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Fernet About It

1 1⁄2 oz Bourbon
3⁄4 oz Lime juice
1⁄2 oz Fernet Branca
1⁄4 oz Simple syrup (Five Spice infused, see note)
1 spg Mint
Instructions

Bourbon, lime juice, Fernet and simple syrup in a cocktail shaker with ice and shake well. Strain into a Collins or highball glass filled with ice. Top with the ginger beer and garnish with a few sprigs of mint.

Notes

To make the syrup, take 1 cup Sugar, 1 cup Water, 1 Tablespoon Chinese Five Spice Powder, simmer on stove five minutes, strain, cool

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Unknown
Creator
Alie Ward
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2.5 stars
(3 ratings)
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Zachary Pearson commented on 7/19/2013:

Moderated this slightly - changed Five Spice Syrup to simple syrup, with a note on how to make it to avoid extraneous new items and line breakage in the cocktail.


Paloma (South Of The Border)

Instructions

Shake with ice, and strain into an ice filled rocks glass. Garnish with a lime or grapefruit wedge.

Notes

The original recipe called for .25 oz St. Germain and .25 ounce Simple Syrup. After a few tries, I doubled the St Germain and omitted the Simple Syrup entirely, as I felt the floral taste of the elderflower liqueur was too nuanced, and needed to be more forward.

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Authenticity
Altered recipe
Creator
Billy Van Dolsen, Agricola, Princeton, NJ
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4 stars
(22 ratings)
From other users
  • Great tequila grapefruit drink. Kinda as you’d expect, if you’d expect this to be good. Refreshing.
  • margarita-ish, mild elderflower — ★★★★
  • Quite sour but very tasty
  • Nice and refreshing, get the bitterness from the grapefruit. Can't really taste the elderflower though
  • Would go well with a salt rim and a little spice. Maybe jalapeño — ★★★★★
  • Great tequila drink.
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Rebujo

2 1⁄2 oz Manzanilla sherry (or Fino)
1⁄2 oz Gin (preferably navy-strength)
1 twst Lemon peel (as garnish)
1 twst Orange peel (as garnish)
Instructions

Build in a Collins over ice and bubbles, stir, garnish, serve with straw.

History

A Rebujito is a popular Andalusian beverage, usually equal parts fino or manzanilla sherry and Sprite or another lemon-lime soda.

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Year
2014
Authenticity
Altered recipe
Creator
Rafa García Febles, NYC.
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Shattered Glasser

1⁄2 oz Mezcal, Los Amantes Joven
1⁄4 oz Allspice Dram, St Elizabeth
1⁄4 oz Bénédictine
1 Cherry (Laphroaig-soaked; flamed; as garnish)
Instructions

Stir, strain, up, garnish with a Laphroaig-soaked and flamed cherry, dropped in.

Yields Drink
Year
2008
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Phil Ward, Mayahuel, NYC.
Curator rating
Not yet rated
Average rating
4.5 stars
(30 ratings)
From other users
  • Same as Airbag — ★★★★★
  • Rich, nuanced, so much spiciness to pick apart. — ★★★★
  • Used Dolin SV, with a dash of Tuaca, as a lame sub for Antica, and couldn’t find the matches. Very “grounded” and complex flavors.
  • The Airbag
  • wow
  • Pepper, vanilla, chocolate, allspice, herbal depth, dunder, all beautifully integrated, smooth, and elegant. Wow.
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bza commented on 5/19/2014:

This was pretty good, but I used a newly opened bottle of Carpano and I thought it overpowered everything else (which is no easy task).

How do you flame a cherry though?


DrunkLab commented on 5/19/2014:

Presumably hold a flame under the Laphroaig-soaked cherry. I've never bothered with the flame, just the Scotch. I didn't find this as Carpano-heavy as you did, but I can definitely see how the vanilla could overpower even the bruisers (arrack, agave, allspice) in this drink.


bza commented on 5/19/2014:

I guess if you put the cherry on a stick it will be ok. I took a maraschino cherry, misted the top with Ardbeg, and called it a day.


DrunkLab commented on 11/12/2014:

Name updated from "Airbag" to how it appears in the Death & Co book, a nod to Avery Glasser, who inspired the drink.


eSports Chaebol commented on 3/24/2017:

It looks like an insane mish-mash but it really works. The way all the flavors are there to be almost-cerebrally picked apart like aurally picking out particular parts of an orchestra reminds me a bit of another improbable cocktail I found here, El Nacional.


Viola Terra

1 1⁄2 oz Bourbon, Bulleit
1⁄2 oz Beet juice
1⁄2 oz Zucca
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
Instructions

Combine all ingredients in shaker, add ice, shake vigorously, strain into coupe, no garnish necessary.

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Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Ryan Stevens
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Average rating
3.5 stars
(3 ratings)
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  • For Hope
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Falcon Punsch!

3⁄4 oz Apple brandy, Lairds
3⁄4 oz Swedish Punsch
3⁄4 oz Lime juice
1⁄2 oz Pineapple syrup
1⁄2 oz Campari
3 ds Bitters
Instructions

Shake, strain, up.

Yields Drink
Year
2013
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Rafa García Febles, NYC.
Curator rating
Not yet rated
Average rating
3 stars
(2 ratings)
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Swizzle and Buck

1 oz Aveze
1 oz Lemon juice (scant; 7/8 oz)
3⁄4 oz Agave syrup
1 1⁄4 oz Ginger beer, Maine Root
4 ds Bitters, Angostura (4-5)
2 spg Mint (one as garnish)
Instructions

Muddle the leaves of one mint sprig, add all ingredients but ginger beer and bitters to an ice-packed Collins glass, swizzle to chill. Top with ginger beer and bitters, garnish with a lemon coin and a slapped sprig of mint.

Notes

Finalist in the AVÈZE First Annual Day Drinking Cocktail Competition.

Yields Drink
Year
2013
Authenticity
Unknown
Creator
Christian Sanders, Evelyn Drinkery, NYC.
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Piña Cholada

2 oz Pisco (toasted coconut-infused)
1 oz Coconut Water (Thai)
3⁄4 oz Pineapple syrup
1 oz Egg white
1 lf Makrut lime leaf
Instructions

Dry shake, shake with a couple of ice cubes for 30 seconds or so, strain into an ice filled Collins and spoon out some of the foam to top, garnish with makrut lime leaf.

Notes

To prepare pisco, infuse one 750ml bottle with one cup of toasted coconut (more details in source reference). Named for Cholada, Mlynarczyk's favorite Thai restaurant on the west side of LA.

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Year
2013
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Gabriella Mlynarczyk, ink, LA.
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Two Trick Pony

1 oz White whiskey, Low Gap
1 oz Bourbon, WL Weller (7 year)
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
1⁄4 oz Orgeat
1⁄4 oz Demerara syrup (2:1)
1 1⁄2 oz Beer, Miller High Life
1 twst Orange peel
Instructions

Shake all but High Life, strain into an 8 oz mason jar containing High Life, garnish with an orange pigtail twist.

Notes

The Champagne of Beers gets its French 75.

Yields Drink
Year
2013
Authenticity
Unknown
Creator
Joaquín Simó, Pouring Ribbons, NYC.
Source reference

Conversation with Simó

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Average rating
3.5 stars
(2 ratings)
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  • Fruity, refreshing, great note from the orgeat, brings a lot of character out of the High Life, but tastes more like an enhanced light beer than a full cocktail — ★★★★
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French Polynesian

1 1⁄2 oz Cognac, Hennessy
1⁄2 oz Bénédictine
1 oz Grapefruit juice (white)
1⁄2 oz Passion fruit syrup, B.G. Reynolds
1⁄2 oz Vanilla syrup (home made (1:1))
1⁄4 oz Simple syrup (2:1, see note)
6 dr Absinthe
1 spg Mint
Instructions

Shake with small ice cubes. Pour unstrained into a tall tiki glass. Top off with crushed ice. Garnish with a mint sprig (don't forget to spank it.)

Notes

The 1/4 oz. of Simple syrup adds a little body and is not necessary if you want a dryer drink.

And please don't neglect to take a big whiff of the garnish as you sip. I like to clip it directly to my straw.

History

Bastille Day falls on the weekend of Tiki Kon 2013. Comment fortuite!

Yields Drink
Year
2013
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Jim Castle, amateur boozehound, Portland Oregon
Curator rating
Not yet rated
Average rating
4 stars
(10 ratings)
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  • Made to spec except for cutting simple in half to 3/4 tsp. Solid drink.
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