Underhill-Lounge

Cherry Mixture Cocktail
1 Dash Angostura Bitters (Very Healthy Dash)
1 Dash Maraschino (Luxardo Maraschino Cocktail)
1/2 French Vermouth (2 oz Noilly Prat Dry)
1/2 Italian Vermouth (2 oz Carpano Antica)
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass (Build over cracked ice in a double old fashioned glass, stir briefly to chill). Serve with cherry (3 Amarena Toschi Cherries).
A bit [...]

Charles Cocktail
1/2 Italian Vermouth (1 1/2 oz Carpano Antica Vermouth)
1/2 Brandy (1 1/2 oz Pierre Ferrand Ambre Cognac)
1 Dash Angostura Bitters
Shake (stir - eje) well and strain into cocktail glass.
This is the only known authentic Jacobite Cocktail.
Interesting! This seems to indicate that this cocktail was named for Charles Edward Louis John Casimir Silvester Maria Stuart [...]

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 [...]

Caruso Cocktail
1/3 Dry Gin (1 oz Boodles gin)
1/3 French Vermouth (3/4 oz Noilly Prat Dry)
1/3 Green Creme de Menthe (1/2 oz Brizard Creme de Menthe)
Shake (stir - eje) well and strain into cocktail glass.
I did slightly adjust the proportions here.
Still, I expected to really dislike this drink.
Oddly, I didn’t, and ended up finishing it.
Living in [...]

Carrol Cocktail
2/3 Brandy (2 oz Pierre Ferrand Ambre Cognac)
1/2 Italian Vermouth (1 oz Carpano Antica)
Stir well and strain into cocktail glass. Add a pickled walnut or onion.
Enjoyed this more than I thought I would.
It’s not quite as enjoyable as the “Brandy Special” or “Brandy Vermouth” cocktail. Still more enjoyable than you would think, with [...]

Byrrh Cocktail
1/3 French Vermouth (1 oz Noilly Prat)
1/3 Canadian Club Whisky (1 oz 40 Creek Barrel Select)
1/3 Byrrh (1 oz Byrrh 1875 Rare Assemblage)
Shake (stir, please) well and strain into cocktail glass
Holy crap, is this good!
It tastes like a high proof, delicious burgundy* wine.
I’ve read descriptions of Byrrh that said it tastes a like Italian [...]

B.V.D. Cocktail
1/3 Bacardi Rum (3/4 oz Flor de Cana Extra Dry)
1/3 Dry Gin (3/4 oz Boodles Gin)
1/3 French Vermouth (3/4 oz Noilly Prat)
Shake (stir, please) well and strain into cocktail glass.
Interesting dry Martini variation. The rum disappears into the vermouth and gin. Had a hard time even detecting it in the cocktail.
Lemon Twist or olive [...]

Brooklyn Cocktail
1 Dash Amer Picon (1/2 barspoon Torani Amer)
1 Dash Maraschino (1/2 barspoon Luxardo Maraschino)
2/3 Canadian Club Whisky (1 1/2 oz 40 Creek Barrel Select)
1/3 French Vermouth (3/4 oz Noilly Prat Dry Vermouth)
Shake (stir, please) well and strain into cocktail glass.
This seemed a bit flat as written. I’ve read that Torani Amer is closer to [...]

Bronx Terrace Cocktail
2/3 Gin. (1 1/2 oz Plymouth Gin)
1/3 French Vermouth. (3/4 oz Noilly Prat Vermouth)
The Juice of 1/2 Lime.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
Not a cocktail for everyone, or every moment, however the Bronx Terrace has its time and place.
When you’re feeling a bit ragged and your palate needs to be woken up, [...]

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 [...]