TUXEDO #2
COUSIN OF THE CLASSIC MARTINI (GIN & VERMOUTH) – ADD A DASH OF MARASCHINO LIQUEUR, ORANGE BITTERS AND A DOSE OF ABSINTHE. CREATED IN THE LATE 1800’S, THIS DRINK RESURFACED DURING THE 1920’S.
COUSIN OF THE CLASSIC MARTINI (GIN & VERMOUTH) – ADD A DASH OF MARASCHINO LIQUEUR, ORANGE BITTERS AND A DOSE OF ABSINTHE. CREATED IN THE LATE 1800’S, THIS DRINK RESURFACED DURING THE 1920’S.
GIN AND VERMOUTH. WANNA JAZZ IT UP? SEE THE TUXEDO #2 BELOW.
A GENTLY FIZZING SUMMERY CONCOCTION OF GIN, LIME AND CLUB SODA. THE NAME “RICKEY” STRETCHES BACK FAR BEYOND THE JAZZ AGE- THE COCKTAIL MAY OWE ITS MONIKER TO A 19TH CENTURY ARMY MAN, COLONEL JOE RICKEY, WHO LIKED HIS WITH BOURBON – BUT THE GIN VERSION WAS A PROHIBITION STAPLE. IT’S OFTEN CLAIMED TO BE THE FAVORITE DRINK OF THE GREAT GATSBY’S FITZGERALD, AND IS ONE OF ONLY TWO COCKTAILS TO BE MENTIONED BY NAME IN THE BOOK.
WHITE RUM, FRESH PINEAPPLE JUICE, MARASCHINO LIQUEUR AND GRENADINE. THIS PRETTY PINK NUMBER IS NAMED FOR MARY PICKFORD, THE CURLY-HAIRED SILENT MOVIE STAR WHO WAS ADULATED THROUGHOUT AMERICA IN THE 1920’S. SHE WAS ALSO ONE OF THE ORIGINAL 36 FOUNDERS OF THE ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES, THE FORCE BEHIND THE OSCARS. THE DRINK IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN INVENTED FOR HER IN CUBA, FROM WHERE VAST QUANTITIES OF RUM WERE SMUGGLED DURING PROHIBITION.
GIN, HONEY, ORANGE JUICE AND LEMON. THE CITRUS AND HONEY AROMAS OF THIS CHARMINGLY NAMED PROHIBITION COCKTAIL WAS INTENDED TO MASK THE HARSHNESS OF BATHTUB GIN. TODAY’S CRAFT GINS LEND A MUCH-WELCOME COMPLEXITY TO THIS SWEET-TART RECIPE. “THE BEES KNEES” WAS, AS IT IS TODAY, SLANG FOR SOMETHING SUPERLATIVE.
THIS ONE’S A STIFF ONE, MADE OF COGNAC, COINTREAU AND LEMON JUICE, IN A 3-2-1 RATIO THAT’S SHAKEN AND SERVED UP. IT’S SAID TO BE NAMED FOR AN ARMY CAPTAIN WHO LIKED TO BE DRIVEN TO THE BAR IN A MOTORCYCLE SIDECAR.
GIN, LIME, MINT & SIMPLE SYRUP. THE SOUTH SIDE HAS A RATHER HAZY HISTORY, WHICH IS SAID TO HAVE DATED WELL BEFORE THE JAZZ AGE. BUT IT’S REPUTATION AS A FAVORED TIPPLE OF AL CAPONE AND HIS GANG HAS LANDED IT A PLACE IN PROHIBITION HISTORY. THE NAME MAY EVEN REFER TO THE NOTORIOUS CHICAGO DISTRICT OF WHICH CAPONE WAS KING. THE COCKTAIL IS SOMETIMES SAID TO HAVE BEEN THE INVENTION OF THE NEW YORK’S 21 CLUB, A FORMER SPEAKEASY THAT STILL SERVES THEM TODAY.
MINT AND SUGAR CUT SWEETLY THROUGH THE ROBUSTNESS OF BOURBON IN THIS DELICIOUS COCKTAIL. TRADITIONALLY SERVED IN PEWTER CUPS, IT IS IN FACT A PRE-PROHIBITION DRINK, WHICH MORE THAN LIKELY ORIGINATED IN THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES IN THE 18TH CENTURY. BUT IT SOON STARTED TO TRICKLE NORTHWARDS, AND SURVIVED PROHIBITION TO BECOME THE OFFICIAL DRINK OF THE KENTUCKY DERBY.