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Montenegro Variation

10/13/2020

3/4 oz orange amaro
2 oz sparkling white wine
1/2 oz elderberry gin liquor

Add amaro to glass
Pour in wine
Use spoon to float liquor on top

Peach Smash

7/15/2020

1 oz simple syrup (demara or ginger)
1/2 peach, muddled, or 2 oz peach juice
3-4 mint leave
2 oz bourbon
ginger beer or seltzer water

Muddle syrup, peaches, and mint in cocktail shaker
Shake with bourbon and ice
Strain into rocks glass filed with ice
Top with ginger beer or seltzer water
Garnish with mint sprigs and peach slice

The Old Fashioned

7/5/2020

Some of my favorite variations from The Old-Fashioned: The Story of the World's First Classic Cocktail with Recipes & Lore by Robert Simonson.

Whiskey Cocktail - pg 78

Jerry Thomas, How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon Vivant's Companion, 1882

2 oz rye whiskey
1/2 bar-spoon simple syrup
2 dashes Angostura bitters

Shake or stir with fine ice
Strain into a squat stemmed glass
Garnish with lemon peel

The Savoy Old Fashioned - pg 84

Harry Craddock, published in The Savoy Cocktail Book, 1930, a collection of Prohibition era cocktails.

2 oz rye or Canadian Club whiskey
1 lump sugar or sugar cube
2 dashes Angostura bitters
orange peel and lemon slice

Crush sugar and bitters together in medium glass
Add bourbon
Add lump of ice and decorate with fruit
Stir well to chill

Rye Old Fashioned - pg 88

2 oz rye or bourbon
1 sugar cube
2 dashes Angostura bitter
barspoon warm water
orange twist

Make in old fashioned glass
Muddle sugar, bitters, & water
Add rye or bourbon
Stir in one large chunk of ice until chilled
Twist orange zest and drop in

Scotch Old Fashioned - pg 91

I'll be honest I can't decide if I liked this one or not. Recipe is the same as the rye version.

PBT Cocktail Book, originally in The Mixicologist by CF Lawlor in 1895, French for "jewel," some believe the colors of the three primary ingredients represent precious stones: diamonds, rubies, and emeralds.

1 oz London Dry gin
1 oz sweet vermouth
1 oz green chartreuse
orange bitters

Stir all ingredients with ice
Strain into chilled coupe glass
Garnish with cherry and lemon twist

Giovanni Pompelmo

6/7/2020

I'm Just Here for the Drinks by Sother Teague, page 37. I misread the recipe to use Gin instead of Old Duff Genever. Book suggestion: Make it royal by substituting sparkling wine for the seltzer.