Cocktailia

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…

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.…

Delmarva Cocktail #2

• 2 ounces rye
• 1/2 ounce dry vermouth
• 1/2 ounce white crème de cacao
• 1/2 ounce fresh lemon juice
• 1 fresh mint leaf for garnish

Shake all ingredients in an ice-filled shaker and strain into…

Maiden’s Blush

• 2 ounces gin
• 3/4 ounce triple sec
• 1/2 ounce fresh lemon juice
• Grenadine or substitute to taste

Combine all ingredients in an ice-filled shaker, shake until cold, and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

This…

Corpse Reviver #2

• 3/4 ounce gin
• 3/4 ounce Cointreau
• 3/4 ounce Lillet blanc
• 3/4 ounce fresh lemon juice
• Splash of absinthe or absinthe substitute

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

I know, I know, that’s applejack in the picture, not Calvados. I ran out of Calvados a couple weeks ago and picked up the applejack just to have something a bit different. Both applejack and Calvados are apple brandies…

Missing Link

• 1 1/2 ounces rum
• 1 ounce Cointreau
• 1/2 ounce fresh lemon juice

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

This recipe follows the pattern…

Peach-Ginger Cocktail

• 3 slices fresh peach
• 2 dashes peach bitters
• 2 ounces brandy
• 1 ounce light rum
• 1/2 ounce fresh lemon juice
• Splash of ginger syrup

Muddle the peach slices and bitters in a mixing glass until…

Sidecar

• 1 1/2 ounce Cognac
• 1 ounce Cointreau
• 1/2 ounce lemon juice
• Orange peel for garnish

Combine liquid ingredients in an ice-filled cocktail shaker and shake until cold. Strain over ice into an old fashioned glass. Flame…