T.A.C.O.
A Dead Man's Handle riff by me.
Rating: 🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔

Ingredients
1.5 oz Tequila Blanco
.75 oz Aperol
.50 oz Carrot Juice*
.50 oz Orgeat
Tajin and Cheeto for garnish

Directions
Shake ingredients with ice
Pour over pebble ice in a stemless wine glass
Garnish with Tajín and a Cheeto
#cocktails

Yay! I can wear my "Here's Johnny!" shirt again!

Munich Negroni Western Style
Rating: L: ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ R: ⭐⭐⭐

Ingredients
1 oz Bourbon (Cedar Ridge)
1 oz Campari
1 oz L: Frangelico R: Kahana Royale
1/2 oz Vermouth (Vya)

Directions
Combine ingredients and stir with ice until chilled
Garnish with an orange slice (missing) and dark chocolate square

The Alabazam
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐½

Ingredients
1 1/2 oz Cognac
1/2 oz Cointreau
3/4 oz fresh lemon juice
1/2 oz semi-rich simple syrup (1.5:1 sugar:water)
1 barspoon Angostura Bitters

Directions
Shake with ice
Strain into a chilled coupe glass

May Mazie(Mazikeen)'s derpy face brighten your day.

White Lady
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Ingredients
2 oz Gin (Wild Roots Orange & Bergamot)
1/2 oz Cointreau (Bauchant)
3/4 oz Lemon Juice
1/4 oz Simple Syrup (Mint Simple)
1 egg white

Directions
Dry shake, then shake with ice
Garnish with a lemon peel following @reidnelson.bsky.social
#cocktail

I didn't have any cold brew, so I pulled an espresso with my Stumbling Monkey whiskey infused beans and used that. I probably should have upped the agave ratio.

I guess it would have been better if I had used Grok instead of Gemini to write this.

I needed a stiff drink for the second half of the Sporting KC vs Miami game.

Burning in Effigy by Benjamin Krick

2 oz Blanco Tequila
1/2 oz Strega
1/2 oz Lemon Juice
1/4 oz Ancho Reyes
1/4 oz Crème de Cacao
Garnish:
Lemon swath
Grated Abuelita Hot Chocolate
#cocktails

Man, this seems like a really bad title to put under the picture of the good cop in this story.
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