24 July, 2008 (08:00) | Savoy Cocktail Book | No comments
The Cornell Special Cocktail
1/4 Part Gin. (3/4 oz Tanqueray)
1/4 Part Benedictine. (3/4 oz Benedictine)
1/4 Part Lemon. (3/4 oz Fresh Squeezed Lemon Juice)
1/4 Part Lithia Water. (3/4 oz Gerolsteiner Heavy Mineral Content Mineral Water)
Stir well and serve in cocktail glass.
Well, this one gave me a lot of trouble. I found some online sources that purported to [...]
20 July, 2008 (08:00) | Savoy Cocktail Book | No comments
Commodore Cocktail
1 Teaspoonful Syrup. (1 teaspoon depaz cane syrup)
2 Dashes Orange Bitters. (1 dash Angostura Orange, 1 Dash Angostura Aromatic)
The Juice of 1/2 Lime or 1/4 Lemon. (1/4 Lemon)
1 Glass Canadian Club Whisky. (1 3/4 oz 40 Creek Barrel Select Whisky, 1/4 oz Buffalo Trace Bourbon)
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
I’m spiking the 40 [...]
15 July, 2008 (08:00) | Savoy Cocktail Book | 2 comments
Clover Leaf
The same as CLOVER CLUB, with a sprig of fresh mint on top.
so…
The Juice of 1/2 Lemon or of 1 Lime (Juice 1/2 Lemon)
1/3 Grenadine (3/4 oz Homemade Grenadine)
The White of 1 Egg (whisk this a bit before adding)
2/3 Dry Gin (1 1/2 oz Boodles Gin)
Shake well (Combine above ingredients in boston shaker and [...]
14 July, 2008 (08:00) | Savoy Cocktail Book | No comments
Clover Club
The Juice of 1/2 Lemon or of 1 Lime (Juice 1 Lime)
1/3 Grenadine (3/4 oz Homemade Grenadine)
The White of 1 Egg (whisk this a bit before adding)
2/3 Dry Gin (1 1/2 oz Tanqueray Gin)
Shake well (Combine above ingredients in boston shaker and shake for a minute or so without ice. Crack the seal on [...]
12 July, 2008 (08:00) | Savoy Cocktail Book | No comments
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 [...]
29 June, 2008 (08:00) | Savoy Cocktail Book | No comments
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 [...]
26 June, 2008 (08:00) | Savoy Cocktail Book | No comments
C.F.H. Cocktail
1/6 Grenadine (1/2 oz homemade)
1/6 Cederlund’s Swedish Punch (1/2 oz Facile Swedish Punch)
1/6 Calvados (1/2 oz Laird’s Bonded Apple Brandy)
1/6 Lemon Juice (1/2 oz fresh lemon juice)
1/3 Burrough’s Beefeater Gin (1 oz Boodle’s Gin)
(Shake and strain into cocktail glass)
Oddly, this recipe has no method instructions and I couldn’t dig up anything on the name.
Anyway, [...]
24 June, 2008 (08:00) | Savoy Cocktail Book | No comments
Cats-Eye Cocktail (6 people)
1/2 Glass Fresh Lemonade (1/4 oz Lemon Juice, 1/2 teaspoon sugar)
1/2 Glass Water (1/4 oz water)
2 Glasses Gin (1 oz Boodles Gin)
1 Dessertspoonful Kirsch (Dash Trimbach Kirsch)
1/2 Glass Cointreau (1/4 oz Cointreau)
Not quite 2 Glasses French Vermouth (Not quite 1 oz Noilly Prat Dry)
Shake well and strain into cocktail glasses. Serve [...]
22 June, 2008 (11:38) | Savoy Cocktail Book | 1 comment
Casino Cocktail
2 Dashes Maraschino (2/3 tsp Luxardo Maraschino Liqueur)
2 Dashes Orange Bitters (generous couple splashes Regan’s Orange Bitters)
2 Dashes Lemon Juice (2/3 tsp Lemon Juice)
1 Glass Old Tom Gin (2 oz Junipero Gin and a dash simple)
Stir well and add cherry.
Skipped Cherry and am quite cheery about it.
An enjoyably odd cocktail. One of the [...]
16 June, 2008 (12:00) | Savoy Cocktail Book | No comments
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 [...]
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