The Mixology Monday theme for this month comes from Dinah Sanders, author of The Art of the Shim: Low-Alcohol Cocktails to Keep You Level. The concept of the “Shim”, a term coined by Dinah, is a complex and artful, yet low alcohol, drink. A few years ago, I worked…
2 oz. lemon sour ½ oz. grenadine 6 oz. club soda Dash rhubarb bitters Build in Collins glass over ice Stir well Garnish with fat lemon or orange zest and maraschino cherry
This should be served flaming. Either double the recipe and serve in a scorpion bowl, or float an inverted lime half with 151 rum soaked piece of bread. You can sub the Key Lime Bitters with orange bitters. 2 oz. Mount Gay Gold Rum 1 oz. Orange juice 1 oz.…
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…
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…
¾ oz. vodka ¾ oz. Campari ½ oz. grenadine champagne Chill a champagne flute with ice and water Combine all ingredients, except champagne, in a mixing glass and stir with ice Strain into chilled champagne flute Top with Champagne Garnish with a lemon or orange twist
Before Tiki was Tiki and before Donn Beach and Trader Vic were born, there was the Singapore Sling. The original was created in 1905 at the Raffle’s Hotel in Singapore. This is a mid-century version.
Grenadine is made from pomegranates, not cherries. It is supposed to be red. If you boil this, it will be brown. There is no need to reduce the juice on the stove. Heat it just enough to dissolve the sugar, no more. You can use Whey Low, but it will…
Even though this has orange and lime, it is a tomato based sangrita. This is excellent, but my to-do-list includes working on a citrus based variety. 1 oz. lime juice 1 oz. orange juice 2 oz. Clamato ½ oz. grenadine 3 dashes Celery Bitters Combine all ingredients in mixing glass…
One of these and you won’t care. Two and you won’t give a #?*! ! I found this recipe somewhere and renamed it for a party. It is very strong. 1 ½ oz. Lemon Hart or Bacardi 151 Rum ½ oz. Luxardo Maraschino Liqueur ¾ oz. lime juice ¼ oz.…