Nice! Almost made that one! Also, one for Jim and Shelly to try:
The Kirkwood
1 1/2 oz rye
1/2 oz Punt e Mes
1/2 oz Cynar
1/2 oz St. Germain (Personally, I use 1/4 ounce here)
2 dashes grapefruit bitters
Combine all and shake (recipe says stir, but I always shake my juice drinks) until chilled. Garnish with grapefruit peel.
Decided to use the rest of the Benedictine on a extra large Cocktail a la Louisiane, with Cocchi Torino and Handy and two bar spoons of St. George and Peychaud's. Yum!
Man, this is a fantastic drink! (wish I had some Ritt 100 it's a good choice here, as it takes a back seat in this drink)
Monte Cassino by Damon Dyer
3/4 oz Bénédictine
3/4 oz yellow Chartreuse
3/4 oz freshly-squeezed lemon juice
3/4 oz Rittenhouse 100-proof rye whiskey.
Mix the ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice, then strain into a chilled cocktail glass and garnish with a lemon twist.
Vintage Silver Julep Cup from here, using "Ebay Bucks". Just one. But they look nice and seem like a reasonable deal.
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Ok, I've been meaning to ask this for a while. So, what kind of cherries are those? They are more like cranberry size. I mean, we only get Bing and Ranier cherries around here, so, why are they so small?
It's quite the ergonomic piece of wood. Next I need the proper glassware and this drink really does need to be served with a spoon, if you use sugar cubes.