Underhill-Lounge

Cupid Cocktail
1 Glass Sherry. (2 oz Lustau Don Nuno Dry Oloroso)
1 Fresh Egg.
Teaspoonful Powdered Sugar. (1 tsp. caster sugar)
A little Cayenne Pepper.
Shake well and strain into medium size glass.
Sherry Flip, essentially. The cayenne pepper give it an interesting little kick.
Not overly complex or anything; but enjoyable all the same.
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Chocolate Cocktail (No. 1)
1 Teaspoonful of Powdered Chocolate (heaping teaspoon of Scharffen Berger cocoa powder)
1 Egg
1 Liqueur Glass Maraschino (1 oz Luxardo Maraschino)
1 Liqueur Glass Yellow Chartreuse (1 oz Yellow Chartreuse)
(dash Pierre Ferrand Cognac)
Shake well and strain into large glass.
Now, I’m not sure if “Chocolate Powder” means something other than cocoa powder; but, if you’re [...]

Café Kirsch Cocktail
The White of 1 Egg
1 Liqueur Glass Kirsch (1 oz Trimbach Kirsch)
1/2 Tablespoon of Sugar (1 teaspoon Caster Sugar)
1 Small Glass of Cold Coffee (1 oz Peet’s Kenyan AA, Melitta Drip)
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
Weird. I expected to like the last cocktail and expected to dislike this one.
Wrong on both [...]

Café De Paris Cocktail
The White of 1 Egg
3 Dashes Anisette (1 Barspoon Anis del Mono)
1 Teaspoonful of Fresh Cream
1 Glass of Dry Gin (2 oz Boodles Gin)
Shake well and strain into medium size glass.
Kind of underimpressed with this one. Maybe I overshook and it got a bit diluted? Anyway, I felt like the anis could [...]

Bronx (Silver) Cocktail
The Juice of 1/4 Orange
The White of 1 Egg
1/4 French Vermouth (3/4 oz Noilly Prat Dry Vermouth)
1/4 Italian Vermouth (3/4 oz Cinzano Rosso Vermouth)
1/2 Dry Gin (1 1/2 oz Boodles Gin)
Shake well and strain into large wine glass.
Haven’t quite decided what I think of the Boodles.
It was on sale, so I figured I [...]

Bosom Caresser Cocktail*
The Yolk of 1 Egg
1 Teaspoonful of Grenadine (uh, oops, I forgot the grenadine)
1/3 Curacao (3/4 oz Brizard Orange Curacao)
2/3 Brandy (1 1/2 oz Pierre Ferrand Ambre)
(dash Regan’s orange bitters)
Shake well and strain into medium size glass. (Squeeze Orange Peel on top.)
*This might be called the “Bobby Jones” or the “Francis Ouimet” Cocktail, [...]

Booster Cocktail
4 Dashes Curacao (teaspoon Brizard Orange Curacao)
The White of 1 Egg
1 Glass Brandy (2 oz Korbel VSOP)
Shake well and strain into medium size glass. Nutmeg on top.
Shoulda been more generous with the Curacao or maybe used a nicer brandy. Dash of bitters? Champagne?
Certainly no Pisco Sour. Drinkable; but, not that interesting.
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