Starfish & Coffee

1 1⁄2 oz Bourbon
3⁄4 oz Aperol
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
1 t Blackberry preserves
1 ds Grade B maple syrup
1 Egg white
3 dr Coffee Pecan Bitters (as garnish)
1 Star anise (as garnish)
Instructions

Dry shake with Hawthorne sprig, shake again with ice, double strain into coupe. Pattern bitters on foam. Float star anise pod (starfish) on foam.

Notes

Fat wash for extra applause. The final drink should be the color of the Purple One.

History

All of us were ordinary compared to Cynthia Rose.

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Year
2013
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Rafa García Febles, NYC.
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Emperor Norton

3⁄4 oz Batavia Arrack, Van Oosten
3⁄4 oz Fernet Branca
1⁄2 oz Herbal liqueur, Green Chartreuse
3⁄4 oz Ginger syrup (spicy)
3⁄4 oz Lime juice
1⁄2 oz Demerara Rum, Lemon Hart 151 (as float)
Instructions

Shake, strain, rocks, garnish, float.

History

Norton I, né Joshua Norton, was a 19th Century San Francisco vagrant and beloved social fixture who declared himself Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico, a declaration indulged by San Francisco high society and lovers of the odd and extraordinary alike. I honor His Imperial Majesty with an appropriately eccentric and elaborate drink befitting the breadth and grandeur of his Empire, with a notable appearance by Fernet Branca, his capital city's equally unusual and beloved amaro of choice.

His Imperial Majesty Norton I.
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Year
2012
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Rafa García Febles, NYC.
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3 stars
(2 ratings)
From other users
  • Pisco would be appropriate too
  • 1st sip was a bit too much, but after that I appreciated the balancing of these funky ingredients.
  • Absinthe over rum
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Craig E commented on 3/17/2020:

Would a lime twist or lime wheel be the intended garnish mentioned in the instructions?

Pompadour (Telegraph)

1 1⁄2 oz Pineau des Charentes (Rosé)
1 oz Demerara Rum, El Dorado 15
1⁄2 oz Rhum Agricole, Neisson blanc
1 ds Bitters, Bittermens Xocolatl Mole
1 twst Lemon peel
Instructions

Stir, strain over fresh ice, express and drop in twist.

History

Update of the Parisian classic.

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Year
2012
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Telegraph, Chicago, IL.
Source reference

http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2012/07/telegraphs-pompadour-rum-coc…

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Upgraded Grasshopper

1 1⁄4 oz Cream (mint infused, see note)
1 oz Cognac
1 oz Añejo rum
1⁄2 oz Crème de Cacao
2 ds Bitters (mint bitters)
2 ds Chocolate bitters (or mole bitters)
2 spg Mint (as garnish)
Instructions

Shake all ingredients hard till good and frothy. Pour over an ice-filled highball glass. Garnish.

Notes

To make the mint cream, take 1/2 cup heavy cream and 1/2 cup clean mint leaves, combine, and rest in the refrigerator for 2 days. Strain through a fine mesh strainer and discard mint. This is an adult version of a classic dessert drink.

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Authentic recipe
Creator
Jeff Lucas
Source reference

http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2013/03/grasshopper-cocktail-upgrade…

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Zachary Pearson commented on 3/29/2013:

Curated this. To bring it in line with the citation, changed 1 1/4 oz mint to 1 1/4 oz mint infused cream. Changed 2 dashes mint to 2 dashes mint bitters. Removed copyrighted caption and replaced it with instructions for making the mint cream.

Neel M commented on 3/29/2013:

Thanks, teaches me not to be hasty in my submissions. :)

Peat Rose

1 1⁄2 oz Apple brandy, Clear Creek
1 oz Bourbon, Buffalo Trace
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
3⁄4 oz Grenadine
2 ds Bitters, Fee Brothers Whiskey Barrel Aged
1 ? Scotch, Laphroaig (mist from misto atomizer)
1 twst Lemon peel
Instructions

Combine ingredients and shake
Double strain into cocktail glass
Mist with Islay scotch in atomizer
Lemon spiral for garnish

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Year
2012
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Dylan Y. Little Rock, AR
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Don Quixquote

2 oz Tequila, Partida Reposado
1⁄2 oz Elderflower liqueur, St. Germain
1 oz Lemon juice
1 ds Bitters, Fee Brothers Black Walnut
5 oz Stiegl Grapefruit Radler
Instructions

Combine tequila, st. Germain, lemon juice and bitters into mixing glass. Shake. Pour over clean ice into Collins glass lined with lemon wheels. Top with grapefruit radler.

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Year
2012
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Dylan Y. Little Rock, AR
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4 stars
(1 rating)
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Saratoga Cocktail (Rye-Cognac Manhattan)

1 oz Rye
1 oz Sweet vermouth
1 oz Cognac
2 ds Bitters, Angostura
Instructions

Stir over ice and strain into a cocktail glass.

Notes

There is another cocktail called the Saratoga. I will add this.

History

From Jerry Thomas's Bartender's Guide

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Unknown
Creator
Jerry Thomas
Source reference

http://www.artofdrink.com/jerry-thomas/pg12.php

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Dr. Fünke

1 oz Absinthe
2 oz Pineapple juice
1 oz Lime juice
1 oz Orgeat
1⁄2 oz Blue Curaçao, Senior Curaçao
1⁄2 oz Jamaican rum, Wray & Nephew Overproof (as float)
Instructions

Shake, strain into a hurricane glass over crushed ice, float, serve with straw.

Notes

This stiffie will pack your sweet pink mouth so full of absinthe you'll be the envy of every Jerry and Jane on the block!

History

Unlike most "Polynesian-style" mixed drinks, the Dr. Funk is a genuine South Pacific classic. Made in Samoa around the turn of the 20th Century by Dr. Bernard Funk, physician to Robert Louis Stevenson among others, this "stiff drink of absinthe with lemonade or limeade" was a popular cooler throughout the islands. Adapted by Don the Beachcomber, Trader Vic, and others during the height of the Tiki era into a grenadine and pastis highball, the good Doctor is updated here into a drink whose bright ocean hue is sure to bring a smile to the faces of whole groups of formerly blue men.

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2013
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Rafa García Febles, NYC.
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Nuyorican

2 oz Añejo rum
3⁄4 oz Oloroso sherry
1⁄4 oz Licor 43
2 ds Bitters, Dr Adam Elmegirab’s Aphrodite Bitters
1 twst Orange peel (as garnish)
1 Cherry, Luxardo (as garnish)
Instructions

Stir, strain, cocktail coupe, twist, garnish.

Notes

Rum for the Caribbean, sherry for Spain, chocolate for the indigenous Americas, coffee for Africa, bittered sling for the US of A.

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Year
2013
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Creator
Rafa García Febles, NYC.
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  • Had once without orange peel garnish, good but will be better with orange. — ★★★★
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Baguio Skin

2 oz Demerara Rum, El Dorado 15
3 ds Bitters, Dr Adam Elmegirab’s Aphrodite Bitters
1 ds Orange bitters, Regans' orange bitters
1 cube Sugar cube
2 sli Lime (thin wheels)
1 ds Nutmeg (as garnish)
Instructions

Add sugar cube to rocks glass and add a little water, lightly muddle and stir until dissolved. Place two wheels of lime on base of glass then add a few cubes of ice. Add rum and bitters then stir for a few seconds.

History

Adam Elmegirab's update of the Charles H. Baker, Jr. original.

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Year
1939
Authenticity
Altered recipe
Creator
Charles Baker via Adam Elmegirab
Source reference

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152680372635128&set=a.1015035…

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