Cockluck #23
This cockluck we decided to switch it up a bit and make a cocktail based on a favorite song. Below are the results:
Michelle: Apple Bottom Jeans (AKA Banker’s Punch)
(Influence song: Apple Bottom Jeans by Flo Rida)
1.5 oz Rum Blend: Aged Diplomatico Planos Blanco Anejo Rum
3/4 oz Raspberry Syrup
3/4 oz Lime Juice
3/4 oz Port
2 dashes Angostura Bitters
Shake with ice and strain into a coupe.
Andrea: Conquering Fools
(Influence song: Conquering Fools by OAR)
2.0 oz Pendelton Whisky
0.50 oz Cynar
0.50 oz Cream Sherry
0.50 oz Blackberry Shrub
0.5 oz Pineapple Juice
XX Blackberry Thyme Huckleberry Jelly
Holly: The Peach Jewel
2 oz Gin
6-8 Basil Leaves (heavy)
0.75 oz Aperol (light)
0.75 oz Peach Shrub
0.75 oz Lemon Juice
0.25 oz Simple Syrup
2–3 dashes Wormwood Bitters
Add basil to a shaker and muddle to release oils. Add remaining ingredients and shake well over ice. Double strain into a coupe glass and garnish with grapefruit zest.
Laura: Blushing Pineapple
2.0 oz Strawberry-Infused Rum Blend
Angostura-Soaked Pineapple
3/4 oz Simple Syrup or Demarara Simple Syrup
Muddle Angostura-soaked pineapple with simple syrup, add ice, stir until chilled, garnish with a fanned strawberry and pineapple wedge.
Scott: Dutch Courage (Barrel-Aged Bijou)
(Influence song: Xxxxxx)
1.0 oz Bols Genever
1.0 oz Green Chartreuse
1.0 oz Lustau Sweet Vermouth
1.0 oz Cinzano
Barrel-aged 6 days. Garnished with a flamed bourbon-soaked, orange-wrapped maraschino cherry.
Jessica: Just Like Heaven
(Influence song: Xxxxxx)
1.5 oz Blueberry-Infused London Dry Gin (Used Plymouth)
0.5 oz Cocci Americano
0.5 oz Dry Vermouth
0.25 oz Cardamaro
0.25 oz Aqua Faba (shaken separately and added at end)
Clove Tincture?
Garnished with a blueberry speared by a sage leaf.
Adrian: Mongo Mango
1.5 oz Tequila
0.50 oz Dry Vermouth
0.50 oz Mango Serrano Pepper Shrub
0.75 oz China China
Angostura bitters
(Need shrub recipe)
John: Drink the Pain Away
2.0 oz Lemongrass-Infused Bombay Sapphire Gin
.0.75 oz Peche de Origin
0.75 oz Cranberry Juice
1.0 oz Orange Juice
Reagan's Bitters
Cinnamon Barrel-Aged Bitters
Acid Phosphate
Shake and strain. Garnish with a flamed orange peel.
Evelyn: Baby Darlin'
1.0 oz Neissen Aged Rhum Agricole
1.0 oz Bacardi 8-Year
0.75 oz Cocchi de Torino
0.50 oz Cardamaro
1/2 tsp Burnt Sugar Bitters (used burnt brown sugar bitters)
Shake and strain into a coupe.
From: Billy Sunday, Chicago, Illinois