Author: Kevin Campbell

Ragnarök

Kevin Campbell

My own invention! Brennivin is a caraway flavored aquavit from Iceland, combined with the somewhat salty Fino Sherry and tempered with a little toni.

Ragnarök

The Ragnarök Cocktail
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Course Cocktail
Cuisine Icelandic
Servings 1 cocktail

Equipment

  • 1 Shaker

Ingredients
  

  • 40 cl Brennivin Ideally straight from the freezer
  • 20 cl Fino Sherry
  • 60 cl Indian Tonic Water

Instructions
 

  • Combine Brennivin and Sherry in a shaker with ice; shake vigorously
  • Strain into a highball glass
  • Add tonic water

Cucumber Lemonade Gin Punch

Kevin Campbell

Cucumber Lemonade Gin Punch

Courtesy of Alton Brown
Print Recipe
Course Cocktail
Cuisine American

Equipment

  • Pitcher

Ingredients
  

  • 4 whole Lemon
  • 1 quart Water
  • 1 large Cucumber
  • 1 tbsp Stevia powder Dissolved in hot water first
  • 24 oz Gin

Instructions
 

  • Juice lemons into a large pot, and add carcass too
  • Add Stevia solution and muddle for a few minutes
  • Add water and stir
  • Peel cucumbers vertically, then slice very thinly
  • Strain lemons into a pitcher, and add cucumber slices
  • Steep for at least one hour, then add Gin and serve

The Oriental

Kevin Campbell

The Oriental

Print Recipe
Course Cocktail
Cuisine American

Equipment

  • Shaker

Ingredients
  

  • 1 1/2 fl oz Rye Whiskey
  • 3/4 fl oz Sweet Vermouth
  • 3/4 fl oz Cointreau
  • 1/2 fl oz Lime juice

Instructions
 

  • Half fill shaker with ice
  • Add all ingredients and shake
  • Strain into a chilled cocktail glass
  • Garnish with a cherry

Waldorf

Kevin Campbell

Waldorf

Sort of an Absinthe tinted Manhattan
Print Recipe
Course Cocktail
Cuisine American

Ingredients
  

  • 1/4 fl oz Absinthe
  • 3/4 fl oz Sweet Vermouth
  • 2 fl oz Rye Whiskey
  • 2 dashes Bitters

Instructions
 

  • Rinse a mixing glass with Absinthe, and discard
  • fill mixing glass with ice, and add remaining ingredients
  • Stir for 30 seconds
  • Strain into a cocktail glass

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Vieux Carre

Kevin Campbell

Vieux Carre

Classic New Orleans cocktail
Print Recipe
Course Cocktail
Cuisine American

Ingredients
  

  • 3/4 fl oz Rye Whiskey
  • 3/4 fl oz Brandy
  • 3/4 fl oz Sweet Vermouth
  • 1/2 teaspoon Benedictine Liqueur
  • 1 dash Bitters Typically Angostura
  • 1 dash Peychaud's Bitters

Instructions
 

  • Combine ingredients in a large glass with ice
  • Stir to mix
  • Strain into an Old Fashioned glass
  • Garnish with a cherry

Corpse Reviver

Kevin Campbell

Corpse Reviver

Print Recipe
Course Cocktail
Cuisine American

Equipment

  • Shaker

Ingredients
  

  • 1 dash Absinthe
  • 1 fl oz Gin
  • 1 fl oz Dry Vermouth ideally Lillet
  • 1 fl oz Lemon juice
  • 1 fl oz Cointreau

Instructions
 

  • Half fill shaker with ice
  • Add absinthe, rinse and drain
  • Add remaining ingredients and shake well
  • Strain into a chilled glass

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Gin Gin Mule

Kevin Campbell

Gin Gin Mule

Print Recipe
Course Cocktail
Cuisine American

Equipment

  • Shaker

Ingredients
  

  • 8 leaves Mint
  • 3/4 fl oz Lime juice
  • 1 fl oz Simple Syrup
  • 2 fl oz Gin
  • Ginger Beer

Instructions
 

  • Muddle mint leaves in the shaker with Lime juice and simple syrup
  • Add Gin and fill with ice
  • Shake well
  • Strain into a highball glass filled with ice
  • Top off with Ginger Beer

Vesper Martini

Kevin Campbell

Vesper Martini

As described in precise detail by Ian Fleming in his first James Bond novel
Print Recipe
Course Cocktail
Cuisine British

Equipment

  • Shaker

Ingredients
  

  • 3 fl oz Gin
  • 1 fl oz Vodka
  • 1/2 fl oz Dry Vermouth Fleming specifies Lillet
  • 1 twist Lemon peel

Instructions
 

  • Half fill the shaker with ice
  • Add all ingredients and shake vigorously until very cold
  • Strain into a chilled glass
  • Squeeze and twist the peel over the glass to express the oil, then drop in the glass

Perfect Martini

Kevin Campbell

Perfect Martini

Print Recipe
Course Cocktail
Cuisine American

Equipment

  • Shaker

Ingredients
  

  • 2 fl oz Gin
  • 1/4 fl oz Dry Vermouth
  • 1/4 fl oz Sweet Vermouth

Instructions
 

  • Half fill shaker with ice
  • Add Vermouths, and shake
  • Drain Vermouths, and replace with Gin in the shaker
  • Shake vigorously until very cold
  • Strain into a chilled glass, garnish to taste

Dirty Martini

Kevin Campbell

Dirty Martini

Print Recipe
Course Cocktail
Cuisine American

Equipment

  • Shaker

Ingredients
  

  • 2 fl oz Gin
  • 1/2 fl oz Dry Vermouth
  • 1 Splash Olive brine

Instructions
 

  • Half fill shaker with ice and add Dry Vermouth
  • Shake, and drain Vermouth
  • Add gin and a splash of Olive brine
  • Shake vigorously until very cold
  • Strain into a chilled glass and garnish with an Olive