New Cocktail List

I started a new, proper cocktail list around four months ago, and its finally creeping towards completion....nearly. Everyday new ideas crop up and change the game plan, and adds a few more pages to it, but its getting there.
When we opened, the initial list of drinks played on both my love of vintage classics and my trepidation of Glasgow's reaction it. It is a small list, very basically written and even more basic in design.I spent the better part of my learning and youth training and working as a graphic designer, so frequently the biggest thing that impresses me when looking at cocktail lists is the design.
The Merchant really set the standard with their second volume a few years back and is something I don't think will ever be topped, its quite simply the most beautiful and geek-tastic list I have ever seen. The last list at Death & Co., is a design masterpiece, and anything Sasha Petraske, Richie Boccato & Giussepe Gonzalez have produced have been beautiful too. And it is from these guys and their designers I have been inspired by mostly in putting together the new book for Blythswood Square.
Sam Kershaw set the ball rolling with my current obsession with all things NYC style, and its written all over the new list. Ive even enlisted Graeme & Fredo at Loungerati to compile a list of their favourite drinks from their favourite bartenders in New York, which will feature in a specialised 'Loungerati Selection'. In this selection I am proud to provide recipes supplied by some amazing bartenders, Alex Day, Joaquin Simo, Guiseppe and some other picks from the boys.
I'm gonna push the boat out a bit with some of the vintage selection, the feedback on Martinezs' and the like has been awesome, and theres even a wee Vieux Carre in there too.

Below is a wee preview page of what the finished article will look like, hopefully on the bar-tops at Blythswood around August / Spetember time.