Very nice Christmas cocktail. A slice of peeled fresh ginger on a toothpick made a worthy garnish.
Hmmm…. When I click the link for Blackthorn (English) I get a 404 page not found error
My personal favorite gin. Much more interesting than the run of the mill major labels and well worth a try if you can find it. Between this and Venus No. 2, I prefer No. 1.
Very nice Manhattan variation as written, but at 2.2 standard drinks I’ll probably make 1 or 1 1/2 of them next time for the evening cocktail for two. Always good to find a really nice two (not counting bitters) ingredient cocktail.
Orange and Peychaud's bitters mentioned in the review but absent from the recipe? Okay, we'll try it every which way and decide on our favorite. Our first take with Peychaud's was a hit. We do it on the rocks.
Hmmm… mixed a batch of two and added Peychaud’s to one - for science. Both of us thought that it actually lost something with the bitters. Quite a lovely cocktail for sipping on the porch.
Nice sipper for a Summer afternoon on the porch. Just a nit - there’s not an alcohol content listing for this recipe. It’s a nice touch to have the standard drink information to encourage responsible consumption. I really appreciate that feature of the website.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
I was beginning to think I would never find a use for my dust gathering bottle of Satan's Expectorant at the rear of my bar.
After over indulging at dinner, I resolved to try the proclaimed benefits of Fernet one last time.
This little diamond is a winner. The bitterness,syrup & sour combine nicely, riding the menthol wave over the earthy whisky (I had Rittenhouse B.i.B to hand).
A little reminder of that mouth rinse we get at the dentist's, but I'm not averse.
I’ll never be able to think of Fernet Branca by its proper name again! Quite apt.
Our official Bloomsday cocktail
Puts the usual Italian versions to shame in depth and complexity of flavors. It won’t make your drinks as shockingly pink as Campari, but I’d rather have great flavors and natural color than artificial dyes and simple flavors. Well worth seeking out. You won’t be disappointed.
On our favorites list, but I’m a little puzzled. The recipe says to stir the cocktail, but the review section says it’s best enjoyed shaken rather than stirred. Sigh…. Guess I’ll just have to do a bit of research to determine the correct technique. Tough work in the interest of science.
Very tasty. Might want to check the links in the article to the Last Word cocktail. Feel free to delete this comment.
Very nice sipper. Next time I’ll up the mezcal a tad just ‘cause I like a little more smoke flavor in something like this.
Quite nice and a lot more enjoyable than the similar Beelzebub we tried last night. Didn’t happen to have a regular orange at hand, but a garnish of Bergamot orange zest made it sing. Too bad you have to grow your own to get Bergamots.
Ummm… what’s the 10ml of chilled water for in the ingredients list?
A fine way to end a hot afternoon. Not as fiddley as muddling a Caipirinha and the Lillet adds a nice complexity. I’d probably skip the sugar syrup next time, though.
A worthwhile application of more than the usual number of ingredients to get a lovely cocktail for a summer afternoon. I substituted St. George Spirits Bruto Amaricano for the Cocchi Americano and it’s a cocktail we’ll worth mashing the Add To Favorites button.
Almost an acknowledgement that drinking a martini is partly an excuse to nosh on some great pickled veggies. Good pickled onion recipe:
https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1018721-pickled-cocktail-onions
Yum, at least with the bergamot twist to top it off. I’ll have to try it without to see if it holds up without having fresh bergamot around the house. A lovely citrus known mostly as the flavor in Earl Gray tea and as far as I can tell, pretty much obtainable in most of the world unless you have a tree in your yard.
If you are fortunate enough to have access to bergamots, they make a marmalade to die for.
Somehow didn’t ring my chimes. The lemon juice kind of overwhelmed the flavor of the champagne. I’d up the sugar a hair and cut back some more on the lemon. The cognac is fine as is.
Ummm... How much is one whole syrup from Luxardo maraschino cherries? I buy my cherries in a 72 ounce jar.
Simple and delicious. Bittermen’s Xocolatl Mole bitters really hit the spot on this one.
Yum. Straightforward three ingredient cocktail that would also work on martes, miércoles, or on most any other día. Just the right balance of booze, sweet, bitter and complejidad. Definitely going in the Favorites.
Yum! Homemade orgeat is a bit of work, but with a cocktail like this, it shouldn’t be a problem using it up before it goes funky. Lovely balance without being too sweet. The healthy dollop of Angostura adds a nice complexity and color.
Blessed (or maybe cursed) with 20 lbs. or so of greengage plums, so this was an opportunity to use one plum at the end of a day of canning and baking.
It ended up a little sweet with the dead ripe plum so I’d adjust the sugar, but I’d certainly try it again. Not many Slivovitz cocktail recipes out there.