Purple Sage

1 3⁄4 oz Old Tom Gin, Hayman's (blackberry and sage infused; see Notes)
3⁄4 oz Pineapple juice
1⁄4 oz Lemon juice
1⁄2 oz Honey syrup
2 ds Peychaud's Bitters
1 Blackberry (as garnish)
2 lf Sage (as garnish)
Instructions

Shake and strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with a blackberry and two spanked sage leaves.

Notes

To infuse the gin, I put 7 large blackberries and 12 sage leaves in 1 cup of Hayman’s Old Tom gin in a lidded jar, then put the jar in a 135°F bath for a couple of hours. Chill the jar in icewater and taste. I wound up then leaving it to sit overnight (at room temperature) to intensify the infusion. (If pressed for time, or lazy, I’d imagine muddling instead of infusing would be a workable alternative.)

History

Winner of the Reddit Original Cocktail Competition, July 2023 (Blackberry & Pineapple).

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Craig Eliason
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2023
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Craig Eliason, Saint Paul, Minnesota (USA)
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https://www.reddit.com/r/cocktails/comments/14nl7dr/original_cocktail_c…

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  • Pretty bright rose color, mildly frothy. Berry, sage, and mint in nose, clementine in sip and swallow, hint of licorice in finish. More sweet than sour. Berry at the end is great!
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Muscle and Hate

3⁄4 oz Islay Scotch, Laphroaig 10
3⁄4 oz Herbal liqueur, Green Chartreuse
3⁄4 oz Cynar
3⁄4 oz Peychaud's Bitters
1 twst Lemon peel (as garnish)
Instructions

Stir with ice, strain into chilled coupe or Nick & Nora. Garnish with an expressed lemon peel.

History

After reading Beta Cocktails in 2011, one of my early attempts at using aggressively flavored ingredients and a heavy dose of non potable bitters.

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2012
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https://youtu.be/R9PimZnRO5I

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Fernet Cocktail

2 oz Sweet vermouth
1 oz Fernet Branca
1⁄4 oz Curaçao
Instructions

Stir, strain, coupe

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ca. 1906
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Louis Muckensturm.
Source reference

Louis' Mixed Drinks, https://euvs-vintage-cocktail-books.cld.bz/1906-Louis-Mixed-Drinks-Mixe… via https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2023/06/fernet-cocktail.html

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Negroni Fantasma

1 oz Manzanilla sherry, La Gitana
1 oz Luxardo Bitter Bianco
1 oz Bianco Vermouth, Dolin
2 sli Cucumber (as garnish)
Instructions

Stir liquid ingredients over ice and strain into a tumbler containing a large rock of ice. Skewer the cucumber wheels on a cocktail pick as a double flag and garnish.

Notes

Stir, strain, tumbler, rock, garnish.

A low-ABV white Negroni riff, with sherry standing in for the gin. The cucumber is solely for aromatics.

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Year
2021
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Benjamin Talbot
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Papear Plane

3⁄4 oz Pear liqueur, St. George
3⁄4 oz Amaro
3⁄4 oz Aperol
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
Instructions

Shake with ice. Pour into chilled Nick & Nora

Notes

A bit lighter/lower alcohol than the traditional version. I like the combo of the spices from the pear and amaro playing with each other. The aperol gives it a grapefuity flavor w/ tartness from the lemon. I used Bully Boy amaro, but sub in whatever you like best.

History

Just playing with a small change to a modern classic.

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2023
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Me
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  • Tried with Meletti and Nonino, both good. Also tried with Montenegro but not my favorite.
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Aviation__1952 commented on 7/08/2023:

I like this one !! The "equal parts" makes for an easily remembered recipe. And I have several different amaro's, each one offering something slightly different in the overall.

Transitions

1 1⁄2 oz Gin, Citadelle (Jardin d'Ete)
1 oz Coffee liqueur (Starbucks)
3⁄4 oz Sake (Soto Premium Junmai)
3⁄4 oz Orange juice
1⁄2 oz Lavender syrup
1 t Lemongrass (Lemongrass Turmeric Paste)
4 ds Vinegar (Ume Plum Vinegar)
Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.

Notes

I used sour oranges from a local tree.

History

In memory of a Naval Academy graduate.

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2023
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Carl N.
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DePriming

1 1⁄2 oz Whiskey, Suntory Toki blended (Suntory)
3⁄4 oz Cassis
3⁄4 oz Pastis, Ricard
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
3 ds Cranberry bitters
Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.

History

Depriming 3,000 pieces of brass, one at a time, requires great patience.

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2023
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Creator
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Bitters And More

1 1⁄2 oz Cognac
3⁄4 oz Maraschino Liqueur, Luxardo
3⁄4 oz Triple sec
3⁄4 oz Lime juice
1 ? Peychaud's Bitters
1 ? Sugar (Pomegranate rimming sugar)
Instructions

1. Splash some Peychaud's bitters into a frozen coupe glass, coat the rim both inside & out, dip into the pomegranate sugar, then return the glass to the freezer.
2. Combine other ingredients into a shaker with ice, shake well, then strain into the rimmed coupe glass.

History

I had a wild idea to use bitters to rim the glass. To my palate, an interesting overall flavor profile.

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2023
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Carl N.
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Triglav

2 oz Rum, Havana Club 3
3⁄4 oz Sweet vermouth, Dolin
1⁄2 oz Orange liqueur, Grand Marnier
1⁄4 oz Simple syrup
2 ds Bitters, Angostura
Instructions

Stir, Strain, Up. Coupe. Maraschino cherry

Notes

Changed recipe to reduce sugar

History

1921 American-Drinks by Victor Hugo Himmelreich

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1921
Authenticity
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Ruth Rattay
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Shawn C commented on 6/24/2023:

I haven't tried this drink, but the original recipe looks a bit different in proportions/ingredients if my translation is correct: 1/2 cocktail glass rum, 1/4 cocktail glass Curacao, 1/4 cocktail glass cognac, 2 dashes Angostura Bitters, 1 teaspoon of sugar, remainder/fill(?) vermouth.

It isn't clear to me from the context of vermouth recipes in the book if this one should be sweet or dry vermouth or how much would be appropriate. The addition of sugar suggests dry vermouth might be the right call since Curacao is rather sweet. I don't know how much vermouth would be appropriate either.

Anchor-Faced

2 oz Rum, Smith & Cross (An aged funky navy strength Jamaican rum is preferable)
3⁄4 oz Sherry, Lustau East India Solera (3 parts Oloroso to 1 part PX Sherry is a good sub)
3⁄8 oz CioCiaro
3⁄8 oz Crème de Banane
2 ds Bitters, Dale DeGroff's Pimento Bitters (Sub 1/2 bsp allspice dram + 1 dash Angostura perhaps)
1 twst Orange peel (As garnish)
Instructions

Stir with ice, strain into a cocktail coupe, and garnish with an orange twist.

History

After writing up the Blue Plate Special from the Paper Plane on the blog, I latched onto the Ciociaro-banana liqueur combination. I took it in a funky rum direction and tried to fit it into the .38 Special's structure, but it was still rather aggressive. I then utilized some cream sherry to tame it, and I added accents with allspice bitters. For a name, I dubbed this one Anchor-Faced which is a slang term for someone who is extremely enthusiastic to be in the British Royal Navy.

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2023
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Creator
Frederic Yarm, Somerville, MA
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https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2023/06/anchor-faced.html

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