Y Control

Quarantine Cocktails

This is a play on the classic Brandy Daisy cocktail, adding complexity in herbal liqueur and pineapple syrup.

Y Control

Spirit Brandy · Liqueur
Cocktail family Sidecar
Flavors
Makes
  • 1 1/2 oz Pierre Ferrand 1840 Cognac
  • 3/4 oz Fresh Squeezed Lime Juice
  • 1/2 oz Pineapple Syrup
  • 1 tsp Yellow Chartreuse
  • 1 tsp Maraschino Liqueur
  • Add all ingredients to shaker.
  • Add ice, shake about 15 seconds.
  • Double strain into a chilled coupe.
  • Express twist and garnish.
  • Shaker
  • Fine Strainer
  • Hawthorne Strainer
  • Peeler or Knife
Coupe

Waterproof Watch

Quarantine Cocktails

Here’s a tasty combination of allspice liqueur with two great amari.

Waterproof Watch

Spirit Gin
Cocktail family Old-Fashioned
Flavors Bitter · Boozy · Sweet
Makes
  • 1 1/2 oz London Dry Gin
  • 3/4 oz Amaro Montenegro
  • 3/4 oz Aperol
  • 2 dashes Boker’s or Pimento Bitters
  • Combine all ingredients in shaker.
  • Fill tin with ice and shake for 15 seconds until well diluted.
  • Double-strain into a chilled coupe and garnish.
  • Peeler or Knife
  • Shaker
  • Hawthorne Strainer
  • Fine Strainer
Coupe
Orange Twist

Velvet Club

Quarantine Cocktails

Here’s a modern update to a classic cocktail. Found in the The PDT Cocktail Book, this is based on an earlier drink, the Velvet Glove. Updated proportions & Champagne make for an even better formula.

Velvet Club

Spirit Brandy
Cocktail family Highball
Flavors Boozy · Bubbly
Makes
  • 1 oz Pierre Ferrand 1840 Cognac
  • 1/2 oz Lillet Blanc or Cocchi Americano
  • 1/2 oz Marie Brizard White Crème de Cacao
  • Champagne or Other Dry Sparkling Wine
  • Combine all ingredients but Champagne in your cocktail shaker, add ice and shake for 15 seconds until well diluted.
  • Double-strain into a chilled coupe, top with bubbly.
  • Shaker
  • Hawthorne Strainer
  • Fine Strainer
Collins · Coupe

Unusual Negroni

Quarantine Cocktails

This softer, more approachble twist on the classic 1919 Italian aperitif. It was created in 2011 by bartender Charlotte Voisey, who swapped the bold, punchy components of a traditional Negroni for lighter, botanical, and sweeter amao as alternatives. It was popularized by the late Gary Regan.

Unusual Negroni

Charlotte VoiseyThe Negroni: Drinking to La Dolce Vita.2010s
Spirit Gin
Cocktail family Martini · Negroni
Flavors Bitter · Boozy · Sweet
Makes
  • 1 oz London Dry Gin
  • 1 oz Lillet Blanc
  • 1 oz Aperol
  • Combine all ingredients in chilled mixing glass.
  • Fill with ice and stir 30 seconds or until well diluted and outside of glass is frosty.
  • Strain over a large rock of ice in an old-fashioned glass and garnish.
  • Mixing Glass
  • Bar Spoon
  • Julep Strainer
Rocks
Grapefruit Wedge

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