Paloma Sour

3⁄4 oz Agave syrup
3⁄4 oz Lime juice
3 oz Grapefruit soda, Izze
2 ds Grapefruit bitters, Bittermens Hopped Grapefruit Bitters
1 Lime (Wheel, as garnish)
1 pn Salt (Chipotle salt, on rim [see Notes])
Instructions

Shake without Izze soda vigorously for 10 seconds, strain into an iced Collins glass with a Chipotle Salt, top with Izze soda.. Garnish with a lime wheel.

Notes

For the Chipotle-pink salt, use 1 cup Margarita salt and 3 Tbs powdered Chipotle. Mix well and keep in a dry container for up to 6 months.

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Curated this - fixed soda name (Izze). Renamed the drink Paloma Sour, as this has lime juice and a sweetener that are not canonical.


Monte Carlo

2 oz Rye (preferably 100-plus-proof)
3⁄4 oz Bénédictine
Instructions

Fill a cocktail shaker halfway full with ice. Add the rye whiskey, Benedictine and bitters. Shake well for at least 30 seconds, then strain into a cocktail (martini) glass. Garnish with a cherry.

Notes

This is a variation on the Manhattan, with Benedictine standing in for vermouth and Peychaud's bitters for Angostura bitters. Rye whiskey is significantly different from bourbon; it's spicier and funkier, and it mingles well with different liqueurs and bitters.

Be sure to use a higher-proof rye, such as Rittenhouse Rye (100 proof) or Wild Turkey 101.

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  • Stir, don't shake. Might decrease benedictine to 1/2.
  • DOM adds a but of a sweet honey. Made with Woodford Reserve. Smoother than Rittenhouse. Very nice drink. Used home made Fig bitters.
  • Made it stirred instead of shaken, using barrel-proof Canadian rye. The rye balanced out the sweetness of the benedictine well.
  • Muito doce com Wild Turkey 101
  • a delicious cobination of vanilla vodka, chambord, and pinapple juice, shaken to perfection
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One of my favorites.  Note that this cocktail seems to have originated in David Embury’s The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks (1948), though he calls for a bit less rye and for Ango instead of Peychaud's. The "created by" on this page refers to the columnist for this particular incarnation.


Old Fashioned (Late 20th Century)

1 Brandied cherry (muddled)
1 twst Orange peel (muddled)
1 cube Sugar (muddled)
Instructions

In an old fashioned glass, place in cherry, orange twist and sugar cube. Top with bitters, and muddle. Fill glass with ice and add bourbon. Top with soda water.

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  • It's good
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Dan commented on 12/05/2011:

Curated name from "Perfect Old Fashioned" because of the well-established conflicting meaning of the word Perfect in cocktail titles. This recipe is similar to how Old Fashioned were made in my youth. I also reordered the ingredient to help them be consistent with the Kindred Cocktails style.


This is well known in the Midwest as the Wisconsin Old Fashioned except use Korbel Brandy.


A few years ago we had a group from Wisconsin ask for "Korbel Old-Fashioneds Sour"; I had no idea what they meant but turns out this is exactly what they wanted. First time I had ever heard them called this.


Manhattan (Bénédictine)

Instructions

In a pint glass with ice, add all ingredients. Stir and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a cherry.

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  • Too sweet.
  • Solid Manhattan variant! 2 orange, 1 lemon bitters
  • Works with Canadian whiskey and Punt e Mes.
  • Superb. Like a perfected Manhattan. Made with Widow Jane bourbon and Martini & Rossi vermouth.
  • Fantastic.
  • Chocolate bitters. — ★★★★★
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Dan commented on 12/05/2011:

Renamed from "Perfect Manhattan" because the word "perfect" has a long-standing tradition of meaning using a 50:50 mixture of sweet and dry vermouth in lieu of all one or the other.



For myself, I find 1/2 oz of Benedictine overwhelms the Maker's Mark bourbon. My suggestion: (1) Make the drink according to the recipe, but add only 1/4 oz of Benedictine for start; add more to suit your taste OR (2) Make the drink according to the recipe, but add 2 1/4 oz of Maker's Mark bourbon, and add more to suit your taste.

I adjusted the recipe by adding a little more than a 1/4 oz of Maker's Mark. Unadjusted, I would rate it a four. After adjusting the drink by adding 1/4 /oz bourbon, I rated the Manhattan with Benedictine at a 4.5. This drink might also benefit from an orange twist.


I haven't tried this one but it is essentially a Benedictine heavy version of the classic Preakness (typically 1/4 oz Benedictine, 3/4 oz vermouth, 1.5 oz rye or bourbon, 1 dash Angostura.) The 3 dashes of orange bitters would change it somewhat as well.


My Fair Gael

2 oz Irish whiskey (The Irishman Founder's Reserve)
1⁄2 oz Herbal liqueur, Yellow Chartreuse
1⁄4 oz Herbal liqueur, Green Chartreuse
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
1 twst Lemon peel (as garnish)
Instructions

In a pint glass muddle sugar and bitters. Add remaining ingredients, ice then shake and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a lemon twist.

Notes

My take on The Laphroaig Project. This version is more approachable for those who may be less experienced with the complexity (yet fantastic drink mind you) of that beverage.

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  • Subbed Canadian for Irish, 0.75 oz Yellow Chartreuse, 0.25 oz simple syrup
  • Pretty good, like a mild Last Word and whiskey sour
  • A nice herbal whiskey sour. Better to use lemon juice as the muddled lemon looses a lot of the volume in the tin. Try 1/2 oz lemon, plus some expressed peel. — ★★★★
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Dan commented on 12/14/2011:

Sounds like a great recipe, and a good intro to Scotch-like cocktails. I'll definitely be trying this!

The instructions seem to have a bug. If you put the lemon juice, sugar, and bitters into an ice-filled mixing glass, how can you muddle them? You don't seem to be muddling the lemon itself, so perhaps we could measure the juice by volume (which is much more reproducible by other people). Maybe something like 1/2 oz lemon juice with instructions like "muddle sugar cube, bitters and lemon juice, add rest and ice, shake, strain, straight up, cocktail glass, garnish". We assume a knowledgeable reader so that basic instructions don't have to be repeated in every recipe.

Also, feel free to put your real name in as creator, if you'd like.


I up'd the whiskey to 2oz and decided to use a tsp of simple syrup. After trying this again today, I felt it needed a little more whiskey in sip as it was a bit too light. Given, Irish whiskeys are usually lighter in style this is still a great intro to whiskey cocktails. You could also use 1/2tsp of simple syrup if you like it a little less sweet, given the amounts of Chartreuse, but my sweet tooth likes a tsp just fine.


After Hours

3 dr Hellfire Habanero Shrub, Bittermens
Instructions

Stir, strain, chilled cocktail glass.

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  • Less than a dash of cayenne, too spicy. Also doesn't strain out, better filter or infusion?
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Dead Man's Hand

Instructions

In a flute glass add absinthe, swirl and discard. Place in sugar cube, top with bitters, then add cognac and fill glass with champagne. Garnish with a lemon twist.

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  • Bad Ass.
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Drink of Laughter and Forgetting

1 1⁄2 oz Cynar
1⁄2 oz Herbal liqueur, Green Chartreuse
3⁄4 oz Lime juice
Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a coupe glass. Garnish with a spritz of Angostura Bitters over the top.

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  • Good drink. Industry sour-like but bitters and lime come on strong at the end.
  • Classic from Cure. Autor Mike Yusko. Très spécial, herbé et amer.
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AmyJ commented on 3/14/2013:

Tasty. I agree, no syrup needed.


Weirdly, I created The Deaf without any knowledge of either drink. Good stuff just comes together, I guess.


Mr. Baily's Bender

Instructions

Shake and strain over ice into a highball glass. Top with Fever-Tree Indian Tonic Water. Garnish with fresh mint, sage, or rosemary sprig.

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  • Sharpness and bitterness make a valiant effort against all that sweetness. — ★★★★
  • MUST TRY
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"1 splash" is not correct. You probably want at least 2 ounces of tonic in this, and at least another ounce of seltzer to dilute the intense sweetness.


Pig's Punch

2 oz Rye, Bulleit
1 oz Apple cider (Unfiltered)
1⁄2 oz Bénédictine
1⁄4 oz Lemon juice
1⁄4 oz Simple syrup
4 lf Sage
Instructions

Muddle sage, shake with ice, serve straight up -- garnished with a sage leaf.

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  • Perfect fall cocktail!
  • Added 2 Dashes of spiced apple bitters — ★★★★★
  • Pretty good. I tried w/without the simple. Both ways felt like it was missing something. Added a barspoon of balsalmic and got a nice pop of flavor. Could try muddling 4 slices apple with sage instead of apple cider.
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Curated slightly to move Unfiltered from the ingredient to the note section.