Valentine Cocktail

2 oz Rye, Rittenhouse 100
3⁄4 oz Maurin Quina
1⁄4 oz Kirschwasser, Trimbach
1⁄4 oz Lemon juice
2 ds Bitters, Bittermens Hopped Grapefruit
Instructions

Stir, strain, cocktail glass

Notes

Some people might want a barspoon of 2:1 Demerrara syrup

Yields Drink
Year
2011
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
zpearson
Curator rating
Not yet rated
Average rating
2 stars
(2 ratings)
From other users
  • Meh. — ★★
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Monk's Revenge

1 1⁄2 oz Bénédictine
3⁄4 oz Rye, Rittenhouse 100
1 bsp Campari
1 bsp Fernet Branca
Instructions

Stir, strain, straight up, cocktail glass.

Yields Drink
Year
2010
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Kevin Floyd, Anvil Bar and Refuge, Houston Texas
Source reference

https://imbibemagazine.com/recipe/monk-s-revenge-recipe/

Curator rating
4 stars
Average rating
4 stars
(9 ratings)
From other users
  • This one needs some work. Very sweet as written. I swapped ratios for whiskey and benedictine. That helps. May try with one large cube next time.
  • Yeah, awfully sweet, really too syrupy, but enjoyable finish as you'd expect.
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Dan commented on 12/20/2011:

Way too sweet for me, as I suspected it would be. This is a cocktail for someone who likes to sip Benedictine neat. I inverted the ratio of Benedictine to rye and added 1/2 oz of lemon and thought it was then enjoyable, but not spectacular.

Archmonk commented on 7/14/2017:

I agree with Dan. This cocktail is very very sweet. But I disagree with the opinion, and I think it is delightful! If you like a sweet pow, like I do, then enjoy.

Zachary Pearson commented on 9/26/2020:

Although I'm half tempted to see if anyone from those days remembers the original spec, I've been playing with it now that the weather has turned. 1.25 Benedictine, 1 Rye, 1/4 Fernet, bsp Campari starts to come into better focus I think. Thanks,  Zachary

Autumn Leaves

3⁄4 oz Rye, Wild Turkey
3⁄4 oz Apple brandy, Clear Creek
3⁄4 oz Sweet vermouth, Carpano Antica Formula
1⁄4 oz Strega
2 ds Cinnamon syrup
Instructions

Stir all ingredients in a mixing glass until cold. Strain into an Old Fashioned glass with large ice and garnish with a large orange peel.

Notes

Original calls for a house-made cinnamon tincture (cinnamon infused everclear) rather than cinnamon simple syrup.

Yields Drink
Authenticity
Unknown
Creator
Jeffrey Morgenthaler, Portland
Source reference

Left Coast Libations by Ted Munat

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Average rating
4 stars
(12 ratings)
From other users
  • Could try with bourbon. Might be interesting as a hot drink, maybe with a cinnamon stick - should vermouth be subbed by an amaro?
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Poppies in October

1 1⁄2 oz Rye, Sazerac
3⁄4 oz Aperol
1⁄2 oz Apricot liqueur, Marie Brizard Apry
3 ds Black tea liqueur, Qi
2 ds Orange bitters, Regans' orange bitters
Instructions

Stir all ingredients in a mixing glass until cold. Strain into a chilled rocks glass without ice and flame a large oval of lemon peel for garnish.

Notes

Requires several difficult to find ingredients. Rothman & Winter Orchard Apricot can be substituted for the Marie Brizard.

Yields Drink
Authenticity
Unknown
Creator
Brooke Arthur, Range, San Francisco
Source reference

Left Coast Libations by Ted Munat

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4 stars
(2 ratings)
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BamBoozled commented on 8/09/2022:

Tasty AF. Used Rittenhouse rye and subbed Italicus liquor for black tea liquor

Monaco

1⁄4 oz Campari
1⁄4 oz Orange liqueur, Harlequin
4 oz Prosecco (Brut)
1 ds Orange bitters, Scrappy's Grapefruit
1 twst Lemon peel
Instructions

Pour campari, orange liquor and bitters in a champagne flute. Add chilled prosecco slowly. Garnish with lemon twist.

Notes

Light and refreshing summer drink.

Yields Drink
Year
2011
Authenticity
Your original creation
Curator rating
Not yet rated
Average rating
3.5 stars
(3 ratings)
From other users
  • Used Solerno for the orange liqueur and Pila for the Campari. Beautiful color with a rose sparkling wine.
  • similar to Seelbach but the Campari really amps up the herbal quality. A little sweeter too. We like it in a "variety is the spice of life" kind of way. But if you've got the ingredients for a Seelbach, go for it.
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Dan commented on 1/25/2011:

Sounds lovely. I'm wondering if something like Clement Creole Shrubb's bitter orange notes would be welcome. (I have not tried Harlequin, however.) Thanks for the contribution.

Corn 'n Oil

2 oz Virgin Islands Rum, Cruzan Blackstrap
1⁄4 oz Falernum
1⁄4 oz Lime juice
2 ds Bitters, Angostura (optional)
Instructions

Build on ice and stir.

Yields Drink
Authenticity
Unknown
Creator
Blackstrap version was made up by Murray Stenson at the Zig Zag Cafe., Seattle, WA
Source reference

http://www.cocktailchronicles.com/2005/08/12/oh-that-oil/

Curator rating
Not yet rated
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4 stars
(17 ratings)
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DrunkLab commented on 4/07/2013:

A barspoon of Luxardo Amaro Abano is a good addition to this cocktail—it has an Angostura nose, a cola taste, and long notes of blackstrap and black pepper on the swallow.

Bebbo

1 1⁄2 oz Gin
1 oz Lemon juice
2 t Orange juice
1⁄2 oz Honey
Instructions

Stir everything without ice to incorporate honey. Add ice, shake, strain, up. Optional garnish: cherry.

Notes

Heat honey to make it less viscous, or use 1 oz 1:1 honey syrup. This makes for a fairly sweet drink, so use less for a tarter taste.

Yields Drink
Authenticity
Unknown
Source reference

Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails by Ted Haigh

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Not yet rated
Average rating
4 stars
(8 ratings)
From other users
  • Quite a lot like a bees knees. I love the heated honey instead of syrup and went a little light.
  • Made with Bluecoat and blueberry honey and it was delicious. Good for those that like sweeter drinks (gateway gin drink).
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Golden Dog

1 1⁄2 oz Scotch, Talisker (10 yr)
1⁄2 oz Apricot liqueur, Rothman & Winter Orchard Apricot
1⁄2 oz Aromatized wine, Lillet Blanc
1⁄2 oz Bénédictine
Instructions

Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker, shake over ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

Yields Drink
Year
2010
Authenticity
Unknown
Creator
Adapted from a recipe by Matt Piacentini of Inoteca Liquori in New York.
Source reference

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/01/14/FDVN1H139Q… by Gary Regan

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Not yet rated
Average rating
3 stars
(9 ratings)
From other users
  • Way too sweet. Half the R&W and Benedictine and it would probably be good.
  • Smokey and fruiting and somewhat sweet. I used 1/4 oz each of the modifiers. — ★★★
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jenksjeremy commented on 2/24/2018:

Try replacing the lillet with Bonal for more of a cold season cocktail.  Very good this way.

 

Little Giuseppe

2 oz Sweet vermouth, Carpano Punt e Mes
2 oz Cynar
1 bsp Lemon juice
6 ds Orange bitters, Angostura Orange
1 pn Salt
Instructions

Build in a highball glass, stir with large ice, then add more ice if needed and a pinch of coarse salt to a large ice cube or top of ice ball above the surface of the liquid

Notes

Salt is supposed to slowly make its way into drink as the ice melts. Bears a striking resemblance to the Search for Delicious.

History

Supposedly was created through a game of telephone with some top cocktailers

Yields Drink
Year
2009
Authenticity
Unknown
Creator
Misty Kalkofen, Drink, Boston, MA
Source reference

http://thirdcoastcocktails.wordpress.com/2010/05/06/hey-bartender-misty…

Curator rating
5 stars
Average rating
4 stars
(11 ratings)
From other users
  • A little plain,
  • I definitely prefer the Search for Delicious proportions. — ★★★★
  • I add a thick peel of orange in addition to the lemon. — ★★★★
  • Was introduced to me by Scott Holliday at Rendezvous in Cambridge, MA
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Dan commented on 1/13/2015:

Curated to combine with nearly identical Bitter Giuseppe, which omits the salt and has 6 dashes of Regans' Orange Bitters.

noksagt commented on 5/04/2018:

NY Times credits Chicago's Stephen Cole for the Bitter Giuseppe. The thirdcoast blog doesn't say whether Misty "created" the variant on this page. Given that she describes a "game of telephone", I suspect Cole's may have come first. It was printed in Rogue/Beta Cocktails. My copy of that went missing, but the NY Times version has a bit less sweet vermouth (which I prefer), though they use Carpano Antica.

Because The Search for Delicious (nearly identical to Little Giuseppe) is an explicit riff on the Bitter Giuseppe (created by one of the authors of Beta after he samples the BG), I suspect that the mod team should have kept the BG instead of the LG.

In any case: the three cocktails are each fantastic and I'd likely find it challenging to really pick one out of a lineup.

yarm commented on 10/18/2022:

Both the Little Giuseppe and Bitter Giuseppe were created in 2009 with the Little Giuseppe being crafted at Drink in Boston.

Gypsy Cocktail

2 oz Vodka
1 oz Bénédictine
1 ds Bitters, Angostura
Instructions

Stir and serve up.

Yields Drink
Year
1930s
Authenticity
Unknown
Creator
adapted from Esquire Drink Book, 1956
Source reference

Imbibe Magazine

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Average rating
2 stars
(1 rating)
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  • Not great as listed. Added 0.5 oz Campari. Bittersweet with spicy finish, but Ben. kinda getting lost. Fiddling.
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versicle commented on 11/01/2014:

Made this and thought it was disgusting--too sweet and no complexity. Added maybe a little less than an ounce of bourbon to one and rye to the other and it was actually pretty good.

Matu commented on 11/22/2016:

Made a 1/2 scale recipe of this one.  It is very sweet. Used two dashes Angostura.  It was pretty spicy, kind of reminded me of cinnamon cough syrup or something. It probably needs a little something to take some of the sweet edge off of it to be really good, but it was alright.  Might play around with it some more.

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