MB Cocktail Contest: Michael Oakley vs. John Dietl

Michael Oakley Ingredients:2 oz tanquery 10 gin 1/2 oz campari 1/2 oz st. Germain 1/4 oz luxardo maraschino liquor 1/8 oz orgeat 2 dashes Fee's barrel aged whiskey bitters Stir with twice the amount of ice you usually use and garnish with an almond flake |
John Dietl Ingredients:1.5 oz. London Dry Gin 0.5 oz. Bonded Apple Brandy 1 tsp. simple syrup (1-to-1 sugar to water) 4 drops Orange Bitters 1 lemon twist 1. Pour the Gin, the Apple Brandy, the simple syrup, and the bitters into a mixing vessel. 2. Stir with ice. 3. Strain into a cocktail glass. 4. Garnish with a lemon twist. |
Winner: John Dietl
Score: 3-2
Game Summary: Oakley's cocktail was called "exciting" by one judge, but the majority of the others could not conceive of finishing the whole thing. Plus it's a bit fussy. When we have the Spectacular Bitch cocktail contest, this could be the winner. Dietl's drink is simple, beautiful, enjoyable.
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Sazerac
- 3 shots rye whiskey (or to taste)
- 1 sugar cube
- Peychaud's Bitters
- quarter shot of Absinthe
- lemon twist
Soak the sugar cube with the bitters and place in the bottom of a highball glass. Mash with the back of a spoon (or muddler, which we hope has not been used to make a Mojito), add the rye whiskey and fill the glass with ice. Stir for about 30 seconds and then strain into another lowball glass that has been rinsed with Absinthe and filled about halfway with ice. Garnish with a lemon twist.
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