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[jollybartender]

Fancy Whiskey

There's a few "Fancy" themed cocktails that are really close to an Old Fashioned served up. No stirring though, this is a shaken drink. And the portion is a little small for a cocktail glass. I say use a cordial glass like this Sour glass.

See the recipe here.

[jollybartender]

Falinum (Smuggler’s Cove Recipe)

There's a beautiful drink in a gorgeous tiki mug. Falinum is a made-up word, I'm thinking. Perhaps it is Falernum spoken with an accent. This cocktail is supposed to show off spicy falernum flavors of cloves, cinnamon, anise and allspice. The recipe calls for an aged, column still rum. Buzzard Point holds up well here--it's a panela sugar rum!

See the recipe here!

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[jollybartender]

Silver Cocktail

This is another cocktail that is similar to an Aviation. It is that trusty gin and maraschino liqueur combination that keeps coming back in a good way. In this instance, there's a lot more dry vermouth to enjoy in here. I also liked spicing things up with Vigilant gin from Joseph Magnus Distillery in D.C. Their gin is dry and loaded with interesting botanicals like tarragon, sesame, grapefruit and sumac. This is one cocktail that stands out with a good gin base but would fall flatly otherwise.

See the recipe on my website.

[jollybartender]

Glad Eyes

This is a great Pernod cocktail, and not too tarnished by its use of peppermint schnapps. I was concerned, and rightly, that Pernod would be too sweet to blend with schnapps. It wouldn't even be drinkable. I had the idea to use Mt. Defiant absinthe, which is real absinthe, as the base and use the schnapps to sweeten the bitter licorice of real absinthe.

The effect was awesome. The peppermint schnapps did add sweetness and a minty finish but the flavor remained strong and bracingly alcoholic. The shaking aerated the absinthe and made it turn white and spaced the flavor out so that it became a cool absinthe liqueur similar in flavor and thickness to Pernod. Do it this way if you do it at all.

2 oz. Pernod (Mt. Defiant absinthe superior used)

1 oz. peppermint schnapps

Combine both in ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.  

[jollybartender]

Seventh Heaven

I've had this drink before only it wasn't a gin drink. It was a dark rum or rye drink, like the Blinker, but the flavor is familiar and tropical. Strange Monkey gin makes it even fruitier with the mint sprig there as a whiff of class.

2 oz. gin (Strange Monkey used)

1/2 oz. grapefruit juice

1/2 oz. maraschino liqueur

mint sprig

Combine liquid ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a mint sprig.