BevX Cocktail List

The Brandy Stinger is an often forgotten classic cocktail from the Roaring Twenties. It was created utilizing Cognac, but it can be made with any quality Brandy. We are using the typical ratio of two parts Brandy to one part Creme de Menthe, but you can tweak this ratio to three to one and still...
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The name conjures images of world-trade, opium wars, rebellion, and nights on the high seas. Those were the days... The East India Cocktail appeared in Harry Johnson's Bartender's Manual in 1882. This version is Brandy-based as well, with the addition of aged Rum. It's a fine drink and one that...
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This is a great old, classic cocktail. It is the perfect improvement on the first cocktails that were simply booze (often Brandy), sugar, and bitters with water. I'm constantly asking bartenders to stop tinkering with old recipes but in this case it's a pure smash. The classic Old Fashioned follo...
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At times there is nothing like an "Old School" cocktail made without embellishment. The Brandy Alexander evokes visions and the mood of cocktail parties long disbanded but one I would love to attend from time to time. One of the greatest things about our current cocktail revival is the rediscove...
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The Old Fashioned is a drink with a serious identity crisis. Classic cocktails have been rediscovered and much effort has been made to banish the influences of the 1970's. The original Old Fashioned — or dare I say the Old Fashioned Old Fashioned is a simple concoction of sugar muddled with bi...
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