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Dirty Gin Martini

July 31, 2024 No Comments

Recipe by Chantelle Gabino (@chantigabino). Why three olives for garnish? “Because I want an olive at the beginning, middle and end of the drink.”

• 2.25 oz Roku Gin
• 0.75 oz Cocchi Vermouth di Torino Extra Dry Vermouth
• 0.5 to 0.75 oz Cerignola olive brine
• Garnish: lemon zest, 3 olives

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Tiffany’s Breakfast

July 11, 2024 No Comments

This bright and refreshingly tart update on the classic Breakfast Martini is just one of the tea-inspired cocktails served at Victoria’s Fairmont Empress during its nightly Sunset Sips.

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Black Currant Mule

July 10, 2024 No Comments

A mule, but too pretty to hide in a copper mug!

• 1 ½ ounce Dillon’s Vodka

• ¾ ounce Dillon’s Black Currant Liqueur

• ¾ ounce fresh lime juice

• 2 dashes Dillon’s Rhubarb Bitters

• Ginger Beer

• Dehydrated lime wheel, for garnish

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Madrid Sour

March 1, 2024 No Comments

Recipe courtesy of Bodega on Main

1oz Shelter Point Smoke Whisky

1oz Disaronno Amaretto

0.5oz Licor 43

1oz lemon juice

1oz egg white

Peychaud’s Bitters

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Grilled Pineapple Sour

February 22, 2024 No Comments

The Grilled Pineapple Sour takes you to the tropics with its combination of the smoky sweetness of grilled pineapple, the complexity of tequila and the tartness of fresh citrus juice.

1oz Herradura Ultra

1oz fresh lime juice

1oz fresh lemon juice

1oz grilled Pineapple Syrup

2 dashes Aromatic bitters

1 egg white (or vegan foamer)

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Toronto

February 8, 2024 No Comments

The Toronto first appeared in print in 1922, replacing the Manhattan’s vermouth with the darker, more intensely herbaceous Fernet-Branca.

2 oz rye whisky (Canadian, of course)

0.25 oz Fernet-Branca

0.25 oz simple syrup

2 dashes Angostura bitters

Garnish: orange twist

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Brooklyn

February 7, 2024 No Comments

The Brooklyn is a drier Manhattan: whisky, dry (French) vermouth, maraschino liqueur, Angostura bitters.

2 oz rye whisky

1 oz dry vermouth

0.25 oz maraschino liqueur

2 dashes Angostura bitters

Garnish: brandied or maraschino cherry, preferably Luxardo

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Manhattan

February 6, 2024 No Comments

Like its namesake city, the Manhattan is elegant but uncompromising and invulnerable to fashion’s changing whims.

2 oz rye whisky (or, if you must, bourbon)

1 oz sweet vermouth

2 dashes Angostura bitters

Garnish: brandied cherry or lemon twist

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Rob Roy Visits Toronto

February 1, 2024 No Comments

Recipe by Jenn Abergel of Toronto’s Quench Bar.

1 oz Glenlivet Caribbean Reserve

1 oz Fernet-Branca

1 oz Dolin sweet vermouth

0.5 oz Amaro Cinpatrazzo

Garnish: Luxardo cherry

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Meat Hook

January 31, 2024 No Comments

This is Kate Chernoff’s preferred recipe for the Meat Hook, a classic whisky cocktail named for a famed New York neighbourhood.

1.5 oz Bruichladdich Classic Laddie

0.75 oz sweet vermouth

0.25 oz maraschino liqueur

1 bar spoon (5 mL) Port Charlotte single malt

Garnish: expressed orange oils and a quality cherry