Mexican Grasshopper
Instructions
Shake with ice
Authenticity
Unknown
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No similar cocktails found.Plantation Fever
1 1⁄8 oz Nicaraguan Rum, Flor de Caña Gold 4
7⁄8 oz Chocolate spirit, Mozart
1 oz Lime juice
7⁄8 oz Simple syrup (Spiced Chipotle -see notes)
Instructions
Shake well with ice and strain into a chilled martini coupe. Garnish with a dried lime slice.
Notes
For the Spiced Chipotle Syrup, gently boil 250ml water in a pan. --- Slice 2 dried Chipotle chillies and remove most of their seeds (the more you leave, the hotter the syrup will be). --- Take the water off the heat and soak the chillies in it for 12 minutes. --- Remove and discard the chillies, then fine strain the water into another saucepan. --- Add 200g caster sugar and 0.1g sea salt, heating gently until both have dissolved. --- Add 3.5ml (approx. 3 dashes) Angostura Bitters, stir and then remove from the heat. --- Allow to cool before bottling. Store in the fridge.
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Joseph Cassidy
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Summer Sunset Cooler
2 oz Citrus vodka, Absolut
2 oz Passion fruit syrup (Recipe in Notes)
2 oz Cranberry juice
3 oz Ginger ale (Fill)
Instructions
Build in a highball. Fill with ice. Add equal parts vodka, passionfruit syrup, and cranberry juice over . Mix well. Fill with ginger ale. Stir lightly. Garnish with a couple small basil leaves.
Notes
Might work well with some muddled basil. For Passionfruit syrup, make 18 oz 1:1 simple syrup. Add 1 cup thawed frozen Passionfruit pulp (Maracuya in Hispanic markets) and 1/2 tsp citric acid. Bottle by the fifth with 2 oz vodka for stability.
History
Finally found a good source off passionfruit pulp. This is the second thing I thought to do with it.
Year
2013
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
JT Thomas, VA, USA
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No similar cocktails found.Merry Widow
Instructions
Stir, strain into rinsed coupe, garnish.
Year
1930
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Harry Craddock, Savoy; updated ratios via Sam Ross' Bartender's Choice app
From other users
- Very gin forward drink. Would try it with a different gin than Tanqueray - maybe Tanqueray Malacca as the gin is very strong. Not horrible, but not my favorite.
- Added half a dropper of absinthe. A little flat otherwise. Less vermouth round 2.
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This was not created by Craddock -- it appears in Hugo Ensslin's 1916 book (with Peychaud's as the bitters):
https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2014/02/merry-widow-cocktail.html
But You Don't Have To Take My Word For It
3⁄4 oz Irish whiskey
3⁄4 oz Herbal liqueur, Green Chartreuse
3⁄4 oz Maraschino Liqueur
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
1 Cherry
Instructions
Shake & strain, up. Garnish with cherry.
History
I think Irish Whiskey might be the last major base spirit without a Last Word variation. So here you go, named in honor of one of my personal heroes, LeVar Burton.
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Christopher Bevins
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Brown Billycock
2 oz Bourbon, Woodford Reserve
1⁄2 oz Honey syrup (1:1)
1⁄4 oz Lemon juice
4 oz Grapefruit soda
1 sli Lemon
Instructions
Build in an ice filled highball glass; add grapefruit soda and stir. Top with a lemon slice
Notes
Hansen's Natural Sodas are perfect to use in mixed drinks for a cleaner flavor
History
I wanted to create an effervescent version of a wonderful traditional cocktail without the bitterness you can get from mixing tonic or club with grapefruit juice. Simple and refreshing
Year
2013
Authenticity
Altered recipe
Creator
Jason Westplate, the Vendôme Club
From other users
- Wanted something with lemon and grapefruit soda (from Portland syrups and our soda stream). Very happy with the result.
- Bourbon- sweet, bitter
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(Beware the) Pink Slip
1 oz Gin, Death's Door
3⁄4 oz Dry vermouth, Ransom
1⁄4 t Honey
1 rinse Absinthe Rouge, Amerique 1912
2 wdg Lime
Instructions
Add liquors and honey to a cocktail shaker and dry shake to incorporate the honey. Add ice and shake till cold. Rinse a chilled martini glass with absinthe, and then strain the contents of the shaker into the glass. Squeeze out the juice of 1 lime wedge and discard, and drop in a fresh wedge
Notes
Amerique 1912 Absinthe Rouge is infused with hibiscus giving it a red color and a unique floral taste. The Beverage Testing Institute rated it at 95- Exceptional (the highest score BTI has ever awarded an absinthe)
History
I was looking for an interesting Absinthe rinse cocktail when I came across "The Promissory Note" from Daniel Hiatt at The Alembic Bar in SF. But, I really prefer the additional herbal element gin unites with absinthe, and I wanted a dry vermouth that had a similar botanical build--which Ransom does
Year
2013
Authenticity
Altered recipe
Creator
Jason Westplate, Daniel Hiatt of The Alembic Bar
Source reference
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- Made this with more generic absinthe and vermouth, but still quite nice. Perfect balance and the Domain de Canton prevents the absinthe from overpowering the drink.
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Black Francis
2 oz Islay Scotch
3⁄4 oz Sweet vermouth, Carpano Punt e Mes
1⁄2 oz Pedro Ximénez Sherry
1 twst Lemon peel (expressed and discarded)
Instructions
Stir, strain, coupe, twist, garnish.
Year
2013
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Rafa García Febles, NYC.
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Oooh! Good name!
Thanks! It's one I've been kicking around for a while, waiting for a drink that matches the spirit of the man/band to occur to me.
I actually have a list of about 20-30 "good cocktail names" going, waiting for the same sort of inspiration. I think about half of them are music references.
let us help those names get some cocktails!
Okay, here's one that's more of a drink naming template, and I'm kind of surprised I haven't seen it pop up anywhere... "While My [Blank] Gently [Blanks]"... I imagine we could all fill in those blanks differently to come up with some fun drinks!
While My Guitar Gently Beets: beet juice, gentian, guitar-infused vodka.
Lust for Life
1 1⁄2 oz Mezcal
3⁄4 oz Palo Cortado Sherry
3⁄4 oz Orgeat
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
1⁄2 oz Pineapple juice
1 pn Cocoa powder (as garnish)
Instructions
Shake, strain, rock, dust with cocoa powder.
Year
2012
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Joaquín Simó, Pouring Ribbons, NYC.
Source reference
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La Yapa
Instructions
Shake, strain, rocks, garnish.
Year
2013
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Jamal Hassan, Ox and Whey Bar, Portland, OR
Source reference
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- Sour/tart and a little medicinal. Enjoyable but there's no magic there for me.
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