Amaretto / Bourbon / Daily Mix / Uncategorized
by Keet · Published March 25, 2025 · Last modified April 8, 2025
The AMARETTO SOUR is as simple as Amaretto liqueur and lemon juice. But the best recipe is the one originated by Portland bartender Jeffrey Morgenthaler, which props up Amaretto with strong bourbon and adds frothy light texture with egg white....
The IRISH MAID is a botanical Irish whiskey cocktail with the coolness of cucumber to make it perfect for spring and summer. Instead of muddling lemon in a shaker prior to the mix (as in a Whiskey Smash), cucumber is...
Bitters / Daily Mix / Vermouth (sweet & dry) / Whiskey (blended)
by Keet · Published March 11, 2025 · Last modified March 10, 2025
It’s an Irish-whiskey Manhattan — the EMERALD. But it more closely resembles the Scottish Highlander in that it infuses the orange flavors from orange bitters and orange peel into an Irish whiskey instead of maraschino cherry into bourbon or rye....
Cointreau (orange liqueur) / Curacao / Daily Mix / Gin / Videos Demos
by Keet · Published March 4, 2025 · Last modified March 7, 2025
The BLUE TRAIN is a tasty and exotic-looking gin cocktail served martini-style. Its blue color is from the small amount of blue curacao added to a combination of gin, orange liqueur and lemon juice. It’s a quick and simple mix...
The POMEGRANATE MARGARITA adds the sweet-tart flavor of pomegranate juice to the usual suspects of a standard margarita and yields a delicious variation. One can also argue that the anti-oxidants in pomegranate juice is a healthy addition to the margarita....
Aperol/Campari/Cynar / Cointreau (orange liqueur) / Daily Mix / Gin
by Keet · Published February 18, 2025
The JASMINE comes from the family of Campari cocktails, though it has less of the Italian red bitter flavor as a Negroni. Gin and lemon juice dominate the mix, while orange liqueur and Campari assume supporting roles and round out...
Developed in McKeesport just southeast of Pittsburgh, the FUSSFUNGLE sweetens a rye Old-Fashioned with a special recipe of burnt brown sugar and molasses. The sweetening mixture makes for a delicious whiskey treat and should be prepared in advance. If you’re...
The MORNING GLORY FIZZ is a Scotch-based drink originally conceived as a hangover recovery cocktail. With the froth of an egg white and fizz of soda water, it’s meant to be consumed quickly and not sit. Most recipes include pre-rinsing...
Cognac / Brandy / Cointreau (orange liqueur) / Daily Mix / Throwback Thursday
by Keet · Published February 7, 2025
The LOUD SPEAKER is another of the Harry Craddock cocktails published in his 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book. The original version makes for an easier serve by the bartender, with equal parts gin & brandy, and equal but lesser parts...
Cranberry Juice / Daily Mix / Fizzy Friday / Ginger Beer / Vodka
by Keet · Published February 4, 2025
The CRANBERRY MOSCOW MULE mixes the spicy flavor of real ginger beer with cranberry juice. As with a regular Moscow Mule, vodka and lime juice are the other components. Cranberry juice adds a refreshing sweetness that blends nicely with ginger....
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