Modern Classics Specs

Question 1

Paper Plane

Answer 1

.75 oz Evan Williams Bonded Bourbon
.75 oz Aperol
.75 oz Amaro Nonino
.75 oz Lemon juice
1 dash Foam tincture

Full Shake, Single-strain into a Tall Nick & Nora,

Mini Paper Plane / Curved Bamboo Skewer / Mini Silver Clothespin
Orange Oils

Question 2

Naked & Famous

Answer 2

.75 oz Del Maguey Vida Mezcal
.75 oz Aperol
.75 oz Yellow Chartreuse
.75 oz Lime juice
1 dash Mole bitters
1 dash Long Pepper tincture
1 dash Foam tincture

Full Shake, Single-strain into a Tall Nick & Nora,

Lime Oils
Mini Naked Lady Playing Card clipped w/ Mini Dark Wood Clothespin

Question 3

Chartreuse Swizzle

Answer 3

Muddle:
 - 7-10 Mint Leaves
 - 7-10 Tarragon leaves
 - 1 oz Pineapple juice
 - .75 oz Lime juice
 - 2 squint Salt tincture
1 oz Green Chartreuse
.5 oz Falernum
.25 oz Hamilton Pot Still Rum

Muddle the Mint leaves, Tarragon leaves, Lime juice, Pineapple juice, and Salt tincture in a Mojito Glass. Add the remaining ingredients and stir briefly without ice, Fill with Crushed Ice, Swizzle well (while pushing all of the Mint and Tarragon leaves to the bottom of the glass), Insert a 10.5” Metal Straw, Top with “High & Dry” Crushed Ice

Pineapple Frond  (against the back of the glass)
Dehydrated Orange Half-Wheel  (in front of the pineapple frond)  
Mint Sprig  (next to the dehydrated orange half-wheel)
Powdered Sugar  (on top of everything)

Question 4

Old Cuban

Answer 4

1.5 oz El Dorado 5-yr Dark Rum
.75 oz Lime juice
Scant .75 oz Simple syrup
2 dashes Angostura bitters
1 dash Vanilla Extract
7-10 Mint leaves

Short-Shake, Double-strain into a Punch glass filled with 2 oz Champagne

Mint Sprig clipped w/ a Large Dark Wood Clothespin.

Question 5

Penicillin

Answer 5

2 oz Johnnie Walker Black Label Blended Scotch
.75 oz Lemon juice
.75 oz Honey-Ginger syrup (.375 oz Honey syrup + .375 oz Ginger syrup)
1 dash Foam tincture

Short-Shake, Single-strain over a Large Clear Ice Cube in a Double Old Fashioned glass

4 sprays Ardbeg An Oa Scotch
Candied Ginger / Dehydrated Lemon Wheel / Metal Pick “Anchor”

Question 6

Trinidad Sour

Answer 6

1 oz Angostura bitters
1 oz Orgeat
.75 oz Lemon juice
.5 oz George Dickel Rye Whiskey
1 dash Foam tincture

Full Shake, Double-strain into a Tall Nick & Nora,

Purple Pom flower & Baby’s Breath Bouquet (clipped w/ a Large Wood Clothespin)

Note: It is Double-strained to remove the ice chips, which allows the froth to better form on top of this particular cocktail.

Question 7

Bensonhurst

Answer 7

2 oz George Dickel Rye Whiskey
.75 oz Dolin Dry Vermouth
.25 oz Maraschino liqueur
.25 oz Cynar
1 squint Salt tincture

Full Stir, Strain into a Nick & Nora

Lemon peel / Marasca Cherry / Metal Pick “Banner”

Question 8

Oaxaca Old Fashioned

Answer 8

1.5 oz Arette Reposado Tequila
.5 oz Del Maguey Vida Mezcal
.25 oz Agave syrup
2 dashes Angostura bitters
2 dashes Mole bitters
2 dashes Cassia tincture

Build in an Old Fashioned glass, Half-Stir over a Large Clear Ice Cube

Flamed Orange Oils
Orange peel “Zig-Zag Tucked-Parallelogram”