Sazerac Sour

2 oz Rye
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
1 cube Sugar cube
5 ds Peychaud's Bitters
1 ds Bitters, Angostura
1⁄4 oz Absinthe
1 ? Egg white
Instructions

Muddle sugar cube and bitters. Add lemon juice, absinthe, rye whiskey, egg and dry shake for 10 seconds. Add ice, shake again. Double strain into a coupe and garnish with a few more drops of tastefully-placed bitters.

Notes

A delightful twist on the classic New Orleans cocktail.

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  • Needs half or less of the absinthe and a bit more sugar for my family. — ★★★★★
  • Found the citrus a little overpowering, maybe up the simple syrup to balance it out. — ★★★
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good but agree that a bit too sour and absinthe overpowers. I cut lemon to 1/2 oz and added 2 more dashes of ango. Kind of like a licorice sorbet dairy-free milkshake! Yum!

Down and Out

2 oz Mezcal, Del Maguey Vida
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
3⁄4 oz Agave syrup
4 sli Ginger
Instructions

Muddle ginger and agave. Add ice, lemon juice and mezcal. Stir. Double strain over spherical ice cube in an old fashioned glass.

Notes

A south of the border twist on the Penicillin (Milk & Honey)

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2012
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Pint and Jigger, Honolulu, HI
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  • go a little light on the agave
  • Very good, reduced the sugar to 1/2 ounce — ★★★★
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Winter Soldier

1 1⁄2 oz Vodka
3⁄4 oz CioCiaro
3⁄4 oz Half-and-half (or Cream)
1 ds Bitters (Bittermens New Orleans Coffee)
Instructions

Build over ice in an Old Fashioned glass & stir to incorporate.

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  • White Russian variant
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Is that the coffee liqueur or are they making a New Orleans bitters too?

Bevx commented on 3/03/2013:

It's one of their "regional" bitters. Ostensibly available "only" in NOLA, I found them online. Coffee, cacao nibs & chicory... Delicious. I'm up to 29 different bitters in my collection, and this is one of my new favorites.

Bevx commented on 3/05/2013:

Here's me not helping: according to the bottle, a portion of every purchase goes to New Orleans charities. ;P

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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2012
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Rafa García Febles, NYC.
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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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Source reference

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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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
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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 — ★★★★★
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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.  

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