The Complete Dossier

The Menu

Each case is a study in flavour, balance, and the art of the unexpected.

Chapter 01

Residents

The inner circle of 221B — those closest to the case.

Watson's Derby
Case No. 004
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Watson's Derby

Bourbon

A Brown Derby built for the good doctor — dependable, well-constructed, and better than it has any right to be. Cask-strength bourbon meets fresh pink grapefruit and an Earl Grey honey syrup that rewards the extra work of making it.

Recipe
The Sherlock Holmes
Case No. 011

The Sherlock Holmes

Scotch whisky

A smoky whiskey sour built around Holmes' own favorite tea — peaty Scotch, Lapsang Souchong, honey, and lemon.

Recipe
The Consulting Detective
Case No. 012

The Consulting Detective

Gin

The world's only consulting detective, rendered in gin. London Dry, dry vermouth, and a quarter-ounce of Bénédictine. The herbal honey sits just beneath the surface, the way the clue no one else noticed does. Orange bitters, stirred until very cold, finished with a lemon expression. Crisp, exacting, and quietly more complex than it first appears.

Recipe

Chapter 02

Deductions

Logic, precision, and a touch of the unexpected.

The Three-Pipe Problem
Case No. 002
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The Three-Pipe Problem

Blended whiskey

Some problems are not to be solved in a hurry. High West Campfire — a blend of bourbon, rye, and peated Scotch — is already doing three things at once before the bitters arrive. Demerara holds it together. Applewood smoke closes the case.

Recipe
Baker Street
Case No. 005

Baker Street

Rye whiskey

A lighter Boulevardier riff that swaps Campari for Aperol — the result is less aggressive, more approachable, with a citrus brightness that suits the address. Finished with an orange garnish that ties the whole thing together.

Recipe

Chapter 03

Familiar Faces

Known quantities. Reliable. Occasionally dangerous.

Mycroft's Manhattan
Case No. 003
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Mycroft's Manhattan

Rye whiskey

A rye Manhattan with Turkish tobacco bitters and a smoked cherry. The smoke from the glass carries through the drink — the smoked-cherry technique is the signature of this build. Mycroft's preferred method: precise, unhurried, and more powerful than it appears.

Recipe
Hatty Doran
Case No. 010

Hatty Doran

Apple brandy

An American heiress at Baker Street, and in no hurry to apologise for it. Laird's Applejack and bourbon bring the frontier, a thread of Ardbeg smoke marks her brush with the British aristocracy, and demerara and Angostura hold the match together.

Recipe
The Diogenes Daiquiri
Case No. 013

The Diogenes Daiquiri

White Rum

tart, bright, dry

Rum-forward daiquiri riff — bright grapefruit and lime cut by cherry liqueur and a whisper of saline.

Recipe

Chapter 04

Adversaries

Every great detective needs a worthy opponent.

Moriarty
Case No. 009

Moriarty

Rye whiskey

The Napoleon of Crime does not announce himself. Sazerac rye and Carpano Antica lay the foundation, Amaro Nonino and black walnut bitters work quietly in the dark, and a trace of absinthe on the glass is the only sign he was ever there.

Recipe

Chapter 05

The Casebook

Investigations filed, closed, and ready to be reopened.

A Study in Pink
Case No. 001
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A Study in Pink

Bourbon

A Paper Plane variation substituting ruby red grapefruit juice for lemon — the result is rounder, more perfumed, and distinctly pink. The bitterness of Aperol and Amaro Nonino remains, but the grapefruit softens the edges into something almost floral.

Recipe
Rittenhouse Falls
Case No. 006

Rittenhouse Falls

Rye whiskey

Rittenhouse rye meets Amaro Montenegro and fresh lemon juice in a drink that balances bitter, citrus, and spice with uncommon precision. An optional egg white rounds the texture without softening the argument.

Recipe
Hound of the Baskervilles
Case No. 007

Hound of the Baskervilles

Islay Scotch

The moors at midnight, rendered in a glass. Islay peat and Lapsang Souchong tea conjure the fog-shrouded Devonshire landscape — honey softens the bite, lemon cuts through the smoke, and a dash of Hellfire bitters provides the beastly kick.

Recipe
The Blue Carbuncle
Case No. 008

The Blue Carbuncle

London Dry Gin

London Dry Gin, Blue Curaçao, Luxardo Maraschino, fresh lemon, and orange bitters combine in a brilliant sapphire cocktail whose deceptive simplicity conceals remarkable depth.

Recipe