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…

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…

We returned home from Iceland, and the UK before that, early this week, entertained house guests that arrived the next day, and are now finally getting back to our usual schedules and routines. I’ve finished sorting through a mountain of…

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.…

Turf Cocktail

• 2 ounces gin
• 3/4 ounce dry vermouth
• 1/4 ounce maraschino liqueur
• 1 dash absinthe
• 1 dash orange bitters
• Lemon twist for garnish

Combine ingredients in an mixing glass and fill with ice. Stir well and…

English Afterthought

• 2 ounces gin
• 1/2 ounce St. Germain
• 1 Tbsp fresh blueberries
• 1 Tbsp fresh ginger, peeled and thinly sliced
• Ginger beer

Muddle blueberries and ginger in glass. Fill glass with ice, then add gin and…

Sensation

• 6 to 8 mint leaves
• 1/2 ounce maraschino liqueur
• 1 1/2 ounces gin
• 2/3 ounce fresh lime juice

In a mixing glass, muddle the mint with a few ice cubes and the maraschino liqueur until the…

This cocktail is an adaptation of the Gin-Gin Mule served at Pegu Club in New York, which itself is an adaptation of the Moscow Mule, using gin in place of vodka and adding mint. Great idea, I say. The…

St. Germain & Champagne on the left, Bittersweet Symphony on the right

Bittersweet Symphony

• 1 1/2 ounce Martin Miller’s gin
• 1 ounce Punt e Mes sweet vermouth
• 1 ounce Aperol
• Dash of lemon bitters
• Lemon twist for garnish

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French Gimlet

• 2 ounces gin
• 1 1/2 ounce St-Germain
• 1/2 ounce fresh lime juice

Combine all ingredients in an ice-filled shaker and shake until cold. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a lime wedge. Cat…