TDN: Unsimple -Vote for the best drink!

by Sylvan on March 12, 2010

The challenge last night was Unsimple. Simple (and otherwise) syrup is the great equalizer in creating new cocktails – and we got rid of it. No syrups were harmed in the production of this week’s Thursday Drink Night.

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Rum Carocko: 1 oz heavy rum (i.e. Zaya, Zacapa), 1 oz aged Martinique rum, 1/4 oz curacao, 1 dash grapefruit bitters, 1 dash Fee’s Aromatic bitters, flamed orange peel. Stir with ice and serve with or without ice, as desired.

On the Mend: 1 1/2 oz reposado tequila, 3/4 oz grapefruit juice, 1/2oz Poire Williams, 1/4 oz Aperol, 1 dash Angostura bitters. Shake, strain.

The AKA: 2 oz Angostura 1919 rum, 3/4 oz Cognac, 1/4 oz white creme de cacao, absinthe rinse. Stirred, served up.

Red Tide: 2 oz small batch bourbon, 1/2oz Cherry Heering, 1/4 oz Strega, 1/4 oz Campari, stirred. Orange twist garnish.

Reisling in the Beast: 1 1/2 oz Bombay Sapphire, 1/2 oz Bacardi coconut, 3 oz Orangina.

Blood Meridian: 1 1/2 oz bourbon, 1 oz blood orange juice, 1 oz Aperol, 1 oz sweet vermouth. Shake & strain.

Backside 360: 1 oz White rum, 1 oz Appleton V/X, 1/2 oz lime juice, 1/2 oz Licor 43, 1/4 oz pimento dram, 1/4 oz falernum, egg. Shake all with whole egg and ice, dump into a pint glass and top with ginger beer.

Thundera: 2 oz gin, 1/2 oz maraschino liqueur, 2 tsp Fernet Branca, 3/4 oz lime juice, 1 dash orange bitters, top with Champagne.

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TDN: Plus One – Vote for the best drink!

by Sylvan on March 9, 2010

The challenge last week was to take your favorite cocktail and add one (+1) ingredient to it, put it in a dress, and give it a new name. The prize is a signed picture of Blair ‘Trader Tiki’ Reynolds in a dress! And some booze too, once we figure it out. But we know which prize is more important.

Thursday Drink Night on March 11th will be “Unsimple“  Simple syrup is the great equalizer in creating new cocktails – and we’re getting rid of it. No syrups this week. No syrups!

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Upper East Side: 2 1/4 oz rye whiskey, 1 oz Carpano vermouth, 1/2 oz allspice dram, 3 dashes of Peychaud’s and a flamed orange peel to garnish.

Siderac: 1 1/2 oz Cognac, 3/4 oz Cointreau, 3/4 oz lemon juice, 5 dashes Peychaud’s. Shake and strain into sugar rimmed coupe, garnish with flamed orange.

Margareviver: 1 1/2 oz blanco tequila, 1 oz Cointreau, 1/2 oz lime juice, 3 dashes absinthe. Salt rim, shake, and strain.

Sakura: 1 oz each vodka, Cointreau, lime juice, Cherry Heering. Shake and strain into an old-fashioned glass over ice.

Cocktail de la Tom Brown: 1 1/2 oz rye whiskey, 1 1/2 oz blanco vermouth, 3/4 oz Royal Combier, 5-6 dashes Peychaud’s. [Royal Combier sub - 3/4 oz Benedictine, 1/4 oz green Chartreuse]

El Dictador: 1 1/2 oz aged rum, 3/4 oz French vermouth, 1/2 oz Campari, 1/4 oz Curacao, 1 tsp grenadine. Stir, strain, up.

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TDN: Bartender – Vote for the best drink!

February 26, 2010

The theme this last Thursday Drink Night was creating original drinks named after or based on your favorite  or other notable bartender. The prize is a “personal effect” signed by Jeffrey Morgenthaler. We’re hoping for maximum creativity on that one!

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Martin’s Booty: 1 1/2 oz El Dorado 3 [...]

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TDN: Trader Tiki’s Exotic Syrups – Vote for the best drink!

February 12, 2010

Trader Tiki’s Exotic Syrups was the theme this last Thursday Drink Night – a new line of syrups from CSOWG’s own Blair Reynolds AKA Trader Tiki.  Perfect for those too lazy to make their own orgeat, vanilla syrup, Don’s Mix (grapefruit and cinnamon) and cinnamon syrup but too picky to use the other commercial varieties.  [...]

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TDN: Bubbles – Vote for the best drink!

February 8, 2010

Bubbles was the theme this last Thursday Drink Night – Champagne, ginger beer, soda, tonic, cola, or anything else fizzy.   The prize for best drink is either merely the glory of winning (and being in Mutineer Magazine) or something awesome TBA.
Thursday Drink Night on February 11th will be Trader Tiki’s Exotic Syrups.
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TDN: Nuts – Vote for the best drink!

January 29, 2010

Nuts and nut products was the theme this last Thursday Drink Night -  Castries, Frangelico, macadamia nut liqueur, orgeat, nocino, etc.  Much to my dismay, none of these recipes look ‘nuts’; they all look pretty good! The prize for best drink is your very own bottle of Castries Peanut Rum Creme Liqueur.
[EDIT 2/1/10:  This weeks [...]

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TDN: Fruit Brandy – Vote for the best drink!

January 25, 2010

The challenge was given to break out the unloved apricot, blackberry, and peach brandies from the nethers of your bar and break them out we did! Prize this week is a bottle of Pear Eau-de-Vie!
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Be sure to stop by 1/28/10 for TDN: Nuts!
Whip out your Castries, Frangelico, macadamia nut liqueur, [...]

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TDN: Monk – Vote for the best drink

January 8, 2010

Ancient wisdom guided our cocktail creations last night, and the hand of Stan Jones stirred many a drink. But which was the best? Decide quickly, as the winner will win a bottle of Elixir Vegetal from Cocktail Kingdom.
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Don’t forget to vote for last week’s best drink from TDN: HOT!

December 16, 2009

TDN: Hot produced delights even the devil would blush at, but which one was the best? Pick wisely, as the winner will receive a bottle of Scrappy’s orange bitters from Cocktail Kingdom.
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Vote for the best drink created during TDN: Allspice Dram

December 8, 2009

TDN: Allspice produced some delectably fallish libations that warmed the soul and tickled the liver. Which one was the best? Pick wisely, as the winner will receive a seamless Yarai mixing glass from Cocktail Kingdom and a bottle of homemade dram from Colonel Tiki.
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