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Aviation
Recipe:
50 ml gin
10 ml maraschino liqueur
30 ml lemon juice
How to:
Pour all the ingredients into a mixing glass filled with ice. Stir and strain into a serving glass. Garnish with: cherry
Served in Cocktail Glass
Facts:
This sky-blue libation was created as an early salute to the birth of flight. Crème de violette adds a light floral touch that highlights similar characteristics in the gin.
Source:Museum Of The American Cocktail Pocket Recipe Guide
Bennett Cocktail
Recipe:
2 dashes Angostura bitter
10 ml lime juice
35 ml dry gin
How to:
Pour all ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake vigorously. Strain into a service glass.
Served in Cocktail Glass
Facts:
In the mood for a drink that is not sweet? No sugar added here. Just gin, bitter, and a squeeze of lime. According to a French bartender in the 1920s, this drink comes from Chile. Old and exotic—always a winning combination.
Source:The Savoy Cocktail Book.
Blenton Cocktail
Recipe:
1 dash Angostura bitter
15 ml dry vermouth
30 ml Plymouth Gin
How to:
Pour all ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake vigorously. Strain into a service glass.
Served in Cocktail Glass
Facts:
Mix Plymouth Gin, dry vermouth and Angostura bitter and you have a Blenton. Think of it as a Pink Martini. And just a good pink champagne is drier and more complex, this drink stands above the Martini.
Source:The Savoy Cocktail Book.
Coffee Cocktail
Recipe:
3 dashes gomme syrup
4 dashes liqueur de noyaux
10 ml cognac
1 espresso
How to:
Pour all ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake vigorously. Strain into a service glass. Garnish with: grated nutmeg
Served in Small Highball
Facts:
This is not the classic combining ruby port, cognac, and a small egg. Nor is it a variation on Dick Bradsell's Pharmaceutical Stimulant (vodka and espresso). This concoction of cognac, espresso, and noyaux is unique. It is classic. It is the right choice.
Source:Bariana
Colonial Cocktail
Recipe:
50 ml dry gin
15 ml grapefruit juice
3 dashes maraschino liqueur
How to:
Pour all ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake vigorously. Strain into a service glass.
Served in Cocktail Glass
Facts:
A cousin to the Hemingway Daiquiri, this superb gin-based cocktail combines maraschino liqueur and grapefruit juice.
Source:The Savoy Cocktail Book.
Commodore
Recipe:
60 ml bourbon whiskey
20 ml white crème de cacao
10 ml lemon juice
1 dash grenadine or pomegranate syrup
How to:
Pour all ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake vigorously. Strain into a service glass.
Served in Champagne Flute
Facts:
Whiskey, chocolate, and lemon. These three flavors combine magically, making this a drink worthy of a salute.
Source:Museum Of The American Cocktail Pocket Recipe Guide
Daiquiri
Recipe:
60 ml light rum
30 ml lime juice
20 ml simple syrup
How to:
Pour all ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake vigorously. Strain into a service glass. Garnish with: lime slice
Served in Cocktail Glass
Facts:
This simple and enduring mix of rum, lime, and sugar has been around for longer than anyone realizes. There is no doubt it was born in the tropics, and it's practically synonymous with Havana.
Source:Museum Of The American Cocktail Pocket Recipe Guide
Journalist
Recipe:
45 ml gin
10 ml dry vermouth
10 ml sweet vermouth
2 dashes triple sec
2 dashes lemon juice
1 dash Angostura bitter
How to:
Pour all ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake vigorously. Strain into a service glass.
Served in Cocktail Glass
Facts:
A very fancy variation on the Perfect Martini, it twists the classic recipe with dashes of bitter, lemon juice, and curaçao.
Source:Museum Of The American Cocktail Pocket Recipe Guide
Twentieth Century
Recipe:
45 ml gin
20 ml Lillet Blanc
20 ml fresh lemon juice
15 ml white crème de cacao
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 Twentieth Century Limited—at one time, the world's most famous train—ran between New York and Chicago from 1902 to 1967: a shining symbol of the dawn of the modern age. In its streamlined Art Deco splendor it looked like a prop from the silent-movie Metropolis.
Source:Museum Of The American Cocktail Pocket Recipe Guide







