21. Bamboo Cocktail

My interpretation:
  1.5 oz Lustau Amontillado
  0.75 oz Dolin Blanc
  0.75 oz Martini & Rossi Extra Dry
 1 dash Regan’s Orange Bitters
  
Fill mixing-glass half full (or empty) with ice, stir mixture, strain, serve. Garnish with lemon. I like the way the mixed dry-blanc vermouth works in this one. Cheers!
 

7. Allies Cocktail

 

My interpretation:
  generous 1.5 oz Hawthorn London Dry Gin
  scant 1.5 oz Dolin Blanc
  2 long dashes homemade kümmel

Shake well (on cracked ice) and strain into cocktail glass. Here we are supposed to have all the Allies— Gin for England, Dry Vermouth for France, and Kümmel for Russia (not Germany, which is a long story). What we might call today a slightly interesting Martini riff. I went with the Blanc because it’s so good. It might be just as fine with the Extra Dry, but I can’t say. It’s still French, at least.

4. Ale Beanie Cocktail

My interpretation:
  2.5 oz Jameson — Caskmates Stout edition
  2.5 oz Dolin Blanc (in lieu of dry)

Nothing unusual here for this drink (really a duo), except everything. First, my portions were increased to fill the obnoxiously large glass. My Jameson on hand was Caskmates, which isn’t bad here. I feel like I liked this better with the Dolin Blanc than with the Dry, but that is an emotional decision and should perhaps be rejected. Stirred on broken (not cracked) ice, strained and served.