Snoop Lion (or, Fo'Swizzle)

1 1⁄2 oz Jamaican rum, Smith & Cross
1⁄4 oz Batavia Arrack, Van Oosten
1⁄2 oz Grapefruit juice (white)
1⁄4 oz Lime juice
1⁄2 oz Passion fruit syrup, B.G. Reynolds
1⁄4 oz Maraschino Liqueur, Luxardo
Instructions

Shake, pour un-unstrained into a double rocks glass.

Notes

'Lion' is an old-fashioned term for a sour sweetened by both a liqueur and a syrup or nectar. A Snoop Lion is simply the dankest Lion. The passion fruit syrup and maraschino liqueur draw out the rum's overripe tropical fruit esters and smokey musk, respectively. Originally made with cocktail grapefruit, a different species of citrus from regular grapefruit, comparatively mellow, sweet, and fragrant. Using white grapefruit juice adds bitterness and structure.

History

New York City, December 2012.

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King of Red Lions

2 oz Rye
1⁄2 oz Blood Orange Juice (Moro)
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
1⁄2 oz Orange liqueur, Clément Créole Shrubb
1⁄4 oz Raspberry syrup
1 ds Bitters, Angostura
1 spg Mint (as garnish)
Instructions

Shake, strain, rock, slapped mint sprig garnish.

Notes

'Lion' is an old-fashioned term for a sour sweetened by both a liqueur and a syrup or nectar. This one complements the red berry notes of blood orange juice with sweet-tart raspberry syrup. Cara Cara orange juice, also with raspberry undertones, would make for a similar if lighter drink.

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  • rye & orange liquer
  • Could use a bit more kick.... perhaps more angostura or a touch of allspice dram?
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laerm commented on 5/13/2017:

I thought it needed some depth and dryness, so I upped the Ango to a bsp and added a bsp of Maraschino as well. Better.

Pendergast

1 1⁄2 oz Bourbon
3⁄4 oz Sweet vermouth
1⁄2 oz Bénédictine
2 ds Bitters, Angostura
1 twst Lemon peel (as garnish)
Instructions

Combine ingredients in a mixing glass and stir with ice cubes until chilled. Strain into a double rocks glass without ice, then garnish with a lemon twist.

Notes

A relative of the Manhattan (Bénédictine)

History

Tom Pendergast, the 1920s and 1930s Kansas City political boss, may have gone down for corruption but this no-nonsense cocktail is clean as a whistle. Developed by Kansas City bartender Ryan Maybee, it’s become a contemporary classic in the city, showing up on cocktail menus all over town.

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http://imbibemagazine.com/Pendergast-Recipe

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  • Used Cocchi Rosa for sweet Vermouth, and Jim Beam black label Bourbon. Subtle but tasty.
  • This looks similar to the Ragged Company Cocktail.
  • Made with Punt e Mes, the bitterness of which worked nicely with the earthy sweetness of the Benedictine.
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I'm Just Here for the Drinks includes the Pendergast #2, also from Maybee, which reduces the whiskey and uses orange bitters:

3-4 dashes orange bitters

0.5 oz Bénédictine

0.75 oz sweet vermouth

0.5 oz J Rieger's Kansas City Whiskey (which has a small amount of sherry added in the finished product)

Fantastic variation.

^Was that last measure supposed to be 1.5?

It is printed in the book as ".5 oz" and this is how I prepared it. I also wondered whether this was a misprint, but don't know how we'd check.

Mano Negra

1 1⁄2 oz Virgin Islands Rum, Cruzan Blackstrap
1 oz Lemon juice
1⁄2 oz Falernum (dark)
1⁄4 oz Passion fruit syrup, B.G. Reynolds
1 ds Aphrodite bitters, Dr Adam Elmegirab’s Aphrodite Bitters
4 dr Jamaican #1 bitters, Bittercube
Instructions

Shake til frosted with plenty of fresh ice, then dump unstrained into a chilled rocks glass. Optionally, express and discard a lemon peel. Add two or three more drops of Jamaican #1 bitters for aromatics.

Notes

A dark and spicy sour with glints of tropical fruit, balanced to a little shy of Tiki sweetness. For a stronger, drier, less molasses-intensive drink, substitute half (or more) of the Black Strap with Lemon Hart 151.

Falernum syrup: make Rick from Kaiser Penguin's rich falernum (here: http://www.kaiserpenguin.com/remixed-astro-aku-aku/ ), but add 1T of medium-roast coffee beans and .5T of pecans and toast them with the other spices. Any homemade should be a fine substitution, as should commercial syrups (e.g. B. G. Reynolds). If using Velvet Falernum, substitute half with allspice dram.

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2013
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Curated this slightly - to avoid crazy line breaks, I moved the notes on the Falernum and bitters to the notes section.

I'm thinking this would be interesting with Becherovka in place of the falernum.

Aye, Mon

1 oz Dark rum, Myers's Dark
1⁄2 oz Scotch, Johnnie Walker (double black)
1 oz Sweet vermouth, Carpano Punt e Mes
1⁄2 oz Campari
1 ds Orange bitters, Regans' orange bitters
Instructions

Stir with ice, strain into a rocks glass with a large ice cube

Notes

Inspired by the Departed and the Knuckleduster.

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  • Waiting to try
  • Very bitter!
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Fallen Angel

1 1⁄2 oz Blanco tequila
1⁄2 oz Campari
1⁄2 oz Elderflower liqueur, St. Germain
3⁄4 oz Grapefruit juice
1⁄4 oz Agave syrup
2 ds Bitters, Scrappy's Lime
1 ds Bitters, Scrappy's Lavender
Instructions

Shake, strain, chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with an edible flower

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  • nice campari finish, elderflower present but not overpowering — ★★★★★
  • Reduced Campari to 1/4 oz. and the Campari still comes through.
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SSteve commented on 7/16/2019:

It was just fine with reposado tequila. I didn’t have lime or lavender bitters so I substituted peach and plum bitters.

A Clockwork Orange

2 oz Bourbon, Bulleit
3⁄4 oz Cynar
3⁄4 oz Aperol
5 dr Orange flower water (anything BUT Fee's Bros.)
Instructions

Stir. Strain into chilled coupe. small orange zest.

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  • It finishes bitter because of the Cynar, but I wouldn't call it harsh. Used Four Roses Small Batch. — ★★★★
  • Good
  • Note to self: 5 dr = bit less than a dash. 4.5.
  • One of the more interesting variants in the crowded whiskey & sweet orange category. Maybe a touch harsh on the backend (depending on bourbon I suppose).
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Seriously  my favorite cocktail to introduce guests to amaros and floral elements. perfectly balanced. excellent mouth feel. killer nose. i like it with a big rock and a long tightly curled thin orange twist.  

The Departed

1 oz Campari
1 oz Rum, El Dorado 12
3⁄4 oz Averna
1⁄2 oz Mezcal, Del Maguey (a very smoky Mezcal works best, I use emmascarado 45.)
1 twst Orange peel
2 ds Peychaud's Bitters
Instructions

Stir. strain into double old fashioned over 1 large cube. zest orange swath.

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  • Made with nonino. squeeze/wedje of orange
  • Kind of bitter and complex - good with an orange squeeze - first sip was strong but liked it a lot
  • Sweet, bitter and smoky! I gave it a little squeeze of orange - even better!
  • Ron zacapa or el dorado 8/12 Bozal mezcal — ★★★★★
  • This is absolutely one of my all-time favorites on KC. I've made it at least 20 times now. Always a home run. Perfect if — like me — you're a rum fan but also gravitate toward the bitter.
  • Try
  • Strong rum notes. Very interesting and different. Maybe more orange zest could be good.
  • Made with Pyrat XO and Vida. A kind of tobacco-ey Negroni. Grew on me, as happens with mezcal.
  • Play with the rum. Tried Appleton.
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Love it. Used Santa Teresa for the rum and Ramazzotti for amaro. Just what I had on hand. And that's saying something because I'm not a huge Campari fan. For my girlfriend I call this drink "Love to hate or hate to love?" because she loves Campari and amari in general but despises mezcal more than any other alcohol.

Like many drinkers, I'm not terribly fond of heavily peated drinks, but "The Departed," I found to be within my level of tolerance for peated drinks. As a result, this drink more than tolerable, but actually enjoyable. The Campari was able to assert itself over the Mezcal, and the El Dorado 15 (which I used), provided some appreciable sweetness, and the orange zest gave a nice, contrasting flavor to the drink (in hindsight, I wish I had added more orange zest than I did).

Overall, I found this drink to have many flavors that worked together to provide the drinker with a memorable drink, which I rated at 4.0. In short, "The Departed" should have a long life, and give a lot of pleasure to those who enjoy a better than average drink.

Dan commented on 10/14/2016:

Substituted wildly: Contralto Bitter, Pyrat XO, Foro amaro, Vida, Peychaud's and a dash of Regans' Orange. Interesting patten. Needs more experimentation.

Round two, as written, but with El Dorado 15. Very nice, but dramatically improved with 1/2 oz dry vermouth. I used Dolin.

Moonshine Manhattan

2 oz White whiskey (2Bar Spirits)
1⁄2 oz Dry vermouth, Dolin
2 ds Bitters, Bittermens Xocolatl Mole
1 ds Bitters, Angostura
1 bsp Gomme syrup
Instructions

Stir ingredients until well chilled, serve in chilled cocktail glass with lemon twist.

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The Showgirl

2 oz Bourbon, Eagle Rare
1 oz Ramazzotti
3 ds Bitters, Fee Brothers Rhubarb
Instructions

Stir all ingredients until chilled, pour in chilled cocktail glass and express oil of lemon twist into cocktail and drop twist in drink.

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KurtB commented on 8/05/2022:

Maybe my favorite cocktail I discovered on this site. Love this!!

yarm commented on 10/23/2022:

Same concept as the Black Scottish Cyclops minus what Laphroaig brings to the table.

Very tasty. The rhubarb bitters provide a combination of flavor and aroma that sets this simple recipe apart, augmenting the Ramazzotti.

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