlioni (and, more loosely, an Alta Cucina). Named for the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul.

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2013
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1⁄2 oz Triple sec, Combier L'Original Liqueur D'Orange
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
1⁄2 oz Demerara syrup
1 spl Cola (not in the original; Frederic Yarm's suggestion)
1 wdg Lemon
Instructions

Shake, pour into a highball over ice, garnish with lemon wedge, serve with straw.

Notes

The spirits and liqueurs create a cola-like flavor.

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2011
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Adriatique

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1 oz Amaro Montenegro
1⁄2 oz Aperol
Instructions

Shake, strain, up.

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Jackson Cannon, Island Creek Oyster Bar, Boston, MA.
Source reference

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Bernardino Sour

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1 oz Lemon juice
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Instructions

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2010
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Is this really supposed to be strained? I don't really get the 4oz drink in an empty highball.

Craig,

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Thanks,

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Grey Anchor

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3⁄4 oz Lime juice
1⁄2 oz Elderflower liqueur, St. Germain
1⁄4 oz Maraschino Liqueur, Luxardo
5 dr Door County Hop Bitters, Bittercube
1 twst Lime peel
Instructions

Shake, strain, up, garnish

Notes

I've toyed w/ the amount of lime--between 3/4 and a full ounce, and it depends on how tempered I want the hop flavor to be

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