Showing posts with label club soda. Show all posts
Showing posts with label club soda. Show all posts

Saturday, July 31, 2010

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.

Sunday, July 18, 2010

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.

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.

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.

Silver Fizz

2 oz Old Tom gin
1/4 oz simple syrup
1/4 oz lemon juice
1 egg white
soda water

Shake well with ice; then strain into a tall glass; fill with soda.

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."

Daisy (early 20th c.)

2 oz spirit
1/4 oz lime juice
1/4 oz lemon juice
1 tsp simple syrup
1 tsp grenadine
1 splash soda water

In a metal mug, combine all but soda with ice, and stir until mug is frosted. Top with soda water. Decorate with fresh fruit and slapped mint. Serve with straws.

Daisy (19th c.)

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

Shake all but soda; strain into a cocktail glass; fill with soda.

Sunday, July 4, 2010

Presbyterian

2 oz blended whisk(e)y
1 1/2 oz club soda
1 1/2 oz ginger ale

Build in a highball glass; agitate; lemon twist.

Saturday, July 3, 2010

John Collins

2 1/2 oz bourbon
1 oz fresh lemon juice
3/4 oz simple syrup
club soda

Shake all but club soda with ice, then strain into an ice-filled highball glass.  Top with club soda and agitate to mix. Garnish with an orange slice and a marasca cherry.

Saturday, June 26, 2010

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.

Americano

1 1/2 oz. Campari
1 1/2 oz. sweet vermouth
~2 oz club soda

Combine Campari and vermouth, and stir with ice. Add club soda, and agitate. Orange 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.

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.

Friday, June 25, 2010

Ramos Gin Fizz

1 egg white
1 1/2 oz heavy cream
1/2 oz fresh lemon juice
1/3 oz fresh lime juice
1/2 oz (2:1) simple syrup
3 drops vanilla extract
Combine and shake like the dickens for at least a minute. Then add:

2 oz Old Tom gin
3-4 drops orange flower water 

Shake like the dickens for another minute; strain into a tall glass; top with soda water; and add a straw.