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.

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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.

black manhattan

by Todd Smith of Bourbon & Branch via Imbibe

2 oz. rye whiskey
1 oz. averna
1 dash angostura bitters
1 dash orange bitters

gin(ger) rose

2 oz gin
1/2 oz ginger ale
1-2 rosemary sprigs
1/2 oz lemon

shake hard with ice to infuse with the rosemary

Alaska

from the bartender’s bible.

2 ounces gin
1/2 ounce chartreuse
1 dash orange bitters

Shake over ice.

Greenham’s Grotto

From the bartender’s bible. 

2 ounces gin
1 ounce brandy
1/2 ounce orgeat 
1/2 ounce lemon

Shake over ice.