Tiki, Tiki

Springlike weather in St. Louis beckons #tiki drinks on the back porch… An “Afterburner” with 2 1/4oz @still630 rum 1/2oz @cointreau_officiel 1/2oz homemade #velvetfalernum 1/2oz #limejuice 1/2oz #simplesyrup 1/4oz #absinthe or #pastis 1d @angosturahouse #bitters. Shake with ice, then strain into a #highball glass with crushed ice; garnish with an orange twist

Japanese Cocktail + St. Louis Baseball

A #JapaneseCocktail and some #KMOX @cardinals #springtraining #baseball in the backyard 2oz #brandy 1/2oz #orgeat 3d @adamsbitters #bokersbitters

Happy National Daiquiri Day! (Louie’s Wine Dive & Clayton Kitchen)

Happy national daiquiri day!I had the luxury of enjoying a #SpicedDaiquiri at @louieswinedive — @appletonestateusa #rum, #lime, #simplesyrup and #blackstrapbitters + a #staranise garnish 
#nationaldaiquiriday #daiquiri 

Who says cocktails always have to be served cold? (a Vieux Carre neat)

A #VieuxCarre neat. Who says cocktails always have to be served cold? 3/4 #cognac 3/4 @still630 rye 3/4 @cinzano.official Italian vermouth 1/4 #Benedictine 1d #peychaudsbitters 1d @angosturahouse bitters #nogarnish #warmcoctails #neat

1794 on the rocks

A #1794 on the rocks – 2 parts @still630 #ryewhiskey 1 part #italianvermouth 1 part @campariamerica

A “Dare I Say?” From Cured at Pearl in San Antonio

One of my favorites is a “Dare I Say?” — 2 parts #ryewhiskey 1 part @fernetbranca 1 part #italianvermouth 1 part @aperolusa and 2d #rhubarbbitters Courtesy of @curedatpearl in #SanAntonio

Back from the old days. When the Cardinals used to make it to the World Series a lot.

A “109th”… 1 1/2 #cognac 3/4 @cynararg 1/4 #Benedictine 2d @feebrothersperu whiskey barrel aged bitters & an orange twist 

#SMcGoriginalcocktail

Hermann Hesse & the Duality of Making a Drink Wrong

A “Steppenwolf” – 1oz #cognac 1/2oz #darkrum 1/2oz #pearliqueur 1/2oz #amarononino 1/4oz #demerarasyrup 2d @angosturahouse bitters -Stirred/Strained- (A #SMcG twist on a #Legend cocktail, when I discovered I had no sherry in the middle of building the drink 😉)

Some drinks are duds. 

I’m not surprised this drink was a “forgotten cocktail”. It’s kind of a dud. A Palm Beach Special, with 2 1/2oz #gin 3/4oz #grapefruit 1/2oz #italianvermouth – shaken and strained (from the book “Vintage Spirits & Forgotten Cocktails”)

The Martica, from Death & Co.

One of my favorites, the #Martica from @deathandconyc – 1 #brandy 1 #rum 3/4 #italianvermouth 1/4 #maraschino and 1d @angosturahouse bitters. Stir/strain.