RR Classic Creations Specs

Question 1

Cigar Box

Answer 1

2 oz Del Maguey Vida
Scant .5oz Lapsang Suchong Syrup
3 dashes RR Lavender Bitters
3 dashes tobacco essence

Build in Hard Strong Old Fashioned Glass, half stir over large clear ice cube, place on glass ashtray

5” cinnamon stick, torched, waved around the glass, and place next to glass in ashtray

Question 2

The Poet’s Muse

Answer 2

2 oz Bombay Saphire
.75 oz poet’s cordial
Scant .75 oz lime juice
3 dashes umami tincture
2 dashes yuzu concentrate 
1 dash foam tincture

Build in cobbler shaker, hard shake over one large mold ice, strain directly into Cardinal Coupe, place used ice cube in drink with spoon

Lime peel rosette

Question 3

The Pharaoh’s Dance

Answer 3

2 oz batch
    - .75 oz Beefeater 24 gin
    - Heavy .5 oz basil syrup
    - scant .5 oz lychee juice
    - scant .25 oz St. Germain
    - 1/4 teaspoon St. George Absinthe
.5 oz Lemon juice

Short shake, single strain over crushed ice in Hurricane Glass, insert 10.5” metal straw, top with 1-2 oz Sculpin IPA, high & dry ice

Lemon wheel, mint sprig, grated nutmeg

Question 4

Lonesome Dove

Answer 4

1.5 oz Arrete Blanco
1 oz Grapefruit Juice
.5 oz Lime Juice
.5 oz cinnamon syrup
2 dashes vanilla tincture 
3 squints salt tincture 

Short shake, single strain over crushed ice in Hurricane Glass, insert 10.5” bent metal straw

Red rose petal, 3 sprays rose water, powdered cinnamon

Question 5

Black Mountain Coffee

Answer 5

2.5 oz batch
- .375 oz Tullamore D. E. W
- .125 oz Amaro Montenegro
- .125 oz Nux Alpina Walnut Liqueur
- .125 oz Giffard Creme Du Banane
- .125 oz Demerara Syrup
- 1.5 cold brew concentrate
1 oz salted cinnamon cream

Pour batch over crushed ice in Brandy Snifter, half stir to chill, add 5” straw, top with crushed so it’s flush with brim of snifter, shake bottle of cinnamon cream 3 seconds, slowly float the cream over batch in crushed ice until washline is 1/4 inch below rim, low & dry crushed ice

2 lavender sprigs anchored at a 45 degree angle in the ice and leaning to the side
Grated nutmeg

Question 6

Silver Meadows

Answer 6

3 oz batch
    - 1.5 oz Nigori Sake
    - .5 oz Tequila Ocho Plata
    - .25 oz Caravedo Torontel Pisco
    - .25 oz Foie Gras fta washed St. Germain
    - 1/2 teaspoon agave syrup
    - 1/2 teaspoon clarified lime juice
    - 1/2 teaspoon clarified grapefruit juice
3 dashes sweetgrass tincture

full stir, strain into Nick & Nora

grapefruit oils
baby’s breath sprig clipped w/ a mini silver clothespin

Question 7

Black Pearl

Answer 7

2.5 oz Batch
- 1 oz Johnnie Walker Black
- .5 oz Barolo Chinato
- .25 oz Talisker Storm
- .25 oz Smith & Cross Jamaican Rum
- .25 oz Nux Alpina Green Walnut Liqueur
- 2 dashes Abbott’s bitters
6 drops Black Pearl Tincture

pour 2.5 oz into mixing glass, full stir and strain over a small ice sphere into a stemless wine glass

lemon oils
place cocktail in small treasure chest, light incense, allow box to fill with smoke and present

Question 8

De Rigueur

Answer 8

1.5 oz Evan Wiliiams Bonded
1 oz Grapefruit Juice
.5 oz Honey Syrup
1 small grapefruit peel
1 dash foam tincture

full shake over one Large ice cube, singel strain into a Nick & Nora, garnish with 4 sprays De Rigueur Scotch blend (3 parts Balvenie 12, 1 part Lagavulin 16)