Bourbon basil Rathbone

Made this up.

3 sliced of cucumber 

3+ leaves of fresh basil (spanked)

1 sugar cube

  muddle the above in a mixing glass.

1 1/2 to 2 oz of your choice of bourbon

   1/2 oz simple syrup

   dry shake for 20 secs.

add ice, shake, double strain into a chilled cocktail glass

garnish with a spanked basil leaf.

note: for this one I added half an egg white which I think softened it a a bit too much.

Sidecar

3/4 ounce Cointreau

3/4 ounce lemon juice

1 1/2 ounces cognac

'not sure about this.  I used PAARL brandy from South Africa and it seemed very good.

other times I've used Napoleon and it was not as good.  when I figure out the perfect recipe i'll post it.

Pisco sour

1 1/2 oz Pisco

   3/4 oz lemon juice

   3/4 oz simple syrup

shake with ice, pour into a cocktail glass, add dash of Angostura bitters.

The Swami

   2 oz pisco
1/2 oz lime juice
1/2 green chartreuse
      Splash of simple syrup
   1 dash of Fee Brother grapefruit bitters

Shake all the ingredients over ice
Strain into a cocktail glass

Centennial Canadian Rye Whisky

That's it. :)

Aperol spritz

 

1 oz Aperol

3-4 oz Prosecco

1/2 oz gin (as a tightener)

Made this for friends over the thanksgiving weekend.  They seemed to like it.  I'm doing my best to bring new people in to the world beyond wine and beer.

Cocktail à la Louisiane

 
















Had this at Clive's and liked it.  I swear George used Bourbon and not rye.

This didn't taste as good.
 
3/4 ounce rye whiskey
3/4 ounce sweet vermouth
3/4 ounce Benedictine
3 to 4 dashes Peychaud's bitters
3 to 4 dashes absinthe or a substitute (Herbsaint, Pernod, Ricard, or other pastis)

I used Wodford Reserve but it seemed to overpower the drink.  I also used an eyedropper for the absinthe but alas I think I got more than 3 drops.  Still a nice drink.  I think they also used Antica Formula which I have but didn't want to open as I don't have room in my fridge (don't want it to go bad) 

Old-fashioned

OLD FASHIONED  from Dale Degroff's book The Craft of the Cocktail

2 oz. Bourbon
3 Dashes Angostura Bitters
1 Tsp. Bar Sugar
2 Orange Slices
2 Maraschino cherries
Water or Soda

Mull carefully in the bottom of an old fashioned glass the sugar, Angostura, one orange, one cherry, and a splash of soda. Remove the orange rind and add Bourbon, ice, and soda or water. Garnish with a fresh orange slice and a cherry.

Note: I don't have any cherries as I haven't found ones I like

Bourbon Basil Rathbone (attempt)

I tried to make a bourbon basil drink tonight after the after the Bourbon Basil Rathbone I had at the Orbit Room in SF

muddled cucumber & basil wi a cube of sugar

3/4 lemon juice

3/4 simple syrop

2oz bullet bourbon

dry shake

then shake with ice & double strain.

I was hoping for more basil and more cucumber.  The recipe at the Orbit room said cucumber puree.

The Hanky Panky

Made it before, will make it again.

1 1/2 oz Gin 

3/4 oz sweet vermouth

1 dash of Fernet Branca

stir with ice

strain into a glass

I didn't garnish with anything.