Stir, strain, coupe
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.
Stir, strain, tumbler, rock, garnish.
A low-ABV white Negroni riff, with sherry standing in for the gin. The cucumber is solely for aromatics.
Shake with ice. Pour into chilled Nick & Nora
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.
Just playing with a small change to a modern classic.
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.
Shake with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.
I used sour oranges from a local tree.
In memory of a Naval Academy graduate.
Shake with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.
Depriming 3,000 pieces of brass, one at a time, requires great patience.
1. Splash some Peychaud's bitters into a frozen coupe glass, coat the rim both inside & out, dip into the pomegranate sugar, then return the glass to the freezer.
2. Combine other ingredients into a shaker with ice, shake well, then strain into the rimmed coupe glass.
I had a wild idea to use bitters to rim the glass. To my palate, an interesting overall flavor profile.
Stir, Strain, Up. Coupe. Maraschino cherry
Changed recipe to reduce sugar
1921 American-Drinks by Victor Hugo Himmelreich
I haven't tried this drink, but the original recipe looks a bit different in proportions/ingredients if my translation is correct: 1/2 cocktail glass rum, 1/4 cocktail glass Curacao, 1/4 cocktail glass cognac, 2 dashes Angostura Bitters, 1 teaspoon of sugar, remainder/fill(?) vermouth.
It isn't clear to me from the context of vermouth recipes in the book if this one should be sweet or dry vermouth or how much would be appropriate. The addition of sugar suggests dry vermouth might be the right call since Curacao is rather sweet. I don't know how much vermouth would be appropriate either.
Stir with ice, strain into a cocktail coupe, and garnish with an orange twist.
After writing up the Blue Plate Special from the Paper Plane on the blog, I latched onto the Ciociaro-banana liqueur combination. I took it in a funky rum direction and tried to fit it into the .38 Special's structure, but it was still rather aggressive. I then utilized some cream sherry to tame it, and I added accents with allspice bitters. For a name, I dubbed this one Anchor-Faced which is a slang term for someone who is extremely enthusiastic to be in the British Royal Navy.
Stir with ice. Lowball with big ice.
Extra-dry and complex.
Curated to correct Smoked Paprika to regular Paprika, White Port to Port, and relocate the poster's preferred brands to the ingredient notes for historic accuracy.
Stir with ice, strain into a rocks glass with a large cube, and garnish with an orange twist.
I was inspired by Phil Ward's Tequila Gumption, and I decided to cross it with the American Trilogy by replacing the reposado tequila and mezcal duo with bonded Bourbon and apple brandy. Utilizing a Mr. Potato Head swap seemed like a perfect tribute to Phil, and I dubbed this the American Gumption.