1 oz Lustau Brandy (Camus VS Cognac)1 oz Lustau Oloroso Sherry1 oz London Dry Gin (Tanqueray)1 oz Lime Juice1 oz Orange Juice1/2 oz Strawberry Syrup (1 Strawberry + 1/2 oz Simple Syrup, muddled)1/4 oz Orgeat Whip shake (I added a…
Music and Cocktails: Eulogy
A few weeks ago my youngest son, Connor, asked if he could write a guest post for me about a song from the band LCD Soundsystem that was very meaningful for him. Although I was unfamiliar with the band, I…
Cheat Sheet: Gin vs Genever
Few drinkers are unfamiliar with gin, but genever remains a mystery to many. Even seasoned gin drinkers can have a hard time defining genever—which is actually gin’s precursor—partly due to its relatively limited stateside availability. To clear up that blind spot,…
Walk the Line: Maker’s Mark
Walk the Line is a series we do at Simple Cocktails where we take all the various bottlings from one brand, then differentiate them all. Today we explore a small brand with a huge name in the whiskey space. Actually I…
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1 oz Dark (or Aged) Rum (Plantation Original Dark)1 oz Dry Vermouth (Noilly Prat)1/2 oz Pear Liqueur (Rothman & Winter)1/2 oz Lemon Juice1 light dash Angostura Bitters Shake with ice, strain into a cocktail glass, and garnish with a lemon…
Jim Beam Repeal Batch Bourbon Review
Just last month, Jim Beam introduced a new limited-release whiskey called Jim Beam Repeal Batch. It’s an 86-proof, non-chill filtered bourbon that was inspired by the same liquid produced by the Beam family following Prohibition’s repeal in 1933. This new bottle celebrates 85 years…
How to Get a Vodka Drinker to Try Gin
This post may contain affiliate links. Check out this disclosure for more info. Thanks for your support! Gin, to many young imbibers, is like a coiled rattlesnake. As soon as they see or hear it, they stop dead and back…
Poetry in a Glass: The Art of Losing
Elizabeth Bishop’s poem “One Art” is about the things we lose, and the extent to which we’ll go to convince ourselves that we’re coping, that loss is a part of life, that it isn’t, in her words, ever truly a…
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1 oz Lustau Amontillado Sherry1 oz Appleton Estate 12 Year Rum (Appleton Reserve)1/2 oz Mezcal (Fidencio)1 oz Pineapple Juice1/2 oz Lime Juice1/2 oz Cinnamon Syrup1/4 oz Fassionola or Grenadine (Grenadine) Whip shake, pour into a Tiki mug, fill with crushed…
Liquore Strega
Liquore Strega – The Witch The name Strega, a popular proprietary liqueur produced in Campania, is Italian for “witch”. The liqueur got its name also because it is supposedly based on a witches brew. The legend has it that witches…