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Jungle Bird 1&1/2oz Bois Bande and spice infused Rum 1/2oz Campari bitter 1/2oz fresh lime juice 1/2oz simple syrup (2:1) 2oz fresh pineapple juice (strained) Shake with ice and strain into a rocks glass filled with crushed ice. Garnish with an orange and cherry sail. Guess what? It's preetty good! :) Aviary Bar, Kuala Lumpur. 1978

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Bitters and booze from US trip - August 2014

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Eeyore's Requiem - 1&1/2 oz Campari, 1/2 oz Tanqueray Dry Gin, 1/4 oz Cynar Artichoke bitter liqueur, 1/4 oz Fernet Branca, 1 oz Dolin Blanc Vermouth and 15 drops of Fee's orange bitters. Stirred with ice and strained into a chilled cocktail coupe. Express oils from 3 orange twists and discard peels. What sounds like a kitchen sink mixture of bitter ingredients turns out surprisingly drinkable and balanced. Can be a bit too medicinal for some though. - from The Violet Hour, Chicago

#others #cocktail glass #stirred #campari #fernet branca #cynar #tanqueray #dry gin #dry vermouth #orange bitters #orange twist

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Donna Negroni @ Pirata Vermouth Bar, Wanchai - Hong Kong Mancino Vermouth Bianco Ambrato, Old Tom Gin, Biancosarti, St Germain Elderflower liqueur. Lemon zest and slices. Very well balanced, rich and floral. Recipe by Giancarlo Mancino.

#others #pirata bar #hong kong #old tom gin #biancosarti #st germain #elderflower liqueur #giancarlo mancino #dry vermouth #stirred #rocks glass

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Slow comfortable screw against the wall - 1&½ oz Belvedere Vodka, ½ oz Sloe Gin Liqueur, ½ Southern Comfort Liqueur, 3&½ oz fresh orange juice. Shaken with ice and strained into a chilled, ice-filled Collins glass, then float with ¼ oz Galliano l'Autentico liqueur. Garnish with an orange slide (omitted here)

Long and kinky name for an easy to drink yet complex variation on the eponymous screwdriver cocktail.

#others #simon difford #galliano #southern comfort #belvedere vodka #shaken #collins glass #sloe gin #fresh orange juice

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Old Maid* 2 oz Plymouth gin, 1 oz fresh lime juice, 3/4 oz simple syrup, 6 mints leaves, 4 slices cucumber. Muddle the cucumber and mint with simple syrup. Add remaining ingredients and shake vigorously with ice. Then, fine strain over a cube block of ice into a chilled rocks glass. Garnish with a slice of cucumber and a small mint sprig. Created by Sam Ross in New York (2004) *delicious!

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Hornitos Lau - Gently bruise 12 mint leaves in the base of a shaker, add 2 oz Hornitos reposado Tequila (I used Patrõn instead), 1&1/2 oz Licor 43 and 1/2 oz freshly squeezed lime juice. Shake with ice and fine strain into a chilled collins glass filled with crushed ice, then churn and top with crush ice until drink reaches the rim of the glass. Garnish with a sprig of fresh mint.

Beautifully balanced and flavorful, this is a very pleasant and refreshing summer drink created by Jaspar Eyears at bar Tiki in Mexico city.

#others #jaspar eyears #bar tiki #mexico city #mint #tequila #reposado tequila #licor 43 #shaken #crushed ice #collins glass

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Thyme Martini - Muddle 2 fresh sprigs of lemon thyme, add 1/4 oz simple syrup, 3/4 oz green Chartreuse herbal liqueur and 1 oz Tanqueray London dry gin. Shake with ice and fine strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a fresh sprig of thyme. While I'd not call this drink a Martini by any means, its complex and slightly unusual herbal notes give it some nice complexity. A bit of lemon for tartness wouldn't be bad either.

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November 3 - Haystack …

My wife thought that since it’s now November, it was time for some warming, autumnal drinks. I agreed! She suggested combining bourbon and something apple flavored. I agreed! I suggested that cinnamon syrup would be a good match. She agreed!

Here we have the result, and I gotta tell ya: it came out really well. The key is using a clove-heavy bitters (The Bitter Truth’s aromatics are great, but Angostura will work in a pinch), and a LOT of them. Combined with the oak and caramel of the bourbon, the warm apple of the applejack, the cinnamon syrup, and a little anise flavor from a pastis rinse, and they deliver something that’s absolutely delicious and just screams “Autumn”.

See my post about Black Barrel Cider for information on making cinnamon syrup.

2 oz. Bourbon (Jim Beam Black)

1 oz. Applejack (Laird’s)

.5 oz. Cinnamon Syrup

6 Dashes Aromatic Bitters (The Bitter Truth)

Rinse Pastis (Pernod)

Rinse a chilled rocks glass with pastis and discard the excess. Add a large ice cube (or a couple of small ones). Combine all ingredients in a pint glass over ice and stir thoroughly. Strain into the chilled, ice-filled rocks glass. Garnish with an orange twist.

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Armistice - 1&1/2 oz Rittenhouse 100-proof Rye whisky, 1/2 oz Noilly Prat dry vermouth, 1/4 oz green Chartreuse (replaced here with the Spanish "Herbes de Mallorca" liqueur) , 1/4 oz Luxardo Maraschino liqueur and 2 dashes Fee Brothers whiskey barrel aged aromatic bitters. Stirred with ice and strained into a chilled coupe. Garnish with an orange zest.

In search of recipes using Noilly Prat dry vermouth, found this nice spinoff between a Manhattan and a Final Ward. Surprisingly dry in spite of the liqueurs, but very well balanced combination of sweet and bitter. While not exactly having the same flavor signature as green Chartreuse, the Spanish herbal liqueur proved to be a very nice original touch to a rather tasty drink!

#others #rye whisky #dry vermouth #green chartreuse #maraschino liqueur #whisky barrel aged bitters #stirred #cocktail glass #herbes de mallorca liqueur

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La Fin du Mot - 3/4 oz Ungava Canadian Gin (infused with Arctic circle herbals), 3/4 oz Suze Gentian herbal liqueur, 3/4 oz Luxardo Maraschino liqueur, 3/4 oz fresh lemon juice, shaken with ice and fine strained into a chilled coupe rimmed with Mekong river salt and garnished with a lemon twist. A bright golden colored drink that blends salty, sweet, tart and bitter flavors beautifully. Highly recommended!

#others #ungava gin #suze #maraschino liqueur #lemon juice #shaken #coupe #cocktail glass

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Burmese sour @Starling - Shanghai Kaffir lime leaf infused Bombay Sapphire, lemon juice, macadamia syrup and egg white. Shaken, obviously! Sweet and sour with a hint of spice. Nice garnish and nicely paired flavors.

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Apricot Mango Martini - Peel and dice a cupful of fresh mangoes, and muddle in the base of a shaker. Add 2 oz of Tanqueray 10 dry gin, 1 oz of Luxardo Apricot brandy, 3/4 oz fresh lemon juice and 1/2 oz simple syrup. Shake well and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a mango slice (omitted here). Simple and deliciously fruity without being too sweet. One of the better fresh mango combinations I've tasted so far.

#others #diffords guide #fresh mango #dry gin #apricot brandy #lemon juice #simple syrup #shaken #cocktail glass

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Hazy Dawn - 1&1/2 oz White Rum (Bacardi), 1/2 oz fresh orange juice, 1/2 oz fresh lemon juice, 1/2 oz Bitter Truth golden Falernum liqueur, 1/2 oz Luxardo Maraschino liqueur. Shake with ice and fine strain into a chilled cocktail glass. No garnish. A variation on the Frozen Dawn cocktail, with the addition of lime juice to cut through the sweetness of the golden Falernum and Maraschino. A superbly balanced drink that I'll make again soon.

#variation #others #white rum #golden falernum liqueur #orange juice #lime juice #maraschino liqueur #shaken #cocktail glass

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Passion Fruit Martini - scoop out the flesh of one ripe passionfruit and gently muddle with 12 fresh mint leaves in the base of a shaker. Add a 1/4 oz of runny honey, 2 oz of Plymouth dry gin and shake vigorously with ice for 20 seconds. Fine strain into a chilled cocktail glass and garnish with a passionfruit slice. We've been doing Passionfruit Martinis for a while now, and this is the best recipe yet! The honey and mint balance out the tartness of the passionfruit really nicely.

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State of Silence - Hakushu 12yo, Homemade Daisy Liqueur, Yellow Chartreuse, Honey, Peach bitters. One of the best Scotch whisky cocktails from Japanese whisky bar LAB in Shanghai, China.

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Edgewood - 1&1/2 oz Plymouth Gin, 1 oz Grapefruit juice, 1/2 oz Punt e Mes sweet vermouth, 1/2 oz Lillet Blanc dry vermouth. Shaken with ice and fine strained into a chilled cocktail glass, and garnished (optional) with a grapefruit twist. Like many other cocktails using a similar base of dry and sweet vermouth and citrus, the Edgewood cocktail is a well balanced, tasty and refreshing drink. Greg Best, Atlanta 2006 (PDT cocktail book)

#others #plymouth gin #punt e mes #lillet blanc #dry vermouth #sweet vermouth #grapefruit juice #shaken #cocktail glass #pdt