Underhill-Lounge

Bronx (Silver) Cocktail
The Juice of 1/4 Orange
The White of 1 Egg
1/4 French Vermouth (3/4 oz Noilly Prat Dry Vermouth)
1/4 Italian Vermouth (3/4 oz Cinzano Rosso Vermouth)
1/2 Dry Gin (1 1/2 oz Boodles Gin)
Shake well and strain into large wine glass.
Haven’t quite decided what I think of the Boodles.
It was on sale, so I figured I [...]

Bronx Cocktail
The Juice of 1/4 Orange (Juice 1 Page Mandarin)
1/4 French Vermouth (1 oz Noilly Prat Dry Vermouth)
1/4 Italian Vermouth (1 oz Carpano Punt e Mes)
1/2 Dry Gin (1 oz Beefeater’s Gin, 1 oz Tanqueray Gin)
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
Ahem, this did end up a bit on the extra-large size. But, really, the [...]

Broken Spur Cocktail
1 Egg Yolk
2/3 White Port (2 oz Quinto do Infantado White Port)
1/6 Dry Gin (1 oz Tanqueray)
1/6 Gancia Vermouth (1 oz Cinzano Rosso Vermouth)
1 teaspoon Brisard (sic.) Anisette (1 teaspoon Anis del Mono Dulce)
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass. (Garnish with freshly grated nutmeg. - eje)
Once again, my poor grasp of [...]

In the quest to make a Swedish Punch Clone, I had combined two Jerry Thomas recipes and made a variation using Sri Lankan Arrack. While interesting, I later discovered it wasn’t very Similar to Swedish Punch.
I re-used the same procedure recently using Batavia Arrack.
This was what I did:
Underhill Punsch II
1 cup Appleton V/X Rum
1/2 [...]

Broadway Smile Cocktail
1/3 Creme de Cassis (Brizard Cassis de Bourdeaux)
1/3 Swedish Punch (Facile Swedish Punch)
1/3 Cointreau
Use liqueur glass and pour carefully so that ingredients do not mix.
Of the layered liqueur cocktails I’ve tried so far, I have to say this is my favorite. Unfortunately, it involves an ingredient you’re going to need to make yourself, [...]

Breakfast Cocktail
1/3 Grenadine (3/4 oz homemade)
2/3 Dry Gin (1 1/2 oz Plymouth Gin)
The White of 1 Egg
Shake well and strain into large wine glass.
A slightly grenadinier “Pink Lady”? Nom de cocktail so men can order a pink cocktail with grenadine and gin without being embarrassed?
I’m fond of grenadine and gin, so had no problems [...]

When I was thinking about this, I realized that Anchor Steam is just about the only beer I’ve drunk this week. At home, at Cantina, at Weird Fish. Even when we were at Orson for the Bourbon and Bacon Dinner, when they included a beer with one of the courses it was Anchor [...]

Brazil Cocktail
1 Dash Angostura Bitters
1 Dash Absinthe (1/4 barspoon Verte de Fougerolles Absinthe)
1/2 French Vermouth (2 oz Noilly Prat)
1/2 Sherry (2 oz Lustau Solera Reserva Dry Oloroso Sherry “Don Nuño”)
Stir well and strain into cocktail glass. Squeeze lemon peel on top.
The Absinthe and Lemon add a nice flavor to the Sherry and Vermouth. The [...]

I don’t normally put up links to articles, but there were a couple articles this week on local sources that you might not see if you aren’t in the Bay Area.
First off, over at line cook, Richie has an absolutely fantastic post called “A Day in the Life” documenting a typical shift at the restaurant [...]

Brandy Vermouth Cocktail
1 Dash Angostura Bitters
1/4 Italian Vermouth (3/4 oz Cinzano Rosso)
3/4 Brandy (2 1/4 oz Pierre Ferrand Cognac Ambre)
Stir well and strain into cocktail glass
For some reason I didn’t have much hope for this cocktail. Maybe the not very original name? Or perhaps I expected the Italian Vermouth to overpower the Cognac?
In any case, [...]