Espresso Martini (Patrick Smith version)

1 oz Vodka, Ketel One
3⁄4 oz Espresso
3⁄4 oz Coffee liqueur, Mr. Black
1⁄2 oz Vanilla liqueur, Giffard
1⁄4 oz Demerara syrup (1:1 water:sugar ratio)
3 Coffee bean (Garnish)
Instructions

Shake with ice, double-strain into a chilled coupe or cocktail glass. Garnish with coffee beans.

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Year
2019 or earlier
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Patrick Smith at The Modern, NYC
Source reference

https://punchdrink.com/recipes/patrick-smiths-espresso-martini/

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Après Steazy

1 1⁄2 oz Amaro Lucano
3⁄4 oz Rye (high rye, original used 100% rye @ 90 proof)
3⁄4 oz Campari
1⁄2 oz Elderflower liqueur, St. Germain
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
1 twst Lemon peel
Instructions

Shake, double strain lowball over large block. Lemon peel expressed and discarded. Garnish with lemon wheel.

Yields Drink
Year
2019 or earlier
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Flinn Pomeroy, Jimmy's, Aspen, Colorado
Source reference

https://www.liquor.com/recipes/flinns-apres-steazy/

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North Ender's Vacation

1 1⁄4 oz Rum, Privateer (Any non-funky aged rum would work here)
3⁄4 oz Amaro Montenegro
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
1⁄2 oz Crème de Banane
1⁄4 oz Falernum
Instructions

Combine all ingredients in a mixing tin with a small amount of crushed/pebble ice for a whip shake until chilled and foamy on top (appx. 15 seconds). Pour with the ice in the tin over additional crushed ice to top of glass and garnish with plenty of mint. Optional additional garnish: a skewered banana slice that has been dipped into sugar and torched until caramelized.

Notes

Was made by Educated Barfly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rdvP1_BH8U&t=52s

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Yields Drink
Year
2021
Authenticity
Your original creation
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4 stars
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  • Mano Negra — Virgin Islands Rum, Falernum, Jamaican #1 bitters, Aphrodite bitters, Lemon juice, Passion fruit syrup
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Original Word

1 oz Calvados, Chateau du Breuil (Is what I use, ymmv)
2⁄3 oz Herbal liqueur, Green Chartreuse
2⁄3 oz Rhubarb liqueur
2⁄3 oz Lime juice
Instructions

Shake ingredients
Double strain into a Nick & Nora
Maraschino cherry garnish (Luxardo)

Notes

Riff on the Last Word and built according to the specs that suit me. Feel free to play with the ratios, but knowing that it is based on a classic equal parts drink.

History

I finished writing an original story, and to celebrate I created this drink. Quite proud of both. Hope you enjoy it!

Yields Drink
Year
2025
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Szusty
Auckland, Aotearoa/New Zealand
Curator rating
4 stars
Average rating
4 stars
(1 rating)
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Shawn C commented on 12/03/2025:

I am not a fan of the basic Last Word recipe because of how the lime acidity pummels it in the fully equal parts recipe. All Last Word versions improve as they warm, since the acidity mellows and the sweetness begins to balance, and the herbal elements begin to come forward. This version is a refreshingly fruity riff, giving us apple & rhubarb in place of juniper and cherry pit flavors. I used Busnel Calvados and Giffard Rhubarbe.

Cloud Forest Negroni

1 oz Rum, Paranubes
1 oz Salers Gentiane
1 oz Bianco Vermouth, Dolin
1 twst Grapefruit peel (expressed and discarded)
Instructions

Stir with ice, strain into a rocks glass over ice, express and discard twist.

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Year
2025
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Craig Nielsen
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Cobra Dance

1 oz Cognac
1 oz Sweet vermouth, Carpano Punt e Mes
1⁄2 oz Pear liqueur, St. George
1⁄4 oz Herbal liqueur, Yellow Chartreuse
1⁄4 oz Mezcal
1 ds Bitters, Angostura
3 dr Salt Solution
Instructions

Stir, strain, up

Notes

Can also be batched and frozen, use slightly less Angostura if you don't plan to drink it within a few days.

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Year
2025
Authenticity
Your original creation
Curator rating
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Saints and Sinners (Craig Eliason)

1 ds Pastis, Herbsaint (as rinse)
2 oz Brandy, Sainte Louise
1⁄4 oz Crème de Cacao, Tempus Fugit
1⁄4 oz Maraschino Liqueur, Luxardo
3 ds Peychaud's Bitters
1 twst Orange peel (as garnish)
1 Star anise (as garnish)
Instructions

Rinse or spritz chilled rocks glass with Herbsaint. Stir other liquid ingredients with ice and strain into prepared glass (without ice, à la a Sazerac). Express an orange twist, then fold it into a pouch clipped onto the inside of the glass with a star anise set inside as a garnish.

History

Created for the Reddit Original Cocktail Competition, December 2025: Cocoa and anise.

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Craig Eliason
Yields Drink
Year
2025
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Craig Eliason, Saint Paul, Minnesota (USA)
Source reference

https://www.reddit.com/r/cocktails/comments/1pbev5p/saints_and_sinners/

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  • Pastis and orange oils on the nose, candied orange. Milk chocolate on sip. Dry, spicy black-pepper finish keeps sweetness in check.
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Menorcan Sherry-Ferry

1 1⁄2 oz Gin, Xoriguer Mahón Gin (Junipero might work as sub)
3⁄4 oz Valdespino Jerez Quina (sherry quina)
3⁄4 oz Cappelletti Aperitivo
2 ds Bitters, Dr Adam Elmegirab’s Spanish Bitters
Instructions

Stir with ice, strain into chilled cocktail glass. No garnish necessary.

History

Loosely based on a Negroni template, inspired by Pedro Chicote's cocktails with sherry quina from 1947 and earlier, as well as Spanish gins. Uses a vino amaro for the red bitters, and a sherry quina in place of vermouth. Spanish bitters (based on a resurrected historical recipe) add chamomile and kick to the sherry/wine/juniper palate.

Mahón Gin has been distilled in Menorca for 300 years and has a single botanical: locally harvested juniper. The juniper in this gin is intense.

Yields Drink
Year
2025
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Shawn C., Fresno, California
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5 stars
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Destination Unknown

1 1⁄2 oz Rye
1⁄2 oz Sweet vermouth
1⁄2 oz Amaretto
1⁄2 oz Herbal liqueur, Jeppson's Malort
1 twst Orange peel (discard)
Instructions

Stir, strain, cocktail glass, express peel then discard.

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Todd Brant
Yields Drink
Year
2025
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Todd Brant
Curator rating
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Cannibal Cove

1 oz Mezcal
1 oz Pineapple rum
3⁄4 oz Amaro, Cappelletti Sfumato Rabarbaro (Zucca will work here too)
1⁄4 oz Cinnamon syrup
2 ds Bitters, Bittermens Xocolatl Mole
1 twst Grapefruit peel (As garnish)
Instructions

Stir with ice, strain into an old fashioned glass with ice, and garnish with a grapefruit twist.

History

I mashed up two drink halves: the mezcal-pineapple rum that worked well in my Devil's Kitchen and Illegal Dance Moves with the Sfumato-cinnamon of my Hell Haggerty and Idlewild's Armstrong. For a name, I dubbed this one the Cannibal Cove after a section of the Tarawa coast that I learned about in the The Sex Lives of Cannibals book.

Yields Drink
Year
2025
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Frederic Yarm, Somerville, MA
Source reference

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2025/11/cannibal-cove.html

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