Tagged: dryvermouth

Daily Mix / Rum / Schnapps / Vermouth (sweet & dry)

Corkscrew

The CORKSCREW is a white (light) rum, martini-style cocktail that suits almost any occasion or time of the year. It’s pleasing with a mild peach flavor and is beautifully balanced by dry vermouth. The Corkscrew is similar to a Jean...

Absinthe/Anise/Anisette / Daily Mix / Gin / Martini Monday / Pernod / Vermouth (sweet & dry)

Absinthe Martini

The ABSINTHE MARTINI takes the classic gin martini and adds a touch of Absinthe, making it anise-fresh, icy-smooth and boozy. While strong, it goes down like a light digestive. The licorice flavor adds balance to the botanicals of gin. Requirements:...

Curacao / Daily Mix / Tequila / Mezcal / Vermouth (sweet & dry)

Tequila Matador

Cafe Royal’s TEQUILA MATADOR is the original recipe combining equal parts tequila, dry vermouth and orange curacao. It’s more like a martini-style Tequini than a tropical pineapple version published in Trader Vic’s Bartender’s Guide, 1972. This “perfect” version is spirit-weighted...

Daily Mix / Gin / Martini Monday / Vermouth (sweet & dry)

Gibson

The GIBSON is a classic martini, usually gin, garnished with a pickled cocktail onion rather than an olive or lemon twist. It’s an unusual gin martini because it doesn’t use any bitters as others do. The cocktail onion adds a...

Curacao / Daily Mix / Grenadine / Rum / Vermouth (sweet & dry)

El Presidente

The EL PRESIDENTE is a Manhattan-style cocktail invented in Cuba around 1919. It remains a cocktail classic, even though Cuba’s Mojito and Daiquiri became more famous. The El Presidente is unlike the other Cuban cocktails in that it doesn’t require...

Aperol/Campari/Cynar / Daily Mix / Vermouth (sweet & dry) / Whiskey (blended)

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....