The Satan's Monobrow

The Satan's Monobrow

This is a cocktail Dave created after trying to make a Satan's Wiskers cocktail but discovering we were lacking almost every ingredient.  This is the first original cocktail recipe posted on this blog!  Go Dave!  Recipe to be added soon.


The reviews: 
Yum Yum and super yum.  It has a grapefruity goodness that makes it exceptionally refreshing and no sweetness overload despite the pink color, which comes from Dave's addiction to Campari in cocktails.

The Negroni

The Negroni

The recipe is here.
Yes, you can have a negroni in a double old fashioned glass with ice, but it is also acceptable to serve it shaken in a chilled cocktail glass.  I think it is prettier this way, well, until I got some classy new double old fashioned glasses a few weeks ago.  But this is an old photo.

The reviews:
We both love it.  This is an absolute classic cocktail and with good reason.  This drink started Dave on a love affair with Campari which he is using a lot when making up cocktails.

The Hanky Panky

The Hanky Panky

The recipe is here.

The Reviews:
I adore this drink.  It has become one of my favorites when I don't know quite what I want to drink.  It sounds like it would be odd, but I think the Fernet Branca draws the sweet vermouth and gin together with a nice nuttiness that makes me crave it.  Don't forget the orange peel, twist it over the glass so the oils grace the surface of the drink with their fragrance.  Yum.  Dave agrees with me on this one.  Delicious and with a name like the Hanky Panky, how can you not adore it.  Also notable, this drink was created by a female bartender.  That makes it even more awesome in my book!

The Blue Moon

The Blue Moon

The recipe is here.

The Reviews:
I liked it so much I went in and mixed another.  I may have a thing for Creme de Violette, something about the floral almost perfume-y flavor mixes so nicely with the citrus...summer days and warm weather, happy drinks on the patio.  Dave enjoyed his as well, maybe less effusive, but you have to give him credit for not balking at a lavender drink when I handed it to him.  Deceptively sweet looking but the flavor is much more interesting than it appears in the glass.

The Barnum Was Right

The Barnum Was Right

The recipe is here.

The Reviews:
I liked it.  Didn't love it, but would drink it again.  Maybe because the name is awesome, maybe because it was a nice balanced cocktail.  Dave felt similarly.  Other cocktails are nicer, more memorable, but still a nice one to have in rotation.

The Aviation

The Aviation

The recipe is here.

The Reviews:
This is a classic.  The Creme de Violette is beautiful here, not overwhelming, but a nice support to the Marischino. This is not a girlie drink, long on the liquor, short on the sweet.  I really liked it.  Dave did too as I remember.  We've made them a few times since.

The Jasmine

The Jasmine

The recipe is here.

The Reviews:
I love this.  Fresh and tart, but not sour.  I great summer afternoon drink.  I would absolutely make this again.  I can't remember what Dave thought, but probably because I didn't care.  I will assume he liked it because it contains Campari, one of his favorite ingredients.  I liked it enough to fold the corner of the page in the cocktail book.