No Garnish

Flying fetish-men, mind-bending kittens and a techno genie workout...sounds like another No Garnish Christmas Special...

The Penicillin, bizarre monuments and the chemistry for a better life...

Penicillin

2 oz Scotch Whisky

3/4 oz Fresh Lemon Juice

3/4 oz Honey Ginger Syrup*

Float 1/4 oz peated Islay Whisky

Shake all ingredients but the Islay whisky with ice, strain into an ice filled rocks glass, float the Islay whisky on top, garnish with a piece of Candied Ginger

Repeat Prescription 

2 oz Irish Whiskey 

3/4 oz Fresh Lemon Juice

1 oz Ginger Liqueur

1 Dash of Orange Bitters 

Float 1/4 oz Peated Islay Whisky

Shake all ingredients but the Islay whisky with ice, strain into an ice filled rocks glass, float the Islay whisky on top, garnish with a piece of Candied Ginger

* Honey Ginger Syrup

You can find lots of different recipes online but here's mine (also works with Agave Syrup instead of Honey if preferred):

250 ml Honey

250 ml Water 

180g Unpeeled Fresh Ginger

A pinch of Salt

Blend Honey, Ginger and Water into a puree. 

Add some cracked black or cayenne pepper** into a dry pain, heat until fragrant, add the pureed honey ginger mix and boil, simmering for 10 minutes. Put aside to cool for a further 10 minutes. Fine strain into a glass bottle, let stand until room temperature and then seal and refrigerate. 

**Without getting into the chemistry, fresh ginger soon loses its spiciness once processed, but black or cayenne pepper doesn't, so the inclusion of a little black/cayenne pepper in the syrup compensates for this.

Bloody Marys, Bloody Beasts, Uncle Monty, gay repression and 'Withnail and I'...

Uncle Monty

2 oz Oloroso Sherry

2-3 oz Carrot Juice

Squeeze of Lemon Juice

Dash of Simple Syrup or Curacao

Pinch of Celery Salt

Twist of Black Pepper

Dash of Pepper Sauce

Dash of Worcestershire Sauce

Shake all ingredients with ice, strain into an ice filled Collins glass, garnish with celery stick, olives, cherry tomatoes, gherkins, pickled onions, chicken pops and/or whatever tickles your fancy!

Cynar cocktails, the weird origins of toasting and when TV advertising went pop...

Cin Cyn

1 oz Gin

1 oz Cynar

1 oz Sweet Vermouth

Build in ice filled rocks glass, garnish with a Lemon Twist.

Scorched Earth

1 1/2 oz Cognac

1/2 oz Cynar

1/2 oz Sweet Vermouth

Optional: 1 Dash of Grapefruit Bitters

Add ingredients to a mixing glass, add ice and stir to chill and dilute, strain into a chilled cocktail glass, garnish with a flamed Lemon Zest.

Devilish cocktails, Faustian pacts and a plethora of pointless demons...

The Devil Rides Out

1 oz White Rum

1 oz Dry Vermouth

1/2 oz Grand Marnier

1/4 oz Angostura Bitters

1/4 oz Fernet Branca

1 Dash Grapefruit Bitters

Shake all ingredients with ice, strain into a chilled cocktail glass, garnish with chilli 'fingers'

El Diablo

1 1/2 oz Tequila or Mezcal

1/2 Creme de Cassis

3/4 Fresh Lime Juice

Top with Ginger Beer

Build in glass adding the Tequila, Cassis and Lime juice first, adding ice and then topping with Ginger Beer and stirring to combine. Garnish with a Lime wedge.

Devil's Margarita

1 1/2 oz Tequila or Mezcal

1 oz Fresh Lime Juice

3/4 oz Simple Syrup

1/2 oz Red Wine Float

Shake Tequila, Lime juice and Simple Syrup with ice. Strain into chilled glass, carefully float the red wine on top.

The science of nostalgia, tears of joy, therapy, Karen cafes and Kama Muta...

The Heart of Gold

1 oz Bourbon

1/2 oz Gin

1/2 oz Apple Liqueur (pref Briottet Manzana Verde)

1/4 oz Maraschino Liqueur

1/4 oz Fresh Lemon Juice

1 oz Fresh Apple Juice

Opt: 1 Barspoon Rich Simple Syrup if you'd like it sweeter

Shake all ingredients with ice, double strain into a chilled cocktail glass, no garnish.

Acid Mothers Rhubarb and other questionable inventions...

Acid Mothers Rhubarb

2 oz Sake

1/2 oz Gordon's Pink Gin

1/2 oz Archer's Peach Schnapps

2 dashes Fee Brothers Rhubarb Bitters

3 teaspoons Lactic Simple Syrup*

Shake ingredients with ice, strain into chilled cocktail glass.

* Lactic Simple Syrup: Make up a Simple Syrup using 5% Lactic Acid Solution (5g Lactic Acid to 100g water)

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Fish House Punch

1 oz Brandy

1 oz Aged Jamaican Rum

3/4 oz Peach Brandy

1 oz Fresh Lemon Juice

1/2 oz Simple Syrup

2 oz Chilled Black Tea (or sparkling water)

Shake all ingredients with ice, strain into ice filled glass

Shark's Tooth

1 oz Aged Barbados Rum

1 oz Aged Jamaican Rum

1/2 oz Fresh Lime Juice

1/2 oz Fresh Pineapple Juice

1/2 oz Simple Syrup

1 Teaspoon Maraschino Liqueur

Shake all ingredients with ice, strain into glass filled with pebble ice

Cinema Highball - https://www.tastingtable.com/688172/cinema-highball-cocktail-recipe/