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1 sugar cube
3-4 dashes Angostura bitters
10 ml cognac
Top with chilled Champagne (~120 ml)

Method

Place the sugar cube in a chilled flute. Saturate with the Angostura. Add the cognac. Slowly top with Champagne. Garnish with a lemon twist.

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45 ml cognac
20 ml green Chartreuse (or substitute herbal liqueur)
20 ml fresh lemon juice
10 ml sugar syrup
2 dashes Angostura bitters

Method

Shake all ingredients with ice. Double strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with a lemon twist.

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45 ml gin
15 ml fresh lemon juice
15 ml raspberry syrup (or 15 ml crème de framboise)
1 egg white

Method

Dry-shake all ingredients without ice. Add ice and shake hard until well chilled. Double strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with three speared raspberries.

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50 ml gin
20 ml fresh lemon juice
15 ml raspberry jam (or 15 ml crème de framboise)

Method

Shake all ingredients hard with ice. Double strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with three speared raspberries.

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60 ml gin or vodka
10 ml dry vermouth
10 ml olive brine

Method

Stir all ingredients with ice until very cold. Strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with two or three olives on a pick.

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60 ml gin
10 ml dry vermouth
1 dash orange bitters (optional)

Method

Stir all ingredients with ice until very cold and well diluted. Strain into a chilled coupe or martini glass. Garnish with a lemon twist or an olive.

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40 ml gin
40 ml dry vermouth
1 dash orange bitters

Method

Stir all ingredients with ice until very cold. Strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with a lemon twist.

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30 ml aged rum
30 ml cognac
10 ml peach liqueur
20 ml fresh lemon juice
15 ml sugar syrup
60 ml chilled water or tea

Method

Stir all ingredients with ice in a small punch bowl (or build in a wine glass). Garnish with a lemon wheel and grated nutmeg.

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45 ml white rum
25 ml cognac
15 ml gin
30 ml fresh lemon juice
30 ml fresh orange juice
15 ml orgeat
10 ml dry sherry (float)

Method

Shake everything except the sherry with ice. Strain into a tall tiki glass over crushed ice. Float the sherry over the back of a bar spoon. Garnish with mint.

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60 ml gin
10 ml dry vermouth

Method

Stir all ingredients with ice until very cold. Strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with a cocktail onion (or two).

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60 ml gin
15 ml fresh lime juice
15 ml sugar syrup (or lime cordial for traditional spec)

Method

Shake all ingredients hard with ice. Double strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with a lime wheel.

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60 ml gin
25 ml fresh lemon juice
20 ml sugar syrup
8-10 fresh basil leaves

Method

Muddle the basil gently in the bottom of a shaker. Add gin, lemon, syrup and ice. Shake hard. Double strain into a chilled rocks glass over a large cube. Garnish with a slapped basil sprig.

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45 ml gin
25 ml fresh lemon juice
15 ml sugar syrup
Top with soda water (~60 ml)

Method

Shake gin, lemon and syrup hard with ice. Strain into a chilled highball over fresh ice. Top with soda. No garnish.

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45 ml gin
45 ml sweet vermouth
2 dashes Fernet-Branca (or a herbal amaro for the bitter lift)

Method

Stir all ingredients with ice until well chilled. Strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with an orange twist.

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40 ml gin
15 ml sweet vermouth
15 ml dry vermouth
20 ml fresh orange juice
2 dashes Angostura bitters

Method

Shake all ingredients with ice. Double strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with an orange twist.

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50 ml cognac
15 ml orgeat
2 dashes Angostura bitters

Method

Stir all ingredients with ice until very cold. Strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with a lemon twist.

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60 ml rye whiskey
20 ml sweet vermouth
10 ml Cynar (substitute Australian amaro)

Method

Stir all ingredients with ice until very cold. Strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with a maraschino cherry.

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15 ml vodka
15 ml gin
15 ml white rum
15 ml blanco tequila
15 ml triple sec
25 ml fresh lemon juice
10 ml sugar syrup
Top with cola (~30 ml)

Method

Build all spirits with the lemon and syrup in a chilled highball over fresh ice. Top with a splash of cola for colour. Stir briefly. Garnish with a lemon wedge.

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50 ml gin
30 ml fresh orange juice
2 dashes grenadine
1 dash absinthe

Method

Shake all ingredients with ice. Strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with an orange twist.

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22 ml bourbon
22 ml Aperol substitute
22 ml amaro
22 ml fresh lemon juice

Method

Shake all ingredients hard with ice. Double strain into a chilled coupe. No garnish.

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50 ml gin
15 ml orange curaçao
20 ml fresh lime juice
1 dash Angostura bitters
1 dash orange bitters

Method

Shake all ingredients with ice. Double strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with a lime twist.

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45 ml gin
15 ml fresh lemon juice
15 ml fresh lime juice
15 ml sugar syrup
20 ml cream
1 egg white
2 dashes orange-flower water
Top with soda water (~30 ml)

Method

Dry-shake everything except soda for 30 seconds. Add ice and shake hard for at least a minute (longer if you can). Strain into a chilled fizz glass and slowly add soda to lift the head. Serve without garnish.

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50 ml gin
25 ml fresh lemon juice
20 ml crème de framboise
10 ml sugar syrup
Top with soda water (~60 ml)

Method

Shake all but soda with ice. Strain into a chilled Collins glass over fresh ice. Top with soda. Garnish with three speared raspberries.

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45 ml gin
20 ml fresh lemon juice
15 ml passion fruit syrup
8 ml orgeat
8 ml falernum

Method

Blend with crushed ice for 5 seconds (or shake briefly). Strain into a tiki mug or rocks glass over fresh crushed ice. Garnish with a lime wheel pierced with a maraschino cherry (the 'rings of Saturn').

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60 ml cognac (the original spec before rye took over)
5 ml sugar syrup (or 1 sugar cube)
3 dashes Peychaud's bitters
1 dash Angostura bitters
Absinthe rinse

Method

Rinse a chilled rocks glass with absinthe and discard the excess. Stir cognac, sugar and bitters with ice until very cold. Strain into the prepared glass. Express a lemon twist over the top and discard.

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45 ml white rum
30 ml cognac
30 ml fresh orange juice
45 ml fresh lemon juice
15 ml orgeat

Method

Blend with crushed ice for 5 seconds (or shake hard). Pour into a tall tiki glass over fresh crushed ice. Garnish with a gardenia or an edible flower.

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50 ml gin
25 ml fresh lime juice
15 ml sugar syrup
6-8 fresh mint leaves

Method

Gently muddle the mint with the syrup. Add gin, lime and ice. Shake hard. Double strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with a slapped mint sprig.

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30 ml overproof rum (or aged rum)
15 ml triple sec
15 ml coffee liqueur (or espresso amaro)
Top with hot brewed coffee (~100 ml)
Whipped cream to finish

Method

Rim a heatproof glass with sugar (and flame the spirit, if you have the kit and skill). Build spirits in the glass. Top with hot coffee. Crown with lightly whipped cream and grated nutmeg.

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50 ml cognac (or bourbon)
Top with ginger ale (~100 ml)
2 dashes Angostura bitters

Method

Hang a long unbroken lemon peel spiral inside a chilled highball, looping it over the rim. Add ice, cognac and bitters. Top with ginger ale and stir gently.

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30 ml gin
30 ml cognac
15 ml fresh lime juice
Top with ginger beer (~100 ml)
2 dashes Angostura bitters

Method

Build everything except ginger beer in a chilled tiki glass or highball over fresh ice. Top with ginger beer and stir gently. Garnish with a mint sprig and a long orange peel spiral.

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50 ml gin
25 ml fresh lemon juice
15 ml sugar syrup
Top with soda water (~60-80 ml)

Method

Build gin, lemon and syrup in a chilled Collins glass over fresh ice. Top with soda and stir gently. Garnish with a lemon wheel and a maraschino cherry.

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45 ml gin
20 ml elderflower liqueur
20 ml fresh lemon juice
10 ml sugar syrup

Method

Shake all ingredients with ice. Double strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with a lemon twist.

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45 ml gin
20 ml triple sec
20 ml fresh lemon juice
1 dash egg white (optional, for texture)

Method

Dry-shake without ice to emulsify the egg white, then shake hard with ice. Double strain into a chilled coupe. No garnish.

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30 ml gin
30 ml Suze (gentian aperitif — substitute Australian triple bitter for similar bitter lift)
30 ml blanc vermouth

Method

Stir all ingredients with ice until very cold. Strain into a rocks glass over a large cube. Garnish with a lemon twist.

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50 ml vodka
20 ml coffee liqueur (or 20 ml espresso amaro)
30 ml fresh cream

Method

Build vodka and coffee liqueur over ice in a chilled rocks glass. Slowly float the cream over the back of a bar spoon. Do not stir. No garnish.

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45 ml Méry Melrose VS Organic Cognac
15 ml lemon juice
75 ml Champagne Grand Brut NV
Sugar-cane cube

Method

Drop the sugar-cane cube into a chilled flute or coupette. Add the Cognac and lemon juice. Top with Champagne. Stir gently.

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50 ml Méry Melrose Réserve Cognac
20 ml fresh cucumber juice
15 ml lime juice
15 ml ginger syrup
2 dashes Angostura bitters

Method

Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake hard, double-strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with a cucumber slice.

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75 ml Méry Melrose VSOP Organic Cognac
7.5 ml pure cane sugar
Angostura bitters

Method

Combine all ingredients in a rocks glass with one large ice cube. Stir for 30 seconds. Garnish with an orange peel.

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2 oz Mezcal Vago Elote
.5 oz sweet vermouth
.5 oz Ramazzotti Amaro
3 dashes Angostura bitters

Method

Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass. Add ice and stir for 15 seconds or until well-chilled. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a clove-studded orange swath.

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4.5 cl Domaine Tariquet Bas-Armagnac VSOP
3 cl Amaro Lucano
2 dashes green Chartreuse
Angostura bitters

Method

Stir all ingredients in a rocks glass with one large ice cube until chilled. Garnish with a flamed orange peel.

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15 ml Cognac
15 ml VEDRENNE Coffee Liqueur - 21%
15 ml VEDRENNE Brown Cocoa Liqueur - 25%
150 ml coffee
whipped cream

Method

Add all the ingredients in a coffee mug and top up with some whipped cream.

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25 ml gin
25 ml lime juice
25 ml VEDRENNE Triple Sec Liqueur - 35%
25 ml vermouth
1 dash of Mythe Absinthe Distillerie des Terres Rouges - 69%

Method

Shake all the ingredients. Double strain into an iced glass.

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45 ml gin
10 ml VEDRENNE Elderflower Liqueur - 20%
15 ml dry vermouth

Method

Prepare in a mixing glass, serve in a chilled cocktail glass.

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40 ml Cognac
20 ml VEDRENNE Chestnut Liqueur - 18%
40 ml apple juice
1 dash of Angostura bitter

Method

Shake all the ingredients and serve in a rock glass.

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45 ml gin
25 ml lime juice
30 ml VEDRENNE Elderflower Liqueur - 20%

Method

Prepare in a mixing glass, serve in a chilled cocktail glass.

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20 ml VEDRENNE Raspberry Liqueur - 15%
40 ml gin
20 ml lime juice
5 ml VEDRENNE Cane Sugar Syrup
80 ml ginger beer

Method

Mix with ice in a tin glass.

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30 ml cognac (or gin)
15 ml fresh lemon juice
10 ml simple syrup
Champagne, to top

Method

Shake cognac, lemon, and syrup with ice. Strain into a chilled flute. Top with cold champagne. Garnish with a lemon twist.

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15 ml VEDRENNE Strawberry Liqueur - 15%
40 ml gin
100 ml tonic
20 ml grapefruit juice

Method

Pour directly into glass over ice. Garnish with rosemary.

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30 ml gin
15 ml SALERS Gentiane Liqueur - 16%
15 ml VEDRENNE Grapefruit Liqueur - 15%
30 ml dry vermouth

Method

Pour all the ingredients in an old fashioned glass with ice. Garnish with a grapefruit zest.

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30 ml VEDRENNE Bergamot Liqueur
30 ml LE PARFUMEUR Gin
40 ml camomille infusion
20 ml grapefruit juice
20 ml VEDRENNE Lavender Syrup
30 ml verjuice
3 drops bitter grapefruit

Method

Put all the ingredients in a shaker filled with ice. Shake for a few seconds. Pour the drink into a glass with ice cubes.

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40 ml Gin
20 ml Vermouth
20 ml VEDRENNE Lychee Liqueur - 15%
1 dash of orange bitter
sparkling wine

Method

Shake all ingredients except sparkling wine. Double strain into a champagne coupe and pour the sparkling wine.

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30 ml gin
30 ml VEDRENNE Rhubarb Liqueur - 20%
20 ml lemon juice
25 ml tonic
5 fresh mint leaves
White pepper

Method

In a wineglass, pour all the ingredients with ice cubes. Sprinkle with white pepper and garnish with mint.

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40 ml gin
25 ml VEDRENNE Green Melon Liqueur - 15%
15 ml lime juice
80 ml tonic water

Method

Pour all the ingredients directly in a tumbler filled with ice. Garnish with a lime peel.

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50 ml gin
15 ml red vermouth
10 ml VEDRENNE Marasquin Liqueur - 25%
1 dash of Angostura bitter
1 dash of orange bitter

Method

Mix all the ingredients. Serve on ice in a cocktail glass. Garnish with maraschino cherry.

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30 ml Cognac
30 ml Dry Vermouth
2 dashes VEDRENNE Marasquin Liqueur - 25%
2 dashes VEDRENNE Orange Curacao Liqueur - 25%
2 dashes orange bitter
1 dash DES TERRES ROUGES Pastis - 45%
1 lemon zest

Method

Fill a mixing glass with ice cubes. Add all ingredients. Stir and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with lemon zest.

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30 ml gin
30 ml Campari
30 ml Distilleria Negroni Vermouth Rosso

Method

Stir all ingredients with ice for 20 seconds. Strain into a rocks glass over a large ice cube. Garnish with an orange peel.

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50 ml gin
20 ml VEDRENNE Pear Liqueur - 18%
20 ml dry vermouth

Method

Shake all the ingredients vigorously with ice. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

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30 ml VEDRENNE Raspberry Eau-de-vie - 40%
15 ml gin
20 ml VEDRENNE Ginger Liqueur - 25%
10 ml VEDRENNE Cane Sugar Syrup
1 egg white
2 dashes of VEDRENNE Blue Curacao Liqueur - 25%
20 ml lime juice

Method

Shake all the ingredients. Strain over ice into a cocktail glass.

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30 ml Gentian Liqueur SALERS - 25%
5 ml VEDRENNE Raspberry Liqueur - 15%
15 ml gin
80 ml tonic water

Method

Serve directly on ice in a piscine glass. Decorate with 2 fresh raspberries.

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15 ml VEDRENNE Raspberry Liqueur - 15%
20 ml gin
15 ml VEDRENNE Peach Liqueur - 15%
50 ml sparkling wine
1 dash of tonic

Method

Pour all ingredients directly in a coupette. Garnish with fresh raspberries.

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45 ml Christian Drouin VSOP Calvados (or cognac)
30 ml orange curaçao
22 ml fresh lemon juice

Method

Shake hard with ice. Double strain into a chilled coupe with an optional sugar rim (half-rim is correct). Garnish with an orange peel.

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45 ml gin
15 ml VEDRENNE Morello Cherry Liqueur - 15%
7,5 ml VEDRENNE Triple Sec - 35%
7,5 ml PAGES Verveine du Velay Gold - 40%
120 ml fresh pineapple juice
7,5 ml lime juice
10 ml VEDRENNE Grenadine Syrup
1 dash of Angostura bitter

Method

Shake all the ingredients, strain into a tumbler glass. Decorate with a few fresh mint leaves.

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50 ml Cognac
20 ml lemon juice
20 ml VEDRENNE Mandarin Liqueur - 25%
1 orange zest

Method

Shake all the ingredients. Strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with an orange zest or dehydrated orange slice.

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60 ml Cognac
30 ml VEDRENNE White Mint Liqueur - 18%

Method

Shaker all the ingredients. Strain into a cocktail glass filled with ice.

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20 ml VEDRENNE Supercassis - 20%
45 ml gin
30 ml lime juice

Method

Shake all the ingredients. Serve in a glass full of ice.

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45 ml gin
25 ml lime juice
10 ml VEDRENNE Supercassis - 20%
10 ml VEDRENNE Rose Liqueur - 18%
2 dashes of lavender bitter
20 ml egg white

Method

Shake all the ingredients. Strain into a pre-iced cocktail glass. Garnish with an orange twist.

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45 ml Gin
25 ml VEDRENNE White Cocoa Liqueur - 25%
25 ml White Lillet
25 ml fresh lemon juice

Method

Shaker all the ingredients. Double strain in a cocktail glass.

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60 ml gin
20 ml vodka
10 ml Distilleria Negroni Vermouth Bianco (or Lillet Blanc)

Method

Shake (yes, shake) with plenty of ice until very cold. Strain into a deep champagne goblet. Garnish with a thin lemon peel — large enough.