Category Archives: Old Mr. Boston

2 Dashes Orange Bitters 1.5 oz. Old Mr. Boston Dry Gin 0.75 oz. Yellow Chartreuse Directions: Stir well with cracked ice and strain into 3 oz. cocktail glass I think that this is a better ratio than the one in 3-Ingredient Cocktail, it’s nice to have more dilution and the orange bitters is able toContinue reading “Alaska Cocktail”

Juice of 0.5 lemons 1 tsp. powdered sugar 2 oz. Old Mr. Boston Dry Gin Directions: Shake well with cracked ice and strain into 7 oz. highball glass. Fill with carbonated water. Add 2 sprigs of fresh mint. I’m still not completely sold on powdered sugar to add sweetness, this is a pretty tart drink.Continue reading “Alabama Fizz”

0.5 oz. lemon juice 0.5 tsp. powdered sugar 1.5 oz. Old Mr. Boston Five Star Brandy 1 tsp. Curacao Directions: Shake ingredients and strain into cocktail glass. I tried to find the history of this cocktail and the only record I can find of it is on the Mr. Boston website. Not tough to discernContinue reading “Alabama Cocktail”

1.5 oz. absinthe substitute 1 sugar cube cold water, as needed Directions: Place absinthe in a cocktail glass. Place sugar cube over hole of drip spoon with cracked ice and pour cold water to fill. When water has dripped through, the drink is ready. Backlog. I have the variation of this spoon meant to beContinue reading “Absinthe Drip Cocktail”

1 oz. Old Mr. Boston Apricot Flavored Brandy 1 oz. Curacao 0.5 tsp. lemon juice Directions: Shake well and strain into 3 oz. cocktail glass. Backlog. This time, I added a classic brandy along with the peach schnapps to replace the apricot brandy. It was still a strange cocktail. Maybe I should try this orContinue reading “After Supper Cocktail”

1 oz. Old Mr. Boston Apricot Flavored Brandy 1 oz. Curacao juice of 1 lime Directions: Shake well and strain into 3 oz. cocktail glass. Leave lime in glass. Backlog. I used peach schnapps instead of the brandy, I’m not buying apricot brandy just for these few drinks. I also used Cointreau instead of CuracaoContinue reading “After Dinner Cocktail”

0.75 oz. dry vermouth 0.75 oz. sweet vermouth 0.75 oz. Old Mr. Boston Scotch Whisky 2 dashes orange bitters Directions: Stir with ice and strain into 3 oz. cocktail glass. Backlog. Variation on the perfect manhattan or a rob roy. Works well enough, there are endless manhattan variations. I prefer Angostura bitters to orange bittersContinue reading “Affinity Cocktail”

1 dash orange bitters 0.75 oz. sweet vermouth 1.5 oz. dry sherry wine Directions: Stir with ice and strain into 3 oz. cocktail glass. Backlog. I think I used port instead of sherry because that’s what I had on hand. This cocktail was strange. Not bad, but strange. I’d like to try it again withContinue reading “Adonis Cocktail”

1.5 oz. absinthe substitute 1 oz. water 0.25 tsp. powdered sugar 1 dash orange bitters Directions: Shake all ingredients, strain into 3 oz. cocktail glass. Backlog. Never used powdered sugar in a cocktail until this. Not sure if it made a difference, I couldn’t really taste it. This book seems to love orange bitters asContinue reading “Absinthe Special Cocktail”

1.5 oz. absinthe substitute 0.75 oz. water 0.25 oz. Old Mr. Boston Anisette 1 dash orange bitters Directions: shake well with cracked ice and strain into 3 oz. cocktail glass. Backlog. Since the prohibition is over I didn’t have to use an absinthe substitute, I used absinthe. I also omitted anisette because I figured thatContinue reading “Absinthe Cocktail”