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Between-The-Sheets Cocktail

12 March, 2008 (11:42) | Savoy Cocktail Book | 1 comment

Between-The-Sheets Cocktail
1 Dash Lemon Juice.
1/3 Brandy. (3/4 oz Germain-Robin Fine Alambic Brandy)
1/3 Cointreau. (3/4 oz Cointreau)
1/3 Bacardi Rum. (3/4 oz Flor de Cana Rum)
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
So here’s the thing about the Between the Sheets. Aside from that dash of Lemon Juice, it is made up entirely of 80 proof spirits. [...]

Balm Cocktail

27 February, 2008 (11:49) | Savoy Cocktail Book | No comments

Balm Cocktail
(6 People)
1/2 Glass Orange Juice. (1/2 oz fresh squeezed)
1/2 Glass Cointreau (1/2 oz)
3 Glasses sherry. (3 oz Lustau Don Nuno Dry Oloroso)
1 Dash Orange Bitters. (Regan’s)
2 Dashes Pimento Dram liqueur. (Homemade)
Fill up the shaker with cracked ice shake and serve with an olive.
The olive garnish doesn’t make any sense to me. Also not sure [...]

Ante Cocktail

22 January, 2008 (12:42) | Savoy Cocktail Book | 2 comments

Ante Cocktail
1 Dash Angostura Bitters.
1/4 Hercules. (1/2 oz Spiced Dubonnet Rouge)
1/4 Cointreau. (1/2 oz Cointreau)
1/2 Calvados or Apple brandy. (1 oz Clear Creek Apple Brandy)
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
Building on the previous cocktail calling for “Hercules” I am again using the Spice infused Dubonnet Rouge for this one. I have to admit [...]

Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Cherry Bomb

11 January, 2008 (11:57) | Cocktails, Original Cocktail | No comments

Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Cherry Bomb
1/4 Cherry Brandy (Massenez Creme de Griotte)
1/4 Cointreau
1/2 Aged Rum (Rhum Barbancourt 5 star)
Use liqueur glass and pour carefully so that ingredients do not mix. Serve with 1/6 lime on top and squeeze into glass before imbibing.

When I was making all those Pousse-Cafe type “Angel” cocktails, I was trying to think of some version [...]

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