Gin
Bitter Sweet Symphony
This recipe comes to you from Clyde Common, a bar in Portland and made by the bar’s manager, Jeffrey Morgenthaler. It’s a milder take on the classic Negroni, substituting Aperol for Campari and using a touch more gin. INGREDIENTS 1 1/2 oz Dry Gin 3â„4 oz Punt e Mes 3â„4 oz Aperol Garnish: Lemon Twist PREPARATION Stir …
Remember the Alimony
This is one of the best of the modern sherry cocktails out there. The Remember the Alimony is reminiscent to a classic Negroni with the same base of gin, bitter (Cynar in place of Campari) and fortified wine (Fino dry sherry in place of Sweet Vermouth). The cocktail was created in 2012 by Dan Greenbaum who was …
Cosmonaut
This cocktail, as its name so closely resembles, is a small twist on the cosmopolitan cocktail and created by famous New York bartender Sasha Petraske, owner of Milk & Honey. Petraske’s recipe calls for raspberry preserves, which give it a flavor resembling an eggless Clover Club, and a color like the Cosmopolitan INGREDIENTS 2 oz …
Quill
A Quill is a lesser-known Negroni riff that takes the classic cocktail to the next level with a rinse of absinthe! The cocktail was created by Frank C. Payne who was a theatrical press agent who was part of a union that published a magazine known as The Quill. This cocktail INGREDIENTS 1 1/2 oz Dry …
Dark Side
Although a fairly unpopular cocktail since its creation in 2008 by bartender Adam Bernbach, this “minor classic” cocktail enjoys a reputation in Washington, D.C. It combines a mixture of gin, Barolo Chinato (an aromatized wine similar to vermouth that includes quinine bark), and Peychaud’s bitters. INGREDIENTS 2 1/4 oz Gin, (preferably Plymouth) 3/4 oz Barolo …