Strangers in Paradise

1 oz Rhum Agricole, La Favorite Blanc
1⁄2 oz Rum, Hamilton Demerara 86
1⁄2 oz Mezcal (Espadin)
1⁄2 oz Ginger liqueur (Giffard)
3⁄4 oz Macadamia orgeat (Or almond)
3⁄4 oz Lime juice
1⁄8 oz Fernet Vallet
Instructions

Shake all but fernet, unstrained poor. Tiki mug. Add additional ice. Top with fernet. Garnish with lime shell, mint, pineapple

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Creator
Shannon Mustipher
Source reference

Tiki, Modern Tropical Cocktails pg. 95

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Myer Creek Cocktail

3 oz Gin
1 oz Aperol
1 oz Triple sec
1 oz Lime juice
Instructions

Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake well and strain/ pour into a coupe glass. Phenomenally refreshing, can also do over ice. Tastes almost like grapefruit juice. Enjoy!

History

Invented while on a one-year forced sabbatical/ Garden leave. Experimented with many liqueurs, fruit juices and liquors with Aperol. Created this as the winner. I prefer Booths Gin, Beefeaters is also great, or Brokers gin for a little more of the Botanicals.

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Year
2005
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Your original creation
Creator
HB Whitmore
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  • Refreshing indeed. Recipe as written yields two cocktails. — ★★★★
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Craig E commented on 7/31/2023:

Are the quantities indicated intended to make two drinks?

Biff Malibu commented on 4/29/2024:

Halved the recipe, worked like a champ. Excellent on a hot day!

The Chorus Boy

2 oz Bourbon
1 oz Amaro Meletti
2 ds Bitters, Angostura
1 bsp Maraschino cherry syrup, Luxardo
1 Cherry, Luxardo (Garnish)
Instructions

Stir with ice in mixing glass. Strain and serve in rocks glass with one large cube. Garnish with Luxardo cherry.

Notes

A variation on The Showgirl.

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Year
2023
Authenticity
Altered recipe
Creator
Mixed Up In Nashville
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Shawn C commented on 8/06/2023:

Sweet but interesting with considerable clove/anise/baking spice/saffron, some cherry and the heat of the bourbon (I used Evan Williams Bottled-in-Bond which might have been a bit hot for this drink.) Overall effect was intense, which is not a bad thing. A different bitter might work here to go in a different direction from Angostura: maybe orange, cherry, walnut or peach?

Missionary's Downfall (Maison Premiere)

3⁄4 oz Rhum Agricole, Rhum Agricole JM VSOP
3⁄4 oz Demerara Rum, El Dorado 151
3⁄4 oz Demerara Rum, El Dorado (3 Year)
1⁄2 oz Apricot liqueur, Marie Brizard Apry
1 t Crème de Menthe
1⁄4 oz Honey syrup
1 oz Pineapple juice
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
2 Mint (bunch)
Instructions

Add all ingredients, except one bunch of mint, to mixing tin. Muddle the other bunch of mint in the bottom of a Collins glass, and fill glass 3/4 full with crushed ice. Shake ingredients vigorously, strain into glass. Garnish with mint bouquet, lime peel strips, honeycomb, carnation & Osmanthus flowers

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Creator
Maison Premiere, Brooklyn, New York
Source reference

"The Maison Premiere Almanac," Boissy, Elliott, Mackay, Zizka, Clarkson Porter, 2023, p.172

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Purple Sage

1 3⁄4 oz Old Tom Gin, Hayman's (blackberry and sage infused; see Notes)
3⁄4 oz Pineapple juice
1⁄4 oz Lemon juice
1⁄2 oz Honey syrup
2 ds Peychaud's Bitters
1 Blackberry (as garnish)
2 lf Sage (as garnish)
Instructions

Shake and strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with a blackberry and two spanked sage leaves.

Notes

To infuse the gin, I put 7 large blackberries and 12 sage leaves in 1 cup of Hayman’s Old Tom gin in a lidded jar, then put the jar in a 135°F bath for a couple of hours. Chill the jar in icewater and taste. I wound up then leaving it to sit overnight (at room temperature) to intensify the infusion. (If pressed for time, or lazy, I’d imagine muddling instead of infusing would be a workable alternative.)

History

Winner of the Reddit Original Cocktail Competition, July 2023 (Blackberry & Pineapple).

Picture of Purple Sage
Craig Eliason
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Year
2023
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Craig Eliason, Saint Paul, Minnesota (USA)
Source reference

https://www.reddit.com/r/cocktails/comments/14nl7dr/original_cocktail_c…

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  • Pretty bright rose color, mildly frothy. Berry, sage, and mint in nose, clementine in sip and swallow, hint of licorice in finish. More sweet than sour. Berry at the end is great!
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Muscle and Hate

3⁄4 oz Islay Scotch, Laphroaig 10
3⁄4 oz Herbal liqueur, Green Chartreuse
3⁄4 oz Cynar
3⁄4 oz Peychaud's Bitters
1 twst Lemon peel (as garnish)
Instructions

Stir with ice, strain into chilled coupe or Nick & Nora. Garnish with an expressed lemon peel.

History

After reading Beta Cocktails in 2011, one of my early attempts at using aggressively flavored ingredients and a heavy dose of non potable bitters.

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Year
2012
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Source reference

https://youtu.be/R9PimZnRO5I

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Fernet Cocktail

2 oz Sweet vermouth
1 oz Fernet Branca
1⁄4 oz Curaçao
Instructions

Stir, strain, coupe

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Year
ca. 1906
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Louis Muckensturm.
Source reference

Louis' Mixed Drinks, https://euvs-vintage-cocktail-books.cld.bz/1906-Louis-Mixed-Drinks-Mixe… via https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2023/06/fernet-cocktail.html

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Negroni Fantasma

1 oz Manzanilla sherry, La Gitana
1 oz Luxardo Bitter Bianco
1 oz Bianco Vermouth, Dolin
2 sli Cucumber (as garnish)
Instructions

Stir liquid ingredients over ice and strain into a tumbler containing a large rock of ice. Skewer the cucumber wheels on a cocktail pick as a double flag and garnish.

Notes

Stir, strain, tumbler, rock, garnish.

A low-ABV white Negroni riff, with sherry standing in for the gin. The cucumber is solely for aromatics.

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Year
2021
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Creator
Benjamin Talbot
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Papear Plane

3⁄4 oz Pear liqueur, St. George
3⁄4 oz Amaro
3⁄4 oz Aperol
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
Instructions

Shake with ice. Pour into chilled Nick & Nora

Notes

A bit lighter/lower alcohol than the traditional version. I like the combo of the spices from the pear and amaro playing with each other. The aperol gives it a grapefuity flavor w/ tartness from the lemon. I used Bully Boy amaro, but sub in whatever you like best.

History

Just playing with a small change to a modern classic.

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2023
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Unknown
Creator
Me
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  • Tried with Meletti and Nonino, both good. Also tried with Montenegro but not my favorite.
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Aviation__1952 commented on 7/08/2023:

I like this one !! The "equal parts" makes for an easily remembered recipe. And I have several different amaro's, each one offering something slightly different in the overall.

Transitions

1 1⁄2 oz Gin, Citadelle (Jardin d'Ete)
1 oz Coffee liqueur (Starbucks)
3⁄4 oz Sake (Soto Premium Junmai)
3⁄4 oz Orange juice
1⁄2 oz Lavender syrup
1 t Lemongrass (Lemongrass Turmeric Paste)
4 ds Vinegar (Ume Plum Vinegar)
Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.

Notes

I used sour oranges from a local tree.

History

In memory of a Naval Academy graduate.

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Year
2023
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Creator
Carl N.
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