been on a few social outings lately. difficult and rare, these days.
rickhouse:
blue and red smash – bourbon, lemon, red and blue berries. excellent.
kentucky buck – bourbon and ginger/ginger beer, other stuff. also excellent.
favela – cachaca, lemon, coffee. not very good.
some kind of sling – gin, cherry heering, other stuff. also not very good
then went to boot and shoe service:
fata morgana – bourbon, amaro nonino, dry vermouth, blood orange, cardamom. really excellent.
…
some experiments:
1 oz bourbon
1 oz rye
1/4 oz lime
3/4 oz grapefruit-honey-maraschino mix
grapefruit bitters
grapefruit ribbon
grapefruit-honey-maraschino mix
6 parts red grapefruit juice
3 parts honey
1 part maraschino liqueur
cross between a manhattan and a hemingway. excellent. but i once again forgot: do not muddle seeds. never, ever.
also:
1 1/4 oz bourbon
3/4 oz vermouth
3/8 oz cherry liqueur
1/4 oz lime
basically a manhattan with citrus. very good.
i lost my bottle of angostura bitters. not sure if it can be replaced any time soon, as there is a shortage. 
…i started these experiments using some cheap bourbon and rye, figuring that i didn’t care and couldn’t tell the difference. but i found that i did care, and could tell the difference. i upgraded to bulleit bourbon and old overholt rye (according to the bevmo lady, rittenhouse isn’t making rye anymore). life is better.
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