NotesHereâs another Toby Maloney great thatâs nice to have at the ready for anyone who says they want a good vodka cocktail. Itâs also an opportunity to play a little switch-a-roo on your friend to demonstrate how much better it is with gin! This is called Part & Parcel, and itâs something we have been making for years, ever since Mr. Maloney shared the recipe online.FeedEmbedUnfurl
Notes½ ounce absinthe
2 ounces mezcal
1 oz st. elizabeth allspice dram
2 dashes angostura bitters
rosemary sprig, for garnish
Pour absinthe into a rocks glass; swirl to coat, and discard liqueur.
Fill a cocktail shaker with ice, then add mezcal, st. elizabeth, and 2 dashes of bitters. Strain cocktail into a glass over ice. Light rosemary with a lighter or culinary torch until smoking and place it in the glass. Serve immediately.Unfurl
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Mix equal parts Knob Creek (or other Bourbon), Campari and Carpano Antica in a large glass jar or other suitable storage vessel.
Add about 1lb of 100% Natural Hardwood Charcoal, cut into smaller pieces if needed.
Let sit in a cool, dark place for 7-10 days. Start tasting around day 5 and see what you like best.
Strain the mixture through a coffee filter multiple times (use a fresh one each time) until most of the sediment has been removed. This is the most painful part of the process, but the end product will be more than worth it.
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Notes1 oz (3cl) Amaro Montenegro
0.5 oz (1,5cl) Cointreau
1 oz (3cl) Rye whiskey
0.75 oz (2cl) Lemon juice
2 Dashes Meyer lemon bitters
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Notes2 ounces gin
1 ounce heavy cream
1 egg white (or 1/2 ounce of egg whites from a carton)
1/2 ounce lemon juice
1/2 ounce lime juice
1 ounce simple syrup
2-3 drops orange flower water
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Notes1 oz mezcal
1 oz antica formula sweet vermouth
1 oz green chartreuse
regansâ orange bitters according to taste
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Notes1½ oz. reposado tequila
½ oz. Campari
½ oz. Dolin dry vermouth
½ oz Carpano Antica
Âź oz. Braulio Amaro (or another herbal amaro of your chosing)FeedEmbedUnfurl
NotesTeachs Fleet - Black Strap Rum, absinthe, lemon, sugar, egg white and nutmeg. This is a great platform for the absinthe with a frothy base paired up with a sweet and sour combo.Unfurl
NotesWinter Warmth Syrup
1 1/2 cups water
1 cup raw, demerara or turbinado sugar (granulated will do just fine if you do not have them)
1/2 apple, peeled, cored, and diced
1/2 pear, peeled, cored, and diced
12 walnut halves
3 cinnamon sticks, broken up
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NotesAn original. Spawned from a gentleman who loved bitter-heavy rye cocktails and anything with a bad ass name. In fact name was more important than cocktail. To accommodate, I designed this fun, boozy, black manhattan twist with the most bad ass name I could think of.Unfurl
Notes2 ounces rye whiskey
I used Bulleit
2-3 dashes hopped grapefruit bitters
Bittermens makes one, available here: www.onlybitters.com
1/2 ounces sweet dolan vermouth
1/2 ounces maraschino liquer
1 grapefruit peel
Inspired by the flavors in a traditional IPA (bright, bitter, citrusy hops, sweetness from the malt, and a just baked bread quality from the yeast), I asked the head bartender at Charcoal in Chicago to mix me up a liquor only version. He told me what he put in it, and I tinkered with it [âŚ]FeedUnfurl
NotesIngredients
2 ounces bourbon or rye whiskey (use something good, but not over-the-top)
1 teaspoon superfine sugar (or 1 sugar cube)
2-3 dashes of bitters; Angostura is traditional and works well; Fee Brothersâ Whiskey Barrel-Aged Old Fashioned Bitters are betterFeedUnfurl
NotesWe who like to mix drinks at home do it for many reasons: First, it's cheaper than drinking out. Second, it's fun to mix your own drinks at home. Third, it's even more fun to mix drinks for other people at homeFeedUnfurl
Notes 3 tablespoons gold rum
2 tablespoons brandy
1 1/2 tablespoons apple cider
1 teaspoon pure maple syrup (preferably Grade B)
3/4 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
Ice cubes
2 thin apple slicesFeedUnfurl
NotesNote: The most important part of a Bloody Mary is the tomato juice. Use a high quality juice, preferably not from concentrate. No need to use your best vodka here. Bottom shelf stuff will do fine. You can replace the celery salt rim with a salt and pepper rim if you prefer. Every ingredient should be adjusted to suit your own personal taste. I love horseradish. You might not.FeedUnfurl
NotesAccording to Ted Haigh (aka Dr. Cocktail), the French 75 is one of two cocktails named after the French 75-mm field gun, which was commonly used in World War I. "One barman in 1947," reports Haigh, "called it a Tom Collins with champagne instead of club soda. Vive la difference!" Here's Haigh's version of the recipe, from his wonderful book, Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails.FeedUnfurl
NotesAdd another drink to this list: the Sidecar. As with most cocktails, the origins of the drink are hazy (be suspicious of those who state with certainty when or where the Sidecar was first mixed), but this entrancing mixture of brandy, lemon juice and orange liqueur started making the rounds in the most fashionable watering holes in London and Paris during the 1920s. Very simple in structure, the Sidecar is complex enough in flavor to satisfy even the most jaded palates, but not so over-the-top with mixological gewgaws as to frighten away the casual tippler. FeedUnfurl
NotesThis recipe uses the International Bartenders Association's ratios of tequila, cointreau, and citrus juice, which makes a pretty strong margarita. Feel free to add extra syrup or to water it down some to suit your own tastes. To make short work of your lemons and limes, read our citrus juicer review here.FeedUnfurl
NotesThe Brooklyn may be less well-known that its neighbor, but it's equally delicious. The maraschino liqueur (we recommend Luxardo) adds a rich sweetness, which compensates for the fact that dry rather than sweet vermouth is used. You may have trouble tracking down Amer Picon, a French version of Amaro, an apertif most commonly made in Italy. Amer Picon is difficult to find in the United States, but an Italian Amaro such as Ramazzotti will substitute quite well. Or, you can skate by with a few dashes of bitters. FeedUnfurl
NotesThe Martinez cocktail may be a predecessor to the martini, but these drinks could hardly be less alike to the modern palate. The Martinez starts with equal parts gin and sweet vermouth, and this alone distinguishes it in two ways from the modern martini. You then add a teaspoon of maraschino liqueur and either Angostura or orange bitters.FeedUnfurl
NotesWhile enjoyable at any time of year, the crisply bitter Negroni seems particularly well-suited to springtime imbibing. Composed of only three ingredients measured in equal amounts, a Negroni is also remarkably difficult to foul up (though I won't way it hasn't happened) even by novice bartenders. FeedUnfurl
NotesThis isn't a Negroni. It is, however, the Negroni's long-lost autumnal cousin. First noted in print in 1927 in a slender volume called Barflies and Cocktails, and forgotten almost ever since, the Boulevardier takes the same Negroni formula--a good dose of gin brushed up with equal parts Campari and sweet vermouth--and gives it a twist by substituting whiskey for the gin. FeedUnfurl
NotesThat's one reason why, every year, hundreds of spirits and cocktail aficionados from around the world converge in the swampy heat of New Orleans for Tales of the Cocktail, a five-day conference celebrating everything shaken and stirred. Now in its fifth year, Tales of the Cocktail is currently in full swing, and countless tipplers--myself included--are scouring the French Quarter, asking bartenders at venerable watering holes such as the Carousel Bar, the Napoleon House and Tujaque's to mix up a perfect Sazerac. FeedUnfurl
NotesPerfectly suited for a hot afternoon or evening, the Ramos Fizz holds special appeal as a breakfast or brunch drink. I'll be in New Orleans in two weeks for Tales of the Cocktail, and I expect to get on the outside of several of these during the week. But for a drink this good, it's best to start warming up nowâwho's with me?FeedUnfurl
NotesWith a formula almost as old as the republic, the mint julep is a product of an era in which things were done much slower. Somewhat labor-intensive to properly make, a good mint julep can't be rushed, and cranking them out by the hundreds using prepared mixes and flavored syrups can only result in sadness. FeedUnfurl
NotesIt's Friday afternoon, and if you're lucky you've got about 60 hours before you have to think or speak for anybody else again. Time for the Whiskey Sour--the comfortable T-shirt of drinks.FeedUnfurl
NotesSpawned from the rum-soaked genius mind of "Trader Vic" Bergeron, the mai tai is one of the most regal refreshments in the exotic-drink universe. Originally made with 17-year-old Jamaican rum, imported French orgeat, Dutch curaçao and fresh-squeezed lime juice, the mai tai quickly became a phenomenon; it also quickly became perverted. Hordes of Trader Vic-wannabes took wild stabs at recreating Bergeron's long-secret recipe, and the result is what we all-too-often experience now: a sweet, murky drink filled with assorted fruit juices and syrups, with little resemblance to the original swoon-worthy concoction.FeedUnfurl