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Man about Town (Cynar Boulvardier)

Posted Sun, 11/08/2015 - 10:20 by Jon

2 ounces rye, such as Rittenhouse
1 ounce Cynar
1 ounce sweet vermouth
Brandied cherry

Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add rye, Cynar, and sweet vermouth, and stir until very cold, about 15 seconds. Strain into a chilled martini glass and garnish with a brandied cherry in the bottom of the glass.

Via http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2012/10/gramercy-tavern-man-a...

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Boulvardier

Posted Mon, 10/07/2013 - 19:12 by Jon

Equal parts:

Bourbon (or Rye)
Aperol or Campari
Sweet Vermouth

Stir with ice in a lowball, garnish with a cherry or orange slice. Can also be drained into a highball.

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Mimosa

Posted Sun, 04/21/2013 - 12:59 by Jon

1 part champagne (or other sparkling wine)
1 part orange or other citrus fruit juice

Stirred, served in a tall champagne flute and sometimes garnished with a little grenadine or a cherry in the bottom

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Spring Sidecar

Posted Sat, 04/07/2012 - 13:58 by Jon

This combines the floral tartness of a sidecar with the sweetness of cherries.

2 parts Rye
1 part Cointreau
a few dashes orange bitters
a few dashes cherry bitters
a teaspoon of cherry syrup

Shake with ice, serve up in a cocktail glass garnished with a maraschino cherry and an orange slice.

Drop one drop of peychaud's bitters on top for a "cherry blossom" effect

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Baconhattan

Posted Sun, 12/11/2011 - 15:16 by Jon

Building off the classic Manhattan:

3 parts bacon-infused rye bourbon
3 parts cognac
2 parts sweet vermouth
dash of aromatic bitters
dash of smoke flavor
1 maraschino cherry

Instructions

Use the nitrogen cavitation method to quick-infuse rye using some fried bacon bits.

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Georgian

Posted Sun, 07/24/2011 - 14:19 by Jon

This is essentially a manhattan with peach-infused brandy.

Using the nitrogen cavitation method, Infuse 4 oz Brandy with half a peach, sliced.

Mix with 2 oz sweet vermouth, a dash of maraschino liqueur (or cherry brandy syrup left over from making maraschino cherries)

Add the sliced peaches and a maraschino cherry.

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Tequila Sunrise

Posted Sun, 01/16/2011 - 18:16 by Jon

4 parts orange juice
2 parts tequila
1 part grenadine

Pour the tequila and the orange juice into a highball glass with ice cubes, stir.

Slowly pour the grenadine around the inside edge of the glass, it will sink and slowly rise to mix with the other ingredients naturally.

Garnish with the orange slice and cherry.

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The Big Apple

Posted Tue, 11/23/2010 - 20:01 by Jon

2 parts apple cider
1 parts brandy
1 part bourbon
½ part sweet vermouth
½ part lemon juice
dash of bitters

Basically a Manhattan with apple cider standing in for some of the sweetness. Garnish as usual with a cherry and/or an apple slice.

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Mint Julep Manhattan

Posted Sun, 04/18/2010 - 15:48 by Jon

A juleped Manhattan or Old Fashioned

4 parts Mint Julep Makers Mark (or 3 parts bourbon mized with 1 part simple syrup muddled with mint)
2 parts Cognac
1 part sweet vermouth
1 part dry vermouth
Dash Peychaud's bitters

Garnish with a cherry and a sprig of mint.

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The Jack Rose

Posted Sat, 02/13/2010 - 15:40 by Jon

3 parts applejack brandy
2 parts lemon or lime juice
2 dashes grenadine

Traditionally shaken into a chilled glass, garnished with a cherry or an apple slice, and served straight up.

DC Trivia, via Wikipedia:

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Whiskey Sour

Posted Sat, 01/30/2010 - 16:31 by Jon

3 parts Bourbon whiskey
2 parts fresh lemon juice
1 part egg white (optional)
dash simple syrup or molasses/sorghum

Shake with ice. Strain into ice-filled old-fashioned glass rimmed with sugar and serve on the rocks.

Garnish with maraschino cherry and orange slice

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Manhattan

Posted Sat, 01/30/2010 - 15:38 by Jon

Custom version:
2 oz rye bourbon
1 oz cognac
1 oz vermouth, split between sweet and dry
dash of aromatic bitters
1 maraschino cherry

Instructions

Pour bitters, liquors over ice in mixing glass. Stir and strain into martini glass, garnish with a maraschino cherry.

Dive deep: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/09/21/WI1O...

Joy of Drinking focuses on a simple bourbon or rye manhattan, and adds in peychaud's bitters to the mix, with a
1.5 oz rye, .25oz each sweet and dry vermouth, 2 dashes angostura, 1 dash peychauds.

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Old Fashioned

Posted Sat, 01/30/2010 - 15:24 by Jon

1.5 oz Rye whiskey
1 sugar cube
2 dashes Angostura bitters
1 splash soda water

Place sugar cube in old fashioned (low tumbler) glass and saturate with bitter, add a dash of soda water. Muddle until dissolved. Fill the glass with ice cubes and add whiskey. Garnish with orange slice, lemon twist and two maraschino cherries.

Room 11 has a variation:

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Tom Collins

Posted Sat, 01/30/2010 - 15:07 by Jon

2 parts gin or vodka
1 part freshly squeezed lemon juice
drizzle of sugar syrup
A dash of lemoncello (optional)
Citrus bitters (optional)
chilled carbonated water to taste

Mix the gin, lemon juice and sugar syrup in a highball glass with ice, top up with soda water, garnish and serve.

Garnish with a citrus wedge or cherry

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