No Garnish

The fine line between orgies and menageries, Romans, merlions and more... 

Singapore Sling (Raffles Recipe - as they serve it now)

1 1/2 oz Gin

1/2 oz Fresh Lime Juice

1/2 oz Cherry Heering

1/4 oz Benedictine

1/4 oz Cointreau

1 1/2 oz Fresh Pineapple Juice (we prefer just 1 oz)

A Dash of Grenadine

1 Dash of Angostura Bitters

Shake all ingredients with ice, strain into a tall ice filled glass, garnish with a wedge of pineapple and a Maraschino cherry.

Singapore Sling (Smugglers Cove Recipe - closer to original 'Straits Sling' recipe)

1 1/2 oz Gin

3/4 oz Fresh lemon Juice

1/2 oz Cherry Heering

1/4 oz Benedictine

1/4 oz Demarara Syrup

1 Dash of Angostura Bitters

1 Dash of Orange Bitters

2 oz Soda Water

Shake all ingredients other than the soda water with ice, strain into a tall ice filled glass, top with soda water, stir to combine, garnish with a twist of lemon and a Maraschino cherry.

A quintet of cocktails inspired by the children's TV show 'Rainbow'...

Soldaderas, folk songs and a suitcase full of worthless dollars...

The Mexican Firing Squad

2 oz Tequila

3/4 oz Fresh Lime Juice

1/2 oz Grenadine

2 Dashes Angostura Bitters

Shake all ingredients with ice, strain into a large ice filled glass, garnish with a lime wheel or wedge.

The Ghost of Pancho Villa - https://wherethetreesend.wordpress.com/2019/06/19/the-ghost-of-pancho-villa/

We raise a cocktail to the good old bad hair days of 80s heavy metal and talk the filthy fifteen, moral panic, Justin Quirk's 'Nothin' But a Good Time', 'The Decline of Western Civilisation Part II: The Metal Years' and 'I, Axl' by Ben Myers...

Ode to the Rainbow

2 oz Bourbon

1/2 oz Fresh Orange Juice

1/2 oz Fresh Lime Juice

1 Barspoon Simple Syrup

1/2 oz Raspberry Syrup

Whip shake the bourbon, orange juice, lime juice and simple syrup, pour into a chilled double old fashioned glass, top with crushed ice, drizzle the raspberry syrup on top and garnish with a 'rainbow' of concentric half-slices of orange, lemon and lime.

A cocktail made from poppies, all things Oz, Labyrinth, Disney sidekicks and Head...

Poppy Love

1 oz Creme de Coquelicot

1 oz Dry Vermouth

1 oz Fino Sherry

Stir all ingredients with ice to chill and dilute, strain into a chilled cocktail glass, express lemon oil over top of drink and discard zest.

Charlie Chan, Duke Kahanamoku, detective fiction, surfing and rubber tramps...

Halekulani

1 1/2 oz Bourbon

1/2 oz Fresh Lemon Juice

1/2 oz Fresh Orange Juice

1/2 oz Fresh Pineapple Juice

1/4 oz Rich Demerara Syrup

1 Barspoon of Grenadine

1 Dash of Angostura Bitters

Shake all ingredients with ice, strain over pebble ice into a vessel of your choosing, garnish prettily.

Saint Hubertus, Hermann Göring, gay Nazis and stolen art...

The Jägerita

2 oz Jägermeister

1 oz Cointreau

1 oz fresh lime juice

1/4 oz simple syrup

Shake all ingredients with ice, strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

It's deeper than you think. Or is it? There's a lot of it, that's for sure...

 

Turquoise Blue

1½oz White Rum

½oz Blue Curaçao

½oz Fresh Lemon Juice

1oz Fresh Pineapple Juice

Shake all ingredients with ice, strain into a chilled cocktail glass or serve over ice in a rocks or highball glass

Cocktail skullduggery, The Soggy Dollar Bar, Alex Garland's 'The Beach' and Black Tot Day...

The Painkiller (Improved)

1 oz Pineapple Rum

1/2 oz Pussers Navy Proof Rum

2 oz Fresh Pineapple Juice

1 oz Coconut Cream

1/2 oz Fresh Orange Juice

1/4 oz Cointreau

1/4 oz Fresh Lime Juice

Shake all ingredients with ice, strain into a large ice filled glass, garnish with a cinnamon quill and a dusting of nutmeg

Acting, therapy, self-perception, Nightmare Alley and the importance of well-chosen glassware...

The Hanky Panky

1 1/2 oz Gin

1 1/2 oz Sweet Vermouth

2 Dashes of Fernet Branca

Stir all ingredients with ice to chill and dilute, strain into a cocktail glass, garnish with an orange twist.

The Fernet Con Coca

A shot of Fernet Branca mixed with Coca Cola, build in glass over ice

The Ferrari

1 oz Campari

1 oz Fernet Branca

Stir with ice and strain into a shot glass. Put mixed cocktail into the freezer for at least 15 mins before serving.

The Prancing Horse

1 1/2 oz Vodka

1/2 oz Ferrari

3/4 oz Fresh Lime Juice

1 Dash Angostura

Shake all ingredients with ice, strain into a tall ice filled glass, top with Ginger Beer and stir to combine, garnish with candied ginger.