Notes about Recipes in this book

• Amaretto sour

  • hbakke on May 07, 2022

    I might try this with the "improved" variation the book recommends with lemon juice, simple syrup, egg white, and bourbon as a replacement for the sour mix. As is, the recipe produces a delicious cocktail that I topped with a lemon slice and Luxardo cherry.

• Bee's knees

  • hbakke on May 08, 2022

    Not a great recipe as written. The honey immediately balls up and doesn't incorporate at all. I followed another recipe and made a honey syrup to more easily mix the honey in, but the honey flavor was too faint. Not a repeat for me.

• Breakfast martini

  • hbakke on February 13, 2022

    Delightfully orangey. I used an elderflower orange marmalade and liked the floral notes it added. I would make this again.

• Brown Derby (East Coast rum version)

  • hbakke on February 11, 2023

    Sweet and interesting rum cocktail.

• Chocolate martini

  • hbakke on November 08, 2021

    Nice chocolaty cocktail. For me the cocoa powder rim is essential to offset the sweetness of the cocktail.

• El diablo

  • hbakke on November 08, 2021

    Nice cocktail that, for me, would be best enjoyed on a summer day.

• French martini

  • hbakke on November 08, 2021

    Fruity and delicious

• Jack Rose

  • hbakke on July 19, 2022

    Nice cocktail. Tasted like a boozy candy apple to me.

• Jasmine

  • hbakke on February 26, 2022

    The book mentions that this tastes like grapefruit juice and that is accurate. It tastes like bitter citrus peel. I'm not a fan of grapefruit so I didn't love this.

• Margarita

  • hbakke on February 12, 2022

    I'm not a big drinker, but this was a nice, delicate-tasting margarita. I'm used to the sickly sweet margaritas made from a premade bottled mix and this was understandably much better tasting.

• Extra dry martini (1955)

  • hbakke on February 12, 2022

    Tastes mostly of gin. Not my favorite version of a martini, but nice enough.

• Mary Pickford

  • hbakke on June 12, 2022

    Not too sweet. An enjoyable cocktail.

• Tequila daisy

  • hbakke on February 12, 2022

    Nice, lightly fruity cocktail.

• Tequila sunrise (Agua Caliente version)

  • hbakke on October 23, 2022

    A nicely tart (from the lime half) tequila cocktail.

• White lady

  • hbakke on February 26, 2022

    Nice, citrusy cocktail.

• White Russian

  • hbakke on September 16, 2023

    An easy classic. My preference would be to add a bit more Kahlúa.