Pre-prohibition cocktails and modern twists on classics

Posts by The Straight Up

Hanky Panky

Ingredients: 1.5oz Gin 1.5oz Sweet Vermouth .25oz Fernet Branca Orange twist Instructions: Add all liquids to a mixing glass. Add ice and stir. Strain into a…

Sazerac

Ingredients: 2oz Sazerac Rye 1 Sugar Cube 3 dashes Peychauds bitters 1 dash Angostura bitters Absinthe Lemon twist Instructions: Chill a single Old Fashioned glass with…

Happy New Year!

Wishing everyone more joy, happiness and prosperity as we began another year. Hope 2013 brings everyone closer to achieving their dreams, hopes and aspirations, no matter…

Ballantine

Ingredients: .75oz Plymouth gin .75oz dry vermouth 2 dashes orange bitters 1 dash absinthe Instructions: Add all ingredients to a mixing glass. Add ice and stir.…

French 75

Ingredients: 1oz London dry Gin .5oz Lemon juice .5oz Simple syrup Chilled Brut champagne Lemon twist Instructions: Add gin, lemon juice and simple syrup to a…

Bellini

Bellini

Ingredients: Chilled Prosecco 1oz White peach puree and/or 2-3 White Peach Slices Instructions: Add peach puree and/or peach slices to a champagne flute and top with…

Death in Voiron

Ingredients: 1oz Green Chartreuse .5oz St. Germain Chilled Brut champagne Lemon twist 1 dropper of Bittermens Boston Bittahs   Instructions: Add the bitters, chartreuse and St.…

Death in the Afternoon

Ingredients: 1oz Absinthe Chilled Brut champagne Lemon twist Instructions: Add absinthe to cocktail glass or champagne flute. Top off with champagne. Garnish with the lemon twist.…

Champagne Cocktail

Ingredients: Chilled Brut champagne 1 sugar cube 2 dashes of Angostura bitters Long lemon twist Instructions: Put the sugar cube on a small plate, then top…

Shaken or Stirred?

“Vodka Martini, Shaken not Stirred” That classic line everyone knows. However, not everyone knows that James Bond is partially responsible for a huge misconception in classic…