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Gilberto Eyzaguirre
Paul Gustings
Gertrude Mayfield
Bobby Oakes
Michael Santucci
Martin Sawyer
Michael Smith
John Strickland
Floria Woodard

Cheers!
Drink Recipes

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This project was sponsored by a grant from Southern Comfort.

Interviews and photographs by Amy Evans

Selected Drink Recipes

Southern Manhattan
2 1/4 oz. Southern Comfort
3/4 oz. sweet vermouth
Dash of bitters
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Combine the vermouth, Southern Comfort and bitters with 2 - 3 ice cubes in a mixing glass. Place a maraschino cherry in a chilled cocktail glass and strain the whiskey mixture over the cherry. Rub the cut edge of a twist of lemon peel over the rim of the glass, twist, and drop it in.

Absinthe Suissesse
1 1/2 oz. Pernod
3 drops of Anisette
3 drops of Orange Flower Water
1 tsp. White Creme de Menthe
1 Egg White
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Preparation Instructions:
Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.

Antoine's Smile
2/3 Calvados
1/3 Juice of lemon
a pinch of sugar
2 dashes of grenadine
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Blend with ice and pour into a sugar-rimmed glass.
Garnish with lemon twist or a cherry.

Brandy Milk Punch
2 oz brandy
1 cup milk
1 tsp powdered sugar
nutmeg
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Shake brandy, milk, and powdered sugar with ice and strain into a collins glass. Sprinkle nutmeg on top and serve.

Café Brulot
1 - 1 1/2 oz cognac
1 - 2 dashes triple sec
1 cup hot coffee
1 twist lemon peel
1 twist orange peel
1 clove
1 pinch cinnamon
1 tsp sugar
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Warm cognac in a heat-resistant glass. Pour in the hot coffee, and add dashes of triple sec. Add twists of lemon and orange peel, a clove, and sprinkle with cinnamon. Sweeten to taste, and serve.

French 75
1 1/2 oz gin
2 tsp superfine sugar
1 1/2 oz lemon juice
4 oz chilled Champagne
1 slice orange
1 maraschino cherry
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In a shaker half-filled with ice cubes, combine the gin, sugar, and lemon juice. Shake well. Pour into a collins glass. Top with the champagne. Stir well. Garnish with orange slice and the cherry.

Golden Coconut
3 Parts Creme de Cacao
2 Parts Banana Liqueur
1 Part Coco Lopez
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Shake with ice, strain into a highball glass.

Hurricane
2 oz light rum
2 oz dark rum
2 oz passion fruit juice
1 oz orange juice
1/2 oz fresh lime juice
1 tbsp simple syrup
1 tbsp grenadine
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Shake all the ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice and strain into a hurricane glass. Garnish with a cherry and an orange slice.

Mai Tai
1 oz light rum
1/2 oz creme de almond
1/2 oz triple sec
sweet and sour mix
pineapple juice
1/2 oz [ ] dark rum
Splash of Crème de Banana
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Pour light rum, creme de almond and triple sec, in order, into a collins glass. Almost fill with equal parts of sweet and sour mix and pineapple juice. Add dark rum. Top off with Crème de Banana. Serve unstirred.

Mint Julep
4 fresh mint sprigs
2 1/2 oz bourbon whiskey
1 tsp powdered sugar or granulated sugar depending on taste
2 tsp water
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Muddle mint leaves, sugar, and water in a frosted glass. Fill the glass with shaved or crushed ice and add bourbon. Top with more ice and garnish with a mint sprig (can dip mint in powdered sugar for effect).

Parisian Pousse Cafe
3/4 oz Orange Curacao liqueur
3/4 oz [ ] cherry brandy
3/4 oz cognac
3/4 oz [chartreuse]
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Layer the ingredients in order into a pousse-cafe glass and serve.

Pimm’s Cup
Fill a tall 12 oz glass with ice
1 1/4 oz. Pimm's #1
3 oz lemonade.
Top off with 7up.
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Garnish with cucumber.

Pisco Sour Recipe
3 oz. of Pisco
1 1⁄2 Tbsp. of sugar
2 oz. of lemon juice
White of an egg
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Add drops of Angostura bitters
Ice
Mix in a blender

Pretty Baby
Equal parts vodka
White Crème de Cocoa
Milk
Dash of grenadine for color
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Chill in a shaker, strain

Ramos Gin Fizz
2 oz Gin
1/2 oz Fresh lemon juice
White of an egg
2 tsp confectioners sugar
2 oz cream (or half and half)
2 drops orange flower water
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Shake all the ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Strain into a collins glass.Red

Snapper
1 1/4 oz Crown Royal
1/2 oz amaretto almond liqueur
1 splash cranberry juice
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Mix over ice, strain into a shot glass and serve.

Sazerac
2 oz Straight Rye Whiskey (or Bourbon)
Dashes of bitters
1/4 oz Pernod
1 tbsp Simple Syrup (or 1 sugar cube)
Lemon peel (for garnish)
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Shake all the ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice and strain into an old-fashioned glass. Garnish with a lemon peel.