Northern Lights

1 1⁄2 oz Blended Scotch, Grant and Sons
3⁄4 oz Elderflower liqueur, St. Germain
1⁄4 oz Eau de vie of Douglas Fir, Clear Creek
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
1⁄4 oz Orange juice
1⁄4 oz Rich demerara syrup 2:1
2 ds Bitters, Angostura
Instructions

Lemon twist, Shake, Straight Up, Cocktail

Notes

Created by bar manager Tom Schlesinger-Guidelli, this cocktail was mentioned in our First Taste of Craigie On Main in Cambridge, Massachusetts as having a “spectrum of refreshing flavors. That might account for why it is now the #1 favorite of customers there. It's a great drink for those who think they don't like Scotch. The liquor adds a subtle smokiness, but doesn'€™t overpower. You can substitute your choice of Scotch and use regular simple syrup for the Demerara, but the other brands are pretty much required to get the desired effect.

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Year
2010
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Tom Schlesinger-Guidelli, Craigie-on-Main, Cambridge, MA
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4 stars
(5 ratings)
From other users
  • Might try again with 1-3/4 oz Scotch and 1/2 oz St Germain.
  • Nice balance; made with JWB. Was hoping to taste more of the Clear Creek, which I've been looking for ways to use.
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Chaplin

3⁄4 oz Bourbon, Jim Beam Black
3⁄4 oz Dry sherry
3⁄4 oz Ramazzotti
1⁄8 oz Triple sec, Cointreau
1 ds Orange bitters, Angostura Orange
1 twst Lemon peel (as garnish)
Instructions

Stir, strain, straight up, cocktail, garnish

Notes

Good bourbon flavor; mildly bitter and spicy. Nice slow-drinking cocktail.

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Year
2009
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Ben Dougherty, Zig Zag Café, Seattle, WA
Source reference

http://www.smallscreennetwork.com/video/340/cocktail_spirit_chaplin

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4 stars
(21 ratings)
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  • Excellent use of dry sherry. I used fino, which doesn't always play well with other ingredients. Can be a bit briny. But here it works really nicely with both the sweetness in the bourbon and the bitterness in the Ramazzotti. 4.5 if I could.
  • I agree with other user - very clean, citrusy, almost metallic despite having bourbon. Don't skimp on the essential lemon oils! Delightful!
  • Hard to describe taste: I want to say "clean," almost like the water I'd drink from the garden hose as a kid. Metal, citrusy, and bitter on the edges, but easy drinking. — ★★★★
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Dan commented on 8/05/2013:

Added attribution and slightly reformatted to our style guidelines. Thank you alphanumeric. I need to revisit this Manhattan-esque again!

AmyJ commented on 6/11/2014:

Enjoyed a super tasty variation with Averna instead of Ramazotti and 1/4oz Orancio vermouth instead of triple sec (alt ways to get hint of orange and balance sweetness). Really nice

Made this tonight with Amaro Montenegro and it was delightful.

I made your chocolate cake with strawberry instead of chocolate. Scrumptious!

Elderflower Royale

1 oz Elderflower liqueur, St. Germain
1 Sugar cube (small)
10 ds Bitters, Angostura
6 oz Champagne (chilled)
Instructions

Soak sugar cube with bitters and place in the bottom of a chilled champagne flute. Add elderflower liqueur, top with sparkling wine, and serve.

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Unknown
Creator
Unknown
Source reference

http://www.chow.com/recipes/11265-elderflower-royale

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4.5 stars
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First Bounce

2 oz Bourbon
1 t Elderflower liqueur, St. Germain
1 t Maraschino Liqueur
2 oz PInk grapefruit juice
2 ds Bitters, Angostura
2 ds Peychaud's Bitters
Instructions

Shake and strain (or build), rocks, lowball.

History

Several variations exist in the reference, getting progressively more complicated (including eventually lemon, mirto, and absinthe). The recipe shown here is relatively simple and still very good. Correct title of a revised version of this cocktail is Second Bounce because it was the second attempt at making it. Therefore I've renamed previously untitled cocktail First Bounce. Was originally posted incorrectly as Second Boz

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Year
2009
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Chowhound DavisSqPro
Source reference

http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/611102#4650881

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3 stars
(10 ratings)
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  • Prefer with only 1/2 tsp Maraschino for a more subtle under note — ★★★★
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Watery, not much on the palate except a muted and confused bitterness.

Boris Karloff

3⁄4 oz Gin
3⁄4 oz Elderflower liqueur, St. Germain
1 oz Lime juice
1 t Fine sugar
1 oz Egg white
1 oz Club soda (chilled)
Instructions

Shake the first 5. Add the ice. Shake again. Strain into a collins glass with ice. Top w/ club soda.
, Shake, Rocks, Collins

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Unknown
Creator
Todd Thrasher
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4 stars
(5 ratings)
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Dan's Cynar Sour

1 1⁄2 oz Gin
1 oz Cynar
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
1 oz Soda water (to top)
1 sli Cucumber (as garnish)
Instructions

Build all but soda in highball, stir, top with soda, stir gently, garnish.

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Year
2011
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Dan Chadwick, Kindred Cocktails
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3.5 stars
(4 ratings)
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  • Tried with lime and was only so-so. Tried Scrappy's Celery bitters on top of cucumber slice, but it was too overpowering. Maybe Grapefruit? — ★★★
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Shabash

2 oz Dark rum
1 oz Apricot liqueur
3⁄4 oz Lime juice
3 ds Lemon bitters
Instructions

Lime wheel, Shake, Straight Up, Cocktail

Notes

Delicious, easy drinking. I added the bitters because I thought it lacked depth.

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Unknown
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3.5 stars
(15 ratings)
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  • I added a Grand Marnier float.
  • Nice easy rum/sour. Used R&W and Dashfire lemon, 1/2 Flor de Cana 7 and 1/2 Angostura 12.
  • Excellent. I made mine with Cockspur 12 and Plantation OFTD. The lemon bitters balance the floral notes in the Apricot Liqueur nicely. — ★★★★
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The lemon bitters complement the apricot liqueur beautifully.  I blended Cockspur 12 and Plantation OFTD for the rums.

Poke Your Eye Out

1 1⁄2 oz Blanco tequila
1⁄2 oz Mezcal
3⁄4 oz Aperol
1⁄2 oz Sweet vermouth, Carpano Antica Formula
1⁄2 oz Maraschino Liqueur
2 ds Orange bitters, Regans' orange bitters
1 rinse Herbal liqueur, Green Chartreuse
1 twst Orange peel (as garnish)
Instructions

Stir, strain, straight up, cocktail glass (or on rocks)

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Year
2010
Authenticity
Unknown
Creator
"pb n foie", Chowhound
Source reference

http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/489550#5280031

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4 stars
(17 ratings)
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  • Try using Yellow Chartreuse?
  • Too bitter, used blackberry brandy instead of maraschino liquor. Dania says no bitters. Used all ingredients from the recipe. Dania hates bitters. Lol
  • Despite its aggressive name, this is pretty easy-going. The sweet Aperol is foremost. Smokiness is subtle to me though still to much for Friend. Chartreuse still more subtle.
  • Complex w/o being challenging. Perfect cocktail to hook someone who says they don't like tequilla. Beautiful color, too.
  • A bit strange and a bit sweet. Promising. Might be better with less Maraschino and something to dry it out. — ★★★★
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Kir Gaspare

2 oz Grapefruit juice
1 oz Campari
1⁄2 oz Triple sec, Cointreau
2 oz Champagne (fill)
Instructions

Shake first 3 ingredients, strain into a flute, top with Champagne.
, Shake, Straight Up, Flute

Notes

Very easy drinking. May go down a bit too easily.

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Creator
Chowhound AnneInMpls
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4.5 stars
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  • Enjoyable enough, though to be honest I prefer the Campaign Trail cocktail, which is literally just the champagne and campari
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Amelia Earhart

2 oz Strawberry puree (blended with gin)
2 oz Gin
2 t Maraschino Liqueur
1 t Crème de Violette
2 t Simple syrup
1 oz Meyer lemon juice
1⁄2 Meyer lemon zest
Instructions

Shake and serve on the rocks, or straight, or whatever

Notes

Original recipe calls for juice and zest of 1/2 Meyer lemon. (Approximately 1 oz.)

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Year
2009
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
StriperGuy, Chowhound
Source reference

http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/607435#4813290

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4 stars
(1 rating)
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  • To try
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I read this to my wife, who likes van Aviation, and her reaction was, "that's disgusting!". Not that it wouldn't taste good. But what's the concept here?

Any idea of the background or history?

Dan commented on 3/10/2011:

I updated the missing attribution and clarified the amount of Meyer lemon juice.

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