A 2022 re-discovery of the ‘Grasshopper’ cocktail, created before Prohibition, but at its height in the 1970’s. What started as my Covid lock-down activity, in the 105-day Sydney second-wave of the Covid-19 Delta-Strain, is now a continuing journey through the cocktail’s of the past. This time, it’s a re-mix exploration of the ‘Grasshopper’. GRASSHOPPER Let’s…
A 2021 re-discovery of the 1952 ‘Golden Cadillac’ cocktail. A continuing journey through the cocktail’s of the past. This time, the ‘Golden Cadillac’. GOLDEN CADILLAC Created for a newly engaged couple and named after their new ‘Golden Cadillac’, by Californian Bartender Frank Cline in 1952. Let’s give the ‘Golden Cadillac’ a ‘Locktail’ re-discovery. Make your…
Sydney Covid ‘lock-down’ exploration of the ‘Brandy Alexander’, and earlier ‘Alexander’ cocktails. Lockdown has inspired me to explore this famous cocktail. Let’s take a look at the classic ‘Alexander’ cocktail, and the cocktail that supplanted it, the ‘Brandy Alexander’. BRANDY ALEXANDER John Lennon’s favorite cocktail, which he said “tasted like milkshakes”. Invented just before Prohibition…
Lockdown Cocktails 