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cocktailmenu
6¾ | oz | Gin | Use gray whale |
1 | cup(s) | Chareau | Mix 1/4 tsp blue spirulina to 1 cup Chareau |
2¼ | oz | Elderflower liqueur | |
1½ | oz | Lime juice | |
¾ | oz | Simple syrup | Use gum syrup |
1 | bottle(s) | Tonic water | Use Fever Tree elderflower |
6 | dash(es) | Grapefruit bitters |
Drizzle with ½ oz blue Chareau and garnish with lemon wheel
Originally on the menu at Dutch Kills and created by Zachary Gelnaw-Rubin and Abraham Hawkins, the Bicycle Thief Cocktail became a favorite of New York City bartender Meaghan Dorman.
1 | oz | Gin | |
1 | oz | Campari | |
1½ | oz | Grapefruit juice | |
½ | oz | Lemon juice | |
1½ | oz | Seltzer or soda water | |
½ | oz | Simple syrup |
Shake and strain over fresh ice into collins glass, top with soda water.
From Death & Co. This started out as a punch that was quite rich. Works better as a cocktail.
2 | oz | Bourbon | |
¾ | oz | Campari | infused with cacao nibs |
¾ | oz | Ginger syrup | |
¾ | oz | Lemon juice | |
1 | oz | Wine (sparkling) or Champagne | |
1 | Lemon twist | ||
1 | Orange twist | ||
4 | Raspberries |
Muddle raspberries with lemon and orange twists. Add remainder, shake over ice. Strain into snifter over large ice cube, top with champagne. Garnish with lemon wheel.
In my opinion, this French 75 variation is the best beginner Campari drink in history.
1 | oz | Gin | use Plymouth |
¼ | oz | Campari | |
½ | oz | Lemon juice | |
½ | oz | Simple syrup | |
1½ | oz | Wine (sparkling) or Champagne |
Shake all the ingredients (except the champagne and grapefruit twist) with ice, then strain into a flute. Top with champagne. Squeeze the grapefruit twist over the drink and discard. No garnish.
In my play on the French 75, I make it more about the gin and less about citrus. Grapefruit and maple syrup work so well together.
2 | oz | Gin | use Plymouth |
½ | oz | Lemon juice | |
½ | oz | Maple syrup | |
1½ | oz | Wine (sparkling) or Champagne | |
1 | dash(es) | Grapefruit bitters |
Shake all the ingredients (except the champagne and grapefruit coin) with ice, then double strain into a coupe. Top with champagne. Squeeze the grapefruit coin over the drink and discard. No garnish.
I was determined to make tequila and champagne like each other.
1 | oz | Tequila | use Tesoro Blanco |
¼ | oz | Campari | |
¼ | oz | Creme de cacao | use Marie Brizard |
½ | oz | Vermouth (dry) | use Dolin Blanc |
1 | tsp | Ginger syrup | |
½ | oz | Lemon juice | |
1½ | oz | Wine (sparkling) or Champagne |
Shake over ice and strain into flute. Top with champagne, no garnish.
A variation on the Seelbach, a classic champagne drink from the Seelbach hotel in Louisville, KY.
1 | oz | Irish whiskey | |
½ | oz | Cointreau | |
1½ | oz | Wine (sparkling) or Champagne | |
4 | dash(es) | Angostura bitters | |
4 | dash(es) | Peychauds bitters |
Stir over ice and strain into flute. Top with champagne. Garnish with orange twist.
1 | cup(s) | Rum | use Bacardi Black |
1 | cup(s) | Rum | use Bacardi White |
½ | cup(s) | Creme de banana | |
½ | cup(s) | Dry curacao | |
4 | cup(s) | Ice | blend with one can of pina colada mix |
4 | cup(s) | Ice | blend with one can of strawberry daiquiri mix |
Blend each for about 20 seconds half power then 20 seconds high power. Makes just over 6 servings. Pour pina colada first, freeze, then pour strawberry over.
When developing this cocktail, I tried to imagine something Cary Grant would drink at the Plaza Hotel. The name comes from the title of the movie in which he fittingly says, “I’ve got a job, a secretary, a mother, two ex-wives, and several bartenders that
¼ | oz | Absinthe | use St. George |
1½ | oz | Gin | use Aviation |
¾ | oz | Lemon juice | |
¾ | oz | Simple syrup | |
1½ | oz | Wine (sparkling) or Champagne |
Shake all the ingredients (except the champagne) with ice, then strain into a flute. Top with champagne. No garnish.
From Death & Co.
¼ | oz | Gin | use Plymouth sloe gin |
1½ | oz | Gin | use Beefeater 24 |
¼ | oz | Creme de violette | use creme Yvette |
¾ | oz | Grapefruit juice | |
⅛ | oz | Vanilla syrup | recipe says ½ tsp |
1½ | oz | Wine (sparkling) or Champagne | use sparkling rose |
Shake with ice and strain into flute. Top with sparkling rose. No garnish.
From Death & Co. Blanc vermouth infused with sage.
2 | oz | Tequila | use Cabrito Blanco |
¾ | oz | Vermouth (dry) | infused with sage |
½ | oz | Honey syrup | |
¾ | oz | Lime juice | |
Cucumber ribbon | |||
3 | Cucumber slices |
In a shaker, muddle cucumber wheels. Add remaining ingredients and shake with ice, then strain into a coupe. Garnish with cucumber ribbon on a cocktail pick.
⅔ | cup(s) | Aperol | |
¾ | cup(s) | Lillet | use Rose |
⅓ | cup(s) | Lemon juice | |
⅓ | cup(s) | Simple syrup | |
¾ | cup(s) | Tea | use hibiscus (6 bags per 1½ cup water) |
1½ | cup(s) | Wine (sparkling) or Champagne | use Mumm Napa brut rose |
Make four servings with two bottles of champagne, one bottle of Aperol and one bottle Lillet.
Twelve bags of hibiscus tea with three cups water should simmer down to yield about two cups.
2¼ | oz | Bourbon | Use Woodford Reserve double oaked |
¾ | oz | Cognac | Classic proportions are 1:1:1 but we usually favor 2:1:1 for more gin |
¾ | oz | Benedictine | |
¾ | oz | Vermouth (sweet) | Use Carpano Antica |
2 | dash(es) | Angostura bitters | |
2 | dash(es) | Peychauds bitters |
Stir with ice then pour over single clear cube into rocks glass.