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Fridayyy… Cocktail time

Sherry Cobbler !

Ingredients: 2 orange wheels 3 ½ ounces amontillado sherry ½ ounce simple syrup

Directions: Muddle one of the orange wheels at the bottom of a cocktail shaker. Pour the sherry and simple syrup into the shaker. Fill the shaker with ice and shake for 10-12 seconds. Fill a Collins glass with ice. Pour the liquid from the shaker into the glass without straining it. Garnish the drink with the second orange wheel. Serve immediately with a straw.

Courtesy: Michelle Bottalico

One of my recent favorites has been the classic Corpse Reviver No. 2. It's a playful, biting drink that is the epitome of balance, and one of those flavors that is indescribable except to taste it yourself.

And today I saw some maniac suggest switching the gin and the absinthe. I was intrigued.

3/4 oz absinthe (Lucid)

3/4 oz St. Germain

3/4 oz Lillet Blanc

3/4 oz lemon juice (fresh)

Dash gin (Drumshanbo)

Rinse glass with gin and discard. Shake all other ingredients with ice, strain, serve up. Garnish with lemon twist.

Holy shit. That was my first thought. I love the Corpse Reviver No. 2 and this blows it clear out the water. Using absinthe as the leading note may seem more bold than it was wise, but it pays off beautifully. All the other ingredients work expertly to accentuate the beauty of the absinthe, and they neither let it overwhelm the drink or overwhelm it in turn. And there's just a lovely tail of pure absinthe that tingles the tongue. Lucid's a decent absinthe, my workhorse, but I think this one would really be hurt by an inferior, cheap absinthe, so use a good bottle. That aside, this is one of my new favorites.

Recipe (very lightly modified) from:

Elderflower Whiskey Sake Sour Bright, floral, and crowd‑pleasing 45 ml sake 30 ml whiskey 15 ml elderflower liqueur 15 ml lemon juice Garnish: thyme or lemon peel Discover other great cocktails in my book, “101+ Sake Cocktails.” Buy it on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CM6WY9NX #sake #cocktails #sakecocktails

El Guapo !

2 oz Mezcal

Half a lime, quartered

3-4 cucumber slices

0.75 oz. simple syrup

3-5 dashes (about 0.25 oz.) hot sauce

Add lime pieces to shaker tin and muddle to get as much juice out as possible. At the rest of the ingredients, shake hard for five to six seconds and dump the whole thing, ice and all, into a large rocks glass. Taste for balance and add more lime juice as necessary. Garnish with a sprinkle of salt and a good crack of black pepper.

Created in 2008 by Sam Ross at NYC’s Little Branch