Monterey Bay

Old Father Time checked, so there’d be no doubt,
Called on the north wind to come on out,
Then cupped his hands, so proudly to shout,
“La-de-da, de-da-de-dum, ’tis Autumn!”

—Henry Nemo, ’Tis Autumn

A big, smoky one full of fruit for the turning of the season. Fall makes me all dreamy-eyed, like I don’t want to do anything but sit around and watch the sky and the stuff floating inside my head. It’s the time in Northern California everybody seems to like best.



Monterey Bay

• 2 oz reposado tequila
• 1/2 oz crème de framboise
• 1/2 oz crème de cassis
• 1/4 oz mezcal
• 1/2 oz lemon juice
• 1/2 oz lime juice
• 2 oz soda, or to taste

Combine all but soda and shake with ice. Top with soda and stir gently. Lemon wheel.
SOURCE: ROWEN, FOGGED IN LOUNGE

Bronxathon: Obligatory Raspberry Cocktail

There’s already a drink out there called Bronx Cheer, a highball of sorts with apricot brandy and raspberry soda. (Would you like a lollipop with that?) The one below is more of a cocktail in the original sense, and something else entirely—or almost entirely. It also has the raspberry.



The Bronx Cheer Cocktail

• 1 1/2 oz gin (Bombay)
• 1/2 oz sweet vermouth (Dolin Rouge)
• 1/2 oz dry vermouth (Dolin Dry)
• 1/2 oz raspberry liqueur (Mathilde Framboise)
• 1/2 oz orange juice
• 1 dash Fee Bros Aromatic Bitters

Stir with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
SOURCE: ROWEN, FOGGED IN LOUNGE

This one’s OK—easy to drink though maybe not my favorite so far. Raspberry easily dominates the basic Bronx recipe but there’s still some complexity underneath.