The collection
Twenty drinks. Zero filler.
Free recipes are open — full spec, technique notes, everything. The rest are in the Atlas.
Spirit-Forward
Smoked Old Fashioned
The classic, under glass and smoke — cherry or applewood, 30 seconds, done.
Godfather (Modern)
Scotch and amaretto, sharpened with lemon and a few drops of saline.
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Blood and Sand
Equal-parts 1930s classic — smoky, fruity, and better balanced than it has any right to be.
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Bobby Burns
A Rob Roy with Bénédictine's honeyed herbs folded in.
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Monte Carlo
An Old Fashioned's cousin with Bénédictine standing in for the sugar.
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Vieux Carré
The New Orleans heavyweight from the Hotel Monteleone — four base components, zero apologies.
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Black Manhattan
A Manhattan with amaro in place of vermouth — darker, richer, more bitter.
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Paper Plane
The equal-parts modern classic — boozy enough for the whiskey drinker, balanced enough for everyone else.
Fruity & Approachable
Cosmopolitan
Shaken hard, double-strained, and nothing like the sticky bar-rail version.
French Martini
Vodka, Chambord, pineapple — shaken to a signature silky foam.
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Lemon Drop Martini
Sugared rim, real lemon, demerara depth — dessert that drinks like a cocktail.
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Subzero Apple Martini
Reverse-engineered from a NYC restaurant's three-ingredient spec. Ice cold or nothing.
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St-Germain Spritz
The lightest drink in the Atlas by a wide margin — elderflower, Prosecco, soda.
Bee's Knees (St-Germain Variation)
The Prohibition-era gin sour with elderflower standing in for honey.
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Gin & Fresh
Gin & Tonic
The tonic is half the drink. Treat it that way.
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Spanish Gin-Tonic
The Madrid build: copa glass, cracked pepper, cucumber — aromatics aimed at your nose.
Eastside
Cucumber-and-mint gin sour — the drink that converts vodka people to gin.
Eastside (Floral Edition)
The house variation: less tart, more floral, three drops of rose water.
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Aviation
Pre-Prohibition classic with a pale violet hue.
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Last Word
Equal-parts Prohibition classic — herbal, bright, bracing.
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