Vote for the best original creation of TDN: Muddling

Give a mixologist a muddler, and everything looks like something you can muddle, smoosh, and smash into a glass. Below are the best creations during TDN: Muddling. Give them a try and vote for your favorite. A PUG! muddler is on the line!

Flamenco

• 2 oz tequila
• 1.5 oz ruby grapefruit juice
• Schwepps lemon soda
• J. Wray overproof rum
• lime juice
• 1 strawberry
• 0.5 oz seville orange syrup
• basil leaves

Muddle strawberry with Seville orange syrup and basil leaves. Add tequila, ruby grapefruit juice, and a sprinkle of fresh lime juice. Top with some Scweppes lemon and a float J. Wray. Garnish with a grapefruit rose and basil.

The Derek

• 3 oz Dolin blanc
• 1 dash orange bitters
• 3-4 mint leaves
• 0.5 oz Domain de Canton ginger liqueur

Lightly muddle mint leaves in Domaine de Canton in an old fashioned glass. Top with Dolin Blanc, ice, one dash orange bitters, and give a quick couple of stirs. Serve up.

Mt. Vernon Cooler

• 1.5 oz Old Overholt rye
• 0.75 oz Tuaca
• 0.5 oz cinnamon syrup
• 8 pitted Bing cherries
• 4 dashes Fee’s aromatic bitters
• club soda

In shaker, muddle cherries and bitters. Add rye, Tuaca, and cinnamon syrup. Shake and strain over ice in highball glass. Top with club soda/seltzer. Squeeze in lime wedge and drop in. Stir & enjoy!

Cilantro Bacon Julep

• 3 oz bacon-infused bourbon
• 1 dash Fee’s Whiskey Barrel bitters
• 1 dash Angostura bitters
• 2-3 sprigs cilantro
• 2 Tbs brown sugar

Pinch off leaves from the cilantro stems and muddle with the brown sugar and bitters. Add the bacon bourbon and stir. Set aside to infuse. In the meantime, crush some ice and pack into a copper mug or julep cup. Strain the infused bourbon over the ice. Garnish with a flourish of cilantro and a fresh strawberry.

Evil Chartreuse Swizzle

• 2 cubes pineapple
• mint
• 0.25 oz J. Wray overproof rum
• 1.25 oz Chartreuse
• 0.75 oz lime juice
• 0.5 oz falernum

Muddle pineapple, mint, and J. Wray. Pack glass with ice, add Chartreuse, lime juice, and falernum. Swizzle while cackling.

Be sure to vote for your favorite; the poll closes midnight on Monday.

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