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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Source reference

http://www.hiphipgingin.com/2009/12/01/chin-up/

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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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Year
2013
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Laura Cloer, The Main Street Pizza Company
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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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Creator
Rafa García Febles, NYC.
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Darkside Iced Tea

1⁄2 oz Rye, Rittenhouse 100
1⁄2 oz Trinidad rum, Zaya
1⁄2 oz Fernet Branca
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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Year
2011
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Chad Arnholt, Citizen Public House, Boston, MA.
Source reference

http://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2011/06/darkside-iced-tea.html

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Adriatique

1 oz Orange juice
1 oz Amaro Montenegro
1⁄2 oz Aperol
Instructions

Shake, strain, up.

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2013
Authenticity
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Creator
Jackson Cannon, Island Creek Oyster Bar, Boston, MA.
Source reference

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1 oz Lemon juice
1⁄2 oz Maple syrup (Grade A)
1 Egg white
2 ds Bitters, Angostura (as float)
1 lf Mint (as garnish)
Instructions

Dry shake, shake, strain into a highball or similar with no ice, top with Angostura dashes and mint leaf.

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Year
2010
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Matt Tanner, Anvil Bar & Refuge, Houston, TX.
Source reference

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Craig E commented on 8/13/2014:

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

Zachary Pearson commented on 8/13/2014:

Craig,

It looks like that's the case, though Matt says "shake the drink until it fully expands", so I'd imagine the texture and volume are significantly different than a normal drink.

Thanks,

Zachary

Harvard Cocktail

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1 bsp Grenadine (scant)
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Instructions

Stir, strain, up, top with club soda to taste.

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1890s
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Holland House, NYC.
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Yale Cocktail

2 oz Gin
3⁄4 oz Crème Yvette
1⁄4 oz Maraschino Liqueur, Luxardo
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1 ds Orange bitters
1 twst Lemon peel
Instructions

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Notes

Aromatic Aviation alternative.

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Year
1906
Authenticity
Altered recipe
Creator
Ratios altered in 2012 by Mory's Temple Bar, New Haven, CT.
Source reference

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Grey Anchor

2 oz Hophead Vodka, Anchor Distilling
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

History

A VERY hop-forward drink without being "beer-ie"

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2011 Kindred Cocktails
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2013
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Creator
Jason Westplate
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La Poire Shandy

1 oz Pear eau de vie (original was Grey Goose La Poire)
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
1⁄2 oz Rich simple syrup 2:1
4 oz Hefeweizen
1 ds Orange bitters, Angostura Orange
1 sli Pear (as garnish)
Instructions

Shake, strain over ice, top with beer, garnish.

Notes

Slightly altered—pear vodka swapped out for pear eau de vie.

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Year
2013
Authenticity
Altered recipe
Creator
Kelly Swenson, Feast, Portland, Oregon
Source reference

https://imbibemagazine.com/drink-of-the-week-la-poire-shandy/

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Since I did not have Pear eau de vie, I used 1 .5 oz McClintock's Spiced Pear Liqueur and 1/4 oz rich simple syrup (2:1) in order to approximate the original recipe. Pear, Lemon and Orange meld very well with the Hefeweizen to form a balanced cocktail. I used Paulaner Hefeweizen. The spice from the McClintock's is welcome, but possibly not intended in the recipe as written.

Shawn C commented on 4/09/2025:

Curated to update reference link. Added creator.

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