As I Lay Dying

1 1⁄2 oz Cognac
3⁄4 oz Apple brandy (Like Laird's Bonded or Calvados)
3⁄4 oz Braulio
1⁄2 oz Apricot liqueur
2 ds Peychaud's Bitters
Instructions

Stir with ice and strain into an old fashioned glass with a large ice cube.

History

I thought about the Cognac-apple brandy combination of the Corpse Reviver #1 that I had tinkered with in the Corpse Hand and Corpse Carré to gussy up the bitters-less Manhattan of sorts. My mind went to the Cognac-Braulio St. Bernard's Pass, and to bolster Braulio's herbal note, I considered how well apricot liqueur works with amari. Since Corpse Revivers were meant to be hangover cures, I named this one after drinker-author William Faulkner's book As I Lay Dying.

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2023
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Creator
Frederic Yarm, Boston, MA
Source reference

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2023/11/as-i-lay-dying.html

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Entrelacement

1 1⁄2 oz Bourbon (something high rye eg OGD 114)
3⁄4 oz Amaro Sibilla
1⁄3 oz Cherry syrup (from Luxardo cherries)
1⁄4 oz Absinthe, St. George
Instructions

Stir, strain over a large cube in a double Old Fashioned, two cherries on a pick.

Notes

Entrelacement is a literary technique (especially used by Tolkien in The Two Towers and Return of the King) where stories are interlaced - usually leapfrogging over one another in a cohesive whole. The amaro is the ground here, and cherries and absinthe play remarkably well together. The rye sometimes matches the absinthe and sometimes the amaro.

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Shawn C commented on 11/16/2023:

It is tasty and interesting. I used what I had on hand: Wild Turkey Rare Breed and Pernod Absinthe. If I did it over I would use 1/4 oz of Rittenhouse to boost the rye with 1.25 oz Rare Breed to better balance the mash bill with respect to rye in the Old Grand Dad 114 that is called for. The Sibilla was somewhat less present than I had hoped.

Fleet Following

1 1⁄2 oz Calvados, Daron
1 oz Chinato
3⁄4 oz Grapefruit juice
1⁄2 oz Ginger syrup
Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.

Notes

Naturally IMHO, this is really tasty !! Very light, not overbearing, smooth.

History

My very first experiment with Calvados.
Been experimenting with Chinato for only a week.
Today is Veterans Day, with Fred & Ginger on the screen in "Follow The Fleet"

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Willie Lee

1 1⁄2 oz Rye (Works great with Rittenhouse)
1⁄2 oz Mezcal
1⁄2 oz Aquavit
3⁄8 oz Demerara syrup
1⁄8 oz Maraschino Liqueur
1 ds Bitters, Angostura
1 ds Bitters, Bittermens Xocolatl Mole
1 rinse Absinthe (Heavy rinse)
Instructions

Stir with ice and strain into a heavy absinthe-rinsed old fashioned glass.

History

While I was writing up the tequila-aquavit cocktail for the blog, I thought about how well aquavit, mezcal, and rye work in duos in various cocktails. Therefore, why not throw all three in together akin to Death & Co.'s Conference? The format I took that evening was a three spirit Improved Cocktail riff that I dubbed Willie Lee after the character from Johnny Cash's "Cocaine Blues" song.

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2023
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Creator
Frederic Yarm, Boston, MA
Source reference

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2023/11/willie-lee.html

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Club Garden

1 oz Scotch
1 oz Apple brandy
1⁄2 oz Ramazzotti
1⁄2 oz Apricot liqueur
1 ds Peychaud's Bitters
1 twst Orange peel (as garnish)
Instructions

Stir with ice, strain into a cocktail coupe, and garnish with an orange twist.

History

I became inspired by Eric Alperin's Skid Row with its Ramazzotti-apricot combination. I eventually landed on swapping out the Genever for Scotch for how well it works with Ramazzotti in the Black Scottish Cyclops and aged apple brandy for how it is complemented by apricot liqueur. Instead of naming it after a skid row of Boston, I named it after a seedy underworld operations during Prohibition and dubbed it the Club Garden after a famous speakeasy raided during Prohibition in 1932 across from the Boston Garden arena.

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2023
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Source reference

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2023/11/club-garden.html

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Shawn C commented on 11/08/2023:

Very nice, and well balanced! I had to sub with Johnnie Walker Black (lower proof than the Cutty Sark Prohibition--which looks interesting) but this worked well. The apricot and apple are in good balance, with the Ramazzotti providing some red berry, root and baking spice notes to the body from the scotch.

Biff Malibu commented on 4/09/2024:

Scotch is a bit dominant; worth trying with 0.75 oz

Close but no Cynar

3⁄4 oz Herbal liqueur, Yellow Chartreuse
3⁄4 oz Light rum, Plantation 3 Star
1⁄2 oz Elderflower liqueur, St. Germain
1⁄2 oz Orgeat (I used one from brown sugar and pecans, sweetened with honey.)
3⁄4 oz Lime juice
2 ds Bitters, Fee Brothers Grapefruit
Instructions

Shake ingredients with generous ice, double strain into chilled coupe, no garnish.

History

A riff on the “Artichoke Hold” which replaces its key ingredient Cynar with Yellow Chartreuse and two dashes of grapefruit bitters.

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Tom Tom Blues

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Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.

History

Inspiration from the 1943 movie, "Stormy Weather."

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Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.

History

Inspiration from the 1943 movie, "Cabin In The Sky"

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3⁄4 oz Pineapple juice
2 ds Chocolate bitters
Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.

History

Inspiration from the 1943 movie, "Cabin In The Sky"

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Coco Cocoa Daiquiri

1 1⁄2 oz Coconut rum (Important to use an actual rum instead of a rum based liqueur)
1⁄2 oz Fernet Branca
1⁄2 oz Crème de Cacao, Tempus Fugit
1⁄2 oz Orgeat
1 oz Lime juice
Instructions

Shake and double strain into a chilled coup.

Notes

I designed this drink for a quality coconut rum, as opposed to coconut liqueur. The particular coconut rum I used, Koloa, is 80 proof and has both coconut and chocolate notes. I played up the chocolate with créme de cacao, and added fernet for a bitter counterpoint to the coconut and chocolate.

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