Here are some fun classic cocktails to help you get through the COVID-19 quarantine.

Chinese cocktail

1 1/2 ounces Jamaican dark rum
1 teaspoon triple sec
1 teaspoon maraschino liqueur
1 tablespoon grenadine
1 dash bitters

Shake in an iced cocktail shaker, and strain into a cocktail glass

In late December 2019, a cluster of cases of viral pneumonia was linked to a seafood market in Wuhan, China and in the first 6 weeks the COIVID-19 spread to more than 140 countries around the world.

satan’s whiskers cocktail

1/2 ounce gin
1/2 ounce dry vermouth
1/2 ounce sweet vermouth
1/2 ounce orange juice
2 teaspoons orange curacao
1 teaspoon orange bitters

Shake in an iced cocktail shaker, and strain into a cocktail glass
Garnish with an orange twist

Six weeks later the coronavirus has spread to another 50 countries with over 300,000 people infected.

royal fuck

1 ounce Crown Royal
1/2 ounce peach Schnapps
1/4 ounce cranberry juice
1/4 ounce pineapple juice

Shake in an iced cocktail shaker, and pour into a cocktail glass with ice

“The rapid contagion and severity of the new disease has prompted the World Health Organization (WHO) to update its statement, from classifying the outbreak as a “Public Health Emergency of International Concern” on January 30 to a “Pandemic” on March 11, 2020.”- from the Singapore Medical Journal

Doctor’s orders

1 ounce of Campari
1 ounce of Fernet Blanca
1/2 ounce gin
1/2 ounce sweet vermouth
1/2 ounce dry vermouth
2 dashes bitters
1 orange slice (for garnish)

Shake in an iced cocktail shaker, and strain into a cocktail glass
Orange slice for garnish

To slow down the spread of COVID-19 - to flatten the curve- health and political organizations around the world introduced rules and recommendations that would limit the amount of physical contact between people.

the income tax cocktail

1 1/2 ounces gin
3/4 ounce dry vermouth
3/4 ounce sweet vermouth
Juice of 1/4 orange (squeezed right into the shaker)
2 dashes Angostura Bitters

Shake in an iced cocktail shaker, and strain into a cocktail glass
Garnish with an orange wheel

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act was passed on March 27, 2020. This is the largest economic stimulus bill in modern history and is more than double the stimulus act that was passed during the 2009 Financial Crisis.

the coffee cocktail

1 ounce brandy
1 egg
2 to 3 ounces ruby port
1 teaspoon sugar

Pour brandy into an iced cocktail shaker
Add the egg
Pour in the port and sugar
Shake and strain into a small goblet
Grate or shake some nutmeg on top

As people are working from home or laid off from work, many have decided the best way to start their day is no longer with Folgers, but instead with a drink called a coffee cocktail, which has no actual coffee.

The coffee cocktail was first published in the 1887 edition of the Bar-Tenders’ Guide. This drink contains no coffee or even bitters for that matter. However, when this drink is properly prepared it looks very much like coffee.

Boozy Shakerato

1 1/2 freshly made espresso (cooled down to warm to the touch)
2 ounces dark rum
1 1/2 ounces heavy cream
1/2 ounce simple syrup
Pinch of salt

Shake in an iced cocktail shaker, and strain into an old-fashioned glass

For the people that need that jolt of caffeine in the morning…….welcome in the boozy shakerato. This drink is taken from a hugely popular Italian ice-coffee drink that is also a major COVID-19 hotspot

Hanky panky

1 1/2 ounces gin
1 1/2 ounces sweet vermouth
2 dashes Fernet Blanca

Stir well with ice in a mixing glass
Strain into a chilled cocktail glass
Twist a small swathe of orange peel over the surface of the drink

Stay home, stay safe orders = #baby-Boomers-Part2. Expect a lot of babies come December.

palm beach special

2 1/2 ounces gin
3/4 ounce grapefruit juice
1/2 sweet vermouth

Shake in an iced cocktail shaker, and strain into a cocktail glass

After stay home, stay safe orders were issued, or shelter in place “fun in the sun parties” turned our college kids into walking coranavores.

don the beachcomber’s zombie

1 teaspoon brown sugar
1 ounce fresh lemon juice
1 ounce gold rum
1 ounce 151
1 ounce white rum
1 ounce unsweetened pineapple juice
1 ounce fresh lime juice
1 ounce passion fruit syrup
1 dash Angostura Bitter

Dissolve the brown sugar in the lemon juice
Combine it with everything else in a cocktail shaker with crushed ice
Shake well, and pour into collins glass
Garnish with a sprig of mint

When prohibition ended in 1933, Ernest Raymond Beaumont Gantt opened a tiki bar in Hollywood called Don’s Beachcomber. As the bar grew in popularity, Earnest changed his name to Don Beach, most likely to avoid old bootlegging charges, since he operated a speakeasy called Ernie's Place during prohibition.

Don’s own bartenders didn’t know the exact recipe of this drink, since they poured ingredients from bottles labeled with numbers or letters, and only knew the order and the amount.

After Florida Spring Break 2020 university students from around the southeast tested positive for COVID-19.

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3 mile limit

1 ounce white rum
1/2 ounce fresh lemon juice
1/2 ounce grenadine
1/2 ounce Cognac

Shake in an iced cocktail shaker, and strain into a cocktail glass
Garnish with a lemon twist

Prohibition created a boom in the cruise ship industry, as many Americans boarded cruise ships to exotic places to enjoy cocktail time. Once the ships passed the U.S. coastline territorial boundaries, which was a “3-mile limit” alcoholic beverages were allowed to be served.

As the popularity of the “booze cruise” grew, so did the boundary, which also gave us another Prohibition drink, the 12-mile limit.

With almost every state in the nation having social distancing and travel restrictions in place, the 3-mile limit sounds pretty generous.

the scofflaw

1 1/2 ounces rye whisky
1 ounce dry vermouth
3/4 ounce fresh lemon juice
3/4 ounce grenadine

Shake in an iced cocktail shaker, and strain into a cocktail glass
Garnish with a lemon twist

The term scofflaw was originally used for the “lawless drinker” and frequenter of speakeasies, as these people were flouting the National Prohibition Act. Today, according to the Oxford Dictionary, scofflaw is a “person who flouts the law, especially by failing to comply with a law that is difficult to enforce effectively.”

Less than two weeks after the term scofflaw was coined, this cocktail was created in 1924 at Harry’s New York Bar in Paris.

During Prohibition, a scofflaw’s flouted onerous drinking laws…today our scofflaw flout safety measures for both you and me.

caribbean cruise

1 ounce vodka
1/4 light rum
1/4 ounce coconut-flavored rum
1 splash of grenadine
4 ounces of pineapple juice

Shake first four ingredients with ice
Then pour into ice-filled glass
Top off with pineapple juice
Cherry garnish

For some future Darwin award winners, these folks decided to get on a tight germ-infested vessel, also known as a cruise ship. Numerous passengers are currently stuck out at sea and quarantined to their closet-sized cabin as major ports have closed to the pandemic.

Doctor cocktail

2 ounces Jamaica rum (or any rum)
1 ounce Swedish Punsch
1 ounce fresh lime juice

Shake in an iced cocktail shaker, and strain into a cocktail glass
Garnish with a lime twist

Chloroquine, hydroxychloroquine, along with “mega” doses of Vitamin C have all “proved” to shut down the COVID.

This cocktail first appeared in 1917 in Hugo Ensslin Recipes for Mixed Drinks. Throughout history, alcoholic concoctions have been thought to confer medicinal properties. This drink ushered in the popularity of Swedish Punsch, but went out of style after Prohibition, only a few years later.

We all hope the coronavirus goes the way of the Swedish Punsch, out of style….like today.

The soother

1 ounce cognac
1 ounce Jamaican rum (or any rum)
1/2 ounce orange curacao
Juice from 1/2 a fresh lemon
1 teaspoon apple juice
1/2 teaspoon simple syrup

Shake in an iced cocktail shaker, and strain into a goblet
Garnish with a lemon twist

The Soother was first published in 1931 by Albert Crockett in his book Old Waldorf Bar Days. This drink tastes equally well hot or cold, as it soothes your tummy on a lonely night alone during the quarantine.

death in the afternoon

1 1/2 ounces Absinthe
4 1/2 ounces Champagne chilled (or other sparkling wine)

Pour Absinthe into Champagne flute then top with sparkling wine

Death in the Afternoon is more famously called the Hemingway Champagne, as this cocktail shares a name with the famous Hemingway book Death in the Afternoon. This 1932 non-fiction book is about the ceremony and traditions of Spanish bullfighting, which Hemingway became acquainted with, in 1923.

Ernest Hemingway, who volunteered in World War I, saw the reality of death. This reality allowed him to see the temporality of life and gave him the freedom to live life more fully, as many people are shackled by the fear of death.

In our present situation, we have many people that don’t contemplate their own mortality, nor the mortality of those around them.

the corpse reviver #2

1 ounce gin
1 ounce Cointreau
1 ounce Lillet Blanc (Cocchi Americano as a substitute)
1 ounce fresh lemon juice
1 to 3 drops (no dashes) absinthe or pastis

Shake in an iced cocktail shaker, and strain into a cocktail glass
Drop a stemless cherry into the bottom of the glass

The corpse reviver series of drinks are collectively known as “hair of the dog” or hangover cure beverages. This hangover cure might not be strong enough to cure the corona, but it might assist you with your current alcohol-induced headache of boredom.

Golden dawn

3/4 ounce Calvados (apple brandy)
3/4 ounce dry gin
3/4 ounce apricot brandy
3/4 orange juice
Grenadine

Combine all the ingredients except the grenadine and shake like crazy in an iced cocktail shaker
Strain into a cocktail glass
Cherry garnish
Dribble grenadine through the drink
Do NOT stir

This cocktail was named after the 1927 Rodgers and Hammerstein operetta and in 1930 was judged as the World’s Finest Cocktail in a United Kingdom Bartenders’ Guild contest.

My hope is for a Golden Dawn and quick end to this pandemic.

The unemployment

1/5 bottle Popov vodka

Serve neat in its own plastic bottle container

This cocktail was created by Josh Austin, Certified Specialist of Spirits. Josh crafted this specialty cocktail for people looking to save money during quarantine, or for those out of work. Josh recommends leaving the bottle in the freezer for a nice chilled version and he says it pairs well with beef flavored Ramen noodles.

Jesse is Director of Pedal Chile, which is an all-inclusive mountain bike tour company in “The Patagonia” of Chile. We are currently not running tours, since we only operate tours from mid-November to the end of March, which is summer in Patagonia.