Tonight: Franklin Mortgage Drops Menu #15
4 years in, 14 menus down, and tonight at 5pm Franklin Mortgage will be debuting menu number 15. It is, as always, a long, literary and musical list, with the same sort of rare liquors, clever combinations, high-test cocktails and extensive use of bitters, tinctures and syrups that has come to define the Franklin and set it on its own path to cocktail bar greatness.
The highlights? How ’bout a simple Dark & Stormy with Goslings rum, lime, ginger syrup and soda? Or perhaps the slightly more complicated Lily Dale Swizzle with Buffalo Trace bourbon, Ron Zacappa rum, lemon, ginger and cinnamon syrups, birch and sarsaparilla tincture, and a little bit of Pernod. Or the completely weird …With A Baseball Bat which brings together peanut butter washed Old Forester, Bols genever, crème de mure, creme de Framboise, brown sugar syrup and Aphrodite bitters in a glass with a rock and nothing else.
There’s also a drink with pickle syrup, and another one utilizing what I assume has to be a house-made tincture of long hots, but I’ll let you check out the full menu to discover those for yourself.
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Pimm’s Cup
Pimm’s No. 1, lemon and lime juice, ginger syrup, cucumber, acid phosphate, Peychaud’s bitters
Served tall with soda
Blinker
Rittenhouse rye whiskey, grapefruit, raspberry syrup
Served up
Dark and Stormy
Goslings rum, lime, ginger syrup
Served tall with soda
Melba
El Dorado 3 Year and Smith and Cross rums, Kronan Swedish Punch, lime, grenadine, angostura bitters, Pernod
Served up
Japanese Cocktail
Pierre Ferrand 1840 cognac, orgeat, Boker’s and Jerry Thomas bitters
Served on a rock
Brainstorm
Michael Collins Irish Whiskey, Dolin dry, Benedictine
Served up
EASY GOING
Lily Dale Swizzle
Buffalo Trace bourbon, Ron Zacappa rum, lemon, ginger and cinnamon syrups, birch and sarsaparilla tincture, Pernod
Served on crushed ice
Everybody Knows
Michael Collins Irish Whiskey, Pierre Ferrand Ambre cognac, green chartreuse, lime, kiwi syrup, Angostura bitters
Served tall with soda
Pretty as a Prayer Book
Sombra mezcal, Hayman’s Old Tom, Strega, lemon, orange pepper and thyme syrup, Boker’s bitters
Served up
Little Fury
Beefeater gin, Flor de Cana 4 year rum, Dolin blanc vermouth, Pierre Ferrand Curacao, lemon juice, vanilla syrup, orange cream citrate, Spanish bitters
Served up
Pie Plant Cobbler
El Dorado 12 Year rum, Terranoble carmenere, Zucca amaro, Grand Marnier, Strawberry basil syrup, honey
Served on crushed ice
FLOWING BOWL
Julie Winters Punch
Duquesne agricole, Tanqueray gin, Wray and Nephew rum, Velvet Falernum, Creole Shrubb, allspice dram, lime and pineapple juice, coconut tea syrup
Lamp Lighter Punch
Lairds apple brandy, Pierre Ferrand cognac, Crème de cassis, lemon, Pink Earl Grey syrup, Teapot bitters, Rose water
Sorry For Partying Punch
Buffalo Trace bourbon, Wray and Nephew rum, Dolin blanc vermouth, Crème de cacao, Nux Alpina Walnut liqueur, Campari, lemon juice, strawberry lychee tea syrup, orange bitters
Miller’s Punch
Aalborg Aquavit, Bols genever, Black grouse scotch, Allspice dram, lemon juice, rye syrup, black peppercorn tincture
REBELLIOUS SPIRITS
The Battle of Blythe Road
Hayman’s Old Tom, El Dorado 3 Year rum, Argiolos vermentino, lime juice, green apple syrup, acid phosphate, dandelion burdock bitters
Served tall with soda
Spaceship Coupe
Appleton V/X and Barbancourt 4 year rum, La Favorite Ambre agricole, Crème de cacao, Carpano Antica, lime, blackberry syrup, angostura bitters and pernod
Served up
Crowd Surf off a Cliff
Espolon blanco tequila. Del Maguey Vida mezcal, Strega, lemon and orange juices, honey, Angsotura and Chesapeake Bay bitters
Served up
Lipstick Stains
Lairds apple brandy, Pierre Ferrand Pineau des charentes, Del Maguey crema de mezcal, lime and grapefruit juice, cinnamon syrup, angostura and Jerry Thomas bitters
Served on crushed ice
10th Avenue Freezeout
Old Overholt rye, Carpano Antica, Cocchi Torrino, cane, muddled orange, angostura and orange bitters
Served on crushed ice
South Bronx
Hayman’s and Ransom Old Tom, Dolin blanc and Carpano Antica, pineapple and orange juice, BBQ bitters
Served up
Haitian Fight Song
Barbancourt 8 Year rhum, Lemonheart 151 and Wray & Nephew rums, grenadine, orange flower water, muddled lime
Served on rocks
Mercy of Circumstance
Banana infused Flor de Cana 4 and 7 year rums, Bols genever, brown sugar syrup, cinnamon and vanilla tincture
Served on a rock
Pickleback Mountain
Rittenhouse rye whiskey, Bonal, absinthe, pickle syrup, Teapot bitters
Served as a julep
GASOLINE
Queen of Thorns
Tanqueray gin, Bols genever, Flor de Cana 4 Year rum, Salers Aperitif Gentiane, Combier Pamplemouse, Dolin dry vermouth, Hopped Grapefruit and Dandelion Burdock bitters
Served up
Boss Lady
Old Granddad 114, Pierre Ferrand Ambre cognac, House Importers coffee liqueur, Pedrox Ximinez sherry, demerara , Aphrodite bitters
Served on a rock
The Italian Market
Rittenhouse rye, Dolin blanc vermouth, Cardomoro, Crème de Peche, long hot tincture
Served up
…With a Baseball Bat
Peanut Butter washed Old Forester, Bols genever, crème de mure, creme de Framboise, brown sugar syrup, Aphrodite biters
Served on a rock
Gordian Knot
Old Granddad 114 and Booker’s bourbon, Aperol, Wray and Nephew rum, hibiscus syrup, Peychaud’s and Jerry Thomas bitters
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