DMW Dead Man Watching 2024

Knockout Punch

2 oz. bourbon
1 oz. pomegranate juice
.5 oz. orange juice
.5 oz. lemon juice
.5 oz. simple syrup
A dash of Angostura bitters
4 sprigs fresh thyme

Shake bourbon and juices with ice. Strain into an ice filled Old Fashioned glass. Garnish with an orange slice.

Get a stew going

Tell It Like It Is

2 oz. light rum
2 oz. dark rum
1 oz. lime juice
1 oz. orange juice
.5 oz. passion fruit puree
.5 oz. simple syrup
1 tsp. grenadine

Shake all with ice. Pour into a hurricane glass filled with ice.

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King of the Bs

1 dash mezcal, to rinse
2 oz. reposado tequila
1 oz. honey syrup
.75 oz. lemon juice
2 dashes Angostura bitters
Rinse a rocks glass with the mezcal. In a shaker shake tequila, honey syrup and lemon juice with ice. Strain into prepared glass over fresh ice. Top with bitters. Garnish with a lemon peel.

Make it a double feature

Sleestak’s Revenge

10 oz. orange juice
4 oz. lemon juice
3 oz. 80 proof dark rum
3 oz. blue Curacao
5 oz. club soda
10 strawberries, sliced
1 orange, sliced

Mix everything together in a large pitcher. Pour into 4 ice filled glasses.

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The Poet of Sleaze

2 oz. gin
.5 oz. cinnamon stick infused simple syrup
.5 oz. pineapple juice
.5 oz. lime juice
.25 oz. grapefruit juice

Shake with ice. Strain into a coupe glass.

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An Officer and a Gentleman Jack

2 oz. Gentleman Jack
2 dashes Angostura bitters
1 blood orange wheel
1 sugar cube
2 maraschino cherries

Muddle orange with bitters in a glass. Fill with ice and pour whiskey over. Garnish with cherries and an orange peel.

Fly high

Bad Boss Trigger Warning

2 oz. bourbon
1 oz. amaretto

Stir with ice. Garnish with an orange twist.

Smile more

Olive Oyl

.25 oz. extra virgin olive oil
1 egg white
2 oz. gin
.5 oz. simple syrup
.5 oz lemon juice
1 basil leaf

Shake egg white with olive oil vigorously for 1 minute until frothy and the oil is fully emulsified. Add gin, simple syrup and lemon juice to the shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a coupe glass. Garnish with basil leaf.

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Whuddawaydago

1.5 oz. vodka
Cranberry juice
Lime wedges

Pour vodka over ice in a high ball glass. Top with cranberry juice. Squeeze lime wedges and drop in.

Go out with a bang

Vader-ade

1.5 oz. Jameson Irish whiskey
1.5 oz. chilled Earl Grey tea
1 oz. Jones berry lemonade soda
3 blackberries

Muddle berries and soda in a tall glass. Add ice, whiskey and tea. Stir and strain into a coupe glass. Garnish with blackberries and a rosemary sprig.

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The Doctor Is Inn

2 oz. bourbon
1.5 oz. grapefruit juice
.5 oz. Vermont maple syrup
2 oz. ginger beer

Shake bourbon, grapefruit juice and maple syrup with ice. Strain into a chilled glass and top with ginger beer. Garnish with a maraschino cherry.

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Love Triangle

1 oz. vodka
1 oz. pomegranate juice
Juice from 1/2 a lime
Ginger ale

Pour vodka, pomegranate juice and lime juice over ice. Top with ginger ale and stir.

Pick acute one

The OG Influencers

.25 cup honey
.25 cup filtered water
6 figs, quartered
2 sprigs thyme
1 cup champagne
.5 cup apple cider
1 oz. orange liqueur
In a small saucepan simmer honey, water and figs over low heat. Whisk until honey is melted and figs are soft. It’s ok if they’re soft. Don’t judge. Add thyme and simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool for 5 minutes. Remove thyme and blend honey and figs into a syrup.
Combine remaining ingredients in a pitcher. Add 2 tablespoons of fig syrup and stir. Pour into two glasses and garnish with additional thyme and figs.

Sweat to the oldies

Funky Noises

1/2 a lime cut into wedges
1.5 tsp fine sugar
2 oz. cachaca
Muddle lime and sugar in a glass. Pour cachaca over. Add ice and a lime wedge.

Dance

Bosses and Kings

2 oz. vodka
1 oz. pear liqueur
.75 oz. lime juice
.75 oz. quince syrup
Shake with ice. Strain into a chilled glass.

Rhyme

Hoofers

2 oz. gin
1 oz. lemon juice
.5 oz. elderflower liqueur
2 oz. sparkling water
2 oz. prosecco
Stir together in a wine glass with ice.

Kick

Away Team

1 oz. Fernet-Branca
1 oz. cognac
.5 oz. simple syrup
4 dashes Angostura bitters
4 dashes orange bitters
Stir ingredients in a mixing glass with ice. Strain into a salt rimmed old fashioned glass. Garnish with a lemon twist.

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Animal Crossing

3 oz. Saint Germain
6 oz. sparkling wine
Splash of club soda
Into 2 ice filled coupe glasses, pour Saint Germain and top with sparkling wine. Add a splash of club soda and garnish with a lemon twist.

Drink it two by two

Blood, Sweat & Canvas

1.5 oz. blood orange juice
1.5 oz. vodka
.75 oz. lemon juice
.75 oz. Saint Germain
Sparkling water
Stir juices, vodka and Saint Germain with ice. Top with sparkling water. Garnish with a blood orange slice and mint.

Slam it

Willie, Wally, Lefty, Billy, Jerry and El Toro

1.25 oz. vodka
.5 oz. Galliano
3 oz. orange juice
Stir vodka and OJ in a tall glass with ice. Float Galliano on top. Garnish with an orange slice and a maraschino cherry.

Be an icon

The Warning Track

1.5 oz. gin
.75 oz. rosso vermouth
.75 oz. dry vermouth
2 dashes orange bitters
Stir with ice and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with mint.

Feel for the wall

Sore Noggin

2 oz. Fireball Whiskey
1 oz. eggnog
Mix together and serve over ice or as a shot

Tell us what year it is

The Gore Factor

1.5 oz. rum
.5 oz. blood orange juice
.5 oz. lime juice
2 oz. ginger beer

Shake rum and juices with ice. Strain into a highball glass with ice. Top with ginger beer. Garnish with a blood orange slice.

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Canonical

1 oz. rye whiskey
.5 oz. sweet vermouth
.5 oz Ramazotti amaro
2 drops Angostura bitters
Cointreau foam (blend 1 tsp cointreau, 1 tsp lemon, 1 egg white and 1 tsp sugar)

Stir liquid ingredients with ice and strain into a glass. Top with foam.

Reinvent your origin story

No no, they’re definitely famous for stuff they did too

2 oz. Famous Grouse Scotch
1 oz. honey liqueur or 1 tsp. honey
Lemonade or sparkling water
5 blackberries

Muddle berries and honey liqueur in a high ball glass. Add the scotch and fill with ice. Top with lemonade or sparkling water.

Go your own way

The Multitasker

2 oz. pomegranate juice
1 oz. lemon juice
1 oz. lime juice
1 oz. orange juice
2 oz. ginger beer
1 oz. simple syrup
2 oz. vodka
Shake all ingredients except ginger beer with ice. Strain into a glass filled with ice. Top with ginger beer and stir gently. Garnish with an orange peel and mint leaves.

Pick a lane

The Thin Blue Lime

.5 oz. gin
.5. oz light rum
.5 oz tequila
.5 oz vodka
.5 oz. blue curacao
1 oz. sour mix
1 oz. lemon-lime soda
Stir first 6 ingredients with ice in a collins glass. Top with soda. Garnish with a lime wheel.

Protect and serve me another

Witch’s Brew

.25 cup frozen berries
1 tablespoon sugar
.3 cup water
6 oz vodka
3 oz. raspberry liqueur
1 oz. blue curacao
3 oz. lemon juice
In a cauldron mix the berries sugar and water over medium heat for 3-4 minutes so the sugar dissolves and the berries soften. Remove from heat to cool. Strain into a shaker. Add ice and other ingredients and shake well. Strain into 4 chilled coupe glasses and share with the coven. Garnish with a maraschino cherry.

Imbibiarmus!

A Retrospective of the Moustache in Cinema

6 oz. wheat beer, chilled
1 oz. vodka
1 oz. orange liqueur
1 oz. orange juice
2 oz. champagne
In a tall glass stir the vodka, liqueur and juice into the beer. Float the champagne on top and garnish with an orange wheel

Wipe between sips

Ordinary People Die Hard Too

1.5 oz. cachaca
.5 oz. Fernet Branca
.75 oz. pineapple juice
.5 oz. lime juice
.5 oz. simple syrup
12 mint leaves
In a shaker muddle half of the mint. Add ice and ingredients and shake well. Strain into a rocks glass over ice and garnish with additional mint.

It’s a Christmas double feature

Both Kinds

2 oz. Southern Comfort
6 oz. cranberry juice
1 teaspoon lime juice
Stir with ice and serve with a lime wedge.

Put it in a red solo cup

Gen X Radio

2 oz. vodka
1 oz. coffee liqueur
1 oz. room temperature espresso
Shake with ice. Strain into a coupe glass. Garnish with espresso beans.

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Clowns to the Left of Me, Jokers to the Right, Here I Am, Stuck In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida All by Myself with Mr. Blue Sky and a Woman Who Won’t Shut Up About Her Roller Skates

2 oz. mezcal
1 inch piece of serrano pepper
1 oz. hibiscus syrup
2 oz. ginger beer
1 oz. lime juice
Muddle pepper with mezcal and syrup. Add lime juice and shake with ice. Strain over ice, top with ginger beer and garnish with a lime wedge.

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Word Up

1 oz. gin
1 oz. genepy or green chartreuse
1 oz. luxardo maraschino liqueur
1 oz. lime juice
Shake with ice and strain into a coupe glass.

Don’t dangle your participles

Anchors Aweigh

2 oz. gin
.5 oz. lime juice
.5 oz. simple syrup
Shake with ice and strain into a glass of fresh ice. Garnish with a lime wheel.

Don’t pop your Ps

Reality Check

5 raspberries
1 oz. vodka
1 oz. Becherovka liqueur or green chartreuse
.5 oz lime juice
.5 oz. simple syrup
4 oz. pilsner lager
In a shaker muddle raspberries. Add other ingredients except the beer and shake with ice. Strain into a mug of ice and top with the lager.

Behold the spectacle

Use Your Outside Voice

2 oz. whiskey
.75 oz. lemon juice
.5 oz. simple syrup
1 egg white
Shake without ice for 30 seconds. Add ice and shake well. Strain into a glass of ice. Garnish with a maraschino cherry.

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Fluffy Ruffles

1.5 oz. light rum
1.5 oz. red vermouth
.5 oz. lime juice
1 egg white
Shake with ice. Strain into a couple glass. Garnish with a lime wedge.

Be fabulous, always

Travel and Ramble Bramble

2 oz. gin
1 oz. lemon juice
2 tsp. simple syrup
.5 oz. creme de mure
Shake with gin, lemon juice and simple syrup with ice. Strain into a rocks glass with crushed ice. Slowly pour the creme de mure over the top. Garnish with a lemon wedge and a blackberry.

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Toot Suite

3 oz. prosecco
2 oz. Aperol
1 oz. soda water
Fill a stemmed wine glass with ice. Add prosecco and Aperol. Top with soda water. Garnish with an orange slice.

It’s a small world Aperol

Across The Pond Water

2 oz. vodka
1 oz. blue curacao
1 oz. coconut rum
3 oz. orange soda
Stir vodka, blue curacao and rum in a glass with ice. Top with orange soda.

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Whodunnit

2 oz. blood orange soda
1.5 oz. Cointreau L’Unique
.5 oz. lemon juice
2 oz. tonic water
Build in a glass of ice and stir gently. Garnish with an orange twist.

Be swillin’ like a villain

An Enormous Schwanzstucker

2 oz. brandy
1 oz. triple sec
.5 oz. maraschino cherry liqueur
.5 oz. lemon juice
2 oz. champagne
1 orange peel
Shake brandy, triple sec, liqueur and lemon juice with ice. Strain into a chilled coup glass. Top with champagne. Squeeze orange peel over drink and char with a candle.

Put the candle back

And Hoopla

.75 oz. cognac
.75 oz. lillet blanc
.75 oz. cointreau
.75 oz. lemon juice
Shake with ice. Strain into a martini glass

Drain it

Mayor Daze Be Mary and Bright

1 cup apple cider
2 oz. dark rum or bourbon
A drizzle of honey
.5 oz lemon juice
1 tablespoon fresh ginger
1 cinnamon stick
cloves, nutmeg, allspice
Simmer cider with spices and cinnamon stick for 15 minutes. Drizzle honey into a mug. Add liquor and pour hot cider over. Top with a squeeze of lemon.

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And Mayall Your Christmases be White

4 oz. Baileys
4 oz. vodka
2 oz. Kahlua
2 oz gingerbread syrup
2 scoops vanilla ice cream
Whipped cream
3 gingerbread cookies, crumbled
To make gingerbread syrup, in a saucepan combine 1 cup sugar, 1 cup water, 5 cloves, 2 cinnamon sticks, 1 2 inch piece of ginger, choppped. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring until sugar has dissolved. Lower heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool.
For the cocktail, shake Irish cream, vodka, Kahlua, gingerbread syrup and ice cream in a cocktail shaker. Pour into four chilled martini glasses. Top with whipped cream and a sprinkle of gingerbread cookies.

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R&G&D&J&Bee

2 oz. J&B scotch
.75 oz. lemon juice
.5 oz. honey syrup
.25 oz. St. Elizabeth’s allspice dram
2 dashes orange bitters
Shake with ice. Strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice. Garnish with a cinnamon stick or orange twist.

Don’t label it

Daddy-O

2 oz. Old Grandad bourbon
1 oz. sweet vermouth
2 dashes Angostura bitters
.25 oz. St. Elizabeth’s allspice dram
2 dashes orange bitters
Stir with ice for 30 seconds and pour into a chilled glass. Garnish with a maraschino cherry.

Call your dad

Check your Eggos at the Door

2 oz. Eggo Brunch in a Jar Sippin’ Cream
2 oz. cold brew
2 oz. milk or cream
a squeeze of maple syrup
Shake well with ice. Strain into a coupe glass.

Don’t stop ’til you get enough

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The Vintage Vibration

Ingredients:

• 1 oz Rye Whiskey – representing Phil Lesh’s warm and earthy bass lines in the Grateful Dead, which adds depth to the cocktail.
• 1 oz Aged Rum – capturing Mike Pinder’s mystical mellotron sounds from The Moody Blues with a rich, mellow, and slightly sweet flavor.
• 0.5 oz Cherry Brandy – a nod to Mary Weiss’s pop influence and soulful vocals from The Shangri-Las, bringing sweetness with a touch of vintage.
• 0.75 oz Amaro – to add herbal complexity, representing the complexity and layers in each of their music.
• 0.5 oz Fresh Lemon Juice – a zesty, bright element for harmony and balance.
• 2 dashes Angostura Bitters – for depth and a hint of nostalgia.
• Club Soda (optional) – for a little sparkle, like the stage lights at a concert.

Garnish:

• Lemon Twist – for a fresh aroma that complements the flavors.
• Luxardo Cherry – a classic touch for the vintage vibe.

Instructions:

Garnish with a lemon twist and a Luxardo cherry.

In a cocktail shaker, combine the rye whiskey, aged rum, cherry brandy, amaro, and fresh lemon juice.

Add ice and shake until well-chilled.

Strain into an old-fashioned glass over a large ice cube.

Add a couple of dashes of bitters on top, and, if desired, a splash of club soda for sparkle.

Tasting Notes:

The Vintage Vibration is smooth, layered, and complex—like the interplay of instruments in a classic rock song. The whiskey and rum provide warmth, the amaro adds complexity, the cherry brandy gives a hint of sweetness, and the lemon juice brightens everything up.

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90’s Flannel

1 oz. cognac
.25 oz. allspice dram
.5 oz. apple cider
.25 oz. orange juice
Shake well with ice. Strain into a rocks glass over a large ice cube. Garnish with an orange peel.

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Offsides Car

1.5 oz. cognac
.75 oz. orange liqueur
.75 oz. lemon juice
.25 oz. orange juice
Shake with ice. Pour into a sugar rimmed coupe glass. Garnish with an orange twist.

Cross the blue line. The red line sucks.

Swooney McCrooney

1 oz. coconut rum
1 oz. melon liqueur
1 oz. banana liqueur
2 oz. pineapple juice
2 oz. sweet & sour mix
Shake well with ice. Strain into a festive glass.

Enjoy the sultry tones.

Doin’ a Art

1 oz. limoncello
3 oz. champagne
2 oz. sparkling water
Pour into a sugar rimmed glass. Garnish with rose petals or lavender sprigs.

Cast a critical eye

Hard Rock Café

1 oz. reposado tequila
1 oz. coffee liqueur
.25 oz. grappa
1 oz. room temperature espresso
2 dashes molé biltters
Shake well with ice. Strain into a coupe glass.