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Prescription Swizzle

1 1⁄2 oz Cognac
1⁄2 oz Rye
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
1⁄2 oz Cane syrup
1⁄4 oz Peach liqueur
5 lf Mint
1⁄4 oz Jamaican rum (as float)
1 spg Mint (as garnish)
Instructions

Lightly press mint leaves at the bottom of a Collins glass and top with crushed ice. Shake other ingredients, strain them over the crushed ice, top with mint sprig and rum float, serve with straw.

Notes

Fresh peach slices work beautifully too.

History

Inspired by: Prescription Julep (of course), Fish House Punch, Roman Punch.

Yields Drink
Year
2013
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Rafa García Febles, NYC.
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3.5 stars
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Roman Punch

1 oz Cognac
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
1 1⁄2 oz Orange juice
1 ds Bitters
Instructions

Combine in highball, fill with crushed ice, swizzle, top with crushed ice, orange slice, and cherry. Serve with straw.

Notes

Might be worth omitting the orange juice?

History

Update of a 19th Century mid-meal palate-freshening punch.

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Year
1800s
Authenticity
Altered recipe
Creator
as served at Milk & Honey and Attaboy, among others.
Source reference

Sam Ross' Bartender's Choice app for iOS.

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2 stars
(5 ratings)
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Bitter Saint

Instructions

Muddle, shake, strain, rocks.

History

This is a slight update of my entry into the 2013 Avèze Cocktail Competition. Ratios inspired by Dan's Wedderburn or Bite.

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Year
2013
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Rafa García Febles, NYC.
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Blind Lemon Jefferson

2 oz Bourbon, Knob Creek
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
3⁄4 oz Honey syrup
Instructions

Shake briefly and strain over 1 large ice cube. Garnish with an orange twist.

History

Part of our "Spirit of Johnson City" drink menu from the launch of our new bar program in the spring of 2012. Named for the Blues artist, Blind Lemon Jefferson, who resided in Johnson City in the early 1920's.

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Year
2012
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Laura Cloer, The Main Street Pizza Company
Curator rating
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Average rating
3.5 stars
(7 ratings)
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  • Delightful. I used Rye instead of bourbon because I worried about it being too sweet. It was perfect with rye.
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jaba commented on 5/10/2016:

Delightful. I used Rye instead of bourbon because I worried about it being too sweet. It was perfect with rye.


Fransos commented on 5/11/2016:

Identical to TJ Siegals(Milk&Honey) modern classic, the Gold Rush from 2001, except for the addition of orange bitters and the garnish. 


Victorian Gentleman´s Gimlet

2 oz Gin, Hendrick's
2⁄3 oz Simple syrup (1:1)
2 sli Cucumber
6 lf Mint
1 spg Mint (slap and twist it to open up!)
Instructions

Muddle Mint and cucumber, add the rest of ingredients. Hard shake, fine-strain into tumbler on ice cubes. Garnish with mint sprig.

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Year
2009
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
William Dodoo, Hopper´s Cocktailbar, Frankfurt, Germany
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  • Tasty as you'd expect, but not transcendent.
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Luke's Punch

1 oz Light rum, Plantation 3 Star
1⁄2 oz Blue Curaçao
3⁄4 oz Lime juice
1 1⁄2 oz Pineapple juice
1 oz Club soda
1 twst Lime peel
Instructions

Shake all but club with ice; pour into an ice filled highball glass, top with club, garnish with lime twist

History

This drink falls somewhere between a tiki and a punch, but the bitterness from the curaçao, citrus, and lightness of St Germain still comes through

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Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Jason Westplate
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4 stars
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Manly Pink Drink

2 oz Midwest Wheat White Whiskey, Koval
3⁄4 oz Dry vermouth, Ransom
1⁄4 oz Crème Yvette
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
Instructions

Shake with ice; strain into a chilled coupe

Notes

*if you're unable to use Koval, another wheat or barley based white whiskey will work; avoid corn based whiskeys

History

Another brilliant cocktail from Britt Buckley at Buckley's Restaurant & Bar in Milwaukee. The interesting combination of white whiskey and Ransom's vermouth gives the drink a cereal-ie sweetness tempered by the heavy herbal blend. And the Yvette gives it a very, very subtle berry note, and just enough pinkness for name

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Year
2013
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Britt Buckley, Buckley's Restaurant & Bar
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Not yet rated
Average rating
4 stars
(5 ratings)
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Frequent Flier

1 1⁄2 oz Rum, St. Teresa
1⁄2 oz Cynar
1⁄2 oz Allspice Dram
1⁄2 oz Lime juice
Instructions

Shake and strain over ice in Collins glass. Top with ginger beer. Orange twist. Straw.

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Authentic recipe
Creator
Phil MacLeod, Brick and Mortar, Cambridge MA
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3.5 stars
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Bottecchia

1 oz Campari
1 oz Cynar
1 pn Salt
1 twst Grapefruit peel (as garnish)
Instructions

Stir until salt is dissolved.
Add ice and stir again.
Strain into coupe and twist grapefruit over top.

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Authentic recipe
Creator
Kevin Burke, Denver CO
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Average rating
3.5 stars
(15 ratings)
From other users
  • REALLY like it w/ an oz of apple brandy - changed the whole cocktail.
  • 1/7/16: This was pretty tasty (made with lemon peel, didn't have grapefruit), but really the dominant flavor was the Fernet, as expected.
  • Amaro on amaro on amaro. Save this one for after dinner. 3.5★
  • Nice! The Fernet really balances the sweet of the Cynar and accentuates the sweetness of the Campari (it's in there if you look past the bitter). The salt is particularly noticeable in the finish. It's also a lovely color.
  • More accessible than the ingredient list would suggest. But you still have to like Fernet.
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jensck commented on 8/20/2016:

Decent, but the flavors didn't really blend together when made as described. Adding about 30ml of apple brandy brought it together pretty nicely though.


Cyanara

2 oz Cynar
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
1⁄2 oz Simple syrup
2 lf Basil
5 lf Mint
1 twst Lime peel (as garnish)
Instructions

Shake, cocktail coupe, garnish with lime twist

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Authentic recipe
Creator
Joe Hines, Denver CO
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4.5 stars
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  • Cynar and lemon are always great. I garnished with additional leaves. — ★★★★★
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shadowkirby commented on 2/26/2022:

Great cocktail! Very well balanced and the basil and mint work really well with the cynar to brighten it up.