Jasmine
The JASMINE comes from the family of Campari cocktails, though it has less of the Italian red bitter flavor as a Negroni. Gin and lemon juice dominate the mix, while orange liqueur and Campari assume supporting roles and round out...
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Mississippi Punch
Here’s a delicious individual or party-group cocktail: The MISSISSIPPI PUNCH. It’s deceptively smooth and easy to drink, but has the components to pack a punch. For that reason, you may stretch it out some with club soda, or not. The...
Clover Club
The CLOVER CLUB is a classic raspberry-flavored gin cocktail which has been around since the 1880’s. Like many pre-prohibition drinks, it calls for raw egg-white to give it a smooth frothy layer on top. Combining the fresh-tart flavor of raspberry...
T & Tonic
Here’s a cocktail that isn’t, but could be. The T & TONIC* is a delicious non-alcohol option that incorporates enough citrus flavors measured against chilled black tea that when topped with tonic water makes for a special drink. Smooth, well-balanced...
Culross Cocktail
The CULROSS (“cool-ROSS”) is a medium-sweet rum-based cocktail that suits any season. Its blend of white rum, Lillet Blanc, apricot brandy and lemon juice date back to the 1930 Savoy Cocktail Book from Harry Craddock. It’s well balanced and easily...
Applejack Sour
For fans of the Sour, an APPLEJACK SOUR hits the mark for Thanksgiving, or for fall in general. Apple brandy (Laird’s Applejack) provides the distilled apple flavor, lemon the sour, and orange juice & maple syrup the sweetening. The resulting...
Whiskey Smash
The WHISKEY SMASH is very similar to a Mint Julep, but combines with lemon juice to produce a tasty, minty Whiskey Sour. The “smash” likely refers to the muddling of lemon wedges and mint before adding bourbon (rye or Canadian...
Blue Train
The BLUE TRAIN is a tasty and exotic-looking gin cocktail served martini-style. Its blue color is from the small amount of blue curacao added to a combination of gin, orange liqueur and lemon juice. It’s a quick and simple mix...
Seaboard
The SEABOARD is a smooth lemon-flavored cocktail mixing whiskey with gin. Like the Woodstock, it combines lemon juice with gin. And like the Long Island Iced Tea, the multiple liquor combination has no dominant liquor flavoring. It all works together....
Casino
The CASINO is a classy gin-based cocktail adding touches of Maraschino liqueur, lemon juice and orange bitters. It’s one of the few gin cocktails that recommends a sweeter gin like Old Tom versus a London dry gin. Add ingredients to...
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