Shake over ice, strain into vessel of choice, WAIT until Room Temperature - Enjoy
Swirl with Ice, Serve.
And a history it is....got to think ahead!;
Homemade Ginger Liqueur;
8 oz liquor (e.g. vodka, rum);
2 oz liqueur (e.g. elderflower);
2 oz choice liqueur (e.g. triple sec);
2 oz sweet syrup (e.g. molasses, agave, honey, maple, Lyle's);
4 oz minced ginger root;
shake often;
muddle at 2 months;
use after 3 months;;;
Vanilla-infused Bourbon;
Half-length, split Vanilla bean;
4 oz bourbon;
Steep for at least 4 weeks;
Shake often;;;
Combine all ingredients and shake vigorously. Strain into a frozen sour glass and garnish. Garnish with lime wheel.
Cinnamon syrup really didn't do much for me. Preferred with simple syrup and Demerara rum.
A new tiki classic! I tried a touch of tiki bitters second go, and it's a great addition.
This is a great daiquiri variation!
Stir with ice, serve.
Been looking to use up a bottle of Dewar's, and was stumped on the Green Chartreuse - necessity mothers invention.
Rusty Nail-based
Very sweet as written. I upped the scotch to 2 oz (Bowmore Legend). I also erred and doubled the Chartreuse. Probably best as written. I'm not sure what the last bitters is though. I could not taste one drop of celery bitters.
Build in a rocks glass half-full of ice. Stir. Twist a lemon peel over the top, rub it around the rim, and drop it in.
Stew,
Love the thought of anejo tequila + Cynar playing together. What sweet vermouth do you recommend? Dolin might be nice...
My sweet vermouth of choice is Cocchi. Dolin could be nice, too! Carpano Antica might add a bit too much bitterness to an already bitter drink.
Really nice, well-balanced cocktail. Only had Cazadores reposado around, but it played nicely.
My changes address the questions or issues raised in the above three Comments. I used 1.5 oz El Tesoro anejo tequila, 1 oz Cynar, and 1 oz Dolin sweet vermouth. Also used Bitternens Hopped Grapefruit bitters and Angostura Orange bitters. And the lemon peel, of course. Great drink! Very smooth, but a tad too sweet for my taste. Perhaps 0.75 oz Cynar for less sweetness? Rated 4.5 as I made it. Enjoy!
Stir, strain, cocktail.
First recipe I made from Regan's 2012 book, and a real winner.
Gaz Regan's 101 Best New Cocktails 2012
An easy to make and easy to drink cocktail. Somewhat sweet, but not overly so; the rum sees to that. One might be tempted to put in a TAD more Gran Classico; I know I was (but didn't). Maybe next time. I rated this one at 4.0. Meanwhile, drink up but drive responsibly.
Stir with ice in a mixing glass and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a lemon twist.
I first tried this cocktail at the Varnish in Los Angeles. Nice and clean with that spicy, herbal influence from the Benedictine.
There are two versions of the Poet's Dream floating around the other calls for equal parts gin, vermouth, and Bénédictine. This modification is from a 1934 English drink book, the kind that rounds up recipes from everybody else's books and prints them without credit.
Esquire Magazine
Muddle mint, add all ingredients, crushed ice, swizzle, mint sprig and lime shell garnish
I had a version of this from Mindy Kucan that was as follows: Crush 1 sugar cube in the bottom of a Collins glass. Add 15-20 leaves of mint and press lightly. Add 2 oz. Matusalem Platino, 1 oz lime juice and 3/4 oz Demerara syrup. Stir, then fill the glass with crushed ice. Swizzle and top with 6-8 dashes of Angostura bitters.
Fine drink but I increased the lime juice to 1 oz and rich simple syrup to 3/4 oz. I often find that 1/2 oz of lime is too little when calling for 2 oz or more of spirit. Of course, this is a matter of preference much like in a Daiquri where some recipes call for around 1/2 oz of lime. A tastey swizzle.
Stir, strain, no garnish
Shake. Strain into sour glass or coupe.
Tried this with ginger syrup instead of honey, it was excellent.
A nice twist on the Trinidad Sour idea. Used Ardbeg as the Scotch and actually served it in a small Old Fashioned glass with an ice cube as it was a bit balmy out. Delicious. Would drink again.