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We Made the Most Orange Cocktail Ever
📦 Home Bartender Starter Kit → https://shop.awesomedrinks.com/products/home-bartender-starter-kit/ The Hoskins Cocktail is a bold, spirit-forward gin drink that leans hard into bitter orange complexity. Built on London Dry gin with Amer, maraschino, and a touch of citrus liqueur, it drinks like a cross between a Brooklyn and a Negroni—but brighter, sharper, and way more orange-forward. If you like cocktails that are clean, aromatic, and just a little aggressive on the palate, this one absolutel
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I Tested Both… One Is Better
📦 Home Bartender Starter Kit → https://shop.awesomedrinks.com/products/home-bartender-starter-kit/ The Floradora is a classic gin highball that drinks bright, fruity, and refreshing—with a subtle ginger kick that can completely change depending on how you build it. Made with gin, fresh lime, raspberry, and a fizzy top, it lands somewhere between a Collins and a light spritz-style cocktail. If you like drinks that feel easygoing but still have a bit of complexity, this one absolutely delivers. ���
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This Might Be the Best Rum Sour You’ve Never Had (Florida Pirate)
📦 Home Bartender Starter Kit → https://shop.awesomedrinks.com/products/home-bartender-starter-kit/ The Florida Pirate is a rum cocktail that drinks like a bright citrus sour wrapped in warm, spiced comfort. Built on aged rum with a touch of China-China Amer, fresh lemon, and a hint of bitters, it lands somewhere between refreshing and cozy—like a summer drink that somehow gives you winter vibes. If you like rum cocktails that balance citrus with depth, this one hits in a way that’s surprisingly
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Cocktails with Amaro and Amer - Live Stream - TONIGHT @ 7:30PM EDT
We'll be recording a bunch of cocktails most of which will have some type of bitter / amer or amaro in them (or are stirre). Not all, but many. We've also got a couple Maid's to make too with cucumber, so that can be foun. Or, just buy stuff at https://shop.awesomedrinks.com !
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The Singapore Sling Shouldn’t Be This Good…
📦 Home Bartender Starter Kit → https://shop.awesomedrinks.com/products/home-bartender-starter-kit/ The Singapore Sling is a tropical gin cocktail that drinks like a fruit-forward punch with a surprisingly complex backbone. Built on gin with cherry liqueur, citrus, pineapple, and a touch of Bénédictine, it lands somewhere between refreshing and indulgent—bright, juicy, and just a little bit mysterious. If you like cocktails that feel easygoing but have layers underneath, this one has way more go
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The Cocktail That Was Meant to Bring You Back to Life
📦 Home Bartender Starter Kit → https://shop.awesomedrinks.com/products/home-bartender-starter-kit/ The Corpse Reviver #2 is a classic gin cocktail that drinks bright, citrusy, and deceptively smooth—with a subtle herbal edge that sneaks in right at the end. Built on equal parts gin, orange liqueur, aromatized wine, and fresh lemon, it lands somewhere between a crisp sour and a lightly botanical aperitif. If you like cocktails that feel refreshing but still have complexity under the surface, thi
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This Irish Whiskey Cocktail Is Dangerously Easy to Drink
📦 Home Bartender Starter Kit → https://shop.awesomedrinks.com/products/home-bartender-starter-kit/ The Irish Maid is a modern Irish whiskey cocktail that drinks like a bright cucumber-and-citrus sour with a floral twist. Inspired by Sam Ross’s famous Kentucky Maid from the Milk & Honey era, the Irish Maid swaps bourbon for Irish whiskey and adds elderflower liqueur, creating something crisp, refreshing, and dangerously easy to drink. If you enjoy whiskey cocktails but want something lighter, sm
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The Poet’s Dream Cocktail (A Forgotten Martini Twist)
📦 Home Bartender Starter Kit → https://shop.awesomedrinks.com/products/home-bartender-starter-kit/ The Poet’s Dream is a pre-Prohibition classic that drinks like a refined, herbal Martini with a subtle honeyed twist. Built on gin, dry vermouth, and Bénédictine, it delivers a crisp, aromatic profile with just enough depth to set it apart from your standard Martini. If you like spirit-forward cocktails but want something a little more complex and elegant, this one absolutely deserves a spot in yo
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What is a Brooklyn cocktail? What is China-China?
Full Video → https://youtu.be/E9lh6c_L20E 📦 Home Bartender Starter Kit → https://shop.awesomedrinks.com/products/home-bartender-starter-kit/ 👉 Squeak Easy - The Boulevardier → https://youtu.be/3uIYgKyiu7o 👉 Champs-Élysées → https://youtu.be/BxAnEvG8CMY 👉 The Brooklyn → https://youtu.be/E9lh6c_L20E 🍸 Recipe — Brooklyn Cocktail (Modern Spec) - 2 oz rye whiskey - 1/2 oz dry vermouth - 1/4 oz maraschino liqueur - 1/4 oz China-China Amer - Lemon twist (optional) Instructions: - Chill a coupe (or
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The Kentucky Maid: The Bourbon Cocktail Nobody Talks About
📦 Home Bartender Starter Kit → https://shop.awesomedrinks.com/products/home-bartender-starter-kit/ The Kentucky Maid is a modern bourbon cocktail that drinks like a refreshing mint-and-cucumber sour with a whiskey backbone. Created by Sam Ross at the legendary Milk & Honey in New York, it blends bourbon, fresh lime, mint, and cucumber into something that feels bright, crisp, and dangerously easy to drink. If you like whiskey cocktails but want something lighter and ultra-refreshing, the Kentuck
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This 1925 Paris Cocktail Is a Chartreuse Power Move (Champs-Élysées)
📦 Home Bartender Starter Kit → https://shop.awesomedrinks.com/products/home-bartender-starter-kit/ The Champs-Élysées is a 1925 French classic that drinks like a Herbal Cognac Sour with a Parisian twist. It brings together smooth Cognac, a punch of Green Chartreuse, fresh lemon, and a touch of sweetness—then finishes with a couple dashes of Angostura to add warm spice and depth. If you like sours but want something that feels elevated, this one is the move: bright, aromatic, and quietly complex
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Stop Making Manhattans - Make a Brooklyn Instead (With China-China Amer)
📦 Home Bartender Starter Kit → https://shop.awesomedrinks.com/products/home-bartender-starter-kit/ The Brooklyn Cocktail is a 1908 classic that drinks like a drier, more bitter cousin to the Manhattan. It blends rye whiskey and dry vermouth, then sneaks in two key “seasoning” ingredients: maraschino liqueur for a subtle cherry-almond lift, and an Amer (traditionally Amer Picon) for that bitter orange backbone. Since Amer Picon is tough to find in the U.S., we’re using China-China Amer as a clea
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Chocolate Diamond Martini: The Valentine’s Chocolate Kiss Cocktail
Full Video → https://youtu.be/BxAnEvG8CMY 📦 Home Bartender Starter Kit → https://shop.awesomedrinks.com/products/home-bartender-starter-kit/ 👉 Squeak Easy - Best Amaretto Sour → https://youtu.be/CHWPq8-9SVY 👉 Orange Line → https://youtu.be/2dGe4Mzlak8 👉 Algonquin → https://youtu.be/oi5J4r-N98s 🍫🍸 Recipe — Chocolate Diamond Martini (Original/Correct Spec) - 1½ oz chocolate vodka - 1 oz vanilla vodka - ½ oz white crème de cacao Instructions: - Add ingredients to a shaker with ice. - Shake ha
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The Orange Line (Amer Gin Cocktail)
Full Video → https://youtu.be/2dGe4Mzlak8 📦 Home Bartender Starter Kit → https://shop.awesomedrinks.com/products/home-bartender-starter-kit/ 👉 Squeak Easy - Best Amaretto Sour → https://youtu.be/CHWPq8-9SVY 👉 Improved Whiskey Cocktail → https://youtu.be/UREzfNQaZJY 👉 Amaro Manhattan → https://youtu.be/UjAe1AOAHhM 🍸 Recipe - 2 oz gin - ½ oz China-China Amer - ¾ oz dry vermouth - 1 dash orange bitters Instructions: - Stir with ice until well chilled. - Strain into a chilled coupe. If you enjo
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Chocolate Diamond Martini: The Valentine’s Chocolate Kiss Cocktail
📦 Home Bartender Starter Kit → https://shop.awesomedrinks.com/products/home-bartender-starter-kit/ Chocolate Diamond is a throwback “dessert martini” that screams Valentine’s Day — and I’m reshooting it because my original 2009 video got the proportions wrong. This one was originally published as a Three Olives recipe to spotlight their flavored vodkas, and when made to spec it’s a lot smoother, colder, and more balanced than you’d expect for a straight-up chocolate cocktail. 👉 Squeak Easy - B