Improved Cocktail

1876 - Jerry Thomas

Anvil is a bar in Houston and they have a list of 100 cocktails
everyone should try before they die. This is my 50th drink on this
list.

Very good simple cocktail along the lines of an old fashioned.

2 dashes Angostura bitters
1 tsp simple syrup
1/2 tsp maraschino
1/8 tsp absinthe
2 oz spirits (I used cognac)
Stir with ice and strain into chilled glass.
Lemon rind twisted to express the oil.

The Last Word

3/4 oz Gin
3/4 oz Green Chartreuse
3/4 oz Maraschino
3/4 oz Lime Juice

Shake and Strain
This was delicious, but a it seemed a little too sweet, maybe less maraschino?

Nirvana Cocktail

2 oz Rittenhouse 100 proof bonded rye
1 oz Amer Picon or Torani Amer
¼ oz maraschino liqueur
¼ oz Benedictine
Stir and strain.
Garnish with orange twist if desired.

I wanted to like this more than I did. I only had lemons, the orange
peel would have helped.

Red Hook

2 oz rye
1/2 oz Punt e mes
1/4 oz maraschino

Stir with cracked ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

Martinez Cocktail

1oz Aviation gin
2oz Dolin Blanc vermouth
1 dash of Bitter Truth orange bitters
2 dashes Luxardo maraschino liqueur
Stirred with ice and strained into a chilled cocktail glass with a twist of lemon peel.

Dementia Pugilistica

OK. Get ready. I made a sample batch last night with lime instead of
the blood oranges and it was totally good. I might stick with it. I
think it kept the sweetness of the St. Germaine at bay.

⅔ bottle Remy Martin VS cognac ( or other good brandy)
¼ bottle maraschino liqueur
¼ bottle St. Germain elderflower liqueur
3 bottles Duval-Leroy Rose Champagne (or other good dry Champagne)
10 dashes Angostura bitters
15 dashes peach bitters (if available)
2 blood oranges, sliced
Take a large metal bowl and fill with water.
Place bowl in freezer until frozen.
Lay bowl in a sink of hot water until ice can slide out.
Place huge ice dome into a punch bowl.
Pour all other ingredients into punch bowl.
Stir and serve.

Aviation

2 oz Gin
1/2 oz Lemon Juice
1/4 oz Maraschino
1/4 oz Creme de Violette
Garnish with a brandied cherry (I used a luxardo cherry)

I only had one drink left in my bottle of Aviation Gin, so I thought I'd send it out with it's namesake drink.

Brooklyn Cocktail

2 oz Rye Whisky
3/4 oz Dry Vermouth
1/3 oz Torani Amer
1/3 oz Maraschino Liquer
stir and strain
garnish with Maraschino Cherry

Deadly Sin

2 oz Bourbon whiskey (I used rye)
1/3 oz sweet vermouth (Dolin)
1/4 oz maraschino liqueur
1 dash orange bitters (Bitter Truth)
an orange twist (apply as garnish before serving).
Stir with ice.
Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.