Savory Pimm's Cup

2 oz Pimm's No. 1 Cup
1⁄2 oz Lime juice
1⁄4 oz Pastis, Herbsaint
4 oz Birch beer
Instructions

Shake pimms, lime, and herbsaint in an iced shaker, strain into iced collins. Top with birch beer and garnish with ramp leaf.

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Sandy Levine- The Oakland Art Novelty Company
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Zachary Pearson commented on 3/29/2012:

Curated this - I know it's not easy, but we try to avoid "top with" amounts of ingredients due to different sized glassware. I'm assuming that 4 oz of birch beer would almost fill an ice-filled Collins that had 2 3/4 oz in it.

Keyser Soze

3⁄4 oz Gin, Ransom
3⁄4 oz Aperol
3⁄4 oz Orange juice
1⁄4 oz Bénédictine
1⁄2 oz Ghost pepper syrup
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Creator
David Porcaro- The Oakland Art Novelty Company
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zymyrgys commented on 4/05/2012:

How exactly do you make ghost pepper syrup. Done incorrectly this could be a dangerous concoction...

sandynlevine commented on 11/21/2013:

Ghost Pepper Syrup

WEARING GLOVES, coarsely chop 1/4 oz. dried ghost peppers. Add them to 2L of water and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 1 hour.* Strain the peppers out and measure how much water you have. Add an equal amount of white sugar and stir until dissolved. Bottle. Remove gloves.

*You'll want to open the windows, turn on a fan, and leave the room.

Gin e Succo

2 oz Gin, Tanqueray 10
1⁄4 oz Lemon syrup (we use a lemon-thyme syrup)
1 oz Strega
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
1 ? Ginger beer
Instructions

Combine all ingredients except ginger beer in a shaker with ice. Shake and strain into collins glass with ice. Top with ginger beer, garnish with thyme sprig.

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Unknown
Creator
Adrianne Martin- The Oakland Art Novelty Company
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Gin & Gruit

1 oz Gin, Plymouth
7⁄8 oz Ginger syrup
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
3 dr Grapefruit bitters, Fee Brothers
3 oz Ale, Froach (Froach is a lighter, complex heather ale)
Instructions

Shake gin, ginger syrup, lemon juice and bitters with ice, strain into champagne flute. Top with beer, garnish with lemon wedge.

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Unknown
Creator
David Porcaro- The Oakland Art Novelty Company
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reed20009 commented on 7/13/2018:

Refreshing summer drink. Made as indicated. Used a very chilled champagne glass which added nice touch. 

Fresca

2 1⁄2 oz Tequila, Don Julio Blanco
3⁄4 oz Lime juice
3⁄4 oz Herbal liqueur, Yellow Chartreuse
3 Watermelon (1.5" cubes)
Instructions

Crush watermelon in shaker with juice, add tequila and ice. Shake and strain into collins glass filled with crushed ice and watermelon spear. Float chartreuse and garnish with mint sprig.

History

Riff on the Fresca Brava from Death & Company

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Year
2012
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Sandy Levine- The Oakland Art Novelty Company
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4 stars
(10 ratings)
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  • I missed the stop of floating the Yellow Char. and shook it. Good, but that would have probably been better. I floated a little on it, nice. I used a jalapeno-infused blanco.
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Cold Cold Night

2 oz Bourbon, Hancock's president's reserve
20 Raisins (muddled)
1⁄2 oz Maple syrup (grade b)
1⁄4 oz Lemon juice
1⁄4 oz Orange juice
15 dr Bitters (6 angostura, 3 absinthe, 6 orange)
Instructions

Muddle raisins in syrup and juice, add bourbon and bitters, shake and strain into coupe. Garnish with homemade or spherical maraschino cherry.

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Unknown
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Sandy Levine- The Oakland Art Novelty Company
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4 stars
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  • Super smooth. Possibly a touch sweet, but the maple syrup is delicious.
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All Tomorrow's Parties

2 oz Bourbon, Buffalo Trace
1⁄2 oz Cardamaro
2⁄5 oz Autumn spice (see note)
5 dr Hazelnut extract
Instructions

Stir with ice in mixing glass, strain into coupe. No garnish.

Notes

To make the autumn spice infusion, take 2 cups water, 1 cup brown sugar, 1 cup white sugar, 1 cinnamon stick, 3 star anise, 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves (or 8 whole) and 1/4 teaspoon grated nutmeg. Heat, strain, and let cool.

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Adrianne Martin- The Oakland Art Novelty Company
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Hibiki Umeshu Cocktail

1 oz Japanese Whisky, Suntory Hibiki 17 year old
2 t Coffee liqueur, Kahlua
1 t White Crème de Cacao
3 oz Passion fruit juice
1⁄2 oz Umeshu
Instructions

Stir first three ingredients without ice and put to one side. Separately shake passionfruit juice and umeshu with ice and double strain into Martini glass. Float whisky mixture on top.

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Year
2011
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Takayuki Suzuki
Source reference

http://www.diffordsguide.com/class-magazine/read-online/en/2011-11-01/p… (with video)

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Heathen VC

1 oz Rye, Sazerac
1 oz Armagnac
1 oz Sweet vermouth, Carpano Antica Formula
1 t Triple sec
2 ds Bitters, Bitter Truth Jerry Thomas’ Own Decanter
2 ds Bitters, Angostura
1 rinse Absinthe
Instructions

Stir ingredients over ice, serve straight in chilled, absinthe rinsed glass.

Notes

Very dry, offset enough by the triple sec and vermouth to be delicious. Absinthe rinse combined with the Jerry Thomas bitters gives interesting aromatics.

History

A Vieux Carre variant created out of necessity (lack of Benedictine in the drinks cabinet). Jerry Thomas bitters chosen over Peychaud's because I like my cocktails *really* bitter.

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2012
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Jordan Harper
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3.5 stars
(6 ratings)
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  • Pretty good if you have an armagnac on hand you don't mind mixing. The sweet vermouth might take away from it a little bit, or perhaps I need a smidge more bitters because when I made this I only did the 2 ds angostura.
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Supercool Vieux Carré

1 oz Genever (Rye)
1 oz Dark rum, Barbancourt 8
1 oz Sweet vermouth, Cocchi
1 t Bénédictine
2 ds Peychaud's Bitters
2 ds Bitters, Angostura
Instructions

Prepare as a Vieux Carré (stir and strain) garnish with julienne lemon peel on an ice ball.

Notes

Detailed measures aren't provided in the source material, so I'm assuming proportions are the same as a classic Vieux Carré.

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Unknown
Creator
Alex Kratena, head bartender at Artesian at The Langham
Source reference

http://www.diffordsguide.com/class-magazine/read-online/en/2012-03-27/p…

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