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Airwalk

Highball

  • 1.25 oz Knappogue Castle 12 yr Irish Whiskey
  • 0.5 oz Nardini Rue Grappa
  • 0.5 oz Poli Chamamilla Liqueur
  • 0.25 oz Simple Syrup
  • 1 tsp Acid Phosphate
  • 3 oz Soda
Full Recipe

Allora

Sour

  • 0.75 oz Derrumbes San Luis Potosi Mezcal
  • 0.75 oz Strega
  • 0.75 oz Il Gusto di Amalfi Finocchietto Liqueur
  • 0.75 oz Lime Juice
  • 1 tsp Cyril Zangs 00 EDV
Full Recipe

Android’s Dungeon

Tropical

  • 1 oz Krogstad Aquavit
  • 0.75 oz Wray & Nephew Overproof Rum
  • 0.75 oz Pistachio Milk
  • 0.75 oz Orange Juice
  • 0.25 oz Combier Rose Liqueur
  • 0.25 oz Honey Syrup
Full Recipe

Blue & Black

Espresso Martini

  • 1.5 oz Stoli Blueberry Vodka
  • 0.5 oz Galliano Espresso Liqueur
  • 1.5 oz Espresso
  • 1 oz Full Fat Oat Milk
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Cerebral Quartz

Ti’ Punch

  • 1 oz Neisson Blanc Rhum Agricole
  • 0.5 oz Opuntia Prickly Pear EDV
  • 0.5 oz St. George Botanivore Gin
  • 1 tsp Italicus
  • 0.5 tsp Chareau Aloe Liqueur
  • 0.5 tsp Cane Syrup
Full Recipe

Cornicello

Tropical

  • 1.5 oz Moletto Tomato Gin
  • 0.5 oz St. George Basil EDV
  • 0.5 oz Lime Juice
  • 0.5 oz Coco Lopez
  • 0.25 oz Passionfruit Syrup
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Crystal Stingray

Martini

  • 1.5 oz Capurro Acholado Pisco
  • 0.5 oz Greenhook Old Tom Gin
  • 0.75 oz Quinta do Infantado White Port
  • 1 tsp Giffard Menthe Pastille
  • 1 dash The Bitter Truth Cucumber Bitters
Full Recipe

Cyranoid

Old Fashioned

  • 1.5 oz Hibiki Harmony Whisky
  • 0.5 oz Amrut Single Malt Whisky Cask Strength
  • 1 tsp Von Humboldt Tamarind Liqueur
  • 1 tsp Maple Syrup
  • 0.5 tsp Cynar
  • 2 dashes Combier Kummel Liqueur
Full Recipe

Devil Crybaby

Textured Sour

  • 1 oz Tapatio 110 Tequila
  • 0.75 oz Sotol La Higuera Leiophyllum
  • 0.25 oz Song Cai May Amaro
  • 0.5 oz Gochujang Banana Syrup
  • 0.25 oz Lime Juice
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Domenica

Martini

  • 2 oz Gondo AB 381 Coffee Spirit
  • 0.5 oz Mal Bien Zicate Limon
  • 0.5 oz Gonzalez Byass Extra Seco Blanco Vermouth
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Dyker Heights

Manhattan

  • 1.25 oz Balvenie Carribean Cask
  • 0.75 oz Nahmias et Fils Mahia
  • 0.5 oz Cocchi Extra Dry Vermouth
  • 0.25 oz Amaro del Vecchio Red Hot Edition
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Fire Flower

Spritz

  • 1 oz Cocchi Americano Rosa
  • 0.5 oz Forthave Red Bitter
  • 0.5 oz St. George Green Chile Vodka
  • 0.25 oz St. George Raspberry EDV
  • 1 drop Rose Water
  • 0.5 oz Orange Juice
  • 2 oz Champagne
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Flying Fortress

Tropical

  • 1 oz El Dorado 15 yr Rum
  • 0.5 oz Lemon Hart 151 Rhum
  • 0.5 oz Batavia Arrack
  • 0.75 oz Durian Syrup
  • 0.5 oz Pineapple Juice
  • 0.25 oz Giffard Banane du Bresil Liqueur
  • 0.25 oz Lime Juice
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Foxglove

Low ABV

  • 2 oz Gutierrez Colosia Amontillado Sherry
  • 0.5 oz Freimeister Kollektiv Hazelnut Gin
  • 0.25 oz Simple Syrup
  • 1 tsp Il Gusto di Amalfi Bay Leaf Liqueur
  • 0.5 tsp Bigallet Thym Liqueur
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Goodnight Moonman

Old Fashioned

  • 1.5 oz Elijah Craig Bourbon
  • 0.5 oz El Dorado 15 yr Rum
  • 1 tsp Strega
  • 1 tsp Bruto Americano
  • 1 tsp Clear Creek Loganberry Liqueur
  • 1 dash Scrappy’s Celery Bitters
Full Recipe

Green Sabre

Michelada

  • 0.75 oz Tapatio 110 Tequila
  • 0.75 oz Empirical Spirts Ayuuk
  • 1 oz Salsa Verde Syrup
  • 0.5 oz Lime Juice
  • Top with Panga Drops Nicaraguan Pilsner
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Grimoire

Martini

  • 1.75 oz Linie Aquavit
  • 0.25 oz Cyril Zangs 00 EDV
  • 0.75 oz Dolin Dry Vermouth
  • 1 tsp Onion Brine
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Hell King

Old Fashioned

  • 1.25 oz Rittenhouse Rye
  • 0.5 oz Rhinehall Mango Brandy
  • 0.25 oz Empirical Spirits Ayuuk
  • 1 tsp Honey Syrup
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Innerstellar Love

Low ABV

  • 1.5 oz Quinta do Infantado White Port
  • 1.5 oz Bonal Gentaine- Quina
  • 0.25 oz Simple Syrup
  • 1 tsp Citric Acid
  • 0.5 tsp Chareau Aloe Liqueur
  • 2 dashes The Bitter Truth Cucumber Bitters
  • 3 oz Soda
Full Recipe

Interpolation

Fizz

  • 1.5 oz Bimini Overproof Gin
  • 0.5 oz Rhinehall Mango Brandy
  • 0.75 oz Lime Juice
  • 0.5 oz Coco Lopez
  • 0.5 oz Mango Puree
  • 1 tsp Cane Syrup
  • 1 dahs Bittermans Hopped Grapefruit Bitters
  • 3 oz Soda
Full Recipe

Iron Lotus

Low ABV

  • 1.25 oz Song Cai Kha Vietnamese Rice Wine
  • 1 oz Torres 15 yr Brandy
  • 0.5 oz Lemon Juice
  • 0.5 oz Mangosteen Puree
  • 0.25 oz Macadamia Orgeat
  • 1 dash Angostura Bitters
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Japanese Breakfast

Textured Sour

  • 1.75 oz Chiran Tea Chu Shochu
  • 0.25 oz Cyril Zangs 00 EDV
  • 0.75 oz Matcha Honey Syrup
  • 0.25 oz Lime Juice
  • 1 tsp Full Fat Yogurt
Full Recipe

Knife Field

Old Fashioned

  • 1.5 oz Diplomatico Riserva Rum
  • 0.5 oz El Amparo Rum
  • 1 tsp Simple Syrup
  • 0.5 tsp Massenez Peche Liqueur
  • 1 dash Combier Kummel
Full Recipe

Limoncello

Maceration

  • 1500 ml Everclear (190 proof)
  • 750 ml Lemon Oleo
  • 750 ml NYC Tap Water
  • 250 ml Simple Syrup
  • 250 ml “Lemon*”
Full Recipe

Majin Buu

Tropical

  • 1 oz Four Pillars Navy Strength Gin
  • 1 oz Meletti Amaro
  • 0.75 oz Grapefruit Juice
  • 0.5 oz Lime Juice
  • 0.5 oz Cinnamon Cane Syrup
  • 2 dashes Bittermans Tiki Bitters
Full Recipe

Makkuro

Negroni

  • 1 oz Takamine 8 yr Whisky
  • 0.5 oz Mugi Hokka Shochu
  • 0.75 oz Fernet Vallet
  • 0.75 oz Carpano Antica
  • 1 drop Eucalyptus Extract
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Midnight Blue

Zero Proof Negroni

  • 1.5 oz Chocolate Tea*
  • 1.5 oz Pathfinder Hemp Amaro
  • 1 tsp Cane Syrup
  • 3 drops Eucalyptus Extract
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Mountain Cloud

Textured Sour

  • 1.25 oz Blume Marillen Apricot EDV
  • 0.75 oz Amaro Pasubio
  • 0.75 oz Lemon Juice
  • 0.5 oz Cane Syrup
  • 1 tsp Full Fat Yogurt
  • 1 dash The Bitter Truth Peach Bitters
Full Recipe

Midnight Mass

Highball

  • 1 oz Amaro Averna
  • 1 oz Espresso
  • 0.5 oz Galliano Ristretto
  • 0.5 oz Orgeat
  • 0.5 oz Oat Vodka*
  • 1 dash Scrappy’s Cardamom Bitters
  • 2 oz Soda
Full Recipe

New Jack

Old Fashioned

  • 1 oz Awase Miso-Old Grand Dad 114 Bourbon*
  • 1 oz Rhinehall La Normandie Pommeau
  • 0.25 oz Von Humboldt Tamarind Liqueur
  • 0.5 tsp Demerara Syrup
  • 1 dash Dale’s Pimento Bitters
Full Recipe

New Truth

Negroni

  • 1 oz Four Pillars Navy Strength Gin
  • 0.5 oz Gamle Ode Dill Aquavit
  • 0.75 oz La Quintinye Blanc Vermouth
  • 0.5 oz Luxardo Bitter Bianco
  • 0.5 tsp Aelred Melon Aperitif
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Pink Matter

Sour

  • 1.5 oz Clear Creek 8 yr Apple Brandy
  • 0.5 oz St. George Green Chile Vodka
  • 0.25 oz Adriatico Amaretto Bianco
  • 0.75 oz Strawberry Syrup
  • 0.75 oz Lemon Juice
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Planet Express

Sour

  • 1 oz Bermutto Sake Vermouth
  • 1 oz White Chocolate Wray & Nephew*
  • 0.75 oz Simple Syrup
  • 0.75 oz Lime Juice
  • 0.5 tsp Aelred Melon Aperitif
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Posh Posh

Sour

  • 1.5 oz Siglo Cero Pox
  • 0.5 oz St. George Green Chile Vodka
  • 0.75 oz Lime Juice
  • 0.5 oz Kiwi Syrup
  • 0.25 oz Kalani Coconut Liqueur
Full Recipe

Professor Chaos

Highball

  • 1 oz Suze
  • 1 oz La Quintinye Blanc Vermouth
  • 0.5 oz Le Morton Selection Calvados
  • 0.25 oz Simple Syrup
  • Top with Champagne
Full Recipe

Quetzalcoatl

Sour

  • 1.25 oz Arette Reposado
  • 0.75 oz Torres 15 yr Brandy
  • 0.25 oz Von Humboldt Tamarind Liqueur
  • 0.75 oz Shiro Miso Pumpkin Maple
  • 0.5 oz Lemon Juice
Full Recipe

Ruff Ryder

Manhattan

  • 1.25 oz Bowmore 12 yr Scotch
  • 0.75 oz Rhinehall Mango Brandy
  • 0.75 oz Punt e Mes
  • 1 tsp Benedictine
  • 1 dash Bitterman’s Xocolatl Mole Bitters
Full Recipe

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Zero Proof Sour

  • 1.5 oz Seedlip Garden
  • 1 oz Coconut Water
  • 0.75 oz Kiwi Syrup
  • 0.75 oz Lime Juice
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Sibyl

Cobbler

  • 2 oz Lustau ‘Los Arcos’ Amontillado Sherry
  • 0.5 oz Brennivin Aquavit
  • 0.5 oz Orange Juice
  • 0.25 oz Sesame Orgeat
  • 1 tsp Cointreau
  • 0.5 tsp Pernod Absinthe
Full Recipe

Sobrino

Old Fashioned

  • 1.5 oz Sotol La Higuera Wheeleri
  • 0.25 oz Caffo Amaretto
  • 0.25 oz Nixta Corn Liqueur
  • 1 dash Scrappy’s Celery Bitters
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Sonny Rico

Sour

  • 1 oz Barbancourt White Rhum
  • 0.75 oz Ventura Strawberry Brandy
  • 0.25 oz Wray & Nephew
  • 0.75 oz Lime Juice
  • 0.5 oz Pineapple Gum Syrup
  • 2 tsp Faretti Biscotti Liqueur
  • 1 tsp Kalani Coconut Liqueur
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Space Tiger

Old Fashioned

  • 1.25 oz Arette Reposado Tequila
  • 0.75 oz Mezcal Mal Bien
  • 0.5 tsp Reisetbauer Ginger EDV
  • 1 tsp Cane Syrup
  • 1 dash The Bitter Truth Cucumber Bitters
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Stonecutter

Julep

  • 1.5 oz Montreuil Calvados
  • 0.5 oz Louis Roque La Vielle Prune Plum Brandy
  • 2 tsp Il Gusto di Amalfi Finocchietto Liqueur
  • 1 tsp Amaro Braulio
  • 1 tsp Demerara Syrup
Full Recipe

Sula Dance

Sour

  • 1.5 oz Compass Box Glasgow Blend Scotch
  • 0.5 oz Santa Teresa 1796 Rum
  • 0.75 oz Lemon Juice
  • 0.5 oz Simple Syrup
  • 0.25 oz Amaro Pasubio
  • 1 dash Black Vinegar
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Sundress

Old Fashioned

  • 1.5 oz Tyrconnell Single Malt Irish Whiskey
  • 0.5 oz Rihei Ginger Shochu
  • 1 tsp Il Gusto di Amalfi Bay Laurel Liqueur
  • 1 tsp Benedictine
  • 1 tsp Simple Syrup
  • 1 dash Regan’s Orange Bitters
Full Recipe

Surfer Blood

Sour

  • 1.5 oz Compass Box Artist Blend Scotch
  • 0.5 oz Amaro del Vecchio Red Hot Edition
  • 0.5 oz Fred Jerbis Ratafia Cherry
  • 0.75 oz Lime Juice
  • 0.5 oz Pineapple Juice
  • 0.25 oz Simple Syrup
Full Recipe

Turanga Munda

Old Fashioned

  • 1.25 oz Moletto Tomato Gin
  • 0.75 oz Derrumbes Durango Mezcal
  • 1 tsp Cazottes 72 Tomates
  • 0.5 tsp Von Humboldt Tamarind Liqueur
  • 0.5 tsp Agave
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Ultraviolet

Tropical

  • 1.25 oz Niepoort Tawny 10 yr Port
  • 0.75 oz Cappelletti Amaro Pasubio
  • 0.5 oz St. George Baller Whiskey
  • 0.5 oz Louis Roque La Vielle Prune Plum Brandy
  • 0.25 oz Lemon Juice
  • 0.25 oz Demerara Syrup
  • 0.5 tsp St. Elizabeth Allspice Dram
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Wavy Cap

Old Fashioned

  • 1.5 oz Suntory Toki Japanese Whisky
  • 0.5 oz Motoko Shochu
  • 1 tsp Massenez Creme de Fraise Liqueur
  • 0.5 tsp Matchbook Late Embers Sunchoke EDV
  • 1 tsp Honey Syrup
  • 1 dash The Japanese Bitters Umami
Full Recipe

Yellow Cab

Sour

  • 1.5 oz Rhum JM VSOP
  • 0.5 oz Choyu Yuzushu
  • 0.25 oz Leopold Brothers Maraschino Liqueur
  • 0.25 oz Massenez Kirschwasser EDV
  • 0.5 oz Lemon Juice
  • 1 tsp Cane Syrup
  • 1 dash Angostura Bitters
Full Recipe

Za’atar Martini

Martini

  • 1.25 oz Four Pillars Navy Strength Gin
  • 0.75 oz Moletto Tomato Gin
  • 0.5 oz Beniotome Sesame Shochu
  • 0.5 oz Lustau Vermut Dry
  • 1 dash The Japanese Bitters Umami
Full Recipe

Zapatista Rebel

Sour

  • 1.5 oz Siglo Cero Pox
  • 0.5 oz Tso’ok Oaxacan Rum
  • 0.75 oz Lime Juice
  • 0.75 oz Tomatillo Syrup
  • 1 dash Chartreuse Elixer Vegetal
Full Recipe