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...
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Shirley Temple
For a long-standing non-alcohol cocktail, the SHIRLEY TEMPLE combines ginger ale or seven-up with grenadine, lime juice and maraschino cherries. The beauty of this drink is not only that it’s a fixture at every bar, but that there is room...
Mock-hattan
For those non-alcohol times, something similar in preparation and looking like a Manhattan is the MOCK-HATTAN*. Instead of alcohol, it’s a tea-influenced drink that is complex enough that it doesn’t just taste like something purchased at a fancy gourmet store...
Last Word
The LAST WORD is a classic pre-Prohibition cocktail that was re-popularized 20 years ago by Murray Stenson. a famous Seattle mixologist who passed away a few weeks ago at 74. It’s enjoyed for its balance of sweet, sour and herbal...
Kamikaze
The KAMIKAZE was designed for good-time shooters in the ’70’s & ’80’s, but became respectable as a cocktail later. Fans of the Lemon Drop or the Cosmo should enjoy this limey orange-liqueur-&-vodka mix. What pushes the Kamikaze into respectable territory...
Cadillac Margarita
The idea of the CADILLAC MARGARITA is to upgrade the margarita to more upper-shelf ingredients. Most margaritas use silver tequila, aged at 0-2 months and sometimes considered harsh. The Cadillac Margarita uses Reposado tequila (gold) which is aged between 2-12...
Grapefruit Margarita (Ruby Rita)
The GRAPEFRUIT MARGARITA (“Ruby Rita“) is a grapefruit embellishment of the margarita experience. It’s got the tequila and orange liqueur of the standard margarita, but adds fresh grapefruit juice for a refreshing twist. Lime juice is optional. The preferred tequila...
Margarita bartaco
The MARGARITA BARTACO is a standard margarita made to precise citrusy smoothness at the restaurant bartaco. Bartaco is a chain of about 19 Mexican restaurants with a very active bar. It usually uses specific liquor in its margarita: Libelula tequila...
Bolero
This dark rum & brandy version of the BOLERO is fruity, yet complex. The proportions in the mix largely depends on your taste for dark rum (I prefer Myers’s Dark). My favored mix emphasizes the dark rum, but still has...
Ginger Cosmo Martini
The GINGER COSMO MARTINI is a light, refreshing version of a Cosmo with additional ginger flavoring. Offsetting ginger with Cointreau is a winning combination. Its aftertaste is very summery and at times tastes more like grapefruit than ginger. There are...
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