Underhill-Lounge

Coffee Cocktail
The Yolk of 1 Egg.
1 Teaspoonful Sugar or Gomme Syrup.
1/3 Port Wine. (1 oz?)
1/6 Brandy. (1/2 oz?)
1 Dash Curacao.
Shake well, strain into a small wineglass, and grate a little nutmeg on top.
The name of this drink is a misnomer, as coffee is not to be found among its ingredients, but it looks like coffee [...]

Classic Cocktail
1/6 Lemon Juice (1/2 oz lemon juice)
1/6 Curacao (1/2 oz Brizard Curacao)
1/6 Maraschino (1/2 oz Luxardo Maraschino)
1/2 Brandy (1 1/2 oz Pierre Ferrand Ambre)
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass. Frost rim of glass with castor sugar. Squeeze lemon peel on top.
I left off the sugar rim, as it seemed like this [...]

Cinzano Sparkling Cocktail
In a wineglass put 1 lump of Sugar, 2 dashes of Angostura, 1 dash of Curacao (Brizard Orange Curacao), 1 teaspoonful of Brandy (generous teaspoon Pierre Ferrand Ambre), 1 lump of ice (uh, oops, forgot).
Fill up with Cinzano Brut (Rotari Brut Rose), stir slightly, and squeeze lemon peel on top.
As far as I [...]

Church Parade Cocktail
2/3 Plymouth Gin (1 1/2 oz Plymouth Gin)
1 Dash Orange Curacao (1/3 tsp. Brizard Orange Curacao)
4 Dashes Orange Juice (1 1/3 tsp. Orange Juice)
1/3 French Vermouth (3/4 oz Noilly Prat Dry Vermouth)
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass
After the last few “cocktails” I was kind of excited that I would get to make [...]

Chinese Cocktail
1 Dash Angostura Bitters
3 Dashes Maraschino (1/2 bar spoon Luxardo Maraschino)
3 Dashes Curacao (1/2 bar spoon Senior Curacao of Curacao)
1/3 Grenadine (1, well 3/4, oz Home Made Grenadine)
2/3 Jamaica Rum (2 oz Appleton Estate V/X Rum)
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
No idea why this is called the “Chinese Cocktail”. From the ingredients, it [...]

Cherry Blossom (6 people)
To a glass half full of cracked ice add a tablespoon of dry Curacao (dash senior Curacao of Curacao), one of Lemon Juice (1 TBSP fresh), one of Grenadine (Fee’s American Beauty Grenadine), 2 1/2 glasses of Cherry Brandy (1 oz Cherry Heering Liqueur) and 2 of brandy (1 oz Pierre Ferrand [...]

Capetown Cocktail
1 Dash Angostura Bitters
3 Dashes Curacao (Senior Curacao of Curacao)
1/2 Caperitif (1 1/2 oz Dubonnet Blanc)
1/2 Canadian Club Whisky (1 1/2 oz 40 Creek Barrel Select)
Stir well and strain into cocktail glass. Lemon peel on top.
Initially the flavor of the Dubonnet seemed a bit strong. Grew on me though, and as I drank [...]

Canadian Cocktail
The Juice of 1/4 Lemon
1/4 Tablespoonful Powdered Sugar (no thanks, sweet enough already)
1 Liqueur Glass Curacao (about 1 1/4 oz Senior Curacao of Curacao)
3 Dashes Jamaica Rum (1/4 oz Inner Circle Green)
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
The big question here was what rum to use.
I knew it had to be something with enough [...]

Byculla Cocktail
1 Liqueur Glass Ginger (3/4 oz Canton Ginger Liqueur)
1 Liqueur Glass Curacao (3/4 oz Brizard Orange Curacao)
1 Liqueur Glass Port (3/4 oz Warre’s Warrior Port)
1 Liqueur Glass Sherry (3/4 oz Lustau Don Nuno Dry Oloroso)
Shake (stir, please) well and strain into cocktail glass.
Too sweet to be anything other than a dessert cocktail. I like [...]

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 [...]