Old Fashion Apple Pie

1 1⁄2 oz Flavored whiskey, Midnight Moon Apple Pie
1 1⁄2 oz Rye
1 sli Orange
5 ds Bitters, Boker's
Instructions

Muddle orange slice in glass. Fill glass with ice and add all other ingredients. Stir

Notes

Bulleit recommended by poster.

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http://www.juniorsmidnightmoon.com/recipes/applepie/

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  • This is really good. We used Bulleit and Jerry Thomas bitters and were just blown away!
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Massa[man]hattan

2 oz Rye, Old Overholt
3⁄4 oz Sweet vermouth, Vya
3⁄4 oz Simple syrup (Massaman (see notes))
1 ds Bitters, Angostura
1 twst Orange peel
Instructions

• Combine rye, vermouth and syrup over ice. Stir for 30 seconds, or until very well chilled. Strain into a lowball glass. Top with four dashes of bitters. Garnish with a nickel-sized coin of orange rind.

Notes

Massaman Syrup: Yield 1 quart
Ingredients:
• 1 tablespoon ground mace
• 5 sticks cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons coriander
• 6 whole cardamom pods
• 15 cloves
• 2 nutmegs
• 2 cups dark brown sugar
• 2 cups water
Method
1. Combine all spices in a saucepan over low heat. Toast lightly for a few minutes.
2. Add sugar and water and bring contents to a boil. Once boiling, turn the heat off and allow the mixture to steep for at least two hours.
3. Strain the contents through a sieve to remove solids, and pour into an airtight container. Syrup will keep for up to two weeks in the refrigerator.

History

Created by Julia Travis, the beverage director at Kin Shop

Massa[man]hattan at Kin Shop by Julia Travis
©Aaron Ginsberg, New York Times
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Source reference

New York Times Dining - goo.gl/24Uud December 30, 2011, A Classic Cocktail with a Thai Twist

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  • I am really excited to try this.
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Floridita Special

2 oz Rye, Old Overholt
1 1⁄3 oz Sweet vermouth, Martini & Rossi
1 bsp Amer Picon
1 bsp Triple sec, Cointreau
1 cube Sugar
2 ds Bitters, Angostura
Instructions

Muddle bitters and sugar, add remaining ingredients, add ice, stir and strain into a chilled coupe glass. Lemon peel garnish

Notes

I adapted this from a 1935 Reprint of Bar Florida Cocktails. Original called for (based on book) 1/3 Rye, 1/2 M&R Vermouth (dry or sweet?), 1 tsp Amer Picon, 1/2 tsp curacao, 1/2 tsp sugar, dash bitters and lemon peel. I'm assuming measurments are ounces so it seemed like a small drink to me.....

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I really dislike ratios, but they're common in a lot of books from the 30's. If you're going to set your volume = 4, 1/2 is 2 and 1/3 is 4/3, so the recipe should be 1 1/3 oz M&R, and a barspoon of Amer Picon. I can change this if you'd like.

Thanks,

Zachary

Thanks for the clarification on the ratios Zachary. If you don't mind adjusting the ratios that would be great, thanks again.

Spanish Sigh

1 oz Cynar
3⁄4 oz Bonal Gentiane Quina
1⁄2 oz Demerara Rum, Lemon Hart 151
1⁄4 oz Bitters, Spanish Bitters (Adam Elmegirab's)
1⁄4 oz Cream Sherry, Lustau Cream
1 sli Orange
1 pn Salt (to rim glass)
1 twst Orange peel (as garnish)
Instructions

Muddle orange slice. Add Cynar, Bonal, rum and bitters. Stir for 30 seconds. Partially rim glass with salt. Strain into glass, float Cream Sherry on top, and garnish.

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  • Notably low ABV
  • Excellent. Bitter and herbal with a nice amount of brown sugar / caramel from the LH 151, nuttiness from the sherry, and tartness from the orange. Creative and well balanced.
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This looks really good. Do you think I it would be worth trying with lustau east india solera, or better to wait until I've found the specified cream sherry?

Christina,

Yeah, East India Solera would be a fine sub for Lustau Cream.

Thanks,

Zachary

Made it, and this is really good. I subbed smith and cross rum since I don't have the 151. I'm going to need more of the spanish bitters, as I fully intend to keep making this- thanks for sharing.

Christina,

Glad you like it - I can't recommend LH 151 enough. It gives you punch without much volume, and it's indispensable for infusions. If you can find the other Ed Hamilton rums (La Favorite, Duquesne, Neisson), you can find LH.

Thanks,

Zachary

Today I played with this a bit- it is still one of my favorite drinks, but I wanted something lighter, like a Duplex. I tried 1:.5:.5 Bonal:East India Solera Sherry: Cynar with an orange twist, Spanish bitters, and a little soda. I'm quite happy with it- thank you for giving me the idea to put these ingredients in the same glass!

Christina,

Interesting... did the soda work? I'd guess that with East India, the base would be sweet enough to stand up to the drying out effects of the soda.

Thanks,

Zachary

I tried it without the soda first, but I did prefer it with just a small amount to cut the sweetness. I have La Gitana Manzanilla and Lustau Amontillado in my cabinet as well, and I am going to try them here too when it is their turn to be open... The bonal/sherry/cynar combination is, for me, one of those synergistic and magical things, and I am so grateful that you made the initial suggestion.

O'Gara

1 1⁄2 oz Tennessee whiskey, Jack Daniels
1 oz Tawny port
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
1⁄3 oz Cynar
1⁄3 oz Simple syrup, Monin
Instructions

Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into ice-filled old fashioned glass. Garnish with a lemon wedge and serve with straws.

Notes

Some different flavors with a gorgeous american spirit in the lead.

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Walter Platta - autodidact - Buenos Aires - Argentina.
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  • The port adds a nice sweetness.
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Curated slightly - we assume all fresh ingredients like citrus, garnishes, etc... are fresh.

It depends... I know more than one who doesn't have assumed that the lemon or lime or orange juice cannot be bottled.

Saint Pisco

1 ? Egg white
1 1⁄2 oz Pisco, Campo de Encanto
3⁄4 oz Elderflower liqueur, St. Germain
1⁄4 oz Lime juice
3⁄4 oz Passion fruit juice
1⁄2 oz Demerara syrup (2:1)
Instructions

Combine in a shaker tin, dry shake for 5 seconds. Add ice and shake vigorously for 10 seconds. Strain into a chilled coupe glass. Lime wheel garnish.

Notes

Perfect Puree of Napa Valley make really high quality purees and concentrates. I recommend their Passion Fruit Concentrate. Simply mix with equal parts water to dilute to a juice. It's usually pretty hard to find good exotic juices and this is a tried and true product.

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Changed the cocktail name. Same recipe, though.

Seems super sweet to me. Demarara + passion fruit + elderflower adds up to 2  .2oz. And 5 oz of citrus. Would like to try with reworked ratio.

Venus and Cupid

1 ? Egg white
1 1⁄2 oz Reposado Tequila, Siembra Azul Reposado
3⁄4 oz Aperol
3⁄4 oz Sweet vermouth, Carpano Punt e Mes
1⁄2 oz Grapefruit juice
1 ? Cardamom (Green Pod)
Instructions

Muddle cardamom, then add remaining ingredients, dry shake. Add ice and shake vigorously. Double strain into a chilled coupe glass. Grate fresh cinnamon on top.

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Infinite Jest

3⁄4 oz Vodka
3⁄4 oz Zucca
3⁄4 oz Aromatized wine, Cocchi Americano
1⁄2 oz Elderflower liqueur, St. Germain
3⁄4 oz Lime juice
Instructions

Combine in a cocktail shaker with ice, shake vigorously and strain into a chilled coupe.

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  • Not bad, not great, not sour or sweet
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laerm commented on 1/09/2016:

I don't know how, but this is the most painfully sour cocktail I've ever had. My jaw cramped up.

Used Maurin Quina when I could not find Zucca, and preferred it. 

Purgatory

2 1⁄2 oz Rye, Rittenhouse
3⁄4 oz Bénédictine
3⁄4 oz Herbal liqueur, Green Chartreuse
Instructions

Stir with ice and strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with a lemon twist.

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Ted Kilgore, Taste, St. Louis
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Made this tonight, but with an attempt to scale it down - I prefer my cocktails much closer to 3 oz than 4. I see what Mr. Kilgore was trying to do here - there's a commonality to rye, Benedictine and Green Chartreuse in that they're all green aromas and flavors. So mine was more like 2 oz/.5/.5, and it needed..... something. I tossed to mint in to the stirring pitcher, and that helped somewhat. Maybe some Fernet would be helpful to dry it out, as in the Monk's Revenge? 

Thanks,

Zachary


Like the 1st commentor, I, too, prefer a 3 oz cocktail rather than a 4 oz one. However, I made "Purgatory" using the given recipe because my mind said "yes, this will be a great drink." And it is, although the combination of Benedictine and Green Chartruse overshadow the Rittenhouse Rye--which should be no surprise. If I were to reduce the size of this drink, I would start by reducing each ingredient by 1/4 oz, and adjusting according to taste. But do keep the lemon twist! The challenge when reducing the size of this drink is to keep a balance of the ingredients' taste, but also, if possible, to bring out the rye, so that it is more prominent.

MacKinnon

2 oz Drambuie
1⁄2 oz Light rum, Cruzan Aged Light
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
1⁄2 oz Lime juice
3 oz Seltzer water
1 sli Lime (as garnish)
Instructions

Build in a highball glass, top with seltzer, stir gently, garnish

Notes

Michael Bowers, Modern Bar, Boise adds 2 dashes Peychaud's bitters

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Source reference

http://www.esquire.com/drinks/mackinnon-drink-recipe#wondrich

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  • I'm not a huge fan of Drambuie, but this was a wonderful sour. I used dark rum and Peychaud's. Update: second time around even better. white rum with dark, no bitters
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Dan commented on 9/29/2012:

Moderated in response to a request from Michael Bowers to clarify that he didn't create the drink, but rather only added the bitters. Also increased the Drambuie to correspond to David Wondrich's recipe in Esquire.

Thanks Dan, honestly, I don't remember where I first read this recipe that cited Michael Bowers to it.....I am usually careful before naming the creator. My apologies Michael.

kc59 commented on 12/09/2013:

Shake with crushed ice, strain into collins glass with a few ice cubes. Then top with club soda.

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