Old Fashioned

Ingredients

  • 50 ml Bourbon or Rye Whiskey
  • 1 Sugar Cube
  • Few Dashes Angostura Bitters
  • Few Dashes Plain Water

Instructions

  1. Place the sugar cube in an old fashioned glass and saturate with bitters.
  2. Add a few dashes of plain water and muddle until dissolved.
  3. Fill the glass with ice cubes and add bourbon or whiskey.
  4. Stir gently.

Sweet as the Punch

Ingredients

  • 4 cl Bacardi Carta Blanca
  • 2 cl Trois Rivières Ambré Agricole
  • 10 cl Fresh Tropical Juice
  • 2 cl Fresh Lime Juice
  • 1 cl Cane Syrup (Guillot)
  • 0.5 cl Absinthe (≈ 50°, just a dash)
  • 4 fresh sage leaves (2 in shaker, 2 as garnish)

Instructions

  1. Pour into the shaker: Bacardi, Trois Rivières, Granini juice, lime juice, cane syrup and absinthe.
  2. Add 2 sage leaves and gently press with a muddler to release the essential oils.
  3. Fill the shaker with ice and shake vigorously for 12–15 seconds.
  4. Strain into a large tumbler filled with ice cubes.
  5. Garnish with 2 sage leaves, slapped between your hands to intensify their aroma.

Victor’s Navy Grog

Ingredients

  • 4 cl Bacardi Carta Blanca
  • 2 cl Trois Rivières
  • 4 cl Fresh Grapefruit Juice
  • 2 cl Fresh Lime Juice
  • 2 cl Honey Mix (1:1 honey and water)
  • 1 cl Falernum
  • 0.5 cl Green Chartreuse

Method

  1. Shake all ingredients with crushed ice for 8–10 seconds.
  2. Pour unstrained into an old fashioned glass.
  3. Top with a dome of crushed ice.

Garnish

  • Mint bouquet
  • Grapefruit zest

Old Maid

Ingredients

  • 5 cl Gin
  • 2 cl Fresh Lime Juice
  • 1.5 cl Simple Syrup
  • 4 Mint Leaves
  • 2 Cucumber Slices

Instructions

  1. In a shaker, combine gin, lime juice, simple syrup, mint leaves, and cucumber slices.
  2. Add ice and shake vigorously.
  3. Strain into an old fashioned glass filled with ice.
  4. Garnish with a mint leaf and a cucumber slice.

Suffering Bastard

Ingredients

  • 30 ml Gin
  • 30 ml Brandy (or Bourbon or Cognac)
  • 20 ml Fresh Lime Juice
  • 10 ml Simple Syrup
  • 2 Dashes Angostura Bitters
  • Ginger Beer (to top)

Instructions

  1. Shake gin, brandy, lime juice, simple syrup, and bitters with ice.
  2. Strain into a tall glass filled with ice cubes.
  3. Top with ginger beer and stir gently.
  4. Garnish with a mint sprig and a lime wheel.