Bramble

2 oz London dry gin (Plymouth)
1 oz fresh lemon juice
1/2 oz creme de mûre
~1/2 oz simple syrup (to taste)

Shake with ice; and strain into an ice-filled glass.  Garnish with blackberries, and serve with a straw.

Vermouth cobbler

2 oz sweet vermouth (Carpano Antica Formula)
1 tsp simple syrup
1 orange slice/wheel

Shake with ice; garnish with berries in season.

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.

Pimm's Highball Smash

2 oz Pimm's No. 1 liqueur
1/2 tsp demarara syrup
2 dashes Bitter Cube lemon tree bitters
10 mint leaves
soda water

Muddle mint with syrup, then add bitters and Pimm's.  Stir with ice, and strain into a highball glass with ice.  Garnish with a sprig of mint.

Eastside Fizz

2 oz London dry gin
1 oz fresh lime juice
3/4 oz simple syrup
8 mint leaves
2 slices cucumber

Muddle; shake; double strain over rocks in a tall glass. Top with club soda.

Berry Interesting

1 1/2 oz London dry gin
3/4 oz Cointreau
2 dashes peach bitters
3-4 raspberries
1/2 lemon juice
1/2 simple syrup
1 egg white (optional)

Shake; strain; cocktail glass; garnish with fresh raspberries and a lemon twist.

Vermouth Cocktail (French)

1 1/2 oz dry vermouth
3 dashes Angostura bitters
1/2 tsp simple syrup

Stir; strain; cocktail glass; lemon twist.

Florodora

1 1/2 oz London dry gin
2 tsp raspberry syrup
1/2 oz lime juice
ginger ale

Build in the above order in a metal mug with ice; agitate to chill; float a slice of orange and a pitted marasca cherry. "Put the stein to your lips, shut your eyes and take an express transport to Elysium."

Crushed Strawberry Fizz

2 oz Old Tom or London dry gin
1/2 oz simple syrup
1/2 oz lemon juice
3 strawberries
club soda

Muddle strawberries with lemon juice and syrup. Add gin and ice, and shake. Strain into a tall glass, and top with soda. (St. Nicholas Hotel, 1880s)

Fizz

2 oz spirit
1 1/2 tsp simple syrup
1/2 oz lemon juice
soda water

Combine all but soda with ice and shake; strain into a tall glass; fill with soda water; drink "without hesitation."

Riveredge Cocktail

(serves 4)

6 oz London dry gin
2 oz dry vermouth
2 oz orange juice
grated zest of 1 orange
2 dashes orange bitters

Blend with 1 cup of ice; serve in cocktail glasses with an orange twist.

El Floridita No. 1

2 oz light rum
3/4 oz fresh lime juice
1/2 oz simple syrup
maraschino liqueur to taste (~1 tsp)

Shake; strain; cocktail glass; marasca cherry.

Flora Italia

2 oz Pisco Italia
1/2 oz St. Germain elderflower liqueur
1/4 oz simple syrup
2 dashes Angostura bitters
3 swaths grapefruit peel
2 drops rose water

Frappe (pack with crushed ice) a rocks glass, and set aside.  In another glass, stir pisco, St. Germain, syrup, and bitters with ice.  Discard the ice from the chilled glass, and express oil from two large grapefruit peel swaths, coating its interior. Strain the pisco mixture into the coated glass, and garnish with rose water and a grapefruit peel.

The Georgian cocktail

1.5 oz Aviation gin (you could use Hendrick's if you want more cucumber, Plymouth, or a clean London dry, but I like the floral notes in the Aviation)
3/4 tsp simple syrup
1 dash Angostura bitters
4 dashes cucumber bitters
1 small pinch of salt.

Stir with ice in a rocks glass. Garnish with a cucumber.

The Queen Caroline

2 oz London dry gin (Beefeater)
2 tsp fresh lemon juice
2 tsp 2:1 simple syrup
2 dashes Angostura bitters
several fresh basil leaves

Muddle basil leaves with lemon juice and syrup, then add gin.  Shake with ice, and fine-strain into a brandy snifter (or cocktail glass if no snifter is available).  Float one rubbed basil leaf on the top.  Take another basil leaf and rub it around the edge of the glass; then discard it.

Delicious Cocktail

2 oz London dry gin
3/4 oz fresh lime juice
3/4 oz simple syrup
5 mint sprigs
confectioners' sugar

Shake liquids with ice; strain; cocktail glass. Garnish with sugar-dusted mint sprigs.

Knickerbocker

2 oz amber rum (Cruzan Single Barrel)
2 tsp raspberry syrup
1/2 oz curacao
Juice of 1/2 lime (1 Tbsp)

Shake with ice; rocks glass; garnish with half a lime rind and assorted berries.

Bacardi

2 oz light rum
1 oz fresh lime juice
1/2 oz grenadine

Shake; strain; cocktail glass.

Gin Rickey

2 oz London dry gin
1/2 oz lime juice
1 tsp simple syrup
club soda

Combine all but club soda, and shake. Strain into a iced Collins glass, and top with club soda. Agitate to mix.

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.