Cocktails with Gin : Bijou (cocktail)

 Bijou means "Jewel" in French, and the reason this cocktail is called Bijou is because it combines all the colors of the three most precious jewels in the world: diamond (gin), ruby (vermouth), and emerald (chartreuse). The real Bijou is supposed to be made Pousse-cafe style, so the colors are not mixed and the colors of all the jewels are beautiful and defined, which look like "jewels", hence the name Bijou. Nowadays, Bijou cocktails are served with the ingredients all mixed together, which is called by a different name: Amber Dream, for the color it shows.

Type     
Cocktail

Primary alcohol by volume   
Gin

Served     
Straight up; without ice

Standard garnish     
cherry

Standard drinkware     
Cocktail glass

Commonly used ingredients     
    * 3 parts gin
    * 1 part green Chartreuse
    * 1 part sweet vermouth
    * Dash orange bitters

Preparation     
Stir in mixing glass with ice and strain.

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Cocktails with Gin : 20th Century (cocktail)

A cocktail created in 1939 connection with the introduction of the new streamlined Dreyfus Hudson Engine which began pulling the Twentieth Century Limited train between New York City and Chicago in 1938. The recipe was first published in 1939 in the Cafe Royal Bar Book.

Recipe

Ingredients

    * 1 1/2 ounces (1/3 gill, 4.5 cl) gin

    * 3/4 ounce (1/6 gill, 2 cl) Lillet Blanc

    * 3/4 ounce (1/6 gill, 2 cl) light creme de cacao

    * 3/4 ounce (1/6 gill, 2 cl) fresh lemon juice

Procedure

Shake in an iced cocktail shaker, and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a lemon twist.

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Cocktails with Cachaça : Royce (Shaken)

Royce is an American cocktail  made with the national alcoholic drink cachaça. In Brazil, Royce is the first name of Royce Gracie, a great Brazilian Jiu Jitsu fighter.

Type     

Cocktail
 

Primary alcohol by volume    
    * Cachaça

Served     

On the rocks; poured over ice
 

Standard drinkware    
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Zombie glass
 

Commonly used ingredients    
    * 2 parts cachaça
    * 1 slice of each fresh orange, lemon and lime.
    * 1 ounce of guava juice.
    * 1 tbsp sugar

Preparation     

In a mixing glass, mix sugar and fruit slices and press to juice fruit, add ice, guava juice and cachaça, mix again - pour into tall glass.
This cocktail was invented at Liberty Bar in Seattle, Washington in honor of Royce Gracie.

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