BevX Cocktail List
The Penicillin is a modern classic created in 2005 by Sam Ross at Milk & Honey in New York. It takes the Whiskey Sour template and adds ginger-honey syrup and a peaty Scotch float, resulting in a spicy, smoky, and incredibly satisfying drink that has become a staple worldwide.
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The Blackthorn is a lovely old Whiskey cocktail that is in the Manhattan family relying on a base of Whiskey. However, we find the Blackthorn to be more than just a Manhattan with a unique twist. The deep and mellow flavors of Irish Whiskey provide the perfect canvas for the supporting ingredients a...
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The Daiquiri is a classic cocktail that has seen more than its share of modifications and variations through the years. BevX prefers the shaken variety over the blended. Our "Italian" version veers from the classic recipe while preserving the flavor profile. It also includes one of the most popular...
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If you find yourself torn between ordering a Manhattan or a Negroni, relax, I have an excellent suggestion for you, and it’s called the Boulevardier.
The Boulevardier emerged in 1920s Paris during the expatriate boom, when American writers, artists, and socialites fled Prohibition to e...
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Wassail is an Old Norse toast meaning "to be well.” Over time, it became a British winter tradition involving going door-to-door to sing, share a warm, spiced drink, and wish for a plentiful fall harvest. Originally, the drink was hot mulled ale or mead. Charles Dickens popularized this simple bev...
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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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This classic drink has been a staple in cocktail recipe books for well over a century. The simple, but tasty "Collins" treatment of adding a fresh lemon and sugar to a spirit of choice will provide many happy cocktail hours at your home bar. Please promise never to buy those horrible, insipid Collin...
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The classic Tom Collins has been a staple in cocktail recipe books for well over a century. It proves that less can be more when presented in perfect balance. The Waterloo Prickly Pear Collins is a perfect riff on the classic, with this Gin being truly elite, delivering both familiar and unfamiliar...
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The Hemingway Daiquiri is thought to have been created around the 1930s at the legendary El Floridita bar in Havana, Cuba. We do not know that Hemingway favored this drink with two citrus additions, but we somewhat reliably know that he liked his Daiquiri with double Rum and no or little sugar. The...
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The Commodore is a classic cocktail included in the Old Waldorf-Astoria Bar Book from 1935. The book offers two versions: one Rum-based and the other Bourbon-based. Both versions are quite sweet — bartenders did not shy away from sweet drinks in this era. Through the years, the Rum version has...
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How sad the world would be without the Negroni? This is the ideal aperitif, perking up the appetite and stimulating the mind for later cocktail or wine options, as well as for cuisine. Its fruity, citrus-tinged, and semi-tart flavors offer the perfect transition from work mode to pleasure.
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A classic Champagne cocktail. There are many variations on the classic Kir; a simple but delicious cocktail that is comprised of white wine and crème de cassis. The Kir Royale is the most popular of these variations substituting Champagne or sparkling wine for the white wine.
This simpl...
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The Amaretto Sour has suffered a terrible reputation for decades — sticky, sweet, and served in establishments that also offered karaoke nights. That version deserves its reputation. The rehabilitated version, credited to bartender Jeffrey Morgenthaler, does not. His fix is elegant: cut the Amaret...
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If the Grasshopper cocktail were invented in the Caribbean, it might look like the Island Hopper. Mint is still the driving force in this drink, but gorgeous white Rum complements it and gives it a more mature flavor profile. Nothing says tropical quite like coconut, so we swap heavy cream for cocon...
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The drink that made Bermuda famous (Or was that all of those missing ships and planes?) is the Dark 'n Stormy.
On paper, this cocktail appears to be rather dull, but I assure you it is far from ordinary. The key to building a successful Dark & Stormy is in the shopping. Yes, the shopping...
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