Vote for the best drink created for TDN: Clear Spirits

by Stevi Deter on September 27, 2009

Clear spirits was our theme, and as always, the competition was fierce. Here’s the best drinks of the night.

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

  • 1 oz gin
  • 1oz mezcal
  • 1/3 oz falernum
  • 1/3oz fernet
  • 1/3oz carpano antica
  • 2d mole bitters

Stir until well integrated and strain into cocktail glass.

Great White Flight

  • 2 oz White Rum (used ElD 3yo)
  • 0.75oz Falernum
  • 0.75oz lime juice
  • 0.5oz Domain de Canton
  • 0.25oz Orgeat
  • 0.25oz Maraschino
  • 2 dashes aromatic bitters

Shake all with ice and dump into double old-fashioned glass. Garnish with your fading pride

Phantom Limb

  • 1.5 oz cachaca
  • 0.75 oz dry vermouth
  • 0.25 oz Cointreau
  • 0.25 oz orgeat
  • 2 dash absinthe
  • 1 dash grapefruit bitters

Stir and strain into cocktail glass.

Anarchist’s Kiss

  • 2 oz Zaya
  • 1 oz Pisco
  • 0.5 oz Kirsch
  • 0.25 oz simple syrup
  • 2 dashes rhubarb bitters
  • 3 drops almond extract

Stir and strain into chilled cocktail glass.

Dutch Elm Disease

  • 2 oz Genever
  • 0.5oz Scotch
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 2d bitters

Stir with ice, strain into DOF with ice. Lemon twist.

Now it’s up to you to vote for the best!

What was the best drink created for TDN: Clear Spirits?

  • Phantom Limb (30%, 3 Votes)
  • Dutch Elm Disease (30%, 3 Votes)
  • League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (20%, 2 Votes)
  • Great White Flight (20%, 2 Votes)
  • Anarchist’s Kiss (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 10

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