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  • Gary Cartwright

    Ingredients:
    4-6 mint leaves
    1 3/4 oz bourbon
    3/4 Citronge or other quality triple sec
    splash sweetened lime juice

    Instructions:
    Rip and lightly crush mint leaves in a shaker tin with spoon or whatnot, then add lots of ice, the spirits and lime. Stir well, until tin dews up, and strain carefully over ice, with a lime twist or wheel garnish.

    Chris Weigert

    2 1/2 oz rye whiskey
    2 fresh raspberries
    3 dashes grapefruit bitters
    juice of 1/6 lemon (of your average small lemon slice)

    Instructions:
    shake all well with ice, allowing the berries to be crushed in the shaker. Double strain into a DOF glass filled with ice. Garnish with lemon twist and a small slice of grapefruit.

    Winner: Gary Cartwright
    Score: 5-0
    Game Summary: Weigert's raspberries weren't enough sweet to balance the sour. Cartwright's drink kept going; we wanted to keep exploring. It's very well balanced with subtle notes from all the ingredients.

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    2.20.10

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