This book has so many cocktails, and is as advertised: full to the brim with classics and very dated in it’s visuals. I like this one because it includes four or five variations to each recipe.
The Cocktail Bible
Aperitif
This book is half aperitif cocktails and half aperitif snacks. I’ve enjoyed the drinks and snack I’ve made in this book very much, but haven’t made a ton of either. The drinks tend to call for more niche ingredients and it’s not often I make snacks.
Old Gal
1.5 oz. rye
1 oz. blanc vermouth
1 oz. Campari
Orange twist
Directions: Combine liquids over ice and stir until chilled. Express an orange twist over the drink and drop into the glass.
Backlog. Pretty close to the old pal, such that without a side-by-side comparison I’m not sure I’d notice a difference.
Old Pal
1 oz. rye
1 oz. dry vermouth
1 oz. Campari
Orange twist
Directions: Combine liquids over ice and stir until chilled. Express an orange twist over the drink and drop into the glass.
Backlog: Good boulevardier variation
Boulevardier
1 oz. bourbon
1 oz. sweet vermouth
1 oz. Campari
Orange twist
Directions: Combine liquids over ice and stir until chilled. Express orange twist over the drink and drop into the glass.
Backlog. Classic, love it.
White Negroni
1 oz. Plymouth gin
1 oz. Lillet Blanc
1 oz. Suze
Grapefruit twist
Directions: Combine liquids over ice and stir until chilled. Express grapefruit twist over the drink and drop into the glass.
Backlog. Glad I’m doing this because I forgot about this drink! It’s great.
Negroni
1 oz. London dry gin
1 oz. sweet vermouth
1 oz. Campari
Orange twist
Directions: Combine ingredients except the orange twist and stir over ice until chilled. Express orange twist over the drink and drop into the glass.
Backlog. Easily a top 5 cocktail for me, might be my favorite. It helps that I’m basically braindead and this recipe is too simple to forget.
Fair Harvard
2 oz. Pisco
1 oz. bianco vermouth
3 dashes orange bitters
Lemon twist
Directions: Combine all the ingredients except the lemon twist in a mixing glass over ice and stir until chilled. Express lemon twist over the drink and drop into the glass.
Backlog. No recollection of specifics here but Pisco and vermouth are good.
Revolver
2 oz. Bulleit bourbon
0.5 oz. coffee liqueur
2 dashes orange bitters
Orange twist
Directions: combine ingredients and stir until chilled, strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with a flaming orange peel.
Backlog. So fuckin good, coffee liqueur is a cheat code for cocktails.
Bobby Burns
1 oz. blended Scotch
0.75 oz. sweet vermouth
0.5 oz. Benedictine
Lemon twist
Directions: Stir ingredients over ice, strain into a chilled coupe, express a lemon twist over the drink and drop into the glass.
Backlog. I should try this again, I remember it being good but would like to remind myself of its flavor.
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