Last Stand

1 oz Reposado Tequila
1 oz Aperol
1 oz Sweet vermouth, Carpano Punt e Mes
Instructions

Stir with ice. Strain into a lowball with large single cube. Garnish with an orange peel.

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2012
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4 stars
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From other users
  • A little sweet, but smooth.
  • Used Vya sweet vermouth instead of Punt e Mes and Bittercube Orange Bitters. Very tasty.
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Hunter

1 1⁄2 oz Overproof bourbon
1⁄2 oz Cherry Liqueur, Cherry Heering
Instructions

Fill a pint glass with cracked ice. Add the bourbon and cherry Heering and stir well. Strain the drink into a chilled coupe.

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Unknown
Source reference

Food & Wine Cocktails 2010

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2.5 stars
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Dan commented on 2/07/2013:

I tried this and didn't find it particularly interesting. Yes, Cherry Heering is a complex, interesting cherry liqueur, but the drink cried out for something. I added a 1/4 oz of Campari and a dash of pie-spice bitters (I used Angostura, but a clove-forward bitters would work well too, as would chocolate or mole). At that point, it wasn't really the same drink, but I certainly enjoyed it.

Anyone else like this as written?

Zachary Pearson commented on 2/07/2013:

Dan,

Frankly, I don't think this is a cocktail - it certainly needs something to make it interesting, and to get the volume of the drink to something more appropriate.

Fransos commented on 8/08/2016:

Haven't tasted this, but I agree that it seems like it's missing something. That said, I must say that there's quite a few classic cocktails  and their variants having this formula(although most of them has a dash or two of bitters). Like Eric Alperins Highlander, calling for 2 oz Scotch, 1/2 oz Cherry Heering and a lemonpeel. So a dash of bitters and a complementary spray of citrus oils might do the trick. Now I have to try this drink, I guess...

Midnight in Manhattan

2 oz Rye, Rittenhouse
1⁄2 oz Averna
1⁄2 oz Sweet vermouth, Carpano Antica Formula
2 ds Bitters, Fee Brothers Black Walnut
Instructions

Stir over ice. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

Notes

This is my first try at a cocktail variation on a classic. Open to suggestions and input.

History

Variation on a Manhattan

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2012
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3.5 stars
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  • Went with 0.25 oz Nocino.
  • I used Angostura bitters and garnished with orange peel.
  • Used 0.5 oz of Walnut Liqueur instead of the bitters
  • solid, variation on Manhattan
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The Deaf

1 1⁄4 oz Herbal liqueur, Green Chartreuse
1 1⁄4 oz Cynar
3⁄4 oz Lime juice
1⁄3 oz Rich simple syrup 2:1 (turbinado or demerara)
Instructions

Shake and strain.

Picture of The Deaf
2011 Kindred Cocktails
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Creator
Stew Ellington
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3.5 stars
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  • Too sweet. The Industry Sour is a very similar and slightly better. — ★★★
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bkemp1984 commented on 9/11/2015:

Good lord, Stew, you've done it again. Delicious. Looking at it on paper, it looked good.....but I never would have guessed it would taste like this.

Rio Grande

1 oz Bourbon, Old Forester 100 (something over 90 proof)
1 oz Tequila, Siete Leguas Reposado
1⁄2 oz Lime juice
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
1⁄2 oz Simple syrup (evaporated cane sugar (2:1))
1⁄4 oz Ginger syrup
Instructions

Shake all ingredients and strain into sugar/chili rimmed coupe. Garnish with a lemon/lime wheel.

Notes

For rim: Kosher salt, organic evaporated cane sugar, chipotle powder, ancho chile powder, regular Spanish paprika. Sugar/salt ratio is one-to-one. Spice to taste.

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Year
2009
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Scott Baird, 15 Romolo San Francisco
Source reference

http://sfist.com/2009/07/03/sfist_drinks_the_rio_grande_cocktai.php

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4.5 stars
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  • Whiskey sour margarita combo. Tasty.
  • Almost 4.5. Ginger shines.
  • Excellent! Also tried with jalapeno - added to alcohol for about 5-7 min before shaking.
  • Made with blanco tequila, Four Roses, and ginger liqueur. Tasty. — ★★★★
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Zachary Pearson commented on 2/02/2013:

Removed "fresh" from the modifiers - we assume that you're going to use fresh juices, etc... as per the Style Guidelines.

North Meadow

2 1⁄4 oz Whiskey
3⁄4 oz Ramazzotti
1 ds Bitters
1 ds Orange bitters
Instructions

Stir. Serve up. Express oils from and orange peel and discard peel (flame if you like). Smile.

Notes

Changed from "Bourbon" to "Whiskey" as it tastes marvelous with a straight rye.

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2013
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Creator
Baron A. Stout
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Smoking Jacket

1 1⁄2 oz Blended Scotch, Grant and Sons
3⁄4 oz Cynar
3⁄4 oz Sweet vermouth, Carpano Punt e Mes
1 ds Orange bitters
Instructions

Stir, strain, low ball, big cube

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Year
2012
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Paul Manzelli, Craigie and Bergamot, Boston, MA
Source reference

901 Very Good Cocktails, Stew Ellington

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  • This was more complex than it at first appeared. It came together very easily. I tasted coffee. And chocolate. Weirdly. Plus the cynar came through. — ★★★★★
  • In this case, I favor the sweet vermouth version. I believe the Punt e Mes submerged the Cynar. Also, it works with reducing the Cynar to 0.5 oz. Using Antica emphasizes its IPA characteristics - not worth repeating.
  • Delicious. Made with bank note. — ★★★★
  • Double scotch and do 1/2 ea Cynar and vermouth
  • Bitter and sophisticated. Good even with my modest Famous Grouse. In the ballpark of the excellent Search for Delicious, which I think I'd prefer when a lemon is at hand. — ★★★★
  • let it melt a bit - caramel of macallen gold comes thru real nicely — ★★★★
  • Used Teachers as blended scotch.predinner
  • Excellent. I backed off the ratio for Robin to 1:1:1 and added a half part of dry vermouth. — ★★★★★
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Peyton commented on 3/08/2013:

Great drink and a nice Scotch spin on a Little Italy, but 1-2 dashes of orange bitters does the trick.

Dan commented on 3/08/2013:

Corrected: 1oz orange bitters -> 1 DASH orange bitters. Yikes!

mahastew commented on 3/13/2013:

Had to check the book to see if I made the error there. -Whew!-

lesliec commented on 4/16/2025:

A good drink, enhanced by some orange zest expressed over (which Fred's post mentions but Stew's seems not to). Flamed optional.

So How We Gonna Kick It

1 1⁄2 oz Rye
3⁄4 oz Dry vermouth, Sutton Cellars Brown Label
1⁄4 oz Root liqueur
1⁄2 t Demerara syrup
1 ds Bitters, Fee Brothers Whiskey Barrel Aged
1 twst Lemon peel
Instructions

Drink: Stir > Strain > Coupe...
Garnish: Twist > Rim > Drop

History

Jamie Boudreau's "Golden Ratio" (plus a little sugar) strikes again!

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Christopher Bevins
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To Byrrh or not to Byrrh

1 oz Genever, Bols
1 oz Byrrh
1⁄2 oz Elderflower liqueur, St. Germain
1⁄2 oz Aquavit, Linie
1 spl Lemon juice
2 ds Bitters, Angostura Orange
1 bsp Grenadine, Stirrings
Instructions

Mix all ingredients in a shaker over ice; strain into chilled coupe(maybe with a rinse of Campari?) Garnish with lemon twist and a few pomegranate seeds

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Ron Rovner
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4 stars
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  • The elderflower is definitely in the front seat. Feels somewhat overworked.
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Rest in Pieces of Eight

1 1⁄2 oz Cynar
1⁄2 oz Jamaican rum, Smith & Cross
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
1⁄2 oz Ginger syrup (skinny)
1⁄4 oz Licor 43
1⁄4 oz Demerara syrup (skinny)
1 Egg white
1 rinse Virgin Islands Rum, Cruzan Blackstrap
Instructions

Add the eggwhite and all liquid ingredients except for blackstrap rum. Shake once without ice and once very hard with ice.

Rinse a collins glass with a small amount of blackstrap rum. Add cold draft cubes and strain drink into glass.

Notes

Leave a little room at the top of the glass so you can smell the blackstrap.

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Year
2012
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Creator
Doug Monroe, The Patterson House, Nashville, TN
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4.5 stars
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  • Good god. This really brings out the best of it's ingredients. Spicy, sweet, earthy, rich, vanilla, sweet, bitter- If you like the ingredients list, you'll like the cocktail
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