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Daniel Zajic

@anatomyofadrink.bsky.social

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👨🏻‍🏫: home bartender, anatomy professor, and midnight snacker 🗓️: posting daily cocktail recipes to my story since 1/1/22 📍: Portland, OR 🏳️‍🌈🍸🍪👨🏻‍🔬 linktr.ee/anatomyofadrink

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Daniel Zajic @anatomyofadrink.bsky.social · Nov 20

Hi y’all!

I thought I’d introduce myself

📆 I’ve been posting daily cocktails for almost 3 years now
🥃 All cocktails are made and photographed by me at home
📸 I am not a professional photographer or bartender
👨🏻‍🏫 My full-time job is as a human anatomy professor (PhD in biology)

Cheers y’all!
Daniel

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Daniel Zajic @anatomyofadrink.bsky.social · 5d

Of course! In fact that’s what they call for (scrappy’s). I only had Bittermens

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Daniel Zajic @anatomyofadrink.bsky.social · 6d

Let me know what you think!

Daniel Zajic @anatomyofadrink.bsky.social · 6d

Awww thanks friend! Been busy but trying to get back into it on here!

Daniel Zajic @anatomyofadrink.bsky.social · 6d

…The spice lifts the smokiness of the mezcal while the Aperol keeps everything bright and refreshing. #Cheers y’all!

METHOD
add all ingredients to shaker tin / shake with ice until chilled / fine strain into coupe or Nick and Nora / garnish with a lime wheel or lime twist

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Daniel Zajic @anatomyofadrink.bsky.social · 6d

Daily #Cocktail Series

SPICY DEAD LADY
¾ oz. mezcal
¾ oz. Aperol
¾ oz. falernum
¾ oz. fresh lime juice
1 dash habanero shrub

Created in 2016 by Grant Wheeler at The Garret (NYC). It is similar to a Naked and Famous, but with added island warmth from falernum and a subtle fiery kick from habanero…

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Daniel Zajic @anatomyofadrink.bsky.social · 6d

Oh yeah!!

Daniel Zajic @anatomyofadrink.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks Nicholas! Cheers 🥂

Daniel Zajic @anatomyofadrink.bsky.social · 8d

How lucky of you! Cheers!

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Daniel Zajic @anatomyofadrink.bsky.social · 8d

…of the Slurred Word, another Jamaican rum riff on the Last Word, though that one brings in pineapple and breaks from the equal parts build. #Cheers y’all!

METHOD
add all ingredients to shaker tin / shake with ice until chilled / fine strain into coupe / garnish with a maraschino cherry

Daniel Zajic @anatomyofadrink.bsky.social · 8d

Daily #Cocktail Series

WORDSMITH
¾ oz. overproof Jamaican rum
¾ oz. Green Chartreuse
¾ oz. maraschino liqueur
¾ oz. fresh lime juice

A Last Word riff created by Chuck Taggart (sazeracla). He swaps out gin for Jamaican rum, bringing funk while keeping that equal parts balance intact. It reminds me…

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Daniel Zajic @anatomyofadrink.bsky.social · 9d

Hope y’all enjoy!!

Daniel Zajic @anatomyofadrink.bsky.social · 9d

Happy to help! I’ll try to post here more often 😅

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Daniel Zajic @anatomyofadrink.bsky.social · 9d

…This time, he leans into absinthe’s ethereal notes, dialing back the gin, and swapping orange liqueur for elderflower. #Cheers y’all!

METHOD
add all ingredients to shaker tin / add ice and shake until chilled / strain into coupe or Nick and Nora / express lemon peel oil over surface / garnish

Daniel Zajic @anatomyofadrink.bsky.social · 9d

Daily #Cocktail Series

NECROMANCER
¾ oz. absinthe
¾ oz. elderflower liqueur
¾ oz. Lillet Blanc
¾ oz. fresh lemon juice
1 tsp. dry gin
lemon peel oil

Created by Mayur Subbarao in New York City. He designed it as a riff on the Corpse Reviver No. 2, which has roots in early hangover-cure lore…

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Daniel Zajic @anatomyofadrink.bsky.social · 9d

You’re so sweet, thank you!

Daniel Zajic @anatomyofadrink.bsky.social · Sep 19

Oh that’ll be nice having them fresh!

Daniel Zajic @anatomyofadrink.bsky.social · Sep 19

Lovely! Definitely like using foaming agents too

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Daniel Zajic @anatomyofadrink.bsky.social · Sep 19

METHOD add all ingredients to shaker tin / shake without ice (“dry shake”) / add ice / shake until chilled / strain into coupe / garnish with raspberries

Daniel Zajic @anatomyofadrink.bsky.social · Sep 19

Daily #Cocktail Series

VIRGO SEASON
1½ oz. gin
½ oz. Italicus (Bergamot liqueur)
1 oz. pomegranate juice
¾ oz. lemon juice
¾ oz. simple syrup
4–6 raspberries
1 egg white

A Clover Club riff created by Troy Ali, who made for his younger sister’s 21st. with an extra floral lift from Italicus. #Cheers

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Daniel Zajic @anatomyofadrink.bsky.social · Sep 16

That’s how it all started! Starting out as a professor in 2020 🫠

Daniel Zajic @anatomyofadrink.bsky.social · Sep 16

Awww thanks Tammy!

Daniel Zajic @anatomyofadrink.bsky.social · Sep 16

Guilty! 👨🏻‍🏫

Daniel Zajic @anatomyofadrink.bsky.social · Sep 16

A Manhattan variation at heart, it swaps whiskey for aged tequila, layers in amaro as the softening agent, and lifts everything with the floral sweetness of elderflower. #Cheers y’all!

METHOD
add all to mixing glass / stir with ice / strain / express grapefruit peel / garnish

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Daniel Zajic @anatomyofadrink.bsky.social · Sep 16

Daily #Cocktail Series

MI AMARO
2 oz. tequila reposado
½ oz. Amaro CioCiaro
½ oz.. sweet vermouth
¼ oz. elderflower liqueur
grapefruit peel oil

Created in 2009 by Joaquín Simó for Death & Company. He once described it as the best stirred tequila cocktail he had ever come up with; I can see why…

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Daniel Zajic @anatomyofadrink.bsky.social · Sep 13

Glad you gave it a go! Cheers!