I sometimes pre-mix drinks that are all spirits, I find that ones with complex botanicals like Carpano Antica vermouth or good bitters actually improve over a few days as the mixture ‘comes together.’ then stir or...

and the lime juice cuts the sweetness. Very complex yet light and refreshing. Rosebud (from tailchronicles.com) 1.5 oz reposado tequila 0.5 oz Carpano Antica Formula sweet vermouth dash Campari dash rosewater orange peel Rinse a chilled...

Vya Vermouth- Sweet and Dry Carpano Antica Formula Vermouth Drambuie liqueur Clement Rum- VSOP, Premiere Canne, XO, Cuvee Homere, Creole Shrubb Orange liqueur Murray & McDavid rum- limited edition Trinidad, Nicaragua, Jamaica, Guyana...

Speaking of Vermouth, I would recommend Carpano's Antica Formula. Truly exceptional. Check out this (and follow the various links): http://www.wilsondaniels.com/product.php?id=351 Otherwise, Punt e Mes . . .

The simple answer is that the average bar or restaurant patron knows Grey Goose, Bombay Sapphire, and Macallan. Punt e Mes, Carpano Antica, and Vya are brands of which they’ve never heard. Furthermore, the average patron...

Neither of those would be a suitable substitute. It’s the most intense of the amari that you can get here in the States. Nothing else has its flavor profile, although if you’re going for a rosso as some sort of a sub,...

use Old Overholt, Herbsaint and Peychaud’s. Gin — this is one I nearly always mix with either good tonic or Carpano Formula Antica, and I typically bounce between Bombay Saphire, Boodles, and Plymouth. Tequila — I...

I prefer my vodka neat — right out of the freezer. But Plymouth or Bombay with Fratelli Branca Carpano Antica Formula . . . yum!

Martinez (gin, sweet vermouth, Maraschino, bitters). Preferably a nice sweet vermouth like Vya or Carpano Antica.

at Huckleberry is a completely different item. To wit, I can certainly still get a $5 drink. It’ll be Wild Turkey on the rocks. But if I want a Manhattan made with Michter’s Rye, Carpano Antica Sweet Vermouth,...

I generally use Plymouth Gin — sometimes Boodle’s — with Carpano's Antica Formula Vermouth. Usually 2 parts gin; one part vermouth. With a long, thin orange peel . . . For a dry Martini — which I rarely...

grapefruit infused gin, Carpano Antica vermouth, Aperol – definitely my favorite, but I’m incredibly predictable in what I like. The blue plate special was meatloaf wrapped in bacon with sweet potato whipped. The...

Cinzano, though I’m told that Carpano's Antica Formula is superior, which I’ll verify if I can ever find it). I’ve seen many versions done as a lowball (served in a double-rocks glass over ice), garnished with...

-name French “Napoleon” Brandy for cooking Mt. Gay Eclipse Rum Myers’s Rum Hotel California Tequila Resposado Don Julio Resposado some cheap no-name Tequila for mixing Carpano Antica Formula Vermouth Martini & Rossi...

Dry: Vya Extra Dry, Noilly Prat Dry, Lillet Blanc, Boissiere Dry. Sweet: Carpano Antica Formula, Vya Sweet, Carpano Punt e Mes, Lillet Rouge, Cinzano Rosso.