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 Pisco Sour. Sydney’s Covid Lockdown has inspired me to explore this famous South American cocktail. The ‘national cocktail’ of both Chile and Peru, its origins are hotly contested. Here is my ‘Pisco Sour’ recipe and some cocktail background on this ‘Locktail’ re-mix. Thanks to my good friend Robert for…
A Sydney ‘lock-down’ version of the Tailspin / Bijou cocktail, a long-lost cocktail jewel. Sydney’s Covid Lockdown has inspired me to explore this early turn-of-the-20th Century cocktail, its fall from favour and its fascinating return since the 1980’s, thanks to Dale DeGroff and more recently Death & Co (with their take on the Tailspin cocktail).…
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 Sydney ‘lock-down’ version of the famous Gimlet cocktail. Sydney’s Covid Lockdown has inspired me to explore this simple cocktail and its roots. Here is the resulting ‘Gimlet’ recipe, with home-made Lime Cordial and some selected background. GIMLET Truly a cocktail invented at sea, and not in a bar. A stalwart of the Royal Navy…
A Sydney ‘lock-down’ version of the famous Corpse Reviver cocktail. Sydney’s Covid Lockdown has inspired me to explore this simple cocktail and take it back to its roots. Here is the resulting ‘Covid Reviver’ recipe and some cocktail background. COVID REVIVER Back in 1861, London’s Punch magazine named the ‘Corpse Reviver’ cocktail, but no recipe…
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…
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