This cocktail was created by Toby of Goldbrick House for The Bitter Truth Cocktail Competition in Bristol, UK.

Celery Daiquiri

• 50 ml Ron Barcelo Gran Anejo
• 25 ml Fresh Lime Juice
• 20 ml Brown Sugar Syrup
• 10 dashes The Bitter Truth Celery Bitters

Glass: Martini Glass
Serve: Shake & Strain
Garnish: Lime Rind

Jason Littrell from Death & Co. in NYC was challenged by Liquor.com to create a couple of cocktails to honor the athletes of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games. This is one of his creations:

Citius, Altius, Fortius

INGREDIENTS:

• 2 oz Bluecoat Gin (US)
• .5 oz Noilly Prat Dry Vermouth (France)
• .5 oz Martini & Rossi Sweet Vermouth (Italy)
• 2 Dashes The Bitter Truth Orange Bitters (Germany)
• Teaspoon Kubler Absinthe (Switzerland)
• Teaspoon Crown Royal Whisky (Canada)
• Teaspoon simple syrup (1 part sugar, 1 part water)

Garnish: Orange wedge

Glass: Cocktail

PREPARATION:

Add the ingredients to a mixing glass filled with ice and stir. Serve the drink in a cocktail glass with an orange wedge.

via Gold Medal Cocktails – Featured Articles — Liquor.com.

SeanMike of Scofflaw’s Den created this cocktail for Mixology Monday XLV:

The Citrus-tea

• 1 1/2 ounces Firefly Sweet Tea Vodka
• 3/4 ounce lemon juice
• 1/2 ounce triple sec (Combier)
• 2-3 dashes Grapefruit Bitters

Shake and double strain into a chilled cocktail glass.  Garnish with a twist of orange peel.

via Scofflaw’s Den » Mixology Monday XLV: Tea.

Cocoa Old Fashioned

Created by Joy Richard of the Franklin Cafe in Boston.

Ingredients:

• 2.5 oz Taza Cocoa Nib Infused Old Overholt Rye Whiskey *
• .5 oz Demerara syrup
• 1 Brandied cherry
• 1 Orange slice
• 3 dashes of Chocolate Bitters

* Joy infuses the rye whiskey with Taza Cocoa Nibs for three days.

Preparation:

In an old fashioned glass muddle together 1 half wheel of orange, 1 brandied cherry, .5 oz demerara syrup, and 3 dashes Chocolate bitters.

Fill with ice, add 2.5 oz Taza Cocoa Nib infused Old Overholt, lightly stir and serve.

via Cocoa Old-Fashioned Cocktail Recipe – Mixed Drink Recipe for a Cocoa Old Fashioned by Joy Richard.

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.