BevX Cocktail List
The Blood and Sand is named for the 1922 Rudolph Valentino film and is one of the rare classic cocktails built on a Scotch base. The combination of Scotch, cherry liqueur, sweet vermouth, and orange juice sounds wrong on paper and tastes startlingly right in the glass. It is sweet, fruity, and compl...
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The Godfather is one of those two-ingredient cocktails that has been hiding in plain sight for decades, dismissed as a relic of the 1970s and never given a proper hearing by the craft cocktail world. That is a shame. Scotch and Amaretto, in the right proportions, produce a drink of real depth and wa...
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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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Whisky cocktails are back in favor and for good reason; Whisky brings a lot to the party in terms of flavor. Whisky pairs well with both savory and sweet. Hopscotch is a classic cocktail that combines just two Spirits with a dash or two of bitters for an accent.
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Scotch Whisky and Sherry go together like peas and carrots. Most Scotch Whisky lovers know of the long practice of maturing Whisky in casks once used for Sherry. This cocktail plays on that pairing, albeit seriously ramping up the Sherry component. To further play on the cask-aging theme, we hav...
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This tasty cocktail is a slight but clever variation on the classic Rob Roy with the distinctive herbal flavor provided by the Benedictine. We simply could not resist featuring this cocktail just days before the anniversary of Burns' birth (January 25, 1759). It’s very simple to construct and...
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The Rob Roy is a classic cocktail created in New York City at the Waldorf Hotel in 1894. It was originally crafted to celebrate the opening of an opera called “Rob Roy.” The cocktail turned out to be much longer lived than the opera as it is enjoying a strong popularity today in the midst of...
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With just two ingredients, this cocktail could not be simpler. But don’t be fooled as this cocktail stirs much debate regarding the proper proportion of the two spirits. Some suggest a 50/50 ratio while we find that mix to be too sweet. BevX prefers a two to one ratio, which al...
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