Author: J.S. Wells

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Sunset Cocktail: Happy Valentines with a Reign in Blood

2 oz Xicaru Silver Mezcal1/2 oz Green Chartreuse3/4 oz Blood Orange Juice1/4 oz Lime juice2 dashes Scrappy’s Chocolate bittersShake everything with ice and double strain into Old Fashioned glass. Fill with Ice and garnish...

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Snowstorm Scotch: International Scotch Day

On a night like this you can hear old gods whisper… This one didn’t make the calendar as International Scotch Day on  February 10th is apparently a new thing. I was considering making a rare Scotch...

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Sunset Cocktail: The Abolitionist’s Old Fashioned

2 oz Privateer True American Rum1/2 oz Grand Marnier1 cube Sugar2 dashes Hell Bitters OrangeSplash of Soda WaterMuddle Sugar Bitters and Soda Water in an Old Fashioned glass until they are beaten mercilessly. Fill with ice...

Sunset Cocktail: Pisco Sour Day (Peru)

  2 oz La Caravedo Pisco Puro Quebranta 1 oz Meyer Lemon Juice 1/2 oz Gomme Syrup 1 Egg White 2-3 dashes Angostura Bitters Shake first four ingredients vigorously without ice until the Egg...

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Sunset Cocktail: H.G. Wells on Science Fiction Day

2 oz Burnside Oregon Oaked Bourbon 1 oz Dolin de Chambery Dry Vermouth1/2 oz Butterfly Absinthe2 dashes Bitter Truth Old Time Aromatic BittersStir everything with ice and strain into an ice filled Old Fashioned GlassHappy February...

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Sunset Cocktail: Brandy Alexander Day, January 31st

2 oz Maison Rouge Cognac1 oz Godiva Chocolate Liqueur1 oz Creamdash Nutmeg garnishShake with Ice and strain into a chilled Cocktail glass. Garnish with Nutmeg. For National Brandy Alexander Day I’m making the first Brandy...

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Sunset Cocktail: Requiem for an Old Friend

1 1/2 oz Ardbeg Scotch1/2 oz Fernet-Branca1/2 oz Dolin Blanc1/2 oz Dolin Rouge1 dash Berg and Hauke’s Jerry Thomas BittersStir with ice and starin into an Old Fashoned Glass. Lament. The original called for Zirbenz...

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Sunset Cocktail: National Irish Coffee Day

1 1/2 oz Jameson Black Barrel Whiskey2 tsp Raw Sugar6 oz Hot CoffeeHeavy Cream*Add Whiskey and sugar to a prewarmed coffee mug. Add the coffee and stir until sugar is disolved. Use the spoon...

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Sunset Cocktail: Orange Russian on Inaguration Day

2 oz Death’s Door Vodka 1/2 oz Tia Maria Coffee liqueur 2(is) oz Orange Juice Measure Vodka and Liqueur unto an ice filled Old Fashioned glass. Top with Orange Juice and stir. Garnish with...

Sunset Cocktail: Quoth the Raven on Edgar Allan Poe’s Birthday

  2 oz. Whistle Pig Rye 1/2 oz. Averna 1 bsp Rich Gomme Syrup 1 splash Butterfly Boston Absinthe 2 dashes Berg and Hauke’s Jerry Thomas Bitters Stir everything with ice and strain into a...