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Yeah, I can get lot b for around $45/bottle. At that price it is pretty hard to beat. I am definitely going to try Johnny Drum. My relatively local liquor store in Champaign was talking it up when I was in there last as their distributor just started carrying it.

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Going back to do some of the posted recipes.

First up:

This is a very good Cuba Libre recipe if you want a lighter true cocktail, but if nothing else I like to add bitters to the usual recipe:

CUBA LIBRE

Adapted by Isidro Gutiérrez for Town at the Chambers Hotel

3 ounces Coca-Cola

1 ounce rum

1/2 ounce gins

2 dashes bitters

1/4 lime

Dash of club soda

Mix the Coca-Cola, rum and gin in a highball glass. Add the bitters, and squeeze in the juice from the lime. Top off with the club soda to add bubbles.

Yield: 1 serving.

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Pretty damn good. The Mexican coke is not as cloyingly sweet and the gin adds a nice bit of complexity. Decided to use both orange and aromatic bitters and key lime juice.

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Heh, 7 1/2 oz of rum will tend to do that Al. But they do go down easy.

The Three to One Cocktail

3 oz Junipero Gin

1 1/2 oz Rothman and Winter Orchard Apricot

1 oz Key Lime Juice

Shake and double strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a lime wedge.

^This, except with Plymouth and not Key Limes

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EDIT: Funny, I was going back to pick up a couple of the recent recipes. Awesome looking Cuba Libre! Fidel would be proud!

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Nice Al. That is interesting as I was thinking of trying the Three to One with Plymouth.

Next up:

(Not Quite An) Oriental Cocktail

1.5 oz rye (Redbreast 12)

.75 oz curacao (Creole Shrubb)

.75 sweet vermouth (Carpano Antica)

.5 oz lime juice

Shake and strain. Garnish with a cherry.

Fantastic modification! The Redbreast really works here. Has anyone tried it in a cocktail?

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Hmm ... It has been a while since I mixed up the oriental but this tastes really good. I really like the orange shrubb and will have to start using it more.

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Corn 'n Oil

Tried a lot of variations and this is just a terrible cocktail and the Cruzan BS is just that. Free if anyone will pay shipping, otherwise it will meet Jim's Page's Parfait Amour in liqueur hell.

Here's what I tried the THIRD time.

2.5 oz BS rum

0.5 oz Falernum

Half a lime, quartered and squeezed. Stir.

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So, I tried to vindicate my DIY falernum. So, tried:

Rum Swizzle

1.5 oz rum

0.75 oz lime juice

0.5 oz falernum

1 dash angostura bitters

Better! More lime and better rum next time... And real swizzle sticks!

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Anvil # 28 Dulchin using the Esquire recipe (which can be found under the recipe for the Hoptoad.

2 ounces pisco

1 ounce dry (Hungarian) apricot brandy (cheated here and used Apricot liquer)

2 teaspoons Grand Marnier

1 ounce lime juice

1 teaspoon grenadine

Shake well with cracked ice, then strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

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And DONE!

Redid this one using Apricot eau-de-vie in place of the apricot liqueur. Much better as the flavors come through better with less sweetness.

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Forgot to get the grenadine in the picture.

Marc, the corn-n-oil is better with a better rum. I have used both Goslings black seal and the Ron Zacapa 23 with good results.

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it bites like a monster :)

Yeah, you're right, it definitely has some bite to it; more than I'd expect since it's only 46% abv. Still not a monster though. :P

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The Final Ward

1 oz rye whiskey

1 oz Luxardo maraschino liqueur

1 oz fresh lemon juice

1 oz Chartreuse

Put all ingredients into an ice-filled shaker and shake hard until well chilled. Strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a lemon twist.

A bit sweet but the maraschino is not over the top. I wish I could figure out what was in that Carthusian.

One of these with yellow Chartreuse, but 1.5 oz on all but the maraschino, which I kept at 1 oz. I really like that. Nice.

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And I liked the Corn-N-Oil quite a bit with Goslings.

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Nice Shelly, have you had the Redbreast 12? Wondering how the 15 compares to the 12.

Your making a significant dent in the Anvil list the last few days Marc.

Starting with a Blood and Sand tonight.

1 oz Asyla Scotch (including unicorn dust)

1 oz Orange Juice

3/4 oz Carpano Antica

3/4 oz Cherry Heering

Shake the bloody beejebus out orbit and strain into a glass. Add a couple of cherries and enjoy.

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Actually drinking the second one as the first must have evaporated.

Made another of these, substituting a Moro blood orange for the standard fare.

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