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David Teager

David Teager

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David Teager

“Vermouth coated ice.” Pish, tosh. Either buy good vermouth and make the drink like a sensible human in the proportions given, or just admit that you hate vermouth for some unexplained reason.
Seriously, how can you dislike vermouth but admit bitters?
(The 15:5 comment is simply nonsensical)

David Teager

I served a variation of this before Thanksgiving dinner today. I used a mixture of bourbon and applejack, but in roughly the same proportions. I made the drink in advance and put cinnamon sticks in place of the cinnamon syrup. Guests really enjoyed it, as did I.

David Teager

With so little lime juice, I would not think this sour enough to need an egg white.
But I did add a splash of pimento dram to add to the mysterious funkiness of the pisco.

Obituary
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David Teager

This is MUCH drier than the recipe featured in the New York Times today. they featured this in an article about this drink and cocktail culture in New Orleans. Called for 2oz gin, 3/4 oz vermouth, and 1/6 oz absiinthe. Making this my Halloween cocktail tonight.

David Teager

Just OK, but fit my desire for a cocktail with bourbon and orange juice. I may try this again using apricot liquor in place of maraschino. And I think grapefruit bitters would be a good idea.

Brazilian Contessa (autoral TDC)
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David Teager

I concocted one of these tonight, independent of knowing this recipe, using an off dry Spanish vermouth. It is quite good, with the.Cachaça adding a surprising buttery note. thanks for letting me put a name to it.

Boomsma Claerkampster Cloosterbitter
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David Teager

I used this as the sweet component of the martini variant that Simon calls the adjournment. In honor of the political situation in America today, I am calling this theCloosterfuck martini.
Whatever the political situation, it is delicious.

Monte Cassino
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David Teager

Very good cocktail that could go onto my top 20 list. Note that the titular town is also the location of the opening Battlefieldscene in the classic movie White Christmas.

Kirtini
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David Teager

I made something similar tonight, in the vein of what Simon calls the adjournment. Just three ingredients, with two dashes of orange bitters. Very pleasant.

New York Minute
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David Teager

Nothing to say about the drink, so you can delete this comment later, but you need to re-order your directions so that number two is last
I have noted this on some other drinks as well

Sunset Park
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David Teager

This has made its way into our top ten list. Sometimes we use a mix of bourbon and rye, but it is better with good rye alone.

David Teager

I still love this cocktail, but I’m always interested in riffs. Tonight I tried it with applejack, dry vermouth, and Belle de brillet pear liquor. Cardamom bitters, if you have it.

Adjournment
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Grant Lednor

As a cautionary tale I share the sorry fact that I initially made this with Finnish Arctic Blue gin as we didn't have any London dry in the cupboard. I can attest that the recipe says "London dry" for a reason as Finnish Bilberries just do not marry well with Limoncello. On a happier note we have since made this with Tanqueray and what a difference that made! All up a nice riff on a dry Martini and something I will return to from time to time.

David Teager

Yes, we prefer Bombay for this instead of some of the fancier gins that we use for martinis.

David Teager

It seems amazing to me that diffords doesn’t have some version of this without the chartreuse. I have been drinking one with about this amount of gin, but reversing the amounts of vermouth and Lemoncello and it’s wonderful. Now all it needs is a name.