Blushing Bitter Lady

1 1⁄4 oz Reposado Tequila
2⁄3 oz Campari
2⁄3 oz Grapefruit juice
1⁄2 Egg white
3 ds Peychaud's Bitters
Instructions

Shake together (can dry shake first, or just with ice). Serve in martini or other classy glass

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AmyJ variation on Savoy Hotel White Lady
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Honey Sidecar

1 1⁄2 oz Cognac
1⁄2 oz Honey Liqueur, Evan Williams Honey Reserve
1⁄4 oz Bénédictine
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
2 ds Orange bitters, Regans' orange bitters
Instructions

Shake with ice, strain, serve up in a cocktial glass, garnish with lemon twist

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2013
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Southern Discomfort

1 1⁄4 oz Bourbon, Buffalo Trace
1 3⁄4 oz Blood Orange Juice
3⁄4 oz Aperol
2 ds Rhubarb bitters, Brooklyn Hemispherical Bitters Rhubarb
Instructions

Stir with ice, serve up garnished with a sprig of mint

History

Named for its association with wife's Book Club meeting, for which this was concocted. The Book o' the Month was a murder mystery with Southern connections (Gone Girl by GIllian Flynn).

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2013
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Source reference

Adapted from http://rosemarried.com/2013/03/05/blood-orange-bourbon-cocktail/

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  • No brainer - you can't go wrong with fresh blood orange juice. I upped the bourbon a little and made it a bit less juicy.
  • Used Buffalo Trace, Fee's Rhubarb bitters and freshly squeezed Blood Oranges. Found it to taste medicinal. Buffalo Trace was wasted on this one. Perhaps will try less Aperol and a single dash of bitters before we abandon i
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Made this with equal parts Bourbon, Blood Orange Juice, and Aperol, with a few dashes of Angostura bitters. Really good.

Emerson

1 3⁄4 oz Old Tom Gin, Hayman's
3⁄4 oz Sweet vermouth, Carpano Punt e Mes
1⁄2 oz Lime juice
1⁄4 oz Maraschino Liqueur, Luxardo
Notes

The Emerson is a cousin to the Last Word and Aviation, or, if you prefer, a Martinez Sour. Altered from the original measurements to make a more spirituous and drier cocktail. Improved by the addition of bitter vermouth. Some suggest Dubonnet in its place.

History

Appears in Jacques Straub's Drinks, 1914.

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Year
1914
Authenticity
Altered recipe
Source reference

http://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2010/09/emerson-cocktail.html

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  • Greenhook Old Tom Gin, Atsby Armadillo Cake Vermouth. Very tasty but lacking in depth, otherwise would have been a 5. — ★★★★
  • 3.5 if I could. Oddly, tastes a bit like a classier screwdriver. — ★★★
  • on the sweet side.
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Start of a New Road

1⁄2 oz Islay Scotch, Lagavulin 16
1⁄2 oz Campari
1⁄2 oz Herbal liqueur, Green Chartreuse
3⁄4 oz Rhum Agricole, Neisson blanc
3⁄4 oz Lime juice
Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a coupe glass.

Notes

Now that's a drink.

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Year
2012
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Sam Treadway, Backbar, Boston, MA.
Source reference

http://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2012/07/start-of-new-road.html

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  • Made with Bowmore Legend and Rhum JM. Didn't love it. I feel the failure is mine, not the drink's.
  • Challenging combination of ingredients. Surprisingly, lime is quite dominant. Try with lemon or reduce lime to 1/2 oz. Good cocktail for a cocktail nerd. — ★★★★
  • Try again with specified ingredients
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I made this with Black Bottle for the smoky Scotch, which may have been a mistake. The resulting cocktail was good, but Chartreuse/lime-forward with bitterness and peat on the back end, like a slightly smoky Bad Word. Which is far from a bad thing! But my guess is that the mightier Lagavulin gives it an entirely different balance. The rhum's coconut and sugarcane notes came out in subsequent sips, but otherwise it was remarkably subdued for 100 proof (I used La Favorite).

ETA: lovely watermelon color though.

Dan commented on 6/02/2014:

Had this at at Backbar and it was great. If I made it again I'd reduce the lime to 1/2 oz max. Unless you want it bracingly tart.

Paddington

1 1⁄2 oz Light rum, Banks 5 Island
1⁄2 oz Aromatized wine, Lillet Blanc
1⁄2 oz Grapefruit juice
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
1 bsp Orange marmalade
1 rinse Absinthe, Kübler
Instructions

Shake with ice and double strained into an absinthe-rinsed coupe. Garnish with a grapefruit twist.

Notes

Good marmalade-augmented Corpse Reviver #2/20th Century variant.

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Year
2008
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
David Slope, PDT, NYC.
Source reference

http://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2011/11/paddington.html

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laerm commented on 1/01/2017:

Surprisingly delicate. A good brunch cocktail.

Breakfast of Champions (Breakfast Flip)

1 oz Guatemalan rum, Zacapa
1⁄2 Whole egg
1⁄2 Banana
1⁄4 oz Sugar
1 oz Milk
1⁄2 oz Cream
1 t Bitters, Angostura
1 pn Nutmeg (hefty)
Instructions

Blend everything, including nutmeg, with two or three cubes of ice until smooth. Garnish with more nutmeg. Eat.

Notes

Best batched, and consumed, two at a time. Rum can be omitted by those who break their fast in a less spirituous fashion.

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2012
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Creator
Rafa García Febles, NYC.
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Bourbon Beguine

2 oz Bourbon
1⁄2 oz Pineapple juice
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
2 ds Bitters, Bitter Truth Jerry Thomas’ Own Decanter
1 ds Bitters, Angostura
2 oz Ginger beer, Fever Tree
Instructions

Shake (gently) all but ginger beer with ice and strain into an old fashioned. Add a couple of ice cubes and top with ginger beer. Lemon twist.

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Year
2013
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Rowen, Fogged In Lounge
Source reference

http://foggedinlounge.blogspot.com/2013/03/jitters-and-bitters.html

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Garcini Daiquiri

1 1⁄2 oz Demerara Rum, El Dorado White
3⁄4 oz Bianco Vermouth, Dolin
1 t Maraschino Liqueur, Luxardo
1⁄4 oz Lime juice
1⁄4 oz Pineapple juice
1 lf Pineapple
Instructions

Stir, strain, rock, pineapple leaf garnish.

Notes

White chocolate, vanilla, and tropical fruit from the rum meld beautifully with the vermouth. For a tarter cocktail, replace the pineapple with more lime or lemon. Easy-drinking but with a nice lingering complexity.

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2013
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Creator
Rafa García Febles, NYC.
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  • Great drink - must make again. Used Babencourt rum
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Painmaker

1 oz Campari
1⁄2 oz Coconut vodka, Skyy
1⁄2 oz Orange liqueur, Clément Créole Shrubb
1⁄2 oz Pineapple juice
1 oz Lime juice
Instructions

Shake, strain, lowball, rocks

Notes

Substitute coconut milk or cream for flavored vodka and adjust acid balance if desired

History

Created for Mixology Monday LXXI, March 18, 2013: From Crass to Craft. The challenge was to create a cocktail worth of a craft bar that uses an ingredient held in low esteem.

Painmaker
©2013 Kindred Cocktail
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Year
2013
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Dan Chadwick, Kindred Cocktails
Source reference

http://shakestrainandsip.blogspot.com/2013/03/mxmo-lxxi-from-crass-to-c…

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  • A nice tropical Campari drink, similar in concept to the Bitter Mai Tai — ★★★★
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