The Secret Life of Booze a cocktail history

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Main Entry: 1cock·tailPronunciation: \ˈkäk-ˌtāl\Function: nounEtymology: probably from 1cock + tailDate: 1806

1 a : an iced drink of wine or distilled liquor mixed with flavoring ingredients b : something resembling or suggesting such a drink as being a mixture of often diverse elements or ingredients <a cocktail of remembered incidents and pure imagination — Charlotte Low> <a cocktail of herbicides> c : a mixture of agents usually in solution that is taken or used together especially for medical treatment or diagnosis2 : an appetizer served as a first course at a meal

"renders the heart stout and bold, at the same time that it fuddles the head."

- Harry Croswell

Mint Julep

4 oz rye whiskey1/4 oz brandy

Fresh mint1 sugar cube

Sliced pineapple, sliced banana, orange slices and cherries

Martini

2 oz gin1/4 - 1/3 oz dry vermouth

Shake and/or stir with ice and strain into a cocktail glass

Garnish with an olive

BRONX

Bronx Cocktail

1 1/2 oz gin1 oz orange juice

1/4 oz dry vermouth1/4 oz sweet vermouth

Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a

slice of orange

“Good manners, Oxford accent, and Brooks Brothers to-order clothes...knows a Bronx cocktail from a Manhattan.”

- W.E.B. DuBois

Vesper

3oz gin1 oz vodka

1/2 oz Lillet Blanc

Shake over ice and strain into a Martini glass. Garnish with a large thin slice of lemon peel

Americano1 oz Campari

1 oz sweet vermouth1 oz soda

Negroni1 oz Campari

1 oz sweet vermouth1 oz gin

“The bitters are excellent for your liver, the gin is

bad for you. They balance each other.”

- Orson Welles

Gimlet

2oz gin1/2 oz Rose’s lime juice1/4 - 1/2 oz simple syrup

(to taste)

Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass, or serve in a short glass

on the rocks

Americano HighballBacardi SPecialBardstown SlingBishops CoolerBronx CocktailCantaritoChimayo CocktailClipper CocktailClover ClubDaiquiriDandyDark and StormyDeVoto MartiniDubonnet CocktailEl PresidenteFlorodora

French 75Frozen DaquiriGeneral OrderGimletGin and TonicSilver Gin FizzBittered Gin SlingGrasshopperHorse’s NeckIrish CoffeeT.R.’s Libelous Mint JulepLucky JimManhattanNear-Perfect MartiniOriginal Intent Martini

NegroniDeconstructed NegroniOld-FashionedPink LadyTriple Pousse CafeRob RoySavot Hotel SpecialSazeracRaspberry Rum ShrubBrandy SmashSmith and CurranThistleTom and JerryTorpedo JuiceVesperVictory Cocktail

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