Swamp Water Fix

1 1⁄2 oz Herbal liqueur, Green Chartreuse
1 oz Batavia Arrack, Van Oosten
1⁄2 oz Pineapple syrup
1⁄2 oz Pineapple juice
3⁄4 oz Lime juice
2 dr Celery bitters, Bitter Truth Celery
Instructions

Build in a water goblet. Fill with crushed ice and swizzle to mix. Insert a wide lime twist in the glass, top with ice, and add a straw.

Notes

The wide lime twist should resemble a snake in swamp water.

History

Riff off the 70s-era Swamp Water.

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Ted Kilpatrick, No. 9 Park, Boston, MA.
Source reference

http://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2012/02/swamp-water-fix.html

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  • Cloying if you don't swizzle well. Needs proper dilution.
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Aguila Azteca

1 1⁄2 oz Tequila, Jose Cuervo Tradicional Silver
1 oz Honeydew melon juice
1⁄4 oz Ginger liqueur, Canton
1⁄4 oz Crème de Violette, Rothman & Winter
Instructions

Shake, strain, chilled coupe.

Notes

The PDT Cocktail Book does not specify whether the Cuervo blanco or reposado is called for but Payman Bahmani of PDT recommends the blanco. Named for the elite eagle warriors of the Aztec army. Melon-ginger-violet is a surprisingly good flavor combo.

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Jim Meehan, PDT, NYC.
Source reference

http://umamimart.com/2012/06/the-pdt-project-aguila-azteca/

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Brown Bomber

2 oz Tennessee whiskey, George Dickel
3⁄4 oz Aromatized wine, Lillet Blanc
1⁄2 oz Suze
1 twst Lemon peel (as garnish)
Instructions

Stir, strain, coupe, lemon twist.

Notes

Riff off the White Negroni substituting Tennessee Whiskey (or bourbon) for gin. Cocchi Americano and Salers/Aveze play well here. Named after boxing great/American hero Joe Louis.

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Jim Meehan, PDT, NYC.
Source reference

http://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2012/07/brown-bomber.html

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  • Tasted like India Pale Ale
  • Made with 4 Roses, Cocchi Americano, and Amere Sauvage. The latter predictably dominated in its way. Not Friend's thing.
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Made this with Jim Beam Ghost, which was too harsh at 2 oz. I ended up using 1.5 oz Ghost, 1 oz Dolin Blanc, 0.75 oz Suze,, 0.25 oz Cocchi Americano, 0.25 oz Lillet Blanc, give or take.

Craft Strawberry Daiquiri (Kevin Liu)

1 1⁄2 oz Light rum
1 oz Lime juice
1⁄2 oz Simple syrup (1:1)
1 T Strawberry preserves
1 dr Orange flower water
Instructions

Shake, double strain, chilled coupe, no garnish.

Notes

Fruit preserves are 1) a great way to emphasize familiar, approachable flavors for cocktail novices; 2) highly concentrated, textured, balanced by acidity, and cheaper than liqueurs or syrups. This format works equally well with other fruit preserves; try orange marmalade or apricot.

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2013
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Creator
Kevin Liu
Source reference

Craft Cocktails at Home, p. 116

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Lone Wolf

2 oz Bourbon (Dominic prefers McKenna)
1⁄4 oz Averna
1 oz Lemon juice
1⁄2 oz Gomme syrup
2 ds Cardamom tincture (See notes. Or use cardamom bitters)
Instructions

Shake with ice, strain into coup.

Notes

UPDATED/CURATED: Replaced KC contributor's proportions with those published in an article later in 2013. The main difference is a reduction in Averna from 1 oz to 1/4 ounce.

Also, the original recipe used 2 dashes of a cardamom tincture (recipe below), although 2 dashes of Scrappy's Cardamom Bitters also works well.

Cardamom tincture: Add 1/2 cup cardamom pods to 1 cup of a high proof neutral spirit. After five hours pods should be open and tincture should be a greenish hue. Strain/filter the tincture, leaving it in contact with the pods too long will make it too bitter.

History

The original posting on KC was an attempt to reproduce a cocktail that KC member candlepowerdiety had at the Beretta in San Francisco several months earlier. It was very close, other than using 1 oz of Averna, vs. 1/4 oz in the authentic recipe, and using only one dash of cardamom bitters vs. 2 dashes of tincture.

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~2013
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Creator
Dominic Alling, Beretta, San Francisco, CA
Source reference

https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/53429#slide-3

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  • Really nice whiskey sour riff
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The proposed recipe proportion was good back when I made it in 2022, but there are some period links that provide the original by Dominic Alling of Beretta. https://www.freutcake.com/in-the-kitchen/drinks-anyone/cocktail-friday-… from Oct. 2013 refers to a Refinery29 recipe from Sept. 2013 https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/53429#slide-3 that has the following proportions: 2 oz Bourbon (McKenna), 1 oz lemon juice, 1/4 oz Averna, 1/2 oz gum syrup, 2 dashes cardamom tincture.

My inclination is to update with the original recipe from the Beretta since it is referred to in the second article, and the drink is no longer showing on Beretta's online menu, so I would change the link. (I liked both the 1 oz and 1/4 oz Averna variations...might be tempted to go with 1/2 for a personal variation.) Comments about replacing with authentic recipe?

Also, the Scrappy's Cardamom bitters seems fine to me, although cardamom tincture could be listed instead. The recipe provided for the tincture is: "Let 1/2 cup cardamom pods sit in 1 cup of a high neutral grain spirit for five hours. Afterward, pods should be open and tincture should be a greenish hue. Don't let the infusion sit for too long to prevent from becoming too bitter."

Curated with update to match original recipe, list approx. year and creator. Replaced the restaurant link (no longer has this drink on web menu) with historical recipe link. Added cardamom tincture recipe to notes.

Also fixed typos in several KC cardamom ingredients, which had an "n" at the end rather than an "m".

Ms. Mary

3 spg Rosemary
3⁄4 oz Agave syrup
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
1⁄2 oz Herbal liqueur, Yellow Chartreuse
1 1⁄2 oz Gin, Bombay Sapphire East
Instructions

Muddle rosemary and agave.
Shake with rest
Double strain
Rosemary sprig garnish

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  • Definitely muddle rosemary - 2 large sprigs Maybe less syrup
  • Too sweet with this quantity of agave. Next time will use half as much. — ★★★★
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Loved the flavor of this cocktail but it was too sweet with this quantity of agave. Next time will cut it in half.

WGH commented on 11/27/2022:

Wonderful warm/hot weather cocktail with 1/2 original Agave adjusted per previous comments.

Border Trilogy

1 1⁄2 oz Bourbon
1⁄2 oz Mezcal
1 t Piloncillo syrup (or other raw sugar)
2 ds Bitters, Bittermens Xocolatl Mole
1 ds Bitters, Bittermens Hopped Grapefruit Bitters
1 ds Bitters, Angostura
1 twst Grapefruit peel
Instructions

So everything is necessary. Every least thing. This is the hard lesson. Nothing can be dispensed with. Nothing despised. Because the seams are hid from us, you see. The joinery. The way in which the world is made. We have no way to know what could be taken away. What omitted. We have no way to tell what might stand and what might fall. Grapefruit twist.

Notes

Once there were brook trout in the streams in the mountains. You could see them standing in the amber current where the white edges of their fins wimpled softly in the flow. They smelled of moss in your hand. Polished and muscular and torsional. On their backs were vermiculate patterns that were maps of the world in its becoming. Maps and mazes. Of a thing which could not be put back. Not be made right again. In the deep glens where they lived all things were older than man and they hummed of mystery.

History

You think when you wake up in the mornin yesterday don't count. But yesterday is all that does count. What else is there? Your life is made out of the days it’s made out of. Nothin else. Milk & Honey's American Trilogy. Borderized.

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There is no God and we are his prophets. Rafa García Febles, NYC.
Source reference

Whatever in creation exists without my knowledge exists without my consent.

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bza commented on 3/05/2013:

Is Charles Manson a cocktail nerd?

K23 commented on 6/18/2014:

I added this cocktail to my book just for this comment...And Cormac McCarthy is a great author...but mainly...the comment...

Lindberg's Baby

1 1⁄2 oz Old Tom Gin, Ransom
1 oz Aromatized wine, Cocchi Americano
1⁄2 oz Apricot liqueur, Marie Brizard Apry (scant)
1 ds Grapefruit bitters, Scrappy's Grapefruit (or Fee's)
1 ds Bitters, Bitter Truth Jerry Thomas’ Own Decanter (or Angostura)
Instructions

Stir, strain, rock, twist.

Notes

Aromatic & lovely. Hayman's Old Tom can't be substituted here; Ransom's is intensely aromatic, malty, and drier.

History

Riff on the Charlie Lindbergh cocktail (Savoy) showing off the Cocchi Americano and Ransom Old Tom Gin. Included on the menu at Portland's Teardrop Lounge.

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2012
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Creator
Chris Amirault, eGullet forums.
Source reference

http://forums.egullet.org/topic/103674-aperitivo-americano/?p=1889703

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Ghost of the Pine

3⁄4 oz Rye, Rittenhouse 100 (or other 100/101 proof rye)
3⁄4 oz Zirbenz Stone Pine Liqueur
1 oz Walnut Liqueur, Nux Alpina
1 ds Orange bitters
1 rinse Mezcal, Del Maguey Vida (Lapsang Souchong-infused)
Instructions

Stir, strain over rock that's been sprayed with about four mists of the Mezcal. Garnish with a couple of more sprays over the drink.

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2012
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Creator
Josh Loving, Fino Restaurant, Austin, TX.
Source reference

http://forums.egullet.org/topic/137753-what-did-you-buy-at-the-liquor-s…

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  • More subtle than I expected, escpecially the "smoky nose". I have to admit I didn't bother infusing the mezcal just for a rinse...
  • Great marriage of flavors - I only did a glass wash of Mezcal, as the instructions were too labor intensive for me, and it was still excellent.
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Gin Blossom

1 1⁄2 oz Gin, Plymouth
3⁄4 oz Dry apricot brandy
3⁄4 oz Bianco Vermouth, Martini & Rossi
2 ds Orange bitters
Instructions

Stir, strain, up, lemon twist.

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Julie Reiner, Clover Club, Brooklyn, NY.
Source reference

http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/gin-blossom

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  • Great "new classic" drink. I've had very good results with a sweet apricot liqueur and a dry vermouth as well.
  • At Clover Club I gof if with an orange twist. I think it'd be better with pisco (which loves apricot) rather than gin.
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Curated a little: Swapped out Apricot liqueur and its note calling for Marillenbrand for the ingredient "Dry Apricot Brandy"

Martin Doudoroff's Modern Classics cocktail app specifies 1.5 oz vermouth rather than .75 oz. As that's a lot of vermouth and the Food & Wine recipe seems more in line with what I've had at Clover Cluv, I'm leaving it at .75 oz vermouth for now.

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