Whiskey

— No. 104 —

Elephant Flip

As you may know, I great­ly admire the Franklin Mort­gage and Invest­ment Co.‘s cre­ative cock­tails. Dur­ing my last cou­ple vis­its, a cer­tain cock­tail stole the show. It had my whole par­ty ques­tion­ing the foun­da­tions of log­ic and rea­son. I present to you (insert drum roll) The Ele­phant Flip. When I first tried this cock­tail, I knew I had to seek out its cre­ator. The bar­tender who devel­oped this beau­ty is the Franklin’s own Christi­na Ran­do. She has giv­en birth to …

— No. 100 —

Manhattan

There are as many vari­a­tions to the Man­hat­tan’s his­to­ry as there are to its recipe. The most seduc­tive sto­ry, which is wide­ly regard­ed as false, is that the cock­tail was invent­ed for Lady Ran­dolph Churchill (Win­ston’s Moth­er) at the Man­hat­tan Club in the ear­ly 1870’s. This sto­ry might not have sur­vived the test of time, but the cock­tail cer­tain­ly did. It’s a clas­sic that I like to enjoy with a cig­ar and some good con­ver­sa­tion. The one ques­tion you’ll need …

— No. 88 —

The O’Hara

Ele­gant and time­less. The embod­i­ment of Scar­lett O’Hara from Gone with the Wind… not to men­tion its beau­ti­ful scar­let hue. Next time you throw on Gone with the Wind dim the lights and shake up The O’Hara. 1 3/4 oz Wood­ford Reserve Bour­bon 1/2 oz Bene­dic­tine 1/2 oz fresh lemon juice 1/2 oz home­made black­ber­ry syrup 1/4 oz Fer­net Bran­ca 5–6 choco­late mint leaves 1 choco­late mint sprig for gar­nish Place all ingre­di­ents in a cock­tail shak­er except the 5–6 mint leaves and …

— No. 59 —

Vieux Carré

1 oz Cognac 1 oz rye whiskey 1 oz sweet ver­mouth 1/4 oz Bene­dic­tine 1 dash of Pey­chaud’s bit­ters 1 dash of Angos­tu­ra bit­ters 1 lemon twist Stir all ingre­di­ents except the lemon twist over ice and strain into a chilled cock­tail glass. Gar­nish with a lemon twist.

— No. 45 —

Oregon Trace

Oregon Trace Cocktail

2 oz Buf­fa­lo Trace bour­bon 3/4 oz Clear Creek Pear Brandy 1/2 oz fall sim­ple syrup 1 bar spoon of fresh lemon juice 2 dash­es Post Pro­hi­bi­tion orange bit­ters 1 pear slice Shake all ingre­di­ents except pear slice with ice and strain into a chilled cock­tail glass. Gar­nish with a pear slice. You can try this cock­tail at our Octo­ber (Oct. 15th 2010) Liba­tion Lounge event at the Gin Mill (Bal­ti­more City). Fall sim­ple syrup recipe 2 cups of water 2 …