Underhill-Lounge

Fair and Warmer Cocktail
1/3 Italian Vermouth. (3/4 oz Martini and Rossi Rosso Vermouth)
2/3 Bacardi Rum. (1 1/2 oz Havana Club 7)
2 Dashes Curacao. (1/2 teaspoon Luxardo Triplum)
Shake (stir) well and strain into cocktail glass.
I was going to use the regular Flor de Cana dry, but it seemed like all I would taste would be the [...]

Eye-Opener Cocktail
The Yolk of 1 Fresh Egg.
1 Teaspoonful Powdered Sugar. (scant teaspoon Caster Sugar)
2 Dashes Absinthe. (1/2 tsp Verte de Fougerolles)
2 Dashes Curacao. (1/2 tsp Brizard Orange Curacao)
2 Dashes Crème de Noyau. (1/2 tsp Amaretto di Saschira)
1 Liqueur Glass Rum. (1 1/2 oz Inner Circle Green Rum)
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
Sadly, my schemes [...]

When at City Beer recently, one of the beers that caught our eye was E.S. Bam from Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales.

We’ve tried a couple Jolly Pumpkin beers, and always enjoyed them.  In fact, their La Roja was a Beer of the Week just last April.
But when we read the back of the bottle, being sentimental [...]

“Everything But” Cocktail
1/4 Whisky. (3/4 oz Compass Box blended Asyla Scotch Whisky)
1/4 Gin. (3/4 oz Plymouth Gin)
1/4 Lemon Juice. (3/4 oz Lemon Juice)
1/4 Orange Juice. (3/4 oz Fresh Orange Juice)
1 Egg.
1 Teaspoonful of Apricot brandy. (1 teaspoon Rothman & Winter Marillen Apricot Eau-de-Vie)
Powdered Sugar. (scant teaspoon caster sugar)
(Combine ingredients in shaker without ice and shake [...]

“Everybody’s Irish” Cocktail
3 Dashes Green Mint. (1/2 tsp. Brizard Creme de Menthe)
6 Dashes Green Chartreuse. (1 tsp. Green Chartreuse)
Irish Whiskey. (2 oz Red Breast Irish Whiskey)
(Stir well with ice, strain into a cocktail glass and…) Add a Green olive.
Created to mark, and now in great demand on, St. Patrick’s Day. The green olive suspended [...]

Eton Blazer Cocktail
The Juice of 1/2 Lemon.
1/2 Tablespoonful of Powdered Sugar. (1 teaspoon Caster Sugar)
1/4 Kirsch. (1/2 oz Kirsch)
3/4 Plymouth Gin. (1 1/2 oz Plymouth Gin)
Shake well and strain into long tumbler; fill up with sodawater.
Michael Jackson, in his “Bar and Cocktail Companion,” says, “A metaphorical name, no doubt, since Eton College doesn’t have a [...]

Elk Cocktail
1/2 Prunelle Brandy. (1 1/2 oz mixture 1/2 Trimbach Kirsch, 1/2 Prune Syrup)
2 Dashes French Vermouth. (Dolin French Vermouth)
1/2 Dry Gin. (1 1/2 oz Beefeater Gin)
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass. (Garnish with a prune.)
When I first made this I thought that “Prunelle” was a difficult to find liqueur made from Prune [...]

This is the Fourth in an ongoing series of bartender features on the Underhill-lounge.
Previously, I had experimented by asking the bartender at Montgomery Place to make me a Bombay Cocktail No. 2, but this just seemed to result in a grumpy bartender.
To make it less of a shock, I thought I would contact some local [...]

For a while now I’ve been meaning to get over to a new-ish beer store in San Francisco called “City Beer“.

At Folsom near Eighth, it isn’t a part of the city I really get to all that often.  South of Market, but in the sort of no-man’s land between Market and the freeways.
Anyway, it’s kind [...]

Duppy Cocktail
Pour 4 1/2 glasses of Whisky (2 oz Asyla Scotch) into a large glass and soak in this a few cloves (for an hour or two). Add 5 or 6 drops of Orange Bitters (Healthy Dash Regan’s, Healthy Dash Fee’s), and lastly put in 1 1/2 glasses of Curacao (3/4 oz Brizard Curacao). Place [...]