Category Archives: Quarantine Cocktails

Bananarac

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This is a play on the 150+ year old Sazerac, and while first made with brandy, rye stepped in after a late 1800s phylloxera disease killed a French grape crop. This variant splits the base, and uses crème de banane for a surprising twist.

Bananarac

Spirit Brandy · Liqueur · Whiskey
Cocktail family Old-Fashioned
Flavors Boozy · Fruity · Herbal
  • 1 oz Pierre Ferrand 1840 Cognac
  • 1 oz Rittenhouse 100-Proof Rye
  • 1/2 oz Tempus Fugit Creme de Banane
  • 3/4 tsp Demerara Syrup
  • 1 dash Peychauds or Angostura Bitters
  • Rinse of St. George Spirits Absinthe Verte
  • Prepare chilled double old-fashioned glass by rinsing with a touch of absinthe or a spray from an atomizer.
  • Add ingredients to mixing glass, add ice and stir for 30-40 seconds.
  • Strain into an old-fashioned glass, up or over a 2” ice cube, express twist and discard.
  • Mixing Glass
  • Bar Spoon
  • Julep Strainer
  • Atomizer
  • Peeler or Knife

Beachbum’s Own

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This tasty tiki drink comes from Latitude 29, a popular tiki joint in New Orleans. It starts with a mix of rums, adds spice and vanilla from the Spanish Licor 43 and is rounded out with three different juices.

Beachbum’s Own

Spirit Rum
Cocktail family Tropical
Flavors Fresh · Fruity
  • 1 1/2 oz Plantation 3-Stars White Rum
  • 1 1/4 oz Lemon Hart 151 Overproof Dark Rum
  • 3/4 oz Licor 43
  • 3/4 oz Passion Fruit Juice
  • 3/4 oz Pineapple Juice
  • 3/4 oz Fresh Squeezed Lemon Juice
  • Combine all the ingredients in a shaker with ice.
  • Shake until chilled.
  • Strain over fresh ice in a tiki mug or tall glass.
  • Citrus Press
  • Shaker
  • Hawthorne Strainer

Bermuda Hundred

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This one is described as the love child of a Negroni and a Mai Tai.

Bermuda Hundred

Spirit Gin
Cocktail family Sidecar
Flavors Bitter · Fruity · Tart
  • 1 1/2 oz Gin
  • 1 1/2 oz Pineapple Juice
  • 3/4 oz Campari
  • 1/2 oz Fresh Squeezed Lime Juice
  • 1/2 oz Orgeat Syrup
  • Combine all ingredients in shaker, fill with ice and shake for 15 seconds.
  • You’ll want to shake extra hard to get that pineapple juice to froth up nicely.
  • Strain over a big rock in an old-fashioned glass.
  • Citrus Press
  • Shaker
  • Hawthorne Strainer

Berry Syrup

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A great way to make use of berries at the height of their growing season.

Berry Syrup

Spirit
Cocktail family Component
Flavors Sweet · Tart
  • 2 cups Fresh Berries
  • 1 cup Water
  • 1 cup Sugar
  • In small saucepan, simmer 2 cups raspberries,blackberries etc with 8 oz. water and 1 cup of sugar until color has leached into the syrup, 5-10 minutes.
  • Allow to cool, add 1 oz.
  • 110-proof vodka, fine strain and bottle.
  • Allow to cool.
  • Add 1 oz 110-proof vodka, fine strain and bottle.
  • Hawthorne Strainer
  • Fine Strainer