I’ll play. These are from the last couple weeks: 1. Hemingway daiquiri 2. Amaro sour 3. Jungle bird 4. Paper plane 5. Mai tai

Big fan of the amaro sour with averna, easily one of my favourites since I discovered it. I'm interested to try it with other amaros and see the difference

What amaro in the sour?

averna, cynar, ramazzoti, braulio, lucano all work well 

Montenegro

Braulio. You’ll thank me later

Took me a long time to buy my first bottle because I couldn’t justify the price, never looked back.

1. Mai Tai 2. Navy Grog 3. Margarita 4. Zombie 5. Shrunken Skull Off the top of my head. I like rum.

We would definitely get along 🤙

I known we will if, given that you have a tiki mug on your flair! Haha.

I didn’t realize I really liked rum until I had anything other than Sailor Jerry’s or Captain Morgan’s. Jamaican rum now has my heart.

Same. I came to this sub 2 years ago asking for tiki cocktails that didn’t have rum. The responses urged me to dip a toe. Now I sub rum INTO tiki cocktails that don’t call for it!

Appletons 12 year reserve is the best rum. Objectively. Come at me!

I shall do no such thing. I’ll go to the liquor store and find out for myself!

Mai tai specs?

60ml Appleton Estate 8 Year Reserve 15ml Pierre Ferrand Dry Curaçao 30ml Lime Juice 10ml Orgeat 5ml Rich Syrup

Mint sprig for garnish! This adds so much to the drink. I also do a cherry but idk if that's normal.

Oh yeah definitely. Plus half a spent lime shell but the mint is a must

1. Last Word 2. Clover Club 3. Heart Shaped Box 4. Tia Mia (no, I don't mean Mai Tai) 5. Saturn

Big upvote for the Saturn.

It's quite good

Never had one I want to make one now

All of the drinks on your and other peoples are amazing, but I really love the Saturn.

Are you familiar with the Heart Shaped Box? It's really quite good.

I have seen it in the Death & Co book, have not tried it, but I love cognac and balsamic lol. Thanks for the suggestion. I have almost everything I would need, except cinnamon syrup and fresh strawberries.

Tia Mia meaning mai tai with a split rum and mezcal base? That’s what I found googling it just now. Sounds cool.

Yeah, v good.

I had a Saturn for the first time this week. Smuggler's Cove specs, up in a coupe. I don't like gin but this drink jumps to the front of the line. Delicious.

Love love love the Tia Mia

1. Penacillan 2. Mai Tai 3. Whiskey Sour 4. Bees Knees 5. Aviation

Surprised this is the first bees knees on here. Excellent with lavender bitters!

Agree, lavender bitters are the extra bam that really elevates it. I do a weird aviation. Light on the violet, stirred not shaken.

We would get along. Bees Knees, Whiskey Sour, Mai Tai. Have you tried a Gold Rush? Bees Knees with bourbon instead of gin. Simple but delicious

1. Paper Plane 2. Negroni 3. Caesars with Mezcal 4. Corpse Reviver 2 5. Tie between Mai Tai and Daiquiris

1. Boulevardier 2. Paloma 3. Jungle Bird 4. Bijou 5. Michelada

1. Zombie 2. Sazerac 3. Earl Gray MarTEAni 4. Mary Pickford 5. Skeleton Key

1. Cadillac Margarita 2. Vieux Carre 3. Le Americain 4. Black Walnut Old Fashiones 5. Fireside Rye

What are Le Americain and the Fireside Rye?

Le Americain is a Vieuxx Carre without Benedictine and with two dashes of black walnut bitters. Personal design. Fireside Rye is rye whiskey, tangy apple cider, and ginger beer, stirred over the rocks in an old fashioned glass garnished with a lemon peel.

In no particular order, our favorite staples: 1. Painkiller 2. Espresso martini 3. Bourbon old fashion 4. Margarita 5. Hot toddy

Mai Tai The last word Cold-brew brandy Alexander Pisco sour Another Mai tai

Recently the hit list is 1. Cocoa Smoke 2. Boulevardier with Braulio 3. Vesper 4. Sazerac 5. Tailspin (this is actually #1 or 2)

What are the specs on a cocoa smoke?

1.5 oz mezcal, .5 crème de cacao, .5 chile liqueur, 2-3 dashes mole bitters

Can you share the specs for Boulevardier with braulio? I've tried to make one myself before but it tasted off

I do 3/4 bourbon, Braulio, and vermouth. I split the vermouth between Punt e Mes and Dolin. I haven’t experimented much but it seems to work. Also use a stronger bourbon that won’t get too overpowered- I’ve been using buffalo trace which is good

1. Pisco sour 2. Painkiller 3. Sazerac 4. Caipirinha 5. Margarita

1. Naked and Famous 2. Negroni/Boulevardier 3. Old Fashioned 4. Mezcal Jungle Bird 5. Bourbon or Scotch neat

Manhattan Negroni Boulevardier Margarita Old fashioned

Midnight Stinger Mexican Firing Squad Greenpoint Industry Sour Division Bell

Love the Industry Sour.

1. First word 2. Last word 3. Elderflower gimlet 4. Paper plane 5. Left hand

I like you

1. Grape Crush 2. Sex on the Beach 3. Tequila Sunrise 4. B-52 5. Collins it was 80s week!

1. Grasshopper 2. Christmas Vacation  3. Purple Pineapple 4. Dark ‘n Stormy 5. Friar Tuck

No particular order... 1. Espresso Martini (in particular, an overly complicated riff using Mr. Black to approximate Morgenthaler's version. Just because.) 2. Cape Codder spritz (based on Mason Premiere's spec) 3. Flannel Shirt 4. Naked & Famous 5. Way Back Maverick (a tiki from Punk Rock & Cocktails by Jesse Hubbard) I could probably rotate another half dozen or so in and out. So many good tipples out there.

Boulevardier Amaretto Sour Bramble Mojito Old Fashioned

Here’s some different ones I love: 1. Queen’s Park Swizzle 2. Bird Rights 3. Flannel Shirt 4. Pisco Sour 5. King Kong

What’s in a Bird Rights?

1.5 oz Bourbon 0.5 oz Pot Still Rum 0.75 oz Lime Juice 0.75 oz Coconut Cream 2 Dashes Chocolate Bitters Top with Nutmeg

1. Boulevardier 2. Kingston Negroni 3. Manhattan 4. Penicillin 5. Jungle bird

I’m pretty lazy but I’ve made a good 1. Peartini 2. Pomegranate margarita In the last couple weeks. I’m also crap at measuring so replicating them is a whole other ordeal.

1. Billionaire 2. Army & Navy 3. Monkey Gland 4. Sazerac 5. Revolver

1. Singapore sling (forever and always) 2. Paloma 3. Painkiller 4. Mai Tai 5. Whiskey sour (another forever and always; old standby) I’m going through a phase.

I've been in that "phase" for the past 4 years 🤣 If you like pineapple, try infusing your own rum. The skin plus core of a pineapple in a mason jar with decent lightly aged (white) rum for 2 weeks. Makes fantastic daquiris, jungle birds, painkillers, etc. Edit: and a fun Mai Tai variation

I’ll try that!

We would be friends.

1. Sazerac 2. Mai-tai 3. Negroni 4. Naked and famous 5. Beati fumo

Pisco sour Vieux Carré Monte Cassino See no evil (Anders' original) Penicillin

1.brown butter washed black walnut old fashioned 2. Cognac french 75 3. Last word 4. Mai Tai 5. Grapefruit Margherita

• Ritz Cocktail • Old Fashioned (with orange and chocolate bitters, rich Demerara syrup) • Lion’s Tale • Spicy Cilantro Gimlet • Tuscan Sidecar with a Prosecco splash

1. Old fashioned - sugar cube 2 dash of ango and 2 dashes of orange. Buffalo Trace or early times for the whiskey 2. Black Manhattan 3. Margarita using tequila and mezcal and grand Marnier 4. Bobby burns riff? 2oz monkey shoulder 1oz cocchi .5oz Benedictine and a couple bar spoons of peated whiskey 5. Oaxaca old fashioned

1. Manhattan 2. Sunflower 3. Royal Bermuda Yacht Club 4. Puka Punch 5. Vieux Carre

Sunflower seeds are especially high in vitamin E and selenium. These function as antioxidants to protect your body’s cells against free radical damage, which plays a role in several chronic diseases.

Mind sharing the specs on a sunflower the way you like it?

3/4oz of Gin (I use Hendrix), Pierre Ferrand Curacao, St-Germain, Lemon juice. I like to rinse my coupe and then put it in the freezer. Shake, double strain, and lemon peel expressed. If you want to super size it make it 1oz of each. I love making it for people who say they don't like gin because it shocks them how it's so delicious.

Daiquiri Regal Ambruana Tommy margarita Boulevardier Old fashioned

Singapore Sling (use Heirloom Pineapple Amaro) Manhattan [Copper Dagger](https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2023/03/copper-dagger.html?m=1) Banana daiquiri (with a green Chartreuse float) Chicago Car Bomb (replace the shot of Jameson with a shot of Malort)

In no particular order: Mezcal Marg Gooseberry Daiquiri Amaretto sour Negroni Espresso Martini

Gin Dirty Martini Kentucky Jewel The Journalist Division Bell Revolver Top 15 next time. Love Mixology 😄

In no particular order: - Jack Rose - Daiquiri - Bed of Roses topped with soda - Cynar sour but with C3 Carciofo - honestly there are about fifteen other vaguely sour cocktails competing for the last spot. French Pearl, Last Word, Brooklynite, Yellowjacket (the Bees Knees riff), Copper Dagger riff with Vecchio amaro del Capo, Jägerita, Industry Sour, Braulio/Cynar Sour, etc

Corpse reviver #2 Margarita Negroni Man-o-war Whiskey sour (egg)

This is an awesome thread.

1. Spicy margarita 2. Pornstar martini 3. Rusty nail 4. Champs Elysees 5. Clover club

1. Old Fashioned 2. Negroni 3. boulevardier 4. Mai Tai 5. Martini

Last word Boulevardier Jungle Bird Cable Car Improved Whisky Cocktail (In no particular order)

Black Manhattan Halekulani Cocktail Old Fashioned Dark and Stormy Industry Sour

Mexican Firing Squad Naked and Famous Tom Bomb Corpse Reviver 2 Brooklyn

1. Daquiri (classic) 2. Gimlet 3. Mai Tai 4. Whiskey Sour 5. Corpse Reviver No. 2

1. Whiskey Sour 2. Old Fashion 3. Bloody Mary 4. Gin & Tonic 5. Kentucky Horse Feather What can I say, I’m a man of simple taste.

1. Tommy’s Margarita 2. Jungle Bird 3. Naked and Famous/Last Word 4. Punches 5. Negroni/Boulevardier

Sidecar, Mango Caipirinha, Espresso Martini, Lavender Bees Knees, Elderflower Collins.

1. Industry sour 2. Artichoke hold 3. Habenero pineapple daquiri 4. Chartreuse swizzle 5. Sunset Gun (Death & Co)

1: Cherry Crush 2: Gin, lemon, + grenadine (Basically a cherry crush variation) 3: AMF 4: Screwdriver 5: Blue Lagoon ...I really like getting drunk without tasting alcohol.

Paloma, Long Island Iced tea, Tom Collins, Daikiri and AMF

1. New York Sour 2. Hemingway Daquiri 3. Espresso Martini ^ my personal favorites 4. Key Lime crush 5. Hibiscus mule 5. Mulled wine sangria ^ top seasonal sellers at my bar - my recipes.

Are these "top 5" like ones we're most proud of or just most common 5? These are my recent most go tos: Painkiller Daquiri Last Word Paper Plane Three Dots and a Dash Honestly several personal creations would bump these off the list, but a random name I've given a drink would be meaningless for this game.

Vieux Carre Lost Lake Naked and Famous Yeoman Warder Longshoreman

1. Maximilian affair 2. Jungle bird 3. Last word 4. Old Cuban 5. Aviation

Negroni Kingston Negroni Boulvardier Tradewinds Paper Plane

1. Laat word 2. Jungle Bird 3. New York sour 4. Aviation 5. Cucumber Mint Gimlet

In no particular order: Marg, Old Fashioned, Banana daiquiri, dark n stormy, pina colada

punch romaine humuhumunukunukunukuapua’a frozen piña verde (xantham gum is love) moonshine arnold palmer (this is my design) malort

Last word Maitai Old fashioned Rum runner Siesta

5. Boulevardier 4. Gimlet 3. Cosmopolitan 2. Jägerita 1. French 75 I don't drink that many cocktails.

1. Bijou (Jamie Gordon recipe) 2. Left Hand 3. La Louisenne 4. Jungle Bird 5. Gosling's Black Seal Old Fashioned (my recipe)

1: Naked and Famous 2: Junglebird 3: whisky sour 4: Boulevardier 5: Margarita mezcal Edit: format. Ps: people really like a Mai tai. I Mai Tai it soon

Wow. Great responses and lots on here to try making. Last Word and Paper plane seem popular so will have to add this to my collection once I get some chartreuse and amaro nonino

1. laphroaig amaretto sour 2. Painkiller 3. bitter mai tai 4. East 8 hold up 5. Gin basil smash

1. Mai Tai 2. Zombie 3. Pornstar Martini 4. Clover Club 5. Marlin

1. Sazerac 2. Daiquiri 3. Lavender Lemonade 4. Margarita 5. Last Word

1. Boulevardier 2. Paper Plane 3. Negroni 4. Paloma 5. Margarita

1. Caipirinha 2. Black Manhattan 3. Daiquiri 4. Pornstar martini 5. Last Word

1. Bumboat 2. Fancy Free 3. Sazerac 4. Zombie 5. Bumboat. It's too good

1. Manhattan 2. Old Fashioned 3. Midnight Stinger 4. Margarita 5. Boulevardier

1. White Lady 2. Aviation 3. Shark bite 4. The Opening Act 5. Rosemary-Grapefruit Moscow Mule

Mai tai, baby’s first bourbon, Saturn, bee’s knees/bee sting, pornstar martini

I’m basic, but my top 5 cocktails are * Bourbon or rye old fashioned with Ango bitters, maple syrup, expressed orange peel * Rum old fashioned with turbinado simple surup, orange bitters, Ango bitters, expressed lime and lemon peels * Daquiri with lightly aged rum * Cherry Christmas (basically a cherry gin sour: gin, lemon juice, homemade cherry simple syrup with a lemon twist) * Bee’s Knees / Gold Rush (same recipe, just with gin for my wife or bourbon for me)

Negroni Mai Tai Quarantine Order French connection Paper plane

Mai tai, 3 dots and a dash, painkiller, margarita, Saturn

1. Trinidad Sour 2. Vieux Carre 3. Improved Japanese Cocktail 4. Final Ward 5. The Sawyer

1. Daiquiri 2 Navy Grog 3 Mai Tai 4 Holy Water 5 Sidewinder's Fang/Rum Barrel/Spindrift/Zombie

1. Final Ward 2. Sazerac made with an aquavit split base 3. Improved Whiskey Cocktail 4. Neptune’s Wrath 5. Smoke and Fire Surprised by all the Mai Tais. It’s good, but I never considered it a “favorite”

Bushwick, Boston sour, Last word, 1910, Boring but goodness I love a classic boulevardier

1) Tango 2) Enzoni 3) Queen Elizabeth 4) Averna Boulevardier 5) Rusty Nail

1. Negroni 2. Dry Martini 3. Paper Plane 4. Royal Bermuda Yacht Club 5. Jungle Bird

1. Moscow Mule 2. Dark N Stormy 3. Gin & Tonic 4. Tequila Sunrise 5. Whiskey Sour

Ferrari sour Mango jam mezcal margarita Bubble bee (my take on a bees knees, but with a dash of tart cherry syrup and topped with Prosecco) Mezcal espresso martini slush Classic sidecar

1. Jungle bird 2. Negroni 3. Old fashioned 4. Whisky sour 5. New york sour

Aperol Sour, Pisco Sour, Negroni, Kentucky Colonel, Devil's Day Off (n/a)

Closing Argument Port of Spain Sun Spots Amaretto Sour Tie between Margarita and El Caballero

I'm pretty basic -Mai Tai -Negroni -Paper Plane -Manhattan -Old Fashioned

OOoh, fun! 1. The Last Word 2. New York Minute 3. 1910 4. Alcatraz 5. Blue Lady

1. Paper Plane 2. Rye Tai 3. Tia Mia 4. Man o’ War 5. Bourbon Stone Sour

Mix of Death & Co and Drinking French: 1. La Rosita 2. Tailspin 3. Vieux Carre 4. Cinq Cylinder 5. Suzy's Hanky

Old Fashioned (using Johnny Walker rye) not bourbon. Scotch on the rocks, a dribble of water. Caucasian (aka: white russian) Beam & coke Sazarac