I was looking for some sort of drink for Valentine’s Day when I found the Honeymoon Cocktail: 2.0 ounces Calvados 0.5 ounce Bénédictine 0.5 ounce orange curaçao 0.5 ounce lemon juice Shake in an iced cocktail shaker, and strain into…
The Millionaire
The one time this phrase may actually work, “Bartender, make me a Millionaire”: 1.50 ounces Myers’s Original Dark Rum 0.75 ounce sloe gin 0.75 ounce apricot brandy juice of one fresh lime (1 to 1.5 ounces) Shake vigorously in an…
Blood and Sand
Not many cocktails today feature Scotch as the spirit, but this wasn’t always the case as is demonstrated by the Blood and Sand: 1.00 ounce Scotch 1.00 ounce orange juice 0.75 ounce cherry-flavored brandy 0.75 ounce sweet vermouth Shake in…
East India Cocktail
This one caught my eye because I was looking at the index and saw kind of a large area where I had not chosen a drink. The one in the middle of the empty section was the East India Cocktail:…
Soyer au Champagne
While dairy is not an ingredient I associate with cocktails, there are a number of cocktails in the book that feature it, include the Soyer au Champagne: 2 dashes maraschino liqueur 2 dashes pineapple juice 2 dashes orange curaçao (or…
The Seelbach Cocktail
Champagne is tightly associated with New Year’s, and it also happens to be an ingredient in classic drinks such as the Seelbach Cocktail: 1.0 ounce bourbon (venerable Old Forester was specified) 0.5 ounce Cointreau 7 dashes Angostura bitters 7 dashes…
Satan’s Whiskers
Over the holiday I managed to get my hands on some authentic curaçao, so I decided to try Satan’s Whiskers: 0.5 ounce gin 0.5 ounce dry vermouth 0.5 ounce sweet vermouth 0.5 ounce orange juice 2 teaspoons orange curaçao 1…
The Fogcutter (Early)
Here is my third and final attempt at the Fogcutter. This one is from the book and attributed to Don the Beachcomber: 2.0 ounces Barcardi Gold rum 0.5 ounce Plymouth Gin 1.0 ounce Pisco Brandy 1.0 ounce orange juice 2.0…
Hanky Panky
I wanted to get back to exploring real vintage cocktails, so I made one from the beginning of the 20th century, the Hanky Panky: 1.5 ounces gin 1.5 ounces sweet vermouth 2 dashes Fernet Branca Stir well with ice in…
The Fogcutter (Trader Vic’s)
Having just received my Fee Brothers Orgeat Syrup I decided to try The Fogcutter again, using the recipe from Trader Vic’s: 2.0 ounces light Puerto Rican rum 0.5 ounce gin 1.0 ounce brandy 1.0 ounce orange juice 2.0 ounces lemon…