Fanny Wright

2 oz Blended Scotch (I used Duncan Taylor 12)
1⁄2 oz Sweet vermouth, Carpano Antica Formula
1⁄4 oz Averna
1⁄4 oz Bruto Americano
1 Maraschino cherry, Luxardo
Instructions

Stir, strain, up

Notes

I wanted a drink that would complement a rich stew. This is rich enough to stand up to it but bitter enough to provide a lovely contrast.

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Year
2026
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Natalie Weizenbaum
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Shawn C commented on 2/18/2026:

Good cocktail, cool name reference, and I can tell it would work very well with a rich stew. The Bruto Americano adds some cooking herb flavors for another dimension. I tried it using Cutty Sark Prohibition for its flavor, but the 100 proof made it a little hot, so I recommend sticking to an 80 proof as in the original call. I used 1/4 oz Maraschino vs. 1/3 oz (2 tsp) as I was worried that might dominate--I can be a little gun shy with Luxardo.

Craig E commented on 2/24/2026:

Just to clarify, based on comment above: there's no maraschino liqueur in the spec, which had a typo in it, now fixed.

Strawberry Roan

2 oz Rye
1⁄2 oz Brucato Amaro Chaparral (or Green Chartreuse)
1⁄2 oz Lime juice
1⁄4 oz Simple syrup
4 oz Strawberry Soda (Jarritos)
1 spg Mint (as garnish)
1 Strawberry (as garnish)
Instructions

Shake first four ingredients with ice. Strain into highball glass with ice, fill with strawberry soda. Add strawberry and mint as garnish.

Notes

While Green Chartreuse is listed as an option, the Chaparral makes more sense, since the latter is from California, as is the cowboy song "Strawberry Roan" originally written as a poem by Curley Fletcher in 1915. The light mint flavor of the yerba santa in the Chaparral is also a better match for the strawberry than Chartreuse

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Year
2025
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Brian Downing, The Silver Dollar, Louisville, KY
Source reference

https://imbibemagazine.com/recipe/strawberry-roan-whiskey-highball/

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Camparajillo

1 oz Licor 43
1 oz Campari
1 oz Espresso
1 twst Lemon peel (expressed, as garnish)
Instructions

Shake, strain, garnish.

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Year
ca. 2025
Authenticity
Unknown
Source reference

https://old.reddit.com/r/cocktails/comments/1gacgqe/camparajillo/

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Bitter French

1 oz Gin
1⁄4 oz Campari
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
1⁄2 oz Simple syrup
1 spl Champagne (To top, ~2 oz)
Instructions

Add all except Champagne to shaker with ice, shake, strain into a coupe, top with Champagne, garnish with expressed grapefruit peel

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Year
2008
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Creator
Phil Ward, Death & Co NYC
Source reference

The Madrusan Cocktail Companion, p. 424

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Cane & Melon

1 3⁄4 oz Cachaça, Novo Fogo (silver)
3⁄8 oz Herbal liqueur, Green Chartreuse
1 oz Lime juice
3⁄4 oz Watermelon juice
1⁄3 oz Agave syrup
1 pn Salt
2 ds Grapefruit bitters
1 sli Lime (as garnish)
Instructions

Add all ingredients into a shaker with ice and shake. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with the lime slice.

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Your original creation
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Alvin D. (Boston, MA)
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  • The Cane & Melon completely surprised us in the best way. It’s incredibly refreshing but still feels elevated and intentional, not just another fruity cocktail. The melon comes through so fresh and juicy, and there’s this subtle herbal depth that keeps you going back for another sip. It’s light, crisp, and perfectly balanced, the kind of drink that feels like summer in a glass but is still sophisticated enough for a cocktail night. — ★★★★★
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Not a Melon

1 1⁄2 oz Rye, Rittenhouse 100
1 oz Fino sherry, Lustau
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
3⁄4 oz Simple syrup
1⁄2 oz Cynar
3 sli Cucumber
Instructions

Muddle cucumber slices, add other ingredients, shake with ice, and strain into a rocks/double old fashioned glass. Fill with ice or cube, and garnish with a cucumber wheel.

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Year
2017
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Zach Luther, Backbar, Somerville, Massachusetts
Source reference

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2017/06/not-melon.html

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4 stars
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  • Deliciously different than the sum of its parts. Frederic Yarm's tasting notes are spot on: The Not a Melon gave forth a cucumber-melon aroma with rye notes peeping through. Next, a vegetal, lemon, and malt sip led into rye, bubble gum, and cucumber on the swallow.
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Artur B commented on 5/08/2026:

Interesting and pretty fresh. Should repeat.

yarm commented on 5/09/2026:

Zach was in from New York for a guest shift that week. I was doing a guest shift the following week at Backbar as part of my book launch party for my second book (Drunk & Told: A Boston Cocktail Book), and one of my coworkers who was dating a Backbar bartender at the time told me that I needed to stop to see Zach (otherwise, I might not have gone in back-to-back weeks).

Noble

1 1⁄4 oz Light rum, El Dorado White (El Dorado 3 year)
1⁄4 oz Cachaça (Seleta aged)
1⁄2 oz Grenadine
3⁄4 oz Lime juice
1⁄2 oz Fernet Branca
Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.

History

The Noble is Frederic Yarm's modification of the "Nobel" from "Pioneers of Mixing at Elite Bars: 1903-1933"

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Year
2012
Authenticity
Altered recipe
Creator
Frederic Yarm
Source reference

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2012/11/noble.html

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  • Subbed Pere Labat 59 rhum agricole for the aged cachaca. Homemade grenadine using Morgenthaler spec. Blood orange at the start, and After Eight on the finish. Really delicious. Added a few drops of saline, which punched up the orange to Tang and Jolly Rancher, brought on the chocolate notes earlier, and toned down the menthol and bitter finish. Overall prefer it w/out the saline. Try with xocolatl bitters next time instead.
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Charitable Figure

1 1⁄2 oz Rye, Rittenhouse
3⁄4 oz Brucato Woodlands Amaro (1 oz provides more fig flavor)
3⁄4 oz Maurin Quina
1 Fig (dried mission fig for optional garnish)
1 Brandied cherry (for optional garnish, plus smoked gouda)
Instructions

Stir with ice, strain into cocktail glass. Optional garnish with cocktail skewer of dried mission fig, smoked gouda cheese, and Luxardo cherry.

Notes

The garnish is optional, but a small piece of smoked gouda enhances the fig aroma in the drink. A brandied cherry works well with or without the cheese, and a dried mission fig opposite the cherry can complete the presentation.

The Brucato Woodlands has a pleasant fig character that works well in a black Manhattan/boulevardier fusion. The cherry in the wine based Maurin quina complements the fig.

History

The combination of cherry and fig made "charitable" and "figure" pop into my head. I thought of a friend and local philanthropist and arrived at the name.

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2026
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Your original creation
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Shawn C., Fresno, California
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Anyone's Shadow

1 oz Rye
1 oz Jamaican rum, Smith & Cross
3⁄4 oz Amaro Meletti
1⁄4 oz Bénédictine
1 twst Lemon peel (as garnish)
Instructions

Stir, strain, coupe, garnish.

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Year
ca. 2025
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Authentic recipe
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Mike “Juice” Treffehn, Rum Club, Portland, OR
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The Royal Scam

1 1⁄2 oz Blanco tequila, El Tesoro Platinum
3⁄4 oz Dry vermouth, Ransom
1⁄2 oz Cassis, Mathilde
1⁄4 oz Ancho Reyes Verde chile liqueur
1 ds Bitters, Bittermens Xocolatl Mole
1 twst Orange peel (as garnish, or expressed and discarded)
1 Bing Cherry (as garnish)
Instructions

Stir; strain; up; twist; garnish.

History

The name, from an excellent and sardonic Steely Dan song/album, plays on "Kir Royale," perhaps the best known mixed drink employing cassis. Instead of playing up cassis's tart and regal qualities, this drink digs into its more earthy underside.

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Craig Eliason
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Year
2026
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Craig Eliason, Saint Paul, Minnesota (USA)
Source reference

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IU1ZdDfXTY

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  • Dark ruby color. Orange marmalade, cherry/cranberry, poblano on the nose, subtly. Sip has cranberry cocktail, Big Red soda, red grapes, black pepper, agave. Chili emerges on swallow. Finish is cherries, cinnamon and other spices.
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