Underhill-Lounge

Cocktails, Food, and Gardening South of the hill in Bernal Heights, CA

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Cubano Cocktail

6 August, 2008 (08:00) | Savoy Cocktail Book | No comments

The Cubano Cocktail
1/2 Gin. (1 oz Bombay Gin)
1/2 vermouth. (1 oz Noilly Prat Dry)
4 Drops Kummel. (very little Kaiser Kummel)
4 Drops Charbreux. (very little Green Chartreuse)
2 Drops Pineapple Syrup. (even less pineapple juice)
Shake (stir, please) well and strain into cocktail glass.
Another cocktail mostly verbatim from Judge Jr.’s “Here’s How!”.
The note in “Here’s How!” goes on [...]

Chocolate Cocktail (No 2)

4 July, 2008 (08:00) | Savoy Cocktail Book | No comments

Chocolate Cocktail (No. 2)
The Yolk of 1 Fresh Egg
1/4 Yellow Chartruese (1/2 oz Yellow Chartruese)
3/4 Port Wine (1 1/2 oz Warre’s Warrior Port)
Teaspoonful of Crushed Chocolate (heaping teaspoon of Scharffen Berger cocoa powder)
Shake well and strain into medium size glass.
Yes, well, again, I am not sure what might be meant by “crushed chocolate”. I couldn’t [...]

Biter Cocktail

8 April, 2008 (13:04) | Savoy Cocktail Book | No comments

Biter Cocktail (6 People)
3 Glasses of Gin (3 oz Tanqueray Gin)
1 1/2 Glasses of Lemon Juice slightly sweetened (1 1/2 oz Lemon Juice)
1 1/2 Glasses of Green Chartreuse ( 1 1/2 oz Green Chartreuse)
Before shaking add a Dash of Absinthe (Verte de Fougerolles)
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
As usual with these 6 person cocktails, [...]

Bijou Cocktail

4 April, 2008 (19:26) | Savoy Cocktail Book | No comments

Bijou Cocktail
1/3 Plymouth Gin. (3/4 oz Plymouth Gin)
1 Dash Orange Bitters. (Dash Fee’s Orange Bitters, Dash Regan’s Orange Bitters)
1/3 Green Chartreuse. (3/4 oz Green Chartreuse)
1/3 Gancia Italian Vermouth. (3/4 oz Carpano Antica Vermouth)
Mix well with a spoon in a large bar glass; strain into a cocktail glass, add a cherry or an olive, squeeze a [...]