basil gimlet – really delicious but the basil could have looked better. just for cosmetic reasons if nothing else.
unnamed drink – bardude comped me a drink in exchange for being a guinea pig. a brandy sour made with vanilla sugar, with an aged rum float. excellent, though there was a slight flavor of…wax? maybe from the rum?

eccolo:

smoke screen – rye, lapsang souchong, kumquat. delicious, but i had to send it back to get the kumquat viscera strained out.
southern gentleman – bourbon, charred ginger, apricot liqueur. also great.

all in all a pretty good week for cocktails!
and: i submitted a barback resume!