Showing posts with label #classic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #classic. Show all posts

Monday, November 22, 2010

Coffee Cocktail

2 oz ruby port
1 oz brandy
1 egg yolk
2 tsp sugar syrup
1 dash curacao

Shake egg yolk and syrup; then add other ingredients and shake again with a few pieces of ice.  Strain into a glass mug, and grate fresh nutmeg on top.

Saturday, October 9, 2010

Vermouth julep

3 oz vermouth (Carpano Antica Formula)
1 tsp demarara syrup
mint leaves

Muddle mint and syrup in the bottom of a julep cup; then add crushed ice and vermouth. Stir. Garnish with mint sprigs.

Monday, July 5, 2010

Roffignac

2 oz Cognac
1 oz raspberry syrup
soda water

Stir Cognac and syrup in a highball glass with ice. Top off with soda.  Swizzle, and serve.

Saturday, July 3, 2010

Margarita

1 1/2 oz tequila
1 oz triple sec
1/2 oz lime juice

Shake; strain into margarita glass (or strain over ice in a rocks glass) with optional salted rim.

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Roman Punch

2 oz amber rum
1 oz Cognac
1/2 oz fresh lemon juice
1/2 oz raspberry syrup
~3/4 oz ruby port

Combine all but port; shake with ice; strain into a rocks glass with ice. Float port; garnish with fresh berries.

Saturday, June 26, 2010

Monkey Gland

1 1/2 oz London dry gin
1 1/2 oz fresh orange juice
1 tsp grenadine
1 tsp simple syrup
1 tsp absinthe

Shake; strain; cocktail glass.

Bronx

1 1/2 oz London dry gin
1/4 oz dry vermouth
1/4 oz sweet vermouth
3/4 oz orange juice

Shake; strain; cocktail glass; orange twist.

Caipirinha

2 oz cachaça
3/4 lime, quartered
1/2 oz simple syrup

Muddle lime with syrup. Add cachaça, and shake with ice. Rocks glass.

Applejack sour

2 oz applejack
1/2 oz lemon juice
1/2 oz simple syrup

Shake; strain; rocks glass with ice. Cherry.

Pimm's Cup

2 oz Pimm's No. 1
1 splash fresh lemon juice
~2 oz Sprite or 7-Up
1 longitudinal and 1 transverse cucumber slice

Combine Pimm's and lemon juice, and stir with ice in a Collins glass. Top with lemon-lime soda, and agitate.  Slide long cucumber slice into glass, and garnish the rim with the other slice.

Champagne cocktail

2 oz Champagne
1 sugar cube
2 dashes Angostura bitters

Place sugar cube in a champagne glass, and soak with bitters, then muddle.  Add Champagne to the top, and agitate.

Bijou

1 oz London dry gin
1 oz sweet vermouth
1 oz green Chartreuse
~1/2 tsp orange bitters

Rinse cocktail glass with orange bitters and set aside. Stir remaining ingredients, and strain into prepared glass.

Rob Roy

2 oz blended Scotch whisky
1 oz sweet vermouth
1 oz Angostura bitters

Stir; strain; cocktail glass; cherry.

Jack Rose

2 oz bonded apple brandy or applejack (Laird's)
1/2 oz lemon juice
1/2 oz grenadine

Shake; strain; cocktail glass.

Sidecar

1 oz Cognac
1 oz lemon juice
1 oz Cointreau

Shake; strain; cocktail glass.

Vieux Carre

3/4 oz brandy
3/4 oz rye
3/4 oz sweet vermouth
1/4 oz Benedictine
1 dash Peychaud's bitters
1 dash Angostura bitters

Old Fashioned glass with rocks; stir; lemon twist.

Mojito

2 oz light rum
2 tsp lime juice
2 tsp simple syrup
1 oz club soda
several mint leaves

Muddle mint, syrup and lime juice in a Collins glass. Add rum, and stir. Add ice, and top with club soda. Agitate to mix. Garnish with a sprig of mint.

Daiquiri

1 1/2 oz rum
2 tsp lime juice
2 tsp simple syrup

Shake; strain; cocktail glass.

Whiskey sour

2 oz whiskey
1/2 oz lemon juice
1/2 oz simple syrup
3/4 egg white (optional)

Shake; Old Fashioned glass; rocks; cherry.

Tom Collins

2 oz London dry gin
2 tsp lemon juice
2 tsp simple syrup
~2 oz club soda

Shake all but soda; strain into Collins glass with rocks; top with soda; agitate. Garnish with a lime wedge.