After Hours (Branca Maid)
Slap mint, muddle cuke, shake, double strain, top, garnish.
Slap mint, muddle cuke, shake, double strain, top, garnish.
Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
STEP 1
Roughly chop mint leaves.
STEP 2
Puree the mint, blackberries, and sugar in a blender. Press through a fine sieve into a bowl; discard seeds.
STEP 3
Rinse blender, then return puree to blender, and add bourbon and small ice cubes; blend until smooth. Divide mixture among 4 glasses. Garnish each with a mint sprig
Like the original, our julep features bourbon infused with mint. But this drink's signature sweetness is tempered by the tartness of blackberries, which also tint it a gorgeous shade of purple. Another twist: Our cocktail is blended with -- rather than served over -- ice, creating a slushy texture
Add all ingredients to a mixing glass, and stir to decarbonate beer. Dry shake ingredients, then add ice and shake again. Strain into glass and garnish with grated nutmeg.
The PDT Cocktail Book
Tried this with 1/2 ounce of Wondermint substituted for 1/2 ounce of the rum. Very tasty!
Fill Collins glass with ice. Shake ingredients with ice, then strain into Collins glass. Garnish with lemon wedge.
Based on an older drink called Polynesian Paralysis (or Sleeping Giant)
The orginal Martin Cate version is:
1 1/2 oz Orange Juice
1 1/2 oz Pineapple Juice
1/2 oz Lemon Juice
1/4 oz Orgeat
1/4 oz Demerara Syrup
1 1/2 oz Aquavit
Unless there's a lot of protest, I'm going to revert this drink to the actual SC recipe. Thanks, Zachary
It should be moved to the book version. I haven't seen the rum split before, but that might be where it started and not where it ended up. Also, that link is dead so I couldn't even check.
Shake ingredients with ice. Strain into a Collins glass filled with ice, and garnish with three watermelon balls.
The PDT Cocktail Book
Shake, strain, up, twist.
Stir, strain, coupe, garnish with a dried chile de arbol.
The wine is from the North Fork of Long Island, and is made in a dryish style from heavily botrytized grapes. The best approximation might be an Alsace VT Gewurz with a thread of saffron infused into it for a few minutes.
One of Gary Regan's 101 Best New Cocktails of 2013.
This one is godhead. Anejo tequila adds a little smoke. Must try with mezcal.
What'd you use for the wine?
Stir. Coupe. No garnish
Stir, strain, rock.
Turkish coffee, cigar, bitter chocolate.
Mostly tastes like slightly mellowed cynar, which isn't a bad thing at all.
Made with Larceny Bourbon and Fever Tree Ginger Beer. A bit too astringent as written with the Fernet dominating the flavor. I added 1 additional ounce of ginger beer which improved the flavor, but was too acidic due to Fever Tree Ginger Beer being high in citric acid. If you don't tolerate Fernet Branca particularly well, try 0.5 oz Lime Juice and 2 oz Fever Tree Ginger Beer or use 2 oz of a ginger beer with lower PH such as Bundaberg.