Courtesy of the Cocktail Wonk, it’s the Golden Gun: 0.75 ounce lime juice 0.50 ounce grapefruit juice 0.50 ounce SC Demerara Syrup 0.50 ounce natural apricot liqueur (such as Rothman & Winter Apricot Liqueur or Gifford Abricot du Roussillon) 1.00…
Planter’s Punch
From Smuggler’s Cove comes Planter’s Punch: 1.00 ounce lime juice 0.75 ounce SC Demerara Syrup 0.25 ounce St. Elizabeth’s Allspice Dram 3.00 ounces blended aged rum (Jamaica) 2 dashes Angostura bitters Combine all ingredients in a drink mixer tin with…
SC Demerara Syrup
A staple in many of the Smuggler’s Cove drinks: 2 cups water 1 cup demerara sugar 3 cups granulated sugar Bring the water to a boil in a saucepan over high heat. Add the demerara sugar and stir vigorously with…
Chaos Calmer
From the world of tech comes the Chaos Calmer: 1.50 ounces gin 0.75 ounce lime juice 0.25 ounce triple sec 1.50 ounce orange juice 1 tsp Grenadine syrup Short shake with broken ice and pure unstrained into a double rocks…
Perfect Amaretto Sour
Jeffrey Morganthaler claims this is the Perfect Amaretto Sour: 1.50 ounces Amaretto 0.75 ounce cask-proof bourbon 1.00 ounce lemon juice 0.50 ounce egg white, beaten 1 tsp of 2:1 simple syrup Dry shake ingredients to combine, then shake well with…
Champagne Cocktail
Saved for last, it’s the Champagne Cocktail: 1 sugar cube 4 dashes Angostura Bitters champagne In either a tall (pretty) champagne flute or a saucer (traditional) champagne glass, add the sugar and bitters. Fill with champagne. Garnish with a lemon…
Straits Sling
The Dead Rabbit version of the Straits Sling: 0.50 ounce Lemon Sherbet 1.50 ounces Bols Genever gin 0.50 ounce Cherry Herring 0.50 ounce Benedictine 0.50 ounce kirsch eau de vie 0.75 ounce fresh lemon juice 3 dashes Dead Rabbit Orinoco…
Lemon Sherbet
No, it’s not ice cream, but it is called Lemon Sherbet: 4.0 lemons 1.5 cups granulated sugar 12 ounces lemon juice Prepare an oleo-saccharum with the lemon peels and sugar. In a small saucepan, combine the oleo-saccharum and lemon juice…
The Bloody Mary
Nothin’ says “day drinkin’” like The Bloody Mary: 2 ounces vodka 6 ounces tomato juice or V8 2 dashes Worcestershire Sauce 1 dash Tabasco Pepper Sauce Celery salt Stir alll together in an iced highball glass. Sprinkle celery salt on…
Haymaker
As seen on TV, here’s The Haymaker: 3/4 ounce Maker’s Mark 3/4 ounce triple sec 3/4 ounce dry vermouth 3/4 ounce lime juice Shake over ice. Strain into a rocks glass over crushed ice. Garnish with an orange twist. Well,…