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An Old Pal - which is a minor variation of a Boulevardier

• 1 ounce Rye
• 1 ounce Campari
• 1 ounce dry Vermouth
• Served straight up garnished with a twist of lemon

If I can find it, Time Release is fantastic and should be on everyone's must try list

• 1.5 ounces Dry Gin
• 1 ounce White Port
• 0.5 ounce Sloe Gin
• 0.25 ounce Yellow Chartreuse
• Stirred not shaken, served straight up, garnished with a cherry

Great sipper that changes in flavor significantly as it warms up. Most places don't have White Port on hand and few have Sloe Gin on hand so can be difficult to get at a bar.

Penicillin. Honey, bourbon, scotch, ginger, and lemon, all in one.

I dunno about favorite, but my go-tos are an Old Fashioned in the fall and winter, and a Tom Collins in spring and summer.

Those become a Manhattan or an Aviation if I’m feeling fancy or just want to mix it up.

Amoretto sour or gin gin

I've invited one based on my taste for palomas and pisco sour. El Condor:

• 1oz of Tequila or Mezcal
• 1oz of Pisco (Peruvian)
• 0.5oz Syrup Agave (you can find it in the muesli section) or simple syrup
• 2oz Lime juice
• 2oz grapefruit juice
• 1 Eggwhite to shake if you like it more smooth
• chili salt rim or chilistring garnish

Probably the best cocktail I did so far.

Basil smash is my house specialty but I'll experiment with it, had a big phase of getting into mixology this year though it's currently a lot less due to following a strict calorie planning.

It always changes on the day but couple of my favourites are

-corpse reviver No. 2 -absinthe sour -pina colada -bloody mary( with gin instead of vodka and homemade chili sauce instead of tabasco)

Division Bell! It's punchy and tart with the citrus and slightly bitter aperol, and the mezcal gives a really welcome smoky flavor. I add just a quarter oz simple to the standard recipe, otherwise I find it a little dry.

-1 ounce mezcal -3/4 ounce Aperol -1/4 ounce Luxardo maraschino liqueur -3/4 ounce lime juice, freshly squeezed -1/4 ounce simple syrup

-Add ingredients to a shaker with ice, shake well before straining into a coupe and garnishing with a grapefruit twist

Gin and Tonic is my go-to.

The one that catches people off guard, but people generally seem to enjoy once they try is dark rum and orange juice (but the OJ has to be good, the kind thats pulpy / thick).

An Ethicurean. I genuinely believe it's the perfect cocktail but I've only ever come across it in a single bar in all my life.

• Serves 1
• ice cubes
• lemon ¼
• thyme 2 sprigs plus 1 to serve
• honey 1 tsp
• vodka 25ml
• apple juice 100ml

Full recipe.

I don't usually go for cocktails, but when I do I really like a peaty whiskey sour, or a boilermaker with Guinness or a session IPA and again a peaty whiskey.

• French Martini
• Whisky Mac

Moonlight Vodka Martini (own recipe)

• Two shots of Skyy vodka
• Dolin Dry Vermouth
• Dash of Grand Marnier
• Jigger of seltzer water
• Quick shake with a lot of crushed ice
• Garnished with garlic-stuffed green olive

Scotch and soda.

I've been experimenting with my own, and this one is my new fave.

Jelly Baby

2 oz peach Eddies
0.5 oz aperol
3 oz pineapple juice
2 oz Squirt soda
Splash peach syrup

I love fruity strong cocktails and this one tastes just like jelly babies. It's so good!

The paloma sounds amazing. Thank you.

I'm revisiting the classic Old Fashion. I love it.

Depending on how much money I've got, either rum and soda or vodka-martini.

That's for drinking at home, getting pantsdrunk.

Sazerac - basically a Louisiana old fashioned

• 2 oz Rye whiskey
• 1/4 oz dark simple syrup ( like Turbinado, Demerara, etc)
• 5ish dashes of Peychaud’s bitters
• rinse glass with absinthe (I swear it doesn’t taste like anise/licorice at all in the end)
• lemon twist
• serve straight up

A Right Hand.

You have to make it yourself though because unfortunately no one knows what the hell this delicious drink is.

Dubonnet Manhattan

Gimlets with homemade lime cordial if I'm trying to get hammered. Alternatively: death in the afternoon to black out

Dark n stormy with lemon hart 151 and a couple dashes of ango if I'm feeling lazy

Old fashioneds with a nice barrel proof bourbon to unwind

Amaretto sour for something sweet

Vieux carre if I want vermouth

There's a whole wide world of fancy booze out there, I couldn't pick just one favorite lol