Just because it looked pretty in the picture, I decided to make the Japalac Cocktail: Juice of 1/4 orange 0.75 ounce dry vermouth 0.75 ounce rye whiskey 1 teaspoon raspberry syrup Combine in an iced cocktail shaker, and shake and…
Picon Punch
After three long months, I was finally able to make an authentic Picon Punch: 1.0 teaspoon real pomegranate grenadine 2.5 ounces Amer Picon Soda Water 1.0 ounce brandy Fill a collins glass with crushed ice. Add the real pomegranate grenadine…
Honeymoon Cocktail
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…
Golden Dawn
After the Calvados Cocktail it seemed logical to explore the cocktail it was compared to, the Golden Dawn: 0.75 ounce (or 1.0 ounces) Calvados 0.75 ounce (or 1.0 ounces) dry gin 0.75 ounce (or 0.5 ounce) apricot brandy (Marie Brizard…
The Calvados Cocktail
Usually cocktails call for a dash or two of bitters, and not the large amount as in the Calvados Cocktail: 1.50 ounces Calvados 1.50 ounce orange juice 0.75 ounce Cointreau 0.75 ounce orange bitters Shake in an iced cocktail shaker,…
The Vesper
When Bond, James Bond, walks into a bar, he is known to order The Vesper: 3.0 ounces gin 1.0 ounce vodka 0.5 ounce Lillet Blanc Shake in an iced cocktail shaker. Strain into a stemmed cocktail glass. Twist a large…
The Delicious Sour
I had heard that a lot of old cocktail recipes included eggs, and this is the first I’ve ever made, The Delicious Sour: 2.0 ounces applejack 2.0 ounces peach flavored brandy juice of one fresh lime (1 to 1.5 ounces)…
Knickerbocker á la Monsieur
While the majority of cocktails I’ve made so far are based on rye or gin, in the early “archaic” age of cocktails the default spirit was rum, as in the Knickerbocker á la Monsieur: 2.0 ounces Virgin Islands rum 0.5…
Amer Picon
Several of the recipes in the book require a spirit called Amer Picon. They don’t make it anymore so I had to locate a recipe online: 3.00 bottles Amaro Ramazzotti 7.50 cups orange tincture 0.75 bottle Stirrings Blood Orange bitters…