Underhill-Lounge

Alfonso (special) Cocktail
1 Dash Angostura Bitters.
4 Dashes Italian Vermouth. (1 tsp Italian Vermouth)
1/4 Dry Gin. (Generous 1/2 oz Dry Gin)
1/4 French Vermouth. (Generous 1/2 oz Dry Vermouth)
1/2 Grand Marnier. (Generous 1 oz Grand Gala)
Shake (Stir!) well and strain into cocktail glass.
Here’s another of those puzzles, where you wonder what one Alfonso cocktail has to do [...]

Alexander’s Sister Cocktail
1/3 Dry Gin (1 oz Beefeater’s Gin)
1/3 Creme de Menthe (1 oz Brizard Creme de Menthe)
1/3 Sweet Cream (1 oz Cream)
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
Ladies are advised to avoid this cocktail as often as possible.
Or anyone else for that matter. My aversion to dairy and overly sweet cocktails makes this [...]

1/2 Apricot Brandy (1 oz Vedrenne Liqueur de Abricot)
1/2 Curacao (1 oz Rhum Clément Liqueur Creole Shrubb)
4 dashes Lemon Juice
OK, this is still really sweet; but, it is also really tasty.
Of the three “After…” cocktails, this is my favorite formulation. Yum!
This post is one in a series documenting my ongoing effort to make all [...]

After Dinner
1/2 Cherry Brandy (1 oz Massenez Creme de Griotte)
1/2 Prunelle Brandy (1 oz homemade plum liqueur)
4 dashes lemon juice
Shake well and strain into a sherry glass.
After Dinner (Special)
1/2 Apricot Brandy (1 oz Vedrenne Liqueur de Abricot)
1/2 Curacao (1 oz Gran Gala Orange liqueur)
Shake well and strain into a cocktail glass.
There are lots of these [...]