Showing posts with label bitters (Angostura). Show all posts
Showing posts with label bitters (Angostura). Show all posts

Monday, July 5, 2010

Bamboo Cocktail

1 1/2 oz dry vermouth
1 1/2 oz sherry
2 dashes orange bitters
2 drops Angostura bitters

Stir; strain; lemon twist; olive.

Saratoga

1 oz Cognac
1 oz rye
1 oz sweet vermouth
2 dashes Angostura bitters

Stir; strain; cocktail glass; float a quarter-wheel of lemon

Turf Club

1 1/2 oz Old Tom gin
1 1/2 oz sweet vermouth
2-3 dashes Angostura bitters

Stir; strain; cocktail glass.

Vermouth Cocktail (Fancy)

2 oz sweet vermouth
2 dashes Angostura bitters
1 tsp maraschino liqueur
1/4 lemon wheel

Stir all but lemon; strain; cocktail glass; float lemon wheel.

Vermouth Cocktail (French)

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

Stir; strain; cocktail glass; lemon twist.

Vermouth Cocktail (Italian)

2 oz red vermouth (chilled)
Angostura bitters to taste (unless Carpano Antica is used)

Stir with ice; strain; lemon twist.

Buck and Breck

1 1/2 oz Cognac
1 dash absinthe
2 dashes Angostura bitters
champagne

Fill a lowball or a champagne flute with water and throw it out. Then add white sugar and throw it out, leaving a coated glass. Add all but champagne to the glass, then fill with champagne.

Saratoga Brace Up

2 oz brandy
1/2 oz lemon juice
1/2 oz simple syrup
2 dashes absinthe
2 dashes Angostura bitters
1 whole egg

Shake; strain; fill with soda water.

Sunday, July 4, 2010

Remember the Maine

2 oz bourbon
3/4 oz sweet vermouth
1/4 oz cherry brandy
2 dashes absinthe
2 dashes Angostura bitters

Stir clockwise; strain; cocktail glass.

Preakness Cocktail

2 oz bourbon or rye
1 oz sweet vermouth
1/4 oz Benedictine
2 dashes Angostura bitters

Stir; strain; cocktail glass; lemon twist.

Pisco Sour

2 oz Pisco brandy
3/4 oz fresh lemon juice
3/4 oz simple syrup
1 egg white
3 drops Angostura bitters

Dry shake egg and lemon juice, then add syrup and Pisco, and shake again.  Strain into a cocktail glass and garnish with Angostura.

Paddy Cocktail

2 oz Irish whiskey
1 oz sweet vermouth
2 dashes Angostura bitters

Stir; strain; cocktail glass; lemon twist.

Saturday, July 3, 2010

Manhattan (Perfect)

2 oz rye
1/2 oz sweet vermouth
1/2 oz dry vermouth
2 dashes Angostura bitters

Stir; strain; marasca cherry.

Maiden's Prayer

1 oz London dry gin
1 oz triple sec
1/2 oz fresh lemon juice
1/2 oz fresh orange juice
1-2 dashes Angostura bitters (optional)

Shake; strain; cocktail glass.

Jockey Club

2 oz London dry gin
3/4 oz amaretto
3/4 oz fresh lemon juice
1 dash Angostura bitters.

Shake, strain, cocktail glass.

Income Tax Cocktail

2 oz London dry gin
1/4 oz sweet vermouth
1/4 oz dry vermouth
1 oz fresh orange juice
2 dashes Angostura bitters

Shake; strain; cocktail glass; orange twist.

Hop Toad Cocktail

1 1/2 oz dark rum
1 oz apricot brandy
1/2 oz fresh lime juice
2 dashes Angostura bitters

Shake; strain; cocktail glass.

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.

Champs Elysee

1 oz Cognac
1/2 oz yellow Chartreuse
1 oz fresh lemon juice
1/2 tsp simple syrup
1 dash Angostura bitters

Shake; strain; cocktail glass.

Widow's Kiss

1 1/2 oz apple brandy
3/4 oz yellow Chartreuse (you can use green if you like a little more intensity)
3/4 oz Benedictine
2 dashes Angostura bitters

Stir; strain; cocktail glass; marasca cherry.