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Atlantic Coast Cocktail

Atlantic Coast Cocktail

30 ml (1 oz) Cognac

30 ml (1 oz) Ginger Wine

1 dash Absinthe

1 dash The Bitter Truth – Orange Bitters

Stir in mixing glass with ice & strain into a cocktail glass.

Improved Brandy Cocktail

Improved Brandy Cocktail
  • 2 oz Cognac
  • 2-3 bar-spoons sugar syrup
  • 2 dashes The Bitter Truth Creole bitters
  • 2 dashes absinthe

Stir with ice and strain in to an old-fashioned glass. Garnish with a lemon zest twist.

Mint Julep

Mint Julep

50 ml (2 oz) Bourbon, Brandy or Aged Rum

20 ml (3/4 oz) The Bitter Truth – Apricot Liqueur

2 dashes The Bitter Truth – Lemon Bitters

5 ml (1/6 oz) Sugar Syrup

Mint Leaves

Muddle mint with bourbon, brandy or rum in tumbler.

Take out mint leaves. Add apricot liqueur, bitters and

crushed ice and stir. Garnish with mint sprig.

Old Fashioned Cocktail

Old Fashioned Cocktail

50 ml (2 oz) Whisk(e)y, Brandy, Aged Rum or Añejo Tequila

10 ml (1/3 oz) Sugar Syrup (or 1 Sugar Cube)

2 dashes The Bitter Truth – Bitters

Orange Zest

Pour all ingredients in a tumbler & stir till it has the right dilution.

Ready for a cubed Old Fashioned Cocktail?

The Old Fashioned Cocktail is simple yet multidimensional. Its few ingredients combine to create what some consider the perfect cocktail. You can make old fashioned cocktails with any spirit; rum and tequila both make a wonderful old fashioned.

The Cubed Old Fashioned could just take you to the fourth dimension! See how Jamie Boudreau explains how to make this yummy drink on SMALLCREEN NETWORK using multiple types of bitters…Cheers to Trinidad.

The Conference

A play on the Old Fashioned by Brian Miller at Death and Company, 2007. It’s one of those drinks that evolves as the ice slowly melts into the cocktail.

1/4 oz Demerara Sugar Syrup
1/2 oz Rittenhouse Bonded Rye (100 Proof)
1/2 oz Buffalo Trace Bourbon
1/2 oz Cognac
1/2 oz Calvados
2 Dashes Angostura Bitters
1 Dash Xocolatl Mole Bitters

Garnish:
Orange Twist (wide)
Lemon Twist (wide)

Stir all the ingredients aside from the twists in an ice filled shaker glass. Strain into a double old fashioned glass over ice. Add orange and lemon twists.

Young Man Cocktail by Harry Craddock

Harry Craddock gives a recipe for the Young Man Cocktail in the famed Savoy Cocktail book which is a twist on a Manhattan Cocktail made with cognac and orange curacao.

At Small Screen Network in ” The Cocktail Spirit with Robert Hess“, Robert explains how to mix this delicious drink in a proper way while offering at the same time insights in history. Enjoy!

 

Young Man – The Cocktail Spirit with Robert Hess from Small Screen Network on Vimeo.

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