An updated version of Jerry Thomas’s Bar Tenders Guide by Toby Cecchini, Long Island Bar, Brooklyn
2 oz. brandy
1 oz. fresh lemon juice
1 oz. orgeat
3 dashes Peychaud’s bitters
Mai Tai
- 1 ounce light rum
- 1 ounce dark rum
- 1 ounce lime juice
- 1/2 ounce triple sec
- 1/2 ounce orgeat syrup
- 1/4 ounce simple syrup or Falernum
Twelve Mile Limit
1 oz. rum
½ oz. rye whiskey
½ oz. Cognac
½ oz. grenadine
½ oz. fresh lemon juice
Málaga Milk
A riff on the Oatmilk and Honey cocktail from NYC bar The Spaniard, as relayed by Imbibe.
1 ½ oz. bourbon
¼ oz. crème de cacao
¼ oz coffee liqueur
1 oz. almond milk
½ oz. honey syrup
pinch salt
Southern Traction
The 20th Century is a underrated classic cocktail created for the fabulous Art Deco bullet-nosed New York Hudson train engine that ran the Chicago to New York 20th Century Limited line starting in 1938.
Lacking a few critical ingredients, I improvised, naming this variant after a Floridian train.
Ingredients
- 1 oz gin
- 3/4 oz creme de cacao
- 1/4 oz triple sec
- 1 oz grapefruit juice
Combine in a shaker over ice, shake until cold, and serve in a martini glass. Garnish with a twist of grapefruit or lemon if available.
Aviation
Aviation Cocktail
- 2 oz London Dry gin
- ½–¾ oz fresh lemon juice
- ¼ oz maraschino liqueur (Luxardo)
- ¼ oz crème de violette
daisy de santiago
2 oz. white rum
¼ oz. Yellow Chartreuse
1 oz. fresh lime juice
½ oz. simple syrup (1:1)
fall into italy
From Imbibe…
¾ oz. averna
¾ oz. cognac
¾ oz. jamaican rum
¾ oz. fresh lemon juice
¾ oz. simple syrup
2 dashes chocolate or mole bitters
Combine the ingredients into a shaker and shake to combine. Strain into a Old Fashioned glass. Add crushed ice on top.
Bourbon Fall
Invented by a dear friend.
2 oz bourbon
1 oz lemon juice
1/3 oz maple syrup
4-5 drops cardamom bitters
Combine in a shaker with ice. Serve in an old fashioned glass.
(alternates: lime juice, or agave)
ginger rogers
1 oz bourbon
1 oz ginger liqueur
1 oz lemon juice
4 dashes orange bitters
4 dashes cardamom bitters
2 sugar cubes
muddle the sugar cubes and bitters. combine in a shaker with ice. shake until cold.
