Cocktailia

Bijou

• 1 ounce gin
• 3/4 ounce sweet vermouth
• 3/4 ounce green Chartreuse
• 1 dash orange bitters

Combine ingredients in an ice-filled mixing glass and stir until cold. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a maraschino…

Red Hook

• 2 ounces rye
• 1/2 ounce Punt e Mes sweet vermouth
• 1/4 ounce maraschino liqueur
• Dash of Angostura bitters
• Dash of orange bitters

Combine ingredients in an ice-filled mixing glass and stir until cold. Strain into…

Improved Whiskey Cocktail

• 2 ounces bourbon
• 1 tsp simple syrup
• 1/2 tsp maraschino liqueur
• 2 dashes Angostura bitters
• 1 dash absinthe
• Lemon zest for garnish

Combine liquid ingredients in an ice-filled mixing glass and stir until…

Toronto

• 2 ounces rye
• 1/4 ounce Fernet Branca
• 1/4 ounce simple syrup
• 2 dashes Angostura bitters
• Orange zest for garnish

Combine liquid ingredients in an ice-filled mixing glass and stir until cold. Strain into a chilled cocktail…

Champs-Elysées

• 1 1/2 ounces Cognac
• 1/2 ounce green Chartreuse
• 1/4 ounce fresh lemon juice
• 1/8 ounce simple syrup
• 2 dashes Angostura bitters

Combine all ingredients in an ice-filled cocktail shaker and shake until cold. Strain into a…

Scofflaw

• 1 1/2 ounces rye
• 1 ounce dry vermouth
• 3/4 ounces fresh lemon juice
• 3/4 ounces grenadine
• 2 dashes of orange bitters

Shake all ingredients in an ice-filled shaker and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

The…

La Louisiane

• 3/4 ounce rye
• 3/4 ounce Benedictine
• 3/4 ounce sweet vermouth
• Dash of absinthe or substitute
• Dash of Peychaud’s bitters
• Maraschino cherry for garnish

Combine ingredients in an ice-filled mixing glass and stir until cold. Strain…

Opera

• 1 1/2 ounces gin
• 1/2 ounce Dubonnet rouge
• 1/4 ounce maraschino liqueur
• Dash of orange bitters

Stir all ingredients in an ice filled mixing glass. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass and garnish with an orange…

Jockey Club Cocktail #2

• 2 ounces gin
• 3/4 ounce amaretto
• 3/4 ounce fresh lemon juice
• One dash Angostura bitters (or to taste)

Shake all ingredients in an ice-filled cocktail shaker and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.…

I’ve seen some interest in Black Manhattans recently. Even the name is intriguing, but the cocktail is actually quite simple.

Black Manhattan

• 2 ounces bourbon
• 1 ounce Averna
• 1 dash Angostura bitters
• Maraschino cherry for garnish

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