It took me longer than expected to make this cocktail. I was introduced to the idea of the cocktail while watching the Peacemaker television series by James Gunn. I really wasn’t expecting much from it, as the Peacemaker character in…
Forgotten Cocktail #1
I used to travel a lot, and perhaps one day I will again, and in every new town I would often seek out a cocktail bar. Looking at the menu, I’d try to pick out something that matched my mood…
Daisy de Santiago
From Cuba comes the Daisy de Santiago: 1.0 ounce lime juice 1.5 teaspoons SC Demerara Syrup 1.0 ounce seltzer 0.5 ounce Yellow Chartreuse 1.5 ounces blended lightly aged rum Add all the ingredients to a cocktail shaker. Add cracked or…
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…
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…
The Negroni
Beautiful and bitter, it’s The Negroni: 1 ounce gin or vodka 1 ounce sweet vermouth 1 ounce Campari Stir vigorously in an iced mixing glass. Strain into a small cocktail glass. Garnish with an orange slice. The first time I…
Wild Irish Rose
My first cocktail by Dead Rabbit, the Wild Irish Rose: 0.75 ounce Pomegranate Syrup 1.00 ounce Connemara Peated Single Malt Irish Whiskey 1.00 ounce Laird’s Applejack Bonded Proof 1.00 ounce Pama Pomegranate Liqueur 0.75 ounce fresh lemon juice 3 dashes…
Rusty Nail
Like Smoky Scotch? Have a Rusty Nail: 2 ounces good smoky Scotch 1 ounce Drambuie Combine in a small rocks glass on a couple of lumps of ice and swizzle. Garnish with a lemon twist. I don’t like peaty Scotches.…
White Lady
Gin and lemon meet again in the White Lady: 1.50 ounces gin 0.75 ounce Cointreau 0.75 ounce fresh lemon juice Combine in an iced cocktail shaker. Shake, and strain into a cocktail glass. I was first introduced to the White…