Cocktailia

Sazerac

• 1 sugar cube
• 5 dashes Peychaud’s bitters
• 2 ounces rye
• Herbsaint
• Lemon twist for garnish

Fill an old-fashioned or cocktail glass with ice and top with water. In a second old-fashioned glass, combine the sugar and…

Buster Brown

• 1 1/2 ounces bourbon
• 1/2 ounce fresh lemon juice
• 2 dashes orange bitters
• Splash of simple syrup
• Lemon twist for garnish

Combine all ingredients in an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Shake until cold and strain into…

Mark Twain Cocktail

• 1 1/2 ounces Scotch whisky
• 3/4 ounce fresh lemon juice
• 1 ounce simple syrup
• 2 dashes of Angostura bitters

Shake all the ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

This drink…

French 95

• 3/4 ounce bourbon
• 3/4 ounce simple syrup
• 1/2 ounce fresh lemon juice
• 1 ounce fresh orange juice
• Champagne

Shake the first four ingredients with ice and strain into an ice-filled glass. Top with Champagne.

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As a follow-up to the French Absinthe ritual I posted the other day, this is the Czech method. This is probably more appropriate, given the origin of the bottle pictured.

Absinthe ritual, Czech method

• 1 ounce absinthe

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Absinthe Ritual, French Method

• 1 ounce absinthe
• 1 sugar cube
• cold water

Pour absinthe into glass, preferably a traditional absinthe glass. Rest a slotted spoon across the glass and place sugar cube in the center. Drip four…

Caipirinha

• 1 lime
• 2 tablespoons superfine sugar
• 2 ounces cachaça
• Crushed ice

Cut the lime in half crosswise, and then cut each half into quarters. In an old-fashioned or other medium-sized glass, muddle the lime pieces with…

French 75

• 1/2 ounce simple syrup
• 1/2 ounce fresh lemon juice
• 1 1/2 ounce gin
• Champagne

In an ice-filled pilsner or collins glass, combine the syrup, lemon juice, and gin, and stir to mix. Fill the glass…

Plantation

• 4 to 6 fresh basil leaves
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar
• 1 ounce gin
• 1/2 ounce Cointreau
• 1/2 ounce fresh lime juice
• 1 ounce fresh grapefruit juice
• Club soda

Muddle the basil and sugar in the bottom of…

Havana

• 1 1/2 ounces Gosling’s rum
• 3/4 ounce Cointreau
• 1/2 ounce fresh lime juice
• 1/4 ounce simple syrup
• Splash of orange juice
• Dash of orange bitters

Combine all ingredients in an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Shake until cold,…