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Cocktails, Spirits and Mixology Thread

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by YankeeFan, May 15, 2012.

  1. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    Flushing Cocktail

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    2 oz. Cognac
    1 oz. Sweet Vermouth
    2 Dashes Angostura Bitters

    Cognac replaces Rye in this Manhattan variation, named for a neighborhood in Queens.

    http://boulderlibation.blogspot.com/2010/12/flushing-cocktail.html
     
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  2. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    Restaurant in the new Langham hotel has some of the most expensive cocktails in town:

    The cocktails (and their prices) echo the upscale vibe. The Madhatttan cocktail (Rittenhouse rye and Carpano Antica sweet vermouth) was spicy, woodsy, balanced and topped with a foie gras-stuffed cherry, but the foie added nothing to the drink and felt like a gimmicky attempt to justify the $19 price tag. A cool and bracing Russian Standard vodka martini garnished with a truffle- and caviar-stuffed olive was also a poor investment at $22; while the few salty pearls of caviar added a nice seasoning, the rich perfume of the truffle shavings was drowned by the liquor.

    http://articles.redeyechicago.com/2013-08-21/entertainment/41429948_1_the-langham-tim-graham-elysian


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  3. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    Little Italy

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    2 oz. Rye
    3/4 oz. Sweet Vermouth
    1/2 oz. Cynar

    Mixologist Audrey Saunders uses the Italian artichoke liqueur Cynar to accent the vermouth in this tribute to the famous Manhattan neighborhood Little Italy.

    Audrey Saunders, Pegu Club, New York City, 2006

    http://societeperrier.com/new-york/articles/meet-your-mixologist-audrey-saunders-of-the-pegu-club/#.Ui51_LzgJQI
     
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  4. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    The Custer

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    2 oz. Rye
    1/2 oz. Galliano L’Autentico.
    3 tsp Cynar
    2 Dashes Celery Bitters
    2 Dashes Rhubarb Bitters
    Orange Peel

    Vincenzo Marianella, Copa d'Oro, Santa Monica, CA

    http://www.copadoro.com/vincenzo-marianella.php

    Decided to try another cocktail with Cynar, and happened to also have an unopened bottle of Galliano on hand. (I think I was planning to make a Harvey Wallbanger with it.)
     
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  5. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    Newark

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    2 oz. Laird’s Apple Brandy
    1 oz. Sweet Vermouth
    ¼ oz. Fernet Branca
    ¼ oz. Maraschino Liqueur

    This Manhattan variation, using apple brandy in place of rye, is named for the New Jersey city across the Hudson River.

    Jim Meehan & Doug Deragon, PDT, NYC, 2007

    http://projects.washingtonpost.com/.../2011/09/14/newark/
     
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  6. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    Not familiar with AppleJack/Apple Brandy?

    A new Chicago distillery, making apple brandy is due to open soon:

    http://chicago.eater.com/archives/2013/08/28/rhine-hall.php

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  7. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    Bensonhurst

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    2 oz. Rye
    1 oz. Dry Vermouth
    2 tsp Maraschino
    1 tsp Cynar

    Chad Solomon, Milk & Honey, NYC, 2006

    http://www.thespeakista.com/2011/05/manhattan%E2%80%99s-in-may-%E2%80%A6bensonhurst/
     
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  8. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    Odd McIntyre

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    3/4 oz. Cognac
    3/4 oz. Lillet Blanc
    3/4 oz. Lemon Juice
    3/4 oz. Cointreau

    Savoy, Harry Craddock, 1930

    http://cocktailquest.blogspot.com/2011_08_01_archive.html

    And, who was Odd McIntyre? Just one of the most famous newspapermen of the 1920's:

    http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Odd-McIntyre-The-Man-Who-Taught-America-About-New-York.html
     
  9. Mystery Meat II

    Mystery Meat II Well-Known Member

    Have we discussed the moonshine revival? I'm partial to the Ole Smoky line; it's a good bit smoother than Junior Johnson's Midnight Moon, and some of the ones I tried when I went to Tennessee tasted like shitty tequila. Plus there's this:

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  10. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    Who has the best Bloody Mary?

    I haven't had any of the others, but the first one pictured, from Twisted Spoke, is awesome:

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    Forgot the link: http://trib.in/16iROvg
     
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  11. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    Saratoga

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    1 oz. Rye
    1 oz. Cognac
    1 oz. Sweet Vermouth
    2 Dashes Angostura Bitters

    Essentially a Manhattan that’s had half of the whiskey swapped out for cognac, which gives the drink a layer of posh lusciousness just beneath the whiskey’s spicy edge, the Saratoga is another booze-forward old timer dating back to at least the 1880s.

    http://www.cocktailchronicles.com/2009/05/02/3030-16-the-saratoga-cocktail/
     
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  12. heyabbott

    heyabbott Well-Known Member

    Looking for quality tequila recommendations for shots, not sipping or mixing.
     
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