The sound is spreading around the globe. A rasp-ing, crunching noise, like someone printing up a gravel path. It is a sound which had almost disap-peared until recently, a black and white sound that triggered a vague memory of Hollywood movies and 1950s sitcoms, a sound made by clean-cut people enjoying each other’s company, or by uniformed bartenders who knew every customer’s secrets and never divulged their own. It is a sound of ice and spirits dancing together in a shaker to make a fantastical new product. It is a cocktail being born. Cocktails and cocktail bartending had almost died out in the 1970s and ‘80s. There were a few great hotels with top-class bartenders and a few young acolytes who kept the tradition alive in small, often private, clubs. Cocktails were still being made, but they had slipped from mass-market conscious-ness along with tailfins and Cadillacs. The three Martinis sipped over a long lunch had been replaced with three mineral waters and a plate of sushi. Thankfully fashion is a cyclical thing and at the height of the neo-Prohibitionist move-ment at the start of the 1990’s a new generation began to rebel. They spurned the health fascists, demanding red meat and strong alcohol, puffing on smuggled Cuban cigars, and quaffing red wine. This is -was- a generation who want flavour, prefer to relax in quality bars, and drink quality drinks. The sound of the shaker began to get louder once more.

Amaretto Sour

AmarettoFresh Lemon JuiceFresh Egg WhiteAngostura Bitters

Lemon Slice

Shake all ingredients with iceStrain into ice filled glassServe

50ml37.5ml1/22 dashes

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Americano

CampariSweet VermouthSoda Water

Orange Slice

Pour spirits in ice-filled glassTop with soda waterStir and serve

50ml50mlTop up

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Black Russian

VodkaKalua Liqueur

Lemon SliceMaraschino Cherry

Stir all ingredients with iceStrain into ice filled glassServe

50ml18.75ml

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Bramble

Dry GinFresh Lemon JuiceSugar SyrupCreme de Mure

Lemon SliceBlackberries

Shake first three ingredients with iceStrain into glass filled with crushed iceDrizzle mure over drinkServe

50ml25ml12.5ml12.5ml

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Cosmopolitan

VodkaCointreauCranberry JuiceFresh Lime Juice

Flamed Orange Zest

Shake all ingredients with iceFine strain into chilled glassServe

25ml25ml37.5ml12.5ml

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Daquiri

White RumFresh Lime JuiceSugar Syrup

Lime Wedge

Shake all ingredients with iceFine strain into chilled glassServe

62.5ml18.75ml12.5ml

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Dry Martini

Dry VermouthDry Gin

OliveLemon Twist

Stir vermouth with iceDiscard excessLeaving ice coated vermouth in glassPour gin over ice and stirFine strain into chilled glassServe

18.75ml62.5ml

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Espresso Martini

VodkaEspresso CoffeeSugar SyrupKalua Liqueur

Coffee Beans

Shake all ingredients with iceFine strain into chilled glassServe

25ml37.5ml12.5ml25ml

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French Martini

VodkaPineapple JuiceChambord Liqueur

Rasberry

Shake all ingredients with iceFine strain into chilled glassServe

50ml37.5ml12.5ml

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Gimlet

Dry GinLime Cordial

Lime Wedge

Stir all ingredients with iceStrain into chilled glassServe

62.5ml18.75ml

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Long Island Iced Tea

White RumDry GinVodkaTequila BlancoCointreauFresh Lemon JuiceSugar SyrupCoca-Cola

Lemon Slice

Shake first seven ingredients with iceStrain into ice filled glassTop with Coca-ColaStir or, layerServe

12.5ml12.5ml12.5ml12.5ml12.5ml25ml12.5mlTop Up

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Mai Tai

RumCointreauFresh Lime JuiceOrgeat SyrupSugar Syrup

Pineapple CubeCherryMint Sprig

Shake all ingredients with iceStrain into glass filled with crushed iceServe

50ml12.5ml18.75ml6.25ml6.25ml

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Mint Julep

Mint LeavesBourbon WhiskySugar SyrupBitters

Lemon SliceMint Sprig

Muddle leaves in mixing glassAdd other ingredients to glassShake with iceStrain into half filled glass with crushed iceChurn drink with bar spoonTop with crushed iceServe

8 leaves62.5ml18.75ml3 dashes

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Mojito

Mint LeavesRumSugar SyrupFresh Lime JuiceSoda Water

Mint Sprig

Muddle mint in base of glassAdd rum, lime and sugar syrupFill glass with crushed iceChurn ingredients with bar spoonTop with crushed iceTop with soda waterServe

8 leaves50ml12.5ml18.75mlTop up

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Negroni

Dry GinCampariSweet Vermouth

Orange Zest Twist

Pour all ingredients into ice filled glassStirServe

25ml25ml25ml

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Old Fashioned

Bourbon WhiskySugar SyrupBitters

Orange Zest

Add single shot of bourbon with iceAdd sugar syrup and bittersStir whilst adding more ice and bourbonStir more adding more iceServe

62.5ml12.5ml3 dashes

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Pina Colada

White RumPineapple JuiceCoconut CreamDouble CreamSalt

Pineapple WedgeCherry

Blend all ingredients with crushed icePour into glassServe

50ml100ml25ml25ml1 pinch

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Russian Spring Punch

RasberriesVodkaCreme de CassisCreme de FramboiseFresh Lemon JuiceSugar SyrupChampagne

RasberryLemon Slice

Muddle rasberries in base of shakerAdd next five ingredients to shakerShake with iceStrain into glass filled with crushed iceTop with champagneServe

725ml6.25ml6.25ml25ml6.25mlTop up

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Screwdriver

VodkaFresh Orange Juice

Orange Slice

Pour all ingredients into ice filled glassLightly stirServe

62.5ml87.5ml

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Singapore Sling

Dry GinBenedictineCherry BrandySoda Water

Lemon SliceCherry

Shake first three ingredients with iceStrain into ice filled glassTop with sodaServe

50ml18.75ml18.75mlTop Up

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Tom Collins

Dry GinSugar SyrupFresh Lemon JuiceSoda

Lemon SliceCherry

Shake first three ingredients with iceStrain into ice filled glassTop with sodaServe

50ml18.75ml25mlTop Up

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Vesper

Dry GinVodkaDry Vermouth

Lemon Zest Twist

Shake all ingredients with iceFine strain into chilled glassServe

75ml25ml12.5ml

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Whisky Daisy

Bourbon WhiskyFresh Lemon JuiceCointreauGrenadine

Lemon Zest Twist

Shake all ingredients with iceFine strain into chilled glassServe

43.75ml18.75ml12.5ml6.25ml

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White Russian

VodkaMilkKahlua LiqueurDouble Cream

Nutmeg Dust

Shake all ingredients with iceStrain into ice filled glassServe

50ml12.5ml25ml12.5ml

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1806 The word ‘cocktail’ appeared in print in a New York newspaper. After a reader wrote in for an explanation of the term, the following was published “Cock tail, then is a stimulating liquor, composed of spirits of any kind, suger, water and bitters it is bulgarly called a bittered sling, and is supposed to be an excellent electionering potion inasmuch as it renders the heart stout and bold, at the same time that it fuddles the head. It is said also, to be of great use to a democratic candidate: because, a person having swallowed a glass of it, is ready to swallow anything else.

1862 ‘Professor’ Jerry Thomas published ‘How To Mix Drinks or The Bon-Vivant’s Companion’ - the first drink book to be published in the United States.

1880 The first Martini recipe was recorded. Initially, Martinis would have been quite sweet - developing from the Martinez made with Old Tom gin and sweet vermouth. The first Dry Martini probably came in with the emergence of London dry gin some years later.

1917 The Bacardi Cocktail is created in Cuba. In 1936 Bacardi issued a lawsuit against The Barbizon Plaza Hotel and The Wivel Restaurant both in NYC for not using Bacardi rum within the Bacardi Cocktail. The case was built on the premise that the rum was unique and uncopy-able. The judge ruled in Bacardi’s favour and the law still stands that a Bacardi Cocktail must contain its namesakes rum.

1920 Prohibition began in America

1933 Prohibition ended

1954 Rationing finally end in the UK and over in San Juan, Ramon Marrero Perez claimed he created the Pina Colada at the Caribe Hilton’s Beachcomber Bar. The Caribe was the first luxury hotel in San Juan and became a popular destination for the rich and famous who helped the drink gain notoriety. The name literally translates as ‘strained pineapple’.

1945 Guiseppe Cipriani created the Bellini at Harry’s Bar, Venice. Cipriani named the drink after the 15th century painter Giovanni Bellini due to the drink’s pink hue and the painter’s perchant for using rich pinks on his canvasses

1984 Gerry’s liquor store opened in Soho, London

2004 Museum of the American Cocktail opened in New Orleans. Founders include Robert Hess, Ted Haigh, Anistatia Miller, Chris McMillian, Laura McMillian, Jill De-Groff, Dale DeGroff, Jared Brown, and Phil Greene

1824 Angostura Aromatic Bitters were invented, originally designed to help improve digestion and appetite.

1876 ‘Professor’ Jerry Thomas published ‘The Bartender’s Guide’

1910 The first in-flight cocktails were served to passengers on the Zeppelin flying over Germany.

1920 Count Camillo Negroni asked for an Americano with ‘more kick’ and so created the Negroni at the Casoni Bar, Florence.

1921 Fernand Petiot created the Bloody Mary at Harry’s New York Bar, Paris.

1940 Rationing began in the UK, which was later credited for the creation of the Naked Martini due to dwindling Vermouth supplies

1980 Cheryl Cook, created the Comsopolitan at The Strand on Washington Avenue, South Beach, Miami

1951 The International Bartenders Association (IBA) was started in Torquay, UK. The Association, which is still going strong today, is now based in Italy.

1989 Margaret Thatcher’s government introduced a legislation known as ‘Beer Orders’, which changed the breweries ownership over the Great British pub. This encouraged entrepeneurs to move in and with the came gastro pubs and crucially something occupying the ground between pub and club, which became known as ‘style bars’.

2007 Cocktail historian David Wonderich published ‘Imbibe! - From Absinthe Cocktail to Whiskey Smash, a Salute in Stories and Drinks to Professor Jerry Thomas, Pioneer of the American Bar’.