A Sydney ‘lock-down’ version of Ada ‘Coley’ Coleman’s famous ‘Hanky Panky’ cocktail. Sydney’s Covid Lockdown has inspired me to explore this famous cocktail, a Fernet Branca twist on a early 1900’s classic sweet Martini. Let’s take a close look at the pre-Prohibition era ‘Hanky Panky’. HANKY PANKY Invented by famous Bartender Ada ‘Coley’ Coleman at…
A Sydney ‘lock-down’ version of the famous pre-Prohibition ‘Clover Club’ cocktail. Sydney’s Covid Lockdown has inspired me to explore this famous cocktail. Let’s take a look at the once super-popular ‘Clover Club’, that only really started re-appearing on cocktail lists from around 2008. CLOVER CLUB Once the famed drink of a Philadelphia-based Gentlemen’s Club –…
A Sydney ‘lock-down’ version, reproducing the 1888 original – Ramos Gin Fizz cocktail. Sydney’s Covid Lockdown has inspired me to explore this famous New Orleans cocktail. Let’s take a look at Henry Charles Ramos’ original ‘Ramos Gin Fizz’ cocktail, using his own recipe. RAMOS GIN FIZZ The recipe for the Ramos Gin Fizz was a…
A Sydney ‘lock-down’ version of the 1916 pre-Prohibition ‘Last Word’. Sydney’s Covid Lockdown has inspired me to explore this famous pre-Prohibition cocktail, one that was almost lost to history. Let’s take a look at the ‘Last Word’ in its original 1916 form. THE LAST WORD The ‘Last Word’ may have been the last great cocktail…
A Sydney ‘lock-down’ version of the original 1896 Daiquiri. Sydney’s Covid Lockdown has inspired me to explore this famous Cuban Rum cocktail. Let’s take a look at the ‘Daiquiri’ that started them all, the original Jennings Stockton Cox invention. DAIQUIRI Invented in the Cuban town of Daiquiri in 1896 by American Mining Engineer Jennings Stockton…
A Sydney ‘lock-down’ version of the famous Martinez cocktail, the precursor to the Martini. Sydney’s Covid Lockdown has inspired me to explore this 19th and early 20th Century Cocktail and its fascinating roots. Here is the ‘Martinez’ recipe and some Cocktail background. MARTINEZ Regarded as the inspiration for the better known Martini, this mid-1880’s Cocktail…
A Sydney ‘lock-down’ version of the famous pre-Prohibition Stinger cocktail. Sydney’s Covid Lockdown has inspired me to explore this 19th and early 20th Century Cocktail and its fascinating roots. Here is the ‘Stinger’ recipe and some Cocktail background. STINGER A ‘society’ Cocktail and the favorite of New York playboy Reginald Vanderbilt (1880–1925), who died at…
A ‘lock-down’ re-discovery of the famous Dry Martini cocktail from the mid-to-late 1800’s. Sydney’s Covid Lockdown has inspired me to take this simple cocktail back to its roots and make it in the most classic way I know how. Here is the resulting recipe and some background. DRY MARTINI The Martini most likely appeared as…
A ‘lock-down’ re-imagined version of the famous Old Fashioned cocktail. Sydney’s Covid Lockdown has inspired me to take this simple cocktail back to its roots and add a little change of my own. Here is the resulting recipe and some background. OLD FASHIONED Back in 1895, this cocktail was already considered ‘Old Fashioned’, a reminiscence…
Yet another re-imagined version of the famous Manhattan cocktail. Sydney’s Covid Lockdown has inspired me to take this simple cocktail back to its roots and add a little change of my own. Here is the resulting recipe and some cocktail background. THE MANHATTAN A classic, the Manhattan Cocktail has been reinvented perhaps more than any…
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