Big Spender

1 oz Cognac
1 oz Pineapple rum
1⁄2 oz Drambuie
1⁄2 oz Fernet Branca
1 twst Orange peel (As garnish)
Instructions

Stir with ice, strain into a double old fashioned glass with a large ice cube, and garnish with orange oil from a twist.

History

Recently, I had a guest at work who wanted a Rusty Nail, and I began thinking about Drambuie. I then recalled the delightful Brambuie-Fernet combination in the Bittered Old Coot and Bonita Applebum, and I took things in a Cognac and pineapple rum direction later that evening. For a name, the song "Big Spender" by Peggy Lee was on the sound system, and I went with it.

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Year
2022
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Creator
Frederic Yarm, Drink, Boston, MA
Source reference

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2022/09/big-spender.html

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Autumn in the Poconos

2 oz Applejack, Lairds
1 oz Pear liqueur, St. George
1⁄2 oz Apple Shrub (See Note)
1 bsp Allspice Dram, St Elizabeth
2 ds Bitters, Angostura
1 ds Bitters (Pink House Smoldered Bitters)
Instructions

Combine all ingredients in glass. Stir with ice.

Notes

Apple Shrub - shred about three apples (1.5 cups). Combine with 3/4 cups raw sugar (demerara or other complete cane sugar) and about 1 cup apple cider vinegar in mason jar or Tupperware container. Add two star anise pods and about six or seven allspice berries. Shake well Refrigerate for two days. Strain well, squeezing juice from apple shreds. Rebottle into new container. Should remain useable for about six months.

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2022
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PhysTherapy

1 1⁄2 oz Pisco, Capel
3⁄4 oz Amarula Cream
3⁄4 oz Crème de Violette
1⁄2 oz Herbal liqueur (Martini & Rossi 1872 Bitter Aperitivo)
1⁄2 oz Ginger syrup
Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.

History

Another experiment with my new bottle of Amarula.

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2022
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Carl N.
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AmaRONI

1 1⁄2 oz Gin, Tanqueray Malacca
1 1⁄2 oz Campari
1 1⁄2 oz Sweet vermouth, Vya
1⁄2 oz Amarula Cream
Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.

Notes

Today, somewhere, it is Negroni Week.

History

An experiment with the Negroni and my new bottle of Amarula.

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2022
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Creator
Carl N.
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Err from the Faith

2 oz Rye, Rittenhouse
3⁄4 oz Orange liqueur, Grand Marnier
1⁄2 oz Braulio
1⁄2 oz Maraschino Liqueur, Luxardo
2 ds Orange bitters (Equal Parts Fee Brothers Orange, Angostura Orange, and Regan's Orange Bitters)
1 Star anise (as garnish)
1 twst Orange (as garnish)
Instructions

Stir all ingredients until chilled and strain into at least a 5 oz coupe. Garnish with an Orange Peel expressed over the drink and rim and a pod of Star Anise.

Notes

This is a Manhattan/Improved Whiskey Cocktail/Bronx riff. So while it is sweet, I think it's pretty complex.

The sweetness of the Grand Marnier and Maraschino liqueur is met with alpine spice from the Braulio Amaro. This works well with the spice of the Rittenhouse Rye and is further bolstered by the the Star Anise pod.

History

This is a riff on the Root of All Evil cocktail created by Jeff Grdinich at White Mountan Cider Company in Bartlett, NH. Where he used bourbon and Fernet, we swapped in Rye whiskey and Braulio Amaro. We also added the star anise pod as a garnish.

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2022
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Creator
Tim Williams, Harrisonburg, VA, United States of America
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Shawn C commented on 8/04/2023:

I tried the original recipe last October. It showed promise, but was too sweet for my tastes. I made a note to retry it with reworked proportions emphasizing the Braulio while reducing sweeter components. After remaking I was pleased with the result and suggest the following changes: 3/4 oz Braulio, 1/2 oz Grand Marnier, 1/4 oz Luxardo Maraschino. All of the flavors were recognizable, but without being overbearingly sweet. This is still a very high potency drink at 1.44 oz alcohol.

Bitter Squeeze

1 1⁄2 oz Gin
1 1⁄2 oz Sweet vermouth
1⁄2 oz Amaro (Use Bellini Amaro delle Terme)
3⁄10 oz Lemon
Instructions

Stir with ice in a cocktail shaker, strain and pour into a martini glass.

Notes

Recommend Amaro delle Terme

History

My wife loves bitter elders and negronis - this is a variation to keep her interested.

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2022
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Sean Forde
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Common Cold

2 oz Jamaican rum (nice and funky)
1⁄2 oz Elderflower liqueur, St. Germain
1⁄4 oz Lemon juice
1 t Honey
1 ds Bitters, Angostura (as garnish)
Instructions

Shake, strain, up in stemmed water glass, garnish on top.

Notes

This seems like a good cure for the common cold. Basically a rum forward floral daiquiri. Might work with a more subtle rum as well.

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2022
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Dave Hebb
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Jhvilas commented on 9/25/2022:

Really needs to be made with honey syrup instead of straight honey.

mako commented on 11/19/2024:

I spent quite a bit of time stirring the honey in to get it to dissolve. Not nearly enough citrus to make the "daiquiri" label in the description really work. Nice drink though!

drinkingandthinking commented on 3/31/2025:

Good comments - I may tweak this one with more honey as a syrup and make it more "daquiri like".

(the) Radiator

1 1⁄2 oz Brandy
3⁄4 oz Crème Yvette
3⁄4 oz Falernum, Velvet Falernum
1⁄2 oz Lime juice
2 ds Grapefruit bitters
Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.

History

In celebration of the successful installation of a newly cleaned and rebuilt automobile radiator.

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Devil-May-Carrot

1 1⁄2 oz Bourbon, Old Grand Dad 100
1 1⁄2 oz Aquavit, Linie (carrot-infused; see Notes)
1⁄4 oz Honey syrup (scant 1/4 oz brown sugar honey syrup; see Notes)
1 ds Orange bitters, Regans' orange bitters
1 ds Celery bitters, Bitter Truth Celery
1 twst Orange peel (as garnish)
1 spg Carrot (greens, as garnish)
1 sli Carrot (carrot, ribbon slice as garnish)
Instructions

Stir; strain; rocks; garnish.

Notes

Carrot-infused aquavit: Peel outer part of a carrot, then keep peeling and soak carrot strips in aquavit for a week.
Brown sugar honey syrup: Over gentle heat, stir to dissolve 2 parts brown sugar in 1 part water, then stir in 1 part honey and let cool.

History

Created for Reddit Original Cocktail Competition, September 2022 (honey and carrot).

Picture of Devil-May-Carrot
Craig Eliason
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2022
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Craig Eliason, Saint Paul, Minnesota (USA)
Source reference

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The Last King of Scotch

1 1⁄2 oz Blended Scotch, Black Bottle
3⁄4 oz Amaro Meletti
1⁄4 oz Bénédictine
2 ds Bitters, Angostura
3 twst Lemon
1⁄4 oz Islay Scotch, Laphroaig 10
Instructions

Combine first four ingredients and two lemon peels (oil expressed) and stir over ice. Strain over a big cube, float the Islay scotch and express the third peel over the drink and drop in.

History

Summer 2022 menu

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