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Pandan Express Cocktail Recipe

I've experimented with infusing a few spirits, but I find it plays incredibly well with high-proof American Applejack and with some bourbon whiskies. For this one, I used cask strength Bullet Bourbon, Vermouth Terino and Carpano Antica, along with Tom Foolery Applejack. If you can't find Tom Foolery, check out Copper & Kings Butchertown brandy as well.
cocktail with a long stem in front of bananas and green plant
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The Cooking Banana Cocktail

Plantains are never the stars of the show. The starchy cooking bananas are a lot like the malt that makes malt whisky. It takes a process to turn sweet.
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Getting Lost in the Woods

This drink comes from a bar in Lithuania, by way of /u/seanloreaux2 on Reddit. The original calls for 2 oz Oban, 0.5 oz pine infused simple syrup, 0.25 oz Fernet and 0.25 oz peated scotch (marked as optional but the more peat the merrier!)
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Mundo Perdido Cocktail

It’s no secret that we’re huge fans of Smugglers’ Cove. Our names are even displayed in the doorway of the bar as a testament to how many rums we have imbibed there.

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Grape and Gin Cocktail

I came across a recipe from Tamara's Table named simply "Grape and Gin" cocktail. I am usually skeptical of food bloggers' cocktails, because their cocktails tend to the low proof realm and can either be too basic or too "artsy", with no middle ground.