Pegu Club
The PEGU CLUB embellishes the common gin & lime combo with orange curacao, orange bitters and Angostura bitters. The resulting mix is a full-flavored drink. The Pegu Club is considered a classic “Sour”, and though not as famous as the...
Category: Spirits
Cosmopolitan (Cosmo)
The COSMOPOLITAN, or “Cosmo”, can vary from bar to bar. If you know what you like in the Cosmo, you can usually request it be made that way. If you don’t know what you like, the establishment’s mix usually disappoints....
Mississippi Punch
Here’s a delicious individual or party-group cocktail: The MISSISSIPPI PUNCH. It’s deceptively smooth and easy to drink, but has the components to pack a punch. For that reason, you may stretch it out some with club soda, or not. The...
Old Pal
From the family of Campari cocktails comes the OLD PAL. While the Boulevardier shifts the Negroni from gin to bourbon, the Old Pal becomes a drier and less sweet version of the Boulevardier by shifting to rye and dry vermouth....
Clover Club
The CLOVER CLUB is a classic raspberry-flavored gin cocktail which has been around since the 1880’s. Like many pre-prohibition drinks, it calls for raw egg-white to give it a smooth frothy layer on top. Combining the fresh-tart flavor of raspberry...
Cranberry Moscow Mule
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....
Revolver
The REVOLVER introduces coffee liqueur to an Old-Fashioned style cocktail and fires flames at an orange peel to garnish. It’s a win-win cocktail for everyone — minimal ingredients that make it easy to make and delicious no matter the skills...
Morning Glory Fizz
The MORNING GLORY FIZZ is a Scotch-based drink originally conceived as a 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...
Corkscrew
The CORKSCREW is a martini-style light rum cocktail that suits almost any occasion or time of the year. It’s pleasing with its mild peach flavor, but is beautifully offset and balanced by dry vermouth. It’s similar to a Jean Harlow...
Bourbon Milk Punch
The BOURBON MILK PUNCH is not especially a punch, but could easily be in a punch bowl during the holidays — just multiply out the proportions. This is a new discovery here, and now a favorite for the holidays. It...
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