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Angler's Cocktail
Recipe:
2 dashes Angostura bitter
3 dashes orange bitter
5 ml raspberry syrup
50 ml gin
How to:
Pour all the ingredients into a mixing glass filled with ice. Stir and strain into a serving glass. Garnish with: lemon peel
Served in Cocktail Glass
Facts:
You can judge a bartender by how well this drink is made. A great Angler is a balance between the grenadine's sweetness and the bitter's spice. Traditionally served on the rocks, this classic gin cocktail can be poured up if you want to leave the extra dilution to the fishes.
Source:Bariana
Bronx Terrace Cocktail
Recipe:
30 ml gin
15 ml dry vermouth
juice of 1/2 lime
How to:
Pour all ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake vigorously. Strain into a service glass.
Served in Cocktail Glass
Facts:
Switch the orange for a squeeze of lime, drop the sweet vermouth and you've just walked your Bronx out onto the terrace. It is distinctly drier and fresher than a classic Bronx.
Source:The Savoy Cocktail Book.
Buck's Fizz
Recipe:
60 ml fresh-squeezed orange juice
10 ml gin
1 dash cherry brandy
champagne
How to:
Slowly pour the ingredients in the following order into a flute: juice, brandy, gin, and champagne. Garnish with: orange wedge
Served in Champagne Flute
Facts:
This sparkling classic was invented by a bartender named Patrick McGarry at the Buck's Club in London. This one contains a splash of cherry brandy, though Mr. McGarry secretly slipped a bit of tangerine juice into his.
Source:Museum Of The American Cocktail Pocket Recipe Guide
Generic Crusta Recipe
Recipe:
50 ml spirit of choice
5 ml maraschino liqueur
10 ml Cointreau
20 ml lemon juice
10 ml sugar
How to:
Pour all ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake vigorously. Strain into a sugar-rimmed service glass. Garnish with: lemon peel
Served in Cocktail Glass
Variant:
This is a generic recipe for creating the base for the 'Crusta Cocktail', to this base you can add a variety of spirts. The most popular spirits to add are either Brandy, Whiskey and Rum.
Facts:
Considered the father of American bartending, Jerry Thomas called the Crusta "an improvement on the Cocktail". These days, there is still no doubt the Crusta is a cut above average.
Source:Museum Of The American Cocktail Pocket Recipe Guide
Grasshopper
Recipe:
30 ml green crème de menthe
30 ml white crème de cacao
60 ml heavy 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:
Invented at Tujague's in New Orleans' French Quarter, this drink could be mistaken for mint chocolate chip ice cream, except that it has a very adult kick to it.
Source:Museum Of The American Cocktail Pocket Recipe Guide
Milk Punch
Recipe:
60 ml bourbon whiskey
60 ml milk
1/2 teaspoon dark rum
1 tablespoon simple syrup
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:
It's been made with every spirit including gin. However, Bourbon is best (if you prefer brandy or rum your bartender will still respect you). Considered a morning drink in the American South, Milk Punch is excellent at any time of day or night.
Source:Museum Of The American Cocktail Pocket Recipe Guide
Napoléon's Own
Recipe:
5 ml sugar syrup
5 ml lemon juice
25 ml whisky
25 ml gin
top soda water
How to:
Shake all ingredients—except the soda water—in a shaker over ice. Strain into the serving glass and top with soda water. Garnish with: lemon peel
Served in Small Highball
Facts:
Can you mix whiskey and gin? They did it successfully in the old days. In fact, this cocktail reintroduces the barrel flavor that was part of all gins during the 18th and 19th centuries when spirits were routinely transported in wooden vats.
Source:Bariana
Rose
Recipe:
60 ml dry vermouth
30 ml kirshwasser
1 teaspoon sirop de framboise ou de groseille
How to:
Pour all the ingredients into a mixing glass filled with ice. Stir and strain into a serving glass. Garnish with: maraschino cherry
Served in Cocktail Glass
Variant:
The raspberry syrup can also be replaced with redcurrant syrup.
Facts:
Of all the cocktails called the Rose this is the softest, the most delicate. You can have it with a base of gin if you're looking for something with thorns, but we prefer the original.
Source:Museum Of The American Cocktail Pocket Recipe Guide
Satan's Whiskers
Recipe:
20 ml gin
20 ml dry vermouth
20 ml sweet vermouth
20 ml orange juice
20 ml Grand Marnier
1 dash orange 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:
Would you like your whiskers straight (Grand Marnier) or curled (orange curaçao)? Please specify when ordering this sumptuous blend of gin and orange juice with both dry and sweet vermouths. The orange bitter add the right touch of tempting spice.
Source:Museum Of The American Cocktail Pocket Recipe Guide
