This would be vodka, sambuca and blue curacao.

Brandy, Port wine and Triple Sec. First found in the 1941 publication of Crosby Gaige’s Cocktail Guide and Ladies Companion, there are no good clues to why this drink is named after the lady who sewed the first flag of the USA.

This is a simple cocktail with Vodka, Orange Curacao and Green Chartreuse. Ideally, I would garnish by squeezing an orange peel over the drink and then floating it in the drink. But, I could not find any orange in our refrigerator.

The nose is full of the Chartreuse aroma and the palate is decidedly citrusy from the orange.

This is an interesting drink in the sense that the base is not your usual vodka, gin, scotch etc etc. It is dry vermouth with brandy, sugar syrup and bitters.

For such a potent name, the cocktail was fairly muted. This is brandy, pineapple juice and bitters.

On the sweeter side – both on the nose and palate, this is gin, sweet vermouth, elderflower liqueur and bitters.

The 15th state to join the union (USA) was Kentucky. So, of course, the name is a give away to the fact that this is a Bourbon (indigenous to Kentucky) cocktail. In addition to Bourbon, it has, sweet Vermouth and Maraschino liqueur.

Fairly rich on the palate. Relatively lighter on the nose and length…

I have not been able to find the original root of the name – although it has been featured in Mr. Boston Official Bartender’s Guide for some time.

This is vodka, elderflower liqueur, aperol, lemon juice and sugar syrup. The right way to serve is with a orange peel for garnish but I did not have any oranges handy.

The drink itself is strong with the sweet fragrance of elderflower on the nose and a bit bitter sweet to the palate.

This is vodka, triple sec and pineapple juice..