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Beautiful Little Fools Cocktail Recipes
Daisy’s Mint Julep
2 ounces (Kentucky) bourbon
8 mint leaves
¼ ounce simple syrup
Crushed ice
Serve in a julep cup or rocks glass; garnish with a mint sprig
Jordan’s Pink Gin and Tonic
1 ½ ounces gin
½ ounce lime juice, freshly squeezed
5 dashes Angostura bitters
Tonic water, chilled, to top
Serve in a highball glass with ice
Catherine’s Gin Rickey
2 ounces gin
½ ounce fresh lime juice
4 ounces club soda
Serve in a highball glass with ice; garnish with lime wedge
Myrtle’s Mary Pickford
2 ounces light rum
2 ounces pineapple juice
1 teaspoon grenadine
Add into a cocktail shaker with ice and shake, strain into a chilled cocktail glass
Garnish with maraschino cherry
Tom’s Hanky Panky
1 ½ ounce dry gin
1 ½ ounce sweet vermouth
2 dashes Fernet-Branca
Add into a mixing glass and stir; strain into a chilled cocktail glass
Garnish with an orange wedge
Detective Frank Charles’ Old Fashioned
2 ounces bourbon
2 dashes Angostura bitters
1 sugar cube (or ¼ ounce of simple syrup)
Club soda
Add to a rocks glass over ice; garnish with orange peel or cherry
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