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Crafting Better, Smarter, Stronger, Beverage Professionals

The Proper Cocktail

Duo's

Duo's are cocktails made with a liquor and a cordial.  These drinks tend to be sweeter based on the sweetness content of the cordial used. 

The Stinger 

The Stinger has been mentioned in bartender's recipe books as far back as Tom Bullock's Ideal Bartender, published in 1917. It was in the 1940's, that the Stinger became a pop culture cocktail.  The stinger is a combination of brandy and white Creme de Menthe.  Variations of this cocktail are: the Vodka Stinger, the Green Hornet (Green Creme de Menthe and Brandy), and 

Bartending

Stinger Recipe

Rocks glass, filled with ice

1 ounce Brandy

1/4 ounce White Creme de Menthe

Mixology

Stinger Recipe

Mixing Glass

1 ounce Brandy

1/4 ounce White Crème de Menthe

Add Ice

Stir and Strain

Cocktail Glass

Garnish with Mint Sprig

 Duo Recipe

B & B

Snifter glass

3/4 ounce Brandy

Float 3/4 ounce Benedictine

 

Black Russian

Single Rocks glass 

3/4 ounce Kaluha

3/4 ounce Vodka

Fill with ice

 

Dirty Mother

Single Rocks glass

3/4 ounce Brandy

3/4 ounce Kahlua

Fill with ice

 

French Connection

 

 

Godfather

Single Rocks glass

3/4 ounce Scotch

3/4 ounce Amaretto

Filled with ice

 

Godmother

Single Rocks glass

1 ounce Vodka

1 ounce Amaretto

Fill with ice

 

Orgasm

Single Rocks glass

1 ounce Amaretto

1 ounce Bailey’s Irish Cream

Fill with ice

 

Rusty Nail

Single Rocks glass

1 ounce Scotch

1 ounce Drambuie

Fill with ice

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