Underhill-Lounge

Darb Cocktail
1/3 French Vermouth. (3/4 oz Noilly Prat)
1/3 Dry Gin. (3/4 oz Bombay Dry Gin)
1/3 Apricot Brandy. (3/4 oz Rothman & Winter Orchard Apricot)
4 Dashes Lemon Juice. (Juice 1/8 Lemon)
Shake (Stir?) well and strain into cocktail glass.
I also tried this with Zwack Barack Palinka in place of the apricot liqueur. While that combination is, uh, [...]

The Cubano Cocktail
1/2 Gin. (1 oz Bombay Gin)
1/2 vermouth. (1 oz Noilly Prat Dry)
4 Drops Kummel. (very little Kaiser Kummel)
4 Drops Charbreux. (very little Green Chartreuse)
2 Drops Pineapple Syrup. (even less pineapple juice)
Shake (stir, please) well and strain into cocktail glass.
Another cocktail mostly verbatim from Judge Jr.’s “Here’s How!”.
The note in “Here’s How!” goes on [...]

Crystal Bronx Cocktail
The Juice of 1/4 Orange. (Valencia)
1/4 French Vermouth. (3/4 oz Noilly Pratt Dry)
1/4 Italian Vermouth. (3/4 oz Cinzano Rosso)
1 Lump Ice.
Use medium-size glass and fill up with Soda Water.
Seems like something is missing from this cocktail!
Like, the other 1/2!
Anyway, even though I find no recipes which call for it, I wouldn’t blame you [...]

Creole Cocktail
1/2 Rye or Canadian Club Whisky. (1 oz Sazerac Straight Rye Whiskey)
1/2 Italian Vermouth. (1 oz Carpano Antica)
2 Dashes Benedictine. (2/3 tsp. Benedictine)
2 Dashes Amer Picon. (2/3 tsp. homemade)
Stir well and strain into cocktail glass. Twist lemon peel on top.
A very good cocktail, that, like the Brooklyn, has a real problem in the lack [...]

Country Club Cooler
1 glass French Vermouth. (2 oz Noilly Prat Dry)
1 Teaspoonful Grenadine. (Home made)
2 Lumps of ice.
Pour into tumbler and fill up with soda water.
Just didn’t do much for me.
I suppose the Country Club Cooler is fine and all. Might be a refreshing drink on a hot day. Or one of the fancy vermouths, [...]

Corpse Reviver (No. 1)
1/4 Italian Vermouth. (3/4 oz Carpano Antica)
1/4 Apple Brandy or Calvados. (3/4 oz Germain-Robin Apple Brandy)
1/2 Brandy. (1 1/2 oz Maison Surrenne Petite Champagne Cognac)
Shake (stir, please) well and strain into cocktail glass.
To be taken before 11 a.m., or whenever steam and energy are needed.
Apparently “Corpse Revivers” were a class of pre-prohibition [...]

Coronation Cocktail (No. 1)
1/2 Sherry. (1 1/2 oz Domecq La Ina Fino Sherry)
1/2 French Vermouth. (1 1/2 oz Noilly Prat Dry Vermouth)
1 Dash Maraschino. (Luxardo)
2 Dashes Orange Bitters. (1 dash Regan’s, 1 dash Fee’s)
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
Again, prefer to build these sorts of things over rocks, so there you go.
This was really [...]

Cordova Cocktail
2/3 Dry Gin. (1 1/2 oz Tanqueray)
1 Dash Absinthe. (Lucid Absinthe)
1 Teaspoonful Fresh Cream.
1/3 Italian Vermouth. (3/4 oz Cinzano Rosso)
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
I was making dinner and had some fennel fronds around, so I dropped a couple on top as a garnish.
This was kind of weird.
Cream, Gin, Sweet Vermouth, and Absinthe [...]

Cooperstown Cocktail
1/3 French Vermouth. (1 oz Noilly Prat Dry)
1/3 Italian Vermouth. (1 oz Cinzano Rosso)
1/3 Dry Gin. (1 oz Junipero Gin)
Shake (stir - eje) well and strain into cocktail glass. Add a sprig of Mint.
I first made this cocktail with another of our local gins, No. 209.
Unfortunately, it really didn’t have the Cojones to stand [...]

Cold Deck Cocktail
1/4 White Crème de Menthe. (1/4 oz Brizard)
1/4 Italian Vermouth. (3/4 oz Cinzano Rosso)
1/2 Brandy. (1 1/2 oz Maison Surrenne Petite Champagne Cognac)
Shake (stir - eje) well and strain into cocktail glass.
Reduced Crème de Menthe a bit. Still the dominating element of the cocktail.
Not sure what I think about this one. It [...]