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Classic 1½ ozs. brandy ½ oz. lemon juice ¼ oz. maraschino liqueur ¼ oz. curaçao Shake well with ice. Strain into prechilled cocktail glass. More tart than the earlier versions of the brandy classic…| Disco Ginferno
Classic 1½ ozs. brandy ½ oz. lemon juice ¼ oz. maraschino liqueur ¼ oz. curaçao Shake well with ice. Strain into prechilled cocktail glass. More tart than the earlier versions of the brandy classic…| Disco Ginferno
It appears it’s been almost 7 years since my last post that was actually on theme for this blog. Whoops. Well, no time like the pandemic to get back to drinking experiments. Alabama 1¾ ozs. b…| Disco Ginferno
For the last handful of years I’ve been serving a variation on Chatham Artillery Punch at my birthday party (recipe below). It is delicious, and deceptive. At least one person every year misj…| Disco Ginferno
In Dave Arnold’s ‘Liquid Intelligence’, he talks about about a method he uses to increase the acidity of orange juice to make it act as a substitute for lemon or lime as the sour …| Disco Ginferno
On my last post (over a year ago, whoops!) I gave a recipe for ‘The William’, an 1889 recipe for The Only William’s preferred whiskey sour. At the time I was working on that drink…| Disco Ginferno
“What is the best recipe for a whiskey sour?” “The finest,” said William [Schmidt], “is what is known as ‘The William.’ Take the juice of half a lemon, jui…| Disco Ginferno
I just made up a fresh batch of falernum yesterday and was looking for something to make with it. At first I was thinking about making a Frosty Dawn, but then I noticed that I’d been left wit…| Disco Ginferno
Wow, it’s been a while. To do a bit of catching up, about a month ago it was Art of the Cocktail here in Victoria. I went to a couple excellent workshops (“Cocktail Archaeology” w…| Disco Ginferno
Pear Rickey 1½ ozs. dry pear brandy (birnebrande) ¼ large lime Iced club soda 2 wedge slices fresh ripe pear Put three ice cubes into 8-oz. glass. Add pear brandy. Squeeze lime above drink and drop…| Disco Ginferno
For my second attempt at Mixology Monday, I decided to stick with the theme of this blog and pull something from Playboy’s Host & Bar Book. Andrea at Gin Hound selected cherries as this m…| Disco Ginferno
