Minerva

1 2⁄3 oz Gin
2⁄3 oz Amontillado Sherry
1⁄3 oz RinQuinQuin a la Peche
1⁄2 oz Triple sec
1 ds Orange bitters
Instructions

Stir with ice in mixing glass, strain into chilled cocktail glass.

Notes

This cocktail is well-balanced with only slight sweetness, but not dry either. The mild peach of the RinQuinQuin plays off of the Amontillado's woody/nutty flavor. The recipe lists triple sec, but curacao or Cointreau might work as well. I prepared it with inexpensive DeKuyper triple sec and Regan's orange bitters.

History

This cocktail is on the website of the RinQuinQuin maker, Distilleries et Domaines de Provence. No other source information other than the ingredients and name are in their recipe.

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Unknown
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Unknown
Creator
Unknown
Source reference

https://www.distilleries-provence.com/en/blog/minerva-n536

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Love & Murder

1 oz Campari
1 oz Herbal liqueur, Green Chartreuse
1 oz Lime juice
3⁄4 oz Simple syrup
4 dr Salt Solution
Instructions

Shake, strain, coupe.

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Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Nick Bennett, Porchlight, New York City
Source reference

https://www.liquor.com/love-and-murder-cocktail-recipe-5211432

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Painted Lady

1 oz Gin
1 oz Apple brandy (Aged)
1⁄2 oz Bénédictine
1⁄2 oz Cynar
1 ds Peychaud's Bitters
1 rinse Absinthe
Instructions

Stir with ice and strain into an absinthe-rinsed rocks glass.

History

Recently, I became inspired by Maks Pazuniak's 100 Year Old Cigar and took the rum-Scotch combination in a gin-applejack direction by way of the Pink Lady. It seemed that Peychaud's Bitters would round out the combination better than Angostura, and I dubbed this one the Painted Lady.

Yields Drink
Year
2023
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Frederic Yarm, Boston, MA
Source reference

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2023/03/painted-lady.html

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  • 1.5 oz apple brandy (Laird's bonded), 1 oz mezcal, 2 tsp Benedictine, 0.5 oz Cynar 70, 2 dashes Peychaud's bitters, absinthe rinse
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Vaseline

1 1⁄4 oz Gin
1 oz Amaro (Liquore Kapriol (must use this))
3⁄4 oz Suze
1⁄2 oz Bianco Vermouth, Dolin
1 twst Orange peel
Instructions

Stir with ice, strain into a coupe, squeeze and discard orange zest

Notes

I've hesitated to post this due to my perception that Liquore Kapriol could be hard to find. It's very heavily juniper-flavoured - supergin, if you like - and I've never tasted an amaro like it. But if you can find it, try this drink. I hope you like it as much as I do.

History

Named for its resemblance in colour to Vaseline glass - see photo. The glass contains small amounts of uranium salts which give it its colour and make it glow brightly under UV light. The drink does NOT contain uranium!

Picture of Vaseline
The Vaseline glass is by Geo. Davidson - vintage around 1890-1900.
Yields Drink
Year
2023
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
lesliec
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Shawn C commented on 8/10/2023:

Needs minor editing because Dolin blanc is not a "dry vermouth." I assume that Dolin blanc is intended as given. I think it has to be selected under "Bianco vermouth", shown as (blanc vermouth) which then changes to Bianco...a little confusing. After that Dolin can be selected as the brand. I run into the same problem with Comoz except worse because Comoz isn't an option as a brand and must be entered as a note. It only shows up as a note when searching rather by ingredient, which is unfortunate/limiting. Comoz is a particularly useful vermouth, much less sweet than blanc, but not dry.

Shawn C commented on 8/19/2023:

Tried the drink. Beautiful color, very good flavor (I don't use Suze enough and this was a good excuse to use it), but quite sweet because that is the nature of three of the components. To cut the sweetness back the next time I make it, I will probably sub Comoz or Dolin Dry for the Blanc, and I might cut back to 3/4 on the Kapriol. Comoz has about 2/3 or less of the sugar in Dolin Blanc or Bianco Vermouth, really handy to have in the tool belt for fine tuning a recipe.

I have a similar white Negroni variant, Cansiglio Bianco Negroni, which alters Kapriol's Negroni recipe. I gave it some drying bitterness and long finish via Malort (which is quite clean/one-dimensional.) Note that I classified Kapriol as "herbal liqueur" rather than as an amaro. The makers of Kapriol have another product they call "Distilleria dell'Alpe Amaro del Cansiglio" so the amaro classification could prove problematic. I need to see if I can lay my hands on the amaro. Whatever the curators want to do with it, I hope we can settle on a designation and make Kapriol a direct entry at KC.

lesliec commented on 8/27/2023:

Thanks for your comments, Shawn - and I'm glad you liked the drink. For amusement tonight I made two versions, one with Dolin Blanc, the other with Dolin Dry. Wifey and I really can't taste much difference, but if we had to pick one we'd both go for the blanc version. Although it's subtle there's something more interesting on the nose than with the dry version. It would be worth trying other vermouths, as you have; Dolin is what I've got at the moment.
Regarding the classification of Kapriol, I'm happy to call it a herbal liqueur rather than an amaro, but I'll leave the decision on that, plus adding it to the 'standard' list of ingredients, to my Kindred colleagues.

Devil Makes Work

1 1⁄2 oz Light rum
1⁄2 oz Rhum Agricole
1⁄2 oz Falernum, Velvet Falernum
1⁄4 oz Fernet Branca
1⁄4 oz Curaçao
2 ds Bitters, Angostura
1 twst Orange peel (As garnish)
Instructions

Stir with ice, strain into a coupe, and garnish with an orange twist.

History

I became inspired after discussing online how the Don't Give Up the Ship was originally the Napoleon in the Savoy Cocktail Book but Crosby Gaige's renaming of it made the combination successful. I decided to mashup that classic with the Corn'n'Oil akin to my A Six for A Nine (also on Kindred Cocktails) that combined the Creole with the Corn'n'Oil. I originally tried aged Barbados rum as the base, but it needed a lighter spirit and some funk. For a name, I opted for a saying common on Barbados of the Devil Makes Work leaving out the "for idle hands to do" part.

Yields Drink
Year
2023
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Frederic Yarm, Somerville, MA
Source reference

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2023/03/devil-makes-work.html

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Cleopatra (1937 UKBG)

1 1⁄2 oz Gin
3⁄4 oz Centerbe
3⁄4 oz Cranberry juice (Original used rowanberry)
Instructions

Stir with ice, strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

Notes

This is an interesting vintage cocktail, altered only due to the lack of rowanberry (mountain ash berries.) Cranberry juice cocktail seems a reasonable substitute for what was likely an equally sweetened version of rowanberry juice. Rowanberry is otherwise quite tart from what I understand--similar to cranberries.

The original recipe calls for San Silvestro which was a Centerbe made by Aurum, appears to be no longer available although Aurum orange liqueur is. I used Faccia Brutto Centerbe.

I would be interested to hear how actual rowanberry juice works in this drink. I don't have a source for the berries, but I found that cranberry juice made a good libation. It was only slightly sweet, and quite potent.

I have also tried this as 1.75 gin: 3/4 cranberry juice: 1/2 Centerbe, which was also good.

History

Per the 1937 UKBG, this cocktail was created by Leslie Shelley at the Berkeley Hotel in Knightsbridge, London using rowanberry (sweetened juice?)

Yields Drink
Year
1937
Authenticity
Altered recipe
Creator
Leslie Shelley, Berkeley Hotel, London, England
Source reference

1937 UK Bartender's Guild Approved Cocktails

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Career Choices

1 1⁄2 oz Almond liqueur (Arrogante Almond Tequila Liqueur)
3⁄4 oz Fernet (Throw Back Fernet)
3⁄4 oz Blue Curaçao
3⁄4 oz Falernum, Velvet Falernum
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
2 ds Peychaud's Bitters
Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.

History

Very philosophical, very practical: what career to choose, what ingredients to include.

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Year
2023
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Carl N.
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Chorrizo's Leaky Roof

1 1⁄2 oz Whiskey (Piperdean)
1 oz Sweet vermouth, Carpano Antica Formula
3⁄4 oz Triple sec
1⁄2 oz Aperitivo (Martini & Rossi 1872 Bitter Aperitivo)
3 ds Peychaud's Bitters
Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.

History

2023 SoCal rain and snow and snowdrifts, and Chorrizo's got roof leaks.

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Year
2023
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Carl N.
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Basic Bitch

1 1⁄2 oz Vodka
3⁄4 oz Cassis
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
1⁄2 oz Elderflower liqueur
2 oz Club soda
Instructions

Short shake all ingredients minus club soda and strain into highball glass with ice. Top club soda.

Notes

This is ideally made with cassis syrup.

History

Created at Bar Joey in Toronto (home bar).

Yields Drink
Year
2021
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Joey Horvath
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  • Easy-drinking and approachable
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The Williamsburg

2 1⁄2 oz Bourbon, WL Weller
3⁄4 oz Sweet vermouth, Carpano Punt e Mes
3⁄4 oz Dry vermouth, Dolin
3⁄4 oz Herbal liqueur, Yellow Chartreuse
Instructions

Stir. Strain to chilled coupe. Orange twist as garnish

Yields Drink
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Clif Travers, Bar Celona, Brooklyn, New York
Source reference

Gary Regan, The Joy of Mixology, p. 292

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  • Very nice, but as written this makes one huge drink (4.75oz) or two rather meagre ones. I propose 1.5/.5/.5/.5 to make something that fits in a 'normal' coupe.
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