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…
Tarus the Bull
When Justin Peregoy, the cocktail chef at the Oak Leaf, heard we were going there for my birthday he named that night’s special cocktail Tarus the Bull: 1.5 ounces Bulleit Rye 0.5 ounce blood orange juice 0.5 ounce Fernet Branca…
The Blinker
Continuing with my use of raspberry syrup, I present The Blinker: 2.0 ounces rye (Old Overholt specified by Dr. Cocktail) 1.0 ounce grapefruit juice 2 bar spoons (1 teaspoon) raspberry syrup Shake in an iced cocktail shaker, and strain into…
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…