Crooked Sister

This was a tasty and easy drink to make:

1 oz. gin
1 oz. creme de cacao blanc (we used dark)
1 oz. Cointreau

Fill a rocks glass with ice and then build the drink by pouring in the ingredients.  I gave the glass a little swirl to mix the ingredients.  You're suppose to garnish with a cherry and orange slice, but I didn't do that.

The cocktail was nicely sweet, with a pleasant chocolate flavor.  I didn't notice the Coinbtreau, but I suspect it's used to counter the creme de cacao and prevent the drink from becoming too chocolatey sweet.

Manhattan Coffee

Last night I created a new drink. Or, at least it's new to me.  I haven't done a search to see if someone else came up with the idea before me.

It's a Manhattan variation that replaces vermouth with Kahlua:

2 oz. bourbon (Knob Creek)
1 oz. Kahlua
2 dashes mole bitters

It was sweeter than a regular manhattan, and the whiskey punch was less than usual, but it still had some nice complexity to it.  Overall, a nice break from the boozy heaviness of regular manhattans, but it still retains the taste of a serious drink.