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Bacardi Cocktail

Bamboo Cocktail

Bennett Cocktail

Bijou Cocktil

Blackthorn Cocktail

Blenton Cocktail

Bloodhound Cocktail

Boomerang Cocktail

Brandy Cocktail

Brazil Cocktail

Bronx Cocktail

Bacardi Cocktail

Fill the shaker half full of broken ice and add
1/6 gill of fresh Lime juice
2/6 gill of Bacardi
Sugar Syrup according to taste
When no limes are avaiable lemons cn be used
Shake well and strain into a cocktail glass

Bamboo Cocktail

Fill the large bar glass half full of broken ice and add
1 dash of Orange bitters
1/4 gill of Pale Dry Sherry
1/4 gill of French Vermouth
Stir up well and strain into a cocktail glass, squeeze lemon peel on top
This is known as the Reform Cocktail in India

Bennett Cocktail

Fill the shajer half full of broken ice and add
2 dashes of Angostura bitters
2/6 gill of Old Tom Gin
1/6 gill of fresh Lime juice
Shake well and strain into a cocktail glass
This cocktail is popular in Chilli

Bijou Cocktail

Fill the bar glass half full of broken ice and add
1 dash of Orange biters
1/6 gill of Plymouth gin
1/6 gill of Italian Vermouth
1/6 gill of Green Chartreuse
Stir with a spoon, strain into a cocktail glass, add olive or cherry according to taste and squeeze lemon peel on top

Blackthorn Cocktail

The Blackthorn is a very odd cocktail which is made in two different ways

Fill a bar glass half full of broken ice and add
3 dashes of Absinthe
3 dashes of Angostura bitters
1/4 gill of French Vermouth
1/4 gill of Irish Whisky
Stir well with a spoon, strain into a cocktail glass and squeeze lemon peel on top
This recipe is by Harry johnson of New orleans


This version is made in a similar way but the ingredients are
1 dash of Orange bitters
1 dash of Angostura bitters
1/6 gill of Sloe Gin
1/6 gill of French Vermouth
1/6 gill of Italian Vermouth
Recipe by Cocktail Boothby of San Francisco

Blenton Cocktail

The ingredients are stirred in the mixing glass and strained into the cocktail glass
1/4 gill of Plymouth Gin
1/4 French Vermouth>br> 1 dash of Angostura bitters

Bloodhound Cocktail

Fill the shaker half full of broken ice and add
6 nice raspberries
1/2 teaspoon Maraschino
1/6 gill of Dry Gin
1/6 gill of Fench Vermouth
1/6 gill of Italian Vermouth
Shake well and strain carefully into a cocktail glass

Boomerang Cocktail

Take a bar glass, half full of broken ice and add
2 dashes of Maraschino
1 dash of Angostura bitters
1/6 gill of Gin
1/6 gill of Fench Vermouth
1/6 gill of Italian Vermouth
Stir up well and strain into a Cocktail glass, add a cherry and lemon peel squeezed on top

Brandy Cocktail

Fill the bar glass half full with broken ice and add
1 or 2 dashes of Angostura Bitters
3 dashes of Curacao
1/2 gill of Brandy
Stir up well and strain into a cocktail glass, add olive or Cherry andsqueeze lemon peel on top

A little dash of Absinthe improves the cocktail, which is also often made with equal parts of Brandy and French Vermouth. It should be noted all plain cocktails are made the same way as the Brandy cocktail. The base liquor can be Gin, Whisky, Rum, Vermouth or Sherry and the cocktail names after the base liquor

Brazil Cocktail

Fill the large bar glass half full of broken ice and add
1 dash of Orange bitters
2 dashes of Plain Syrup
2 dashes of Absinthe
1/4 gill of Pale Dry Sherry
1/4 gill of French Vermouth
Stir up well and strain into a cocktail glass, squeeze lemon peel on top

Bronx Cocktail

Fill the shaker half full with broken ice and add
The juice of a quarter or an Orange
1/6 gill of Dry Gin
1/6 gill of French Vermouth
1/6 gill of Italian Bermouth
Shake well and strain into a cocktail glass. Some bartenders add a little dash of Orange bitters. It can be made with Tangerine instead of Orange