Mai-Kai Swizzle

1 1⁄2 oz Orange juice
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
1⁄2 oz Mango juice
1⁄2 oz Rich simple syrup 2:1 (I cut this in half as it is already fairly sweet)
1⁄4 oz Orgeat
1 bsp Falernum
1 oz Gold rum (Goslings Gold Bermuda Rum)
1 oz Jamaican rum, Hamilton Jamaican Pot Still Gold
1 sli Pineapple (as garnish)
3 Cherry (red and green, as garnish)
Instructions

Swizzle in a metal cocktail shaker with 1 cup crushed ice. (Or pulse blend with ice for for 4-6 seconds.) Pour into a stemmed cocktail glass and garnish with a speared pineapple chunk, plus red and green cherries.

Notes

Tiki - utilizing Mango juice, somewhat rare ingredient in the classics. Hayward's recipe calls for 2 oz Jamaican Gold. I use 1 oz pot stilled Jamaican Gold and 1 oz Bermuda Gold for a wider rum flavor profile and light bloom on the finish

History

Dating back to the original 1956 Mai-Kai menu, the Mai-Kai Swizzle is most likely a descendant of Don’s Swizzle by Don the Beachcomber.

Yields Drink
Year
1956
Authenticity
Altered recipe
Creator
Hurricane Hayward's tribute to the beverage served at the Mai Kai Tiki bar Ft Lauderdale FL
Source reference

http://www.slammie.com/atomicgrog/blog/2012/04/02/mai-kai-cocktail-revi…

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The Old Bard

1 oz Genever
1 oz Amaro dell'Erborista, Varnelli
1⁄2 oz Gran Classico
1⁄4 oz Bianco Vermouth, Dolin
1 ds Bitters, Fee Brothers Black Walnut
1 twst Lemon peel (as garnish)
Instructions

Stir, strain, coupe, garnish with lemon peel

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Year
2022
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Creator
Idle Hour
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Ain't Bitter

2 3⁄4 oz Vodka (Eiko)
1⁄3 oz Bigallet China-China
1⁄3 oz Aromatized wine, Imbue Bittersweet vermouth (Del Professore)
1⁄2 oz Suze
1⁄2 oz Campari
1⁄2 oz Bergamot liqueur, Italicus
Instructions

Stir, strain in odf glass with huge ice cube. Serve.

Notes

Eiko vodka is smooth, nice mouthfeel, almost giny in taste.
I recommend.
Was not found of vodka, but this was one is a perfect alternative to gin for negronis kind of drink.

History

The vodka is a gift from my wife family.

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2022
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Misnomer
⃰ Name doesn't suit recipe
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L&L

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1 oz Aperol
1 oz Sweet vermouth, Dolin
2 ds Bitters, Angostura
1 twst Lemon peel (as garnish)
Instructions

Stir, strain, rocks, lemon peel.

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Year
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The Healer

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1 oz Lemon juice
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1⁄2 oz Amaro Nonino
1⁄4 oz Licor 43
1 twst Lemon peel (as garnish)
Instructions

Shake, strain into lowball glass over fresh ice. Lemon twist garnish

Yields Drink
Year
2017
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Juan Meyer, Norwalk, Connecticut (USA)
Source reference

https://www.diffordsguide.com/cocktails/recipe/4363/the-healer

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1 oz Orange liqueur, Grand Marnier
1⁄2 oz Falernum, Velvet Falernum
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1 ds Absinthe
1⁄4 oz Rich simple syrup 2:1
Instructions

Build in a coffee mug, stir lightly to combine

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Year
2022
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Creator
Natalie Weizenbaum
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Instructions

Shake well with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.

History

Chorrizo and his dad manage a large number of apartment buildings.

Yields Drink
Year
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Authenticity
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Creator
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Instructions

Shake very very vigorously with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.

History

Cheers to the successful installation of a new garage door.

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Year
2022
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Creator
Carl N.
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Babbo's Toddy

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1⁄2 oz Bourbon, Wild Turkey 101
1⁄2 oz Campari
3⁄4 oz Cinnamon syrup
6 oz Water (Hot (vary quantity to taste / mug size))
1 wdg Orange (as garnish)
Instructions

Stir into a mug, garnish.

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Year
ca. 2014
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Erick Castro (Polite Provisions, Raised By Wolves, Boilermaker)
Source reference

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2014/12/babbos-toddy.html
https://www.outsideonline.com/food/perfect-hot-toddy-deconstructed/

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  • While I'd use fewer ounces of hot water than what is listed (I prefer 5-6 ounces of hot water), the ingredients listed play really well together, especially if you use Juliette Laroui's recipe for cinnamon syrup, which uses a base of Amontillado sherry instead of water for the syrup. — ★★★★★
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Jojiro commented on 1/22/2025:

I recommend less hot water than 8 oz. 5-6 oz. of hot water worked best for me. A really delicious combination, and intriguing; more so than many a toddy ordered at cocktail bars. Worth playing with.

noksagt commented on 1/22/2025:

That sounds like a good point. The recipe in Outside Magazine has it constructed in an 8 oz mug. Fred's blog seems to show about 300 mL (a little over 10 oz), so I think he might have made it with closer to 7 than 8 oz). I'll adjust to 6 oz as a "close enough crowd pleaser."

Casa Samba

3 wdg Lime (A 1/2 lime)
1 cube Sugar (Or 1 tsp)
2 oz Cachaça
1⁄2 oz Bénédictine
1 ds Peychaud's Bitters
1 ds Absinthe (8-12 drops)
2 dr Salt Solution (Or a tiny pinch salt)
Instructions

Muddle the lime wedges with the sugar cube. Add the rest of the ingredients, shake with ice, double strain into a double old fashioned glass, and fill with cracked ice. May need sugar/lime juice adjustment after a brief shake to taste.

Notes

A Caipirinha vacations in New Orleans, finds love.

History

A few Saturdays ago at Drink, a guest asked for a Caipirinha riff, and I decided to take it on a New Orleans adventure. The original impetus was how well cachaça and rhum agricoles work with Benedictine such as the cachaça Petition and the agricole Homere Punch, and then I rounded off things with Peychaud's and absinthe. Since their next order was doubling up on this creation, I decided to make it once I got home that night. For a name, I dubbed this one later the Casa Samba after the Brazilian Carnival held in New Orleans every year.

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Creator
Frederic Yarm, Drink, Boston, MA
Source reference

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2022/02/casa-samba.html

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