#hubbiepost Sometimes you walk into an antique store and it's a bust from the start right through to the finish. However, sometimes you spend 20 mins looking around thinking it's a bust but while yer buddy is entertaining the owner you uncover a relic (or 2...) 😉 This mug is a product of the latter.
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I don't think Nic or I will ever tire of telling that story and busting each other's chops about who was the real MVP that day. He, for chatting the guy's ear off, or me for digging behind several framed posters & paintings and asking inquisitively "What ya got back there Pete??"
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Pete looks over inquisitively (as if he had no clue what was back there...) then walks over, reaches down and pulls out a couple of vintage tiki mugs. "You mean these??" And the rest is history...
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Fog Cutter (Trader Vic, Orig WWII-era recipe)
✅ 2oz Ron Del Barrilito 2 Star Rum
✅ 1oz Lustau Brandy
✅ .5oz Plymouth Gin
✅ 2oz Fresh Lemon
✅ 1oz Fresh Orange
✅ .5oz House Orgeat
✅ .5oz Sherry (Float)
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Method: Shake all with ice (except for the Sherry); then pour into your Fog Cutter Mug and top with ice and your sherry float.
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Garnish with fresh Mint & swizzle stick.
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This is the mug I took home that day. A vintage Trader Vic Fog Cutter mug in brown. We were so excited we immediately schlepped this thing over to Nic's (@ntitz) lab for an impromptu photo shoot that same afternoon & this is the result...She is a welcome addition to our evergrowing mug collection. Sipping an orig. recipe Fog Cutter from this mug feels a bit like going back in time...Very surreal.
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Cheers Friends!
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#hubbiepost The time has come.
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First we visited the Skin Diver, then we went a bit deeper with the lovely Pearl Diver and now we dive deep, deep down to the dark-depths of the Ghost Diver...
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Ghost Diver (a collab. w/Nic Titze)
✅ 1.5oz El Dorado 8
✅ .5oz Gosling's Black Seal rum
✅ .5oz Fresh Lime
✅ .25oz Fresh Grapefruit
✅ .5oz Meletti Amaro
✅ .75oz Don's Gardenia mix*
✅ .25oz Amaro di Angostura
✅ 1 dsh Bittermens Tiki Bitters
✅ 1/8 tsp Activated charcoal
✅ 2 Drops 80:20 Saline Solution
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Method: Shake with crushed ice; (allow to settle) double strain with a julep strainer & a fine mesh seive into a diver glass and top with fresh crushed ice.
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Garnish Option: Tattered Fronds, Blood Orange, Brandied Cherry & Themed Swizzle
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Nic reached out to me a while back about a cocktail for his newly acquired diver mug. My first thought was a Pearl Diver riff and the more we talked, the more we concluded it needed to be a dark tale. I had recently enjoyed an activated charcoal cocktail at @eatstsocial and knew this would be the perfect setting to deploy it. We then discussed a long list of amari potentials but finally agreed on two of our favorites here (Meletti & Angostura). The results of all that R&D? One baller cocktail. 😎
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*Don’s Gardenia Mix: Cream 1 oz. of honey with 1 oz. of softened, unsalted butter (ideally clarified); add 1 tsp. of cinnamon syrup, ½ tsp. of vanilla syrup and ½ tsp. of allspice liqueur. Refrigerate.
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Nic & I had a great time developing this one & could not be happier with the results. Let us know if you mix one up!
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Cheers Friends!
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