Underhill-Lounge

Charles Cocktail
1/2 Italian Vermouth (1 1/2 oz Carpano Antica Vermouth)
1/2 Brandy (1 1/2 oz Pierre Ferrand Ambre Cognac)
1 Dash Angostura Bitters
Shake (stir - eje) well and strain into cocktail glass.
This is the only known authentic Jacobite Cocktail.
Interesting! This seems to indicate that this cocktail was named for Charles Edward Louis John Casimir Silvester Maria Stuart [...]

Cecil Pick-Me-Up Cocktail
The Yolk of 1 Egg
1 Glass Brandy (2 oz Pierre Ferrand Ambre)
1 Teaspoonful Castor Sugar
Shake well and strain into medium-size wine glass and fill balance with Ayala (Louis Bouillot, Cremant de Bourgogne Rose ”Perle d’Aurore”, a bit past its prime.) Champagne.
This is quite eggy.
It is tasty, and all. Still the first impression [...]

One of the drinks included in “Food & Wine Cocktails 2008″ is Martin Cate’s version of the classic Trader Vic drink the Fog Cutter

Taking the opportunity of a friend’s band (The awesome Project Pimento!) playing at Forbidden Island, I stopped by to try the drink in question.

Le Fog Cutter. Tasty! I’d not [...]

Previous Kina Lillet rants:
The Quest for Kina Lillet
Kina Quest 2: Necromancing the Stone

Ok, so taste off.
First, Modern Lillet Blanc. Light fresh wine. Strong Orange flavor. Little to no spice or bitter component.
Second, Cocchi Americano. Sweet heavy wine. Strong Orange Flavor. Strong cinnamon spice flavor and lingering quinine finish.
Third, Jean [...]

Carrol Cocktail
2/3 Brandy (2 oz Pierre Ferrand Ambre Cognac)
1/2 Italian Vermouth (1 oz Carpano Antica)
Stir well and strain into cocktail glass. Add a pickled walnut or onion.
Enjoyed this more than I thought I would.
It’s not quite as enjoyable as the “Brandy Special” or “Brandy Vermouth” cocktail. Still more enjoyable than you would think, with [...]

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, [...]

Brandy Blazer
Use small thick (tempered) glass (or mug).
1 Lump Sugar
1 Piece of Orange Peel
1 Piece of Lemon Peel
1 Glass Brandy (2 oz Korbel VSOP)
(Warm Brandy slightly and…) Light with a match, stir with long spoon for a few seconds and strain into cocktail glass.
This can be drunk whilst still alight if so desired.
Gosh darn it! [...]

Brandy Cocktail
2 Dashes Curacao (1 barspoon Senior Curacao)
3/4 Wineglass Brandy (1 1/2 oz Pierre Ferrand Ambre)
(1 dash Regan’s Orange Bitters)
Stir well and strain into cocktail glass.
Couldn’t resist adding a dash of orange bitters. It is supposed to be a cocktail, after all!
Even more than the Brain-storm this is just about the booze. If you enjoy [...]

Brandy Special Cocktail
3 or 4 Dashes Gomme Syrup (1 cube demerara sugar)
2 or 3 Dashes Bitters (Angostura)
1 Wineglass Brandy (2 oz Korbel VSOP Brandy)
1 or 2 Dashes Curacao (1 barspoon Brizard Orange Curacao)
(Soak sugar cube in bitters and crush with muddler in bottom of old fashioned glass. Add Curacao, and stir. Add brandy, stir.) Squeeze [...]

Brandy Gump
1 Hooker of Brandy (1 1/2 oz Korbel VSOP)
The Juice of 1 Lemon (about an ounce)
2 Dashes Grenadine (1 generous teaspoon Fee’s American Beauty)
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
Woo, this is tart and pink. I didn’t have any problem finishing it, but it’s kind of like one of those really sour candies. Bracing.
This [...]