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Affinity Cocktail
Recipe:
15 ml sweet vermouth
15 ml dry vermouth
30 ml Scotch whisky
2 dashes Angostura bitter
How to:
Pour all the ingredients into a mixing glass filled with ice. Stir and strain into a serving glass. Garnish with: lemon twist
Served in Cocktail Glass
Facts:
Scotch is the ultimate test of the bartender's talent. It is notoriously tricky to create a mixed drink that balances with Scotch's outspoken character. The Affinity has survived to become a venerable classic for just this reason: in the hands of a skilled mixologist, this drink delivers balance, richness, and an unparalleled profile.
Source:The Savoy Cocktail Book.
Americano
Recipe:
30 ml Campari
30 ml sweet vermouth
soda water
How to:
Pour Campari and sweet vermouth into a highball glass filled with ice and stir. Top with soda water. Garnish with: orange wedge or lemon twist
Served in Highball glass
Facts:
Gaspare Campari was inspired to create his namesake bitter by Antonio Carpano, or rather by Carpano's outstanding vermouth. He combined the two products. It clearly inspired Ian Fleming. It's the first drink James Bond ordered in the first Bond novel, Casino Royale.
Source:Museum Of The American Cocktail Pocket Recipe Guide
Barbara Cocktail
Recipe:
15 ml fresh cream
15 ml white crème de cacao
30 ml vodka
How to:
Pour all ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake vigorously. Strain into a service glass.
Served in Cocktail Glass
Facts:
This version of the Alexander is one of the earliest vodka cocktails.
Source:The Savoy Cocktail Book.
Belmont Cocktail
Recipe:
15 ml grenadine
40 ml dry gin
30 ml fresh cream
How to:
Pour all ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake vigorously. Strain into a service glass.
Served in Cocktail Glass
Facts:
The Belmont was a beautiful cocktail in the days when bartenders would cook up a year's supply of grenadine during pomegranate season. It is a beautiful cocktail once again.
Source:The Savoy Cocktail Book.
Bobby Burns Cocktail
Recipe:
35 ml sweet vermouth
35 ml Scotch whisky
3 dashes Benedictine
How to:
Pour all ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake vigorously. Strain into a service glass. Garnish with: lemon twist
Served in Cocktail Glass
Facts:
A fancy version of the Rob Roy, this drink is commonly credited to the Waldorf Astoria or the Savoy Hotel. However, the recipe appeared as early as 1914 in Chicago bartender Jacques Straub's cocktail book simply titled Drinks.
Source:The Savoy Cocktail Book.
Brandy Vermouth
Recipe:
1 dash Angostura bitter
10 ml sweet vermouth
35 ml brandy
How to:
Pour all the ingredients into a mixing glass filled with ice. Stir and strain into a serving glass.
Served in Cocktail Glass
Facts:
Not as simple as it sounds, this drink also contains a few dashes of vermouth. The result? A stunning Manhattan Continentale.
Source:The Savoy Cocktail Book.
Brooklyn Cocktail
Recipe:
1 dash Amer Picon
1 dash maraschino liqueur
45 ml Canadian whiskey
15 ml dry vermouth
How to:
Pour all ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake vigorously. Strain into a service glass.
Served in Cocktail Glass
Facts:
Perhaps the creators of this drink were under the impression that Brooklyn is north of Manhattan. At any rate, this Canadian whiskey twist on a dry Manhattan is a lost drink worthy of rediscovery.
Source:The Savoy Cocktail Book.
Piña Colada
Recipe:
60 ml white rum
30 ml coconut cream
30 ml heavy cream
180 ml fresh pineapple juice
120 ml crushed ice
How to:
Combine all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth, about 15 seconds. Pour into the service glass. Garnish with a pineapple wedge. Garnish with: pineapple wedge and a maraschino cherry
Served in Wine Glass
Facts:
Standardized and popularized in Puerto Rico in the 1950s there are few better poolside drinks in existence that can compete with the frosty, creamy Piña Colada. Ask for yours with a dash of Angostura bitter if you are feeling adventurous.
Source:Museum Of The American Cocktail Pocket Recipe Guide
Vesper
Recipe:
75 ml gin
25 ml vodka
15 ml Lillet Blanc
How to:
Pour all ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake vigorously. Strain into a service glass. Garnish with: lemon twist
Served in Cocktail Glass
Facts:
Made famous by Ian Fleming in Casino Royale the first James Bond Novel, the Vesper was invented by Fleming himself. The name came from having drinks at a friend's home in Jamaica where a servant would announce the cocktail hour by asking what they would like to have for vespers.
Source:Museum Of The American Cocktail Pocket Recipe Guide
