One night at my favorite bar...

I started off the evening with a couple of cocktails featuring Plymouth Sloe Gin. First, straight from the pages of the latest Imbibe magazine, a Modern #2. The combination sounded strange, but the drink was really tasty.

2 oz. sloe gin
1 oz. scotch whisky (in this case, Dewars White Label)
1 dash absinthe (Kubler)
1 dash orange bitters (Angostura)
1 dash grenadine (homemade)

After that start, I moved on to one of my recent favorites. It's basically a Charlie Chaplin, but made with lemon juice instead of lime. I'm not sure what that makes it (maybe a Robert Downey Jr., because I love him?).

Anyway, it's:
1 oz. Plymouth Sloe Gin
1 oz. Apricot Brandy
1 oz. fresh lemon juice

Two drinks down, and I had run the bar clear out of Plymouth Sloe Gin. Sad. Anyway, I switched to a concoction involving Dubonnet Rouge called The Dandy.

The Dandy
1 oz. rye (Templeton)
1 oz. Dubonnet Rouge
1/4 oz. Cointreau
1 dash Angostura bitters

I figured this was a solid drink to finish the night off. Slightly different than the usual Manhattan, even a Dubonnet Manhattan, anyway.