Cotton Sox

3⁄4 oz Gin
3⁄4 oz Herbal liqueur, Green Chartreuse
3⁄4 oz Lime juice
Instructions

Place the first four ingredients in an ice-filled highball glass. Fill with tonic. Lime wheel garnish.

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  • I did a riff called Cotton Sexy replacing the chartreuse with cynar. Very good.
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Just tried this - love it! Definitely want to be sipping on this on the balcony this summer. :)


jdribo commented on 7/30/2013:

Made this one with Jack Rudy tonic. Very nice. Next time I'm going to make it by shaking the citrus and liquors with some big rocks before straining into highballs and adding the tonic. Great drink!


Adair Hook

1 1⁄2 oz Gin
3⁄4 oz Sweet vermouth
1⁄2 oz Cynar
Instructions

Stir and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

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4 stars
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  • Wow, so aromatic and herbaceous. A touch sweet, but subbing in some dry vermouth helps and adds to the fragrance. Great drink, and maybe worth experimenting with different amaros.
  • A bit bitter, but tasty — ★★★★
  • Made it to spec with Beefeater and Dolin. Worked great, a still-more-interesting Martinez. On a whim, made a second subbing xocolatl bitters for orange and liked that too.
  • Excellent. Split the sweet vermouth between dry and Punt e Mes for a lovely off-dry balance. — ★★★★
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Dan commented on 11/07/2012:

I expected to really like this, but found it too sweet. I think the Maraschino tips it over the edge, even thought the ratios are quite a bit dryer than a 1:1:1 Negroni. I added 1/2 oz of dry vermouth and found that it transformed the drink, both drying it out and adding a bit more wine accents. I did use Carpano Antica, so perhaps the vanilla notes enhanced the sweetness. I'd use Punt e Mes next time.


I used Cocchi, which is pretty sweet, but didn't have a problem with over-sweetness. I have sort of a sweet tooth, though, and can happily tolerate quite a bit of sweet.


I just made this and really enjoyed it! It did not find it too sweet and I used Carpano. Lovely cocktail!


I made this last night with Beefeater, Punt e Mes, Regan's, and an added orange twist (expressed and discarded). Very good. Very well integrated, though you can certainly pick out what all the ingredients are doing. They made themselves known at different points: gin and sweet vermouth up front, Maraschino mid-palate, bitterness from the Cynar and Punt on the swallow. As the drink warmed, the savory and tobacco notes of the Cynar asserted themselves more and it became easier to tell it apart from the vermouth. I regret using Punt e Mes, as I think it crowded out the other modifiers to an extent, and possibly would have dominated the cocktail if I hadn't used such an assertive gin. I'd like to try it with a more conventional sweet vermouth, perhaps split equal parts with the Punt e Mes, and see how that works. Alas, the only other sweet vermouth I have on hand is an ancient, flat bottle of Stock I use for cooking. I definitely didn't find it too sweet the way I made it, at any rate.

This afternoon I made it again with Farmer's gin, thinking I'd cut the Punt e Mes with Dolin blanc and see how that went, when I got the weird idea of cutting the PeM with an equal amount (3/8 oz) of Cherry Heering. (Possibly I was thinking of the Black Lodge, which I also made last night.) I'm sipping the results now, and I've got to say, I'm a fan. It's probably a different cocktail at this point and deserving of another name (I'll try to think of something), but it's worth a shot if that combination sounds intriguing to you.


Dan commented on 3/20/2013:

Make this again tonight, splitting the sweet vermouth between dry and Punt e Mes. Also increased the gin to 2 oz, although if I had had something like Juniperio, this might not have been necessary. (The gin was buried before I added the extra gin.) This is a lovely drink as modified. I also might skip the orange bitters next time. Orange is such a common flavor that the drink is a bit more unusual without it.



Let the record show that I tried it, and enjoyed it, as written, before going off on my own weird direction.


Excellent as written using antica formula.


Just revisited this one using Bluecoat, Cocchi di Torino, and Cynar 70. Mixed it once as posted and it was very nice: the C70 intensified the bitterness and ABV and in so doing balanced nicely against the hefty maraschino. Mixed it again with 2 oz gin and reduced the maraschino to 1 tsp. Better? Maybe. YOU make the call. Glad you dug it, wthrift. 


Just made this again with some barrel-aged navy-strength gin of my own devising. Only trouble is, I'd already ranked it a 5 on a previous tasting!


Midnight Oil

2 oz Bermuda rum, Gosling's Black Seal
1⁄2 oz Tea (Chai, Cold)
2 t Molasses (Syrup)
3 ? Black Cardamom
2 ds Ginger Bitters, Master of Malt
Instructions

Muddle the black cardamom in a mixing glass, before adding the remaining ingredients and ice. Shake hard for a few seconds, then strain over ice into an old-fashioned glass. Garnish optional.

Notes

To make the syrup, add molasses to boiling water at a ratio of 2:1. Stir until dissolved, allow to cool and bottle.

For the cold tea, steep 1 tbsp chai tea leaves to about 150ml boiling water for 3 minutes. Leave to cool.

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7⁄8 oz Cognac, Martell
7⁄8 oz Chocolate spirit, Mozart
1 t Balsamic Vinegar (Reduction)
Instructions

Add the ingredients to an ice-filled mixing glass and stir well. Strain into a small coupe, thin sherry glass or delicate absinthe glass. Garnish with a dried orange wheel.

Notes

For the balsamic reduction, add the vinegar to a pan and put on a high heat. Whisk regularly until it thickens.

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1 2⁄3 oz Mirabelle eau-de-vie, Miclo
7⁄8 oz Lemon juice
1⁄2 oz Earl Grey Tea Syrup (see notes)
1 t Orgeat
4 lf Tarragon (one as garnish)
Instructions

Dry shake or whisk the egg white until emulsified, before adding the remaining ingredients and filling the shaker with ice. Cap, give it a brief but hard shake before double straining into a chilled coupette. Garnish with a trimmed spring of fresh tarragon.

Notes

Earl Grey Tea Syrup:
Steep 1 tbsp loose Earl Grey tea leaves in 150ml boiling water for 3 minutes. Strain out the leaves and heat the liquid with an equal amount of white caster sugar until dissolved. Allow to cool, bottle and store in a fridge for up to two weeks.

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Thirty Notes

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Instructions

Shake all ingts and strain into a coupe. Garnish with a cinnamon stick wrapped with an orange peel

Notes

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100 Year War

1 1⁄2 oz Pimm's No. 1 Cup
1⁄2 oz Ginger-Honey Syrup
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
1 1⁄2 oz Brut Champagne
1⁄2 oz Sorel liqueur
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Combine Pimms, Honey-Ginger, and Lemon. Shake and strain into a chilled flute. Top with Champagne and float Sorel.

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Instructions

Stir ingredients in a mixing glass and strain into a partially cinnamon-sugar rimmed rocks glass over a big chunk of ice

Notes

Infuse 1 btl (375mL) with 1 cored and quartered honey crisp apple, 1 T light brown sugar, 1 t ground allspice and 1 cinnamon stick for 7 days, shaking daily

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