Doc’s Dirty Martini
Whether you like your Martini with Gin or Vodka, and dirty or down right filthy, Doc Elliott’s Olive Bitters is the secret to making this Dirty Martini deliciously savory.
Tag: Aromatic Bitters
Full Sail
Kids love special drinks as much as adults. Especially if it’s made just for them. The carbonated coconut water is a bit over the top, but once again, with a little effort the kids feel really special. I used an an iSi Whipper and a CO2 charge since my siphon…
Gin & Blood Orange Tonic with Cucumber Cardamon Foam
This drink is based on Kathy Casey’s Luxury Gin & Tonic Cocktail with Cucumber Lime Foam. (Follow her on Kathy Casey’s Liquid Kitchen). I did not have all of the ingredients she called for and, besides, I generally like to mess with recipes!
Champagne Cocktail
½ oz. Grand Marnier 5 oz. Champagne 1 sugar cube 4-5 dashes Angostura Bitters Add Grand Marnier to chilled champagne glass and top with champagne Place sugar cube on a bar spoon and saturate with bitters Drop sugar cube into glass Twist lemon zest over glass and discard
Festa
2 oz Cachaça 1/2 oz. lime juice 1/2 oz. raspberry syrup 1/2 oz. Domaine de Canton ginger liqueur dash Angostura Aromatic Bitters Chill an old fashioned glass with ice and water Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass and stir with ice Strain over fresh ice in chilled glass
Planter’s Punch
This is my version of rum punch which I would like to claim I invented somewhere in the islands, but it was actually at home in Texas! I recently added the Orgeat and Key Lime Bitters. You can sub Angostura Bitters but you do need something to offset the sweetness…
Zombie
Donn Beach’s original recipe, circa 1934, found in a waiter’s notebook dated 1937 and marked “old.” 1 ½ oz. Mount Gay Gold Rum 1 ½ oz. Appleton Extra Rum 1 oz. Lemon Hart 151 Rum ¾ oz. lime juice ½ oz. Don’s Mix ½ oz. Falernum Dash Angostura Bitters 1/8…
Vieux Carré
¾ oz. rye whiskey ¾ oz. brandy ¾ oz. sweet vermouth ¼ oz. Benedictine dash Peychaud’s Bitters dash Angostura Bitters Chill an old fashioned glass with ice and water Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass and stir with ice Strain over fresh ice in chilled glass Garnish with thick…
The Manhattan
Sazerac is my rye whiskey of choice. Made at the Buffalo Trace Distillery, it is spicy and sweet with flavors of orange peels, pepper and allspice. It blends very well with the Italian Vermouth. Note that this is the same recipe as the Irish Manhattan, just substituting the Irish Whiskey…
Sazerac
My go to libation while in NOLA! 2 oz. rye whiskey 4 dashes Peychaud’s Bitters 1 dash Angostura Bitters 1 tsp. 2:1 simple syrup absinthe lemon peel Chill old fashioned glass with ice and water. Combine all ingredients, except absinthe, to a mixing glass and stir with ice. Drain ice…
Full Sail
Kids love special drinks as much as adults. Especially if it’s made just for them. The carbonated coconut water is a bit over the top, but once again, with a little effort the kids feel really special. I used an an iSi Whipper and a CO2 charge since my siphon…
Gin & Blood Orange Tonic with Cucumber Cardamon Foam
This drink is based on Kathy Casey’s Luxury Gin & Tonic Cocktail with Cucumber Lime Foam. (Follow her on Kathy Casey’s Liquid Kitchen). I did not have all of the ingredients she called for and, besides, I generally like to mess with recipes!
Champagne Cocktail
½ oz. Grand Marnier 5 oz. Champagne 1 sugar cube 4-5 dashes Angostura Bitters Add Grand Marnier to chilled champagne glass and top with champagne Place sugar cube on a bar spoon and saturate with bitters Drop sugar cube into glass Twist lemon zest over glass and discard
Festa
2 oz Cachaça 1/2 oz. lime juice 1/2 oz. raspberry syrup 1/2 oz. Domaine de Canton ginger liqueur dash Angostura Aromatic Bitters Chill an old fashioned glass with ice and water Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass and stir with ice Strain over fresh ice in chilled glass
Planter’s Punch
This is my version of rum punch which I would like to claim I invented somewhere in the islands, but it was actually at home in Texas! I recently added the Orgeat and Key Lime Bitters. You can sub Angostura Bitters but you do need something to offset the sweetness…
Zombie
Donn Beach’s original recipe, circa 1934, found in a waiter’s notebook dated 1937 and marked “old.” 1 ½ oz. Mount Gay Gold Rum 1 ½ oz. Appleton Extra Rum 1 oz. Lemon Hart 151 Rum ¾ oz. lime juice ½ oz. Don’s Mix ½ oz. Falernum Dash Angostura Bitters 1/8…
Vieux Carré
¾ oz. rye whiskey ¾ oz. brandy ¾ oz. sweet vermouth ¼ oz. Benedictine dash Peychaud’s Bitters dash Angostura Bitters Chill an old fashioned glass with ice and water Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass and stir with ice Strain over fresh ice in chilled glass Garnish with thick…
The Manhattan
Sazerac is my rye whiskey of choice. Made at the Buffalo Trace Distillery, it is spicy and sweet with flavors of orange peels, pepper and allspice. It blends very well with the Italian Vermouth. Note that this is the same recipe as the Irish Manhattan, just substituting the Irish Whiskey…
Sazerac
My go to libation while in NOLA! 2 oz. rye whiskey 4 dashes Peychaud’s Bitters 1 dash Angostura Bitters 1 tsp. 2:1 simple syrup absinthe lemon peel Chill old fashioned glass with ice and water. Combine all ingredients, except absinthe, to a mixing glass and stir with ice. Drain ice…