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Vermouth Olive

1.5 oz dry vermouth 4 oz. soda water 2 or 3 green olives Olive juice, if desired Directions: Combine ingredients in a lowball glass filled with ice. Truly wacky how much my palate has changed in the last 5 years. I dropped like 7 olives in this bad boy and loved it with my wholeContinue reading “Vermouth Olive”

Cynar Negroni

1 oz. London dry gin 1 oz. sweet vermouth 1 oz. Cynar Orange twist Directions: Combine all the ingredients except the orange twist in a rocks glass and stir until chilled. Express orange twist over the drink and drop it in the glass. Yum. This book and the aperitif one are great, truly. Love everyContinue reading “Cynar Negroni”

Little Italy

2 oz. Rittenhouse 100-Proof rye 0.75 oz. Martini & Rossi Rosso vermouth 0.5 oz. Cynar Brandied cherry Directions: Combine all ingredients except the cherry in a mixing glass with ice and stir until chilled. Strain into a chilled coupe and garnish with the cherry. Advertised as an amaro-inflected spin on a manhattan and I thinkContinue reading “Little Italy”

Rose Sour

0.5 oz. fresh lemon juice 1 tsp. superfine sugar 3 oz. dry rose 3 black or pink peppercorns, plus freshly ground pepper to finish 1 medium egg white Directions: Combine lemon juice and sugar in a shaker and stir to dissolve. Add the rose, peppercorns, and egg white. Cover and dry-shake for 10 seconds, thenContinue reading “Rose Sour”

Magia Oscura

1.5 oz. mezcal 1.5 oz. sweet vermouth 0.25 oz. Fernet Branca .75 oz. water Directions: combine. The book describes this as the perfect nightcap and I agree. Great for after dinner, basically a more complex digestivo, though I don’t know that I would want these strong flavors out of that context.

Scaffa

1.5 oz. sweet vermouth 0.75 oz. rye whiskey 0.25 oz. dry curacao (Cointreau is okay) 0.25 oz. Amaro Nardini Directions: combine Much more balanced drink than I expected. I stirred this over ice because I had it at home rather than whilst camping, and it was lovely. The Cointreau (I used Cointreau) and Amaro inContinue reading “Scaffa”

Lowbrow-Brilliant Mimosa

3 oz. fresh orange juice 3 oz. light beer Directions: Pour orange juice into collins glass and top with beer. Insane how much I like this, raddler-esque.

Flask Boulevardier

2 oz. bourbon 1 oz. Campari 1 oz. sweet vermouth 1 oz. water Directions: Combine the ingredients and stir. Yum! Negroni and Boulevardier are my favorite drinks so no surprises that I enjoy this. Great drink to have in the outdoors

Between the Sheets

8-10 cracked ice cubes 2 measures brandy 1.5 measures white rum 0.5 measure clear Curacao 0.5 measure lemon juice Directions: Shake ingredients and strain into a chilled wine glass or goblet. Yum! I think I’ve had this one before but can’t recollect where. I used a gold Jamaican rum (all I had) and Cointreau (allContinue reading “Between the Sheets”

Stinger

4-6 cracked ice cubes 2 measures brandy 1 measure white creme de menthe Directions: Shake ingredients and strain into a small, chilled highball glass. I only have creme de menthe verte, so this drink did not have a particularly welcoming look to it, but was nevertheless delicious. A more readily-drinkable cocktail the previous entry fromContinue reading “Stinger”