Clyde Common Egg Nog

Credit: Jeffrey Morgenthaler

Ingredients

2 large eggs
4 tbsp superfine or baker's sugar
2.5 oz Osborne Amontillado sherry
2 oz Lunazul añejo tequila
6 oz whole milk
4 oz heavy cream
grated nutmeg

Directions

Beat eggs in blender for one minute on medium speed. Slowly add sugar and blend for one additional minute. Add and blend remaining ingredients. Chill thoroughly to allow flavors to combine and serve in chilled glasses, grating nutmeg on top immediately before serving.

Notes

So, the sherry and tequila just make this. It’s different and interesting, with the same great texture and balance of Morgenthaler’s base recipe. A real bright spot this season.

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PX Sherry Mudslide

Credit: Jeffrey Morgenthaler

Ingredients

1 1/2 oz Pedro Ximenez Sherry
1 1/2 oz St. George NOLA Coffee Liqueur
1/2 oz heavy cream
1/2 oz whole milk
1/2 cup vanilla ice cream
1 cup ice
4 drops saline solution

Directions

Blend until smooth, then serve in a chilled collins glass.

Notes

Wow this is good. I might reduce the ice a bit so it’s thicker, but the flavor was spot on. My first time trying Pedro Ximenez sherry and St. George NOLA Coffee Liqueur—a win for both!

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Smoked Maple Manhattan

Credit: Modernist Pantry, Foodlyn

Ingredients

2 oz Maker’s Mark Bourbon
1 oz Dolin Vermouth Rouge
1/2 oz maple syrup
2-3 dashes Angostura bitters
1/16 tsp monosodium glutamate (MSG)
2 sprays Alice & the Magician Autumn Bonfire cocktail aromatic mist
Luxardo cherry garnish

Directions

Stir bourbon, sweet vermouth, maple syrup, bitters, and MSG with ice. Strain and pour into a chilled coupe glass. Add cherry and spray with the aromatic mist.

Notes

This was rather smooth considering the alcohol content! The aromatic spray is spot on. I like sweeter drinks so I went heavier on the maple syrup; some recipes call for 1/4 oz. I’d be curious to try it with and without the MSG to compare.

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Dear Jane

Credit: Leandro DiMonriva, The Educated Barfly

Ingredients

1 oz St. George Botanivore gin
1 oz Campari
3/4 oz Carpano Antica Formula Vermouth
1/4 oz St Germain Elderflower Liqueur
lemon peel garnish

Directions

Mix over ice. Add thick strip of lemon peel.

Notes

In an odd decision, I dumped the ice sphere in after I mixed the drink, so it splashed a bunch. Assuming the 1/4 oz elderflower liqueur still stayed in the glass…quite tasty! The lemon peel is so fragrant.

Negroni

Ingredients

1 oz St. George Botanivore Gin
1 oz Campari
1 oz Carpano Antica Formula Vermouth
2-3 drops saline solution
orange peel garnish

Directions

Build/stir over ice. Garnish with thick orange peel strip.

Notes

So smooth and drinkable for being 100% alcoholic ingredients. I think the particular gin and vermouth brands are key.

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Boulevardier

Ingredients

1 oz bourbon
1 oz Campari
1 oz Carpano Antica Formula Vermouth
2-3 drops saline solution
orange peel garnish

Directions

Build/stir over ice. Garnish with thick orange peel strip.

Notes

So smooth and drinkable for being 100% alcoholic ingredients. I think the particular gin and vermouth brands are key.

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