Stir, strain, rock.
Shake and strain over ice.
Place an ice shard in a highball glass with at least 9-10 oz capacity. Add Michelada mix and lager. Add the other ingredients to a shaker, dry shake, add ice and shake again, and strain into the highball over the Michelada mixture. Garnish with an orange twist, three or four drops of Sriracha bitters, and coconut shavings. Serve with straw.
Use Mexican lager and make Michelada mix (Maggi, Worcestershire, hot sauce, etc) to taste. Alternatively, use ginger beer and cassis. For tamarind syrup, mix defrosted tamarind pulp in equal parts with simple syrup.
Partly inspired by Gabriella Mlynarczyk's Enter the Dragon (see source reference). Layering taken from the Pouring Ribbons cocktail One Flight Up. Named after the Julio Cortázar story "La noche boca arriba."
Build over crushed ice, swizzle. Garnish with a slapped mint sprig and a Luxardo cherry wrapped in a lemon peel. Serve with straw.
Named for Ana Maria Ortese's mid-century Italian novel about a Milanese aristocrat stranded on a mysterious tropical island. Postmodernism ensues.
Shake, strain.
Ellestad's proposed update of the Silver Bullet cocktail into a two spirit sour, reflecting his preference for sweetened aquavit as a substitute for kummel.
Combine the grapefruit juice, vodka, and elderflower liqueur in cocktail shaker. Squeeze lemon wedge into shaker and then add wedge to mixture.
Add ice and shake until well chilled. Strain over fresh ice into a rocks glass.
Made this with Valentine White Blossom vodka, which helped to intensify the grapefruit and elderflower flavors.
Fill highball glass with ice. Add all ingredients into cocktail shaker and shake until chilled. Strain into highball glass and garnish with lemon wheel.
Audrey Sander's infused Earl Grey gin (from http://nymag.com/nightlife/articles/04/cocktails/galleries/audrey/): Ingredients: 750 ml Tanqueray, 4 tbsp loose Earl Grey tea. Directions: Add tea to bottle, cap, and shake. Let sit at room temperature for 2 hours. Strain through a fine sieve or coffee filter into a bowl.
Combine ingredients in a cocktail shaker and fill it halfway with ice. Shake vigorously until chilled. Strain into chilled cocktail glass, top with bitters, garnish with lemon twist.
Tried with both angostura and orange bitters, orange preferred. Might use a bit less citrus next time. Overall a lovely and balanced drink.
Muddle blackberries in simple syrup. Add the remaining ingredients. Shake with ice until frothy and icy cold. Double-strain through a fine mesh strainer over ice into an old-fashioned glass. Garnish with additional blackberries.
Use something fruity and full-bodied such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot or Malbec.
Stir and strain into rocks glass, garnish with lemon twist.
The Bittermens things are linked to the category Bitters, so I moved the brand to the notes section temporarily.
Fixed.