The Spare Man Drinking List

Mary Robinette Kowal\’s new novel The Spare Man has a cocktail recipe at the beginning of every chapter.  I\’d like to try all the drinks as I read, but my liquor cabinet is not quite as extensive as an actual bar\’s – so I thought I\’d put together a shopping list.  Here\’s what you need to make all the recipes in the chapter headings of The Spare Man:

Alcoholic ingredients

• ~2.1 oz absinthe
• 0.75 oz amaretto
• 2 oz Aperol
• 1 oz Benedictine
• 8 oz bourbon
• 1.1 oz Campari
• 2.25 Green Chartreuse
• 2 oz cognac
• 0.5 oz creme de cassis
• 0.75 creme de menthe
• 0.25 creme de violette
• 1 oz Cynar
• 1.5 oz Dubonnet
• 0.5 oz Fernet-Branca
• 20 oz gin
  • + 1.25 oz Old Tom Gin
• 0.5 oz Grand Marnier
• 1 oz cherry Heering
  • Can substitute maraschino liqueur or cherry brandy; add a bit of extra sweetener
• 1.75 oz Lillet Blanc
• 1.25 oz maraschino liqueur
• .5 oz Ramazzotti
• 2 oz rum
• 6.25 oz rye
• 1.5 oz scotch
  • + 1 oz Laphroaig
• 0.5 oz dry sherry
• 1 oz Southern Comfort
• 10 oz sparkling wine
• 1 oz Tequila Anejo
• 0.75 oz triple sec
  • + 0.75 oz Cointreau
• 1 oz Bianco vermouth
• 4.5 oz dry vermouth
• 12.25 oz sweet vermouth
• 1.5 oz vodka
• 2 oz Irish whiskey
• Cardamom bitters
• Orange bitters
• Angostura bitters

Non-alcoholic ingredients

• 3 oz cranberry juice
• 1 0z honey syrup
• 4 oz ginger beer
• 0.5 oz grenadine
• 5 oz lemon juice
• 6.5 oz lime juice
• 5.75 oz orange juice
• 4 oz simple syrup
• 4 oz soda water
• 2.5 oz sparkling water
• 6 oz tonic water

Other ingredients

• Half yellow bell pepper
• 5 blackberries
• 7 cherries
• Cilantro
• Cucumber
• Egg white
• Ice
• Jalapeno
• 4-5 lemons
• 1 lime
• Fresh mint
• 3-4 oranges
• Cayenne salt
• Ground pepper
• Salt

Clearly this is not a project for the faint of heart.  I\’m hoping there are some substitutions that can be made so I don\’t end up with six bottles of slightly different Italian bitter aperitifs… More research is definitely needed.