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 1968 ‘Harpoon’ cocktail, a precursor to the Cosmopolitan. A continuing journey through the cocktail’s of the past. This time, the ‘Harpoon’, originally launched by Ocean Spray to promote cranberry juice to adults. HARPOON Let’s give the ‘Harpoon’ a ‘Locktail’ re-discovery. Returning to some make-at-home cocktail recipes despite the end of…
A 2022 re-discovery of the classic ‘Harvey Wallbanger’ cocktail. What started as a Covid lock-down activity, in the 105-day Sydney second-wave of the Delta-strain, is now a continuing journey through the cocktail’s of the past. This time, we are making the ‘Harvey Wallbanger’, a survivor from the 1960’s and 1970’s – the age of Disco.…
A 2022 re-discovery of the 1949 ‘White Russian’ cocktail. What started as a Covid lock-down activity, in the 105-day Sydney second-wave of the Delta-strain in 2021, is now a continuing journey through the cocktail’s of the past, as we once again face a Covid surge in the form of Omicron. This time, the make-at-home cocktail…
A 2021 re-discovery of the 1950’s ‘Atomic’ cocktail, from bomb-test parties in the Nevada desert. What started as a Covid lock-down activity, in the 105-day Sydney second-wave of the Delta-strain, is now a continuing journey through the cocktail’s of the past. This time, the post-WWII ‘Atomic’ cocktail from the dawn of the nuclear age. ATOMIC…
A 2021 re-discovery of the 1950’s ‘Blue Hawaii’ cocktail. What started as a Covid lock-down activity, in the 105-day Sydney second-wave of the Delta-strain, is now a continuing journey through the cocktail’s of the past. This time, the ‘Blue Hawaii’. BLUE HAWAII The amazing inventor of this Cocktail, the Tropical Cocktail King – Harry Yee…
A post Sydney Covid ‘lock-down’ exploration of the 1950’s ‘Bullshot’ cocktail. A meal-in-a-glass, an ox-on-the-rocks, or a soup-cocktail, this is one rare beast, a 1950’s cocktail for the carnivores among us. BULLSHOT Created in the 1950’s in Detroit, to sell Campbell’s Beef Bouillon, the Bullshot is a rarity in the cocktail world. Let’s give the…
A Sydney Covid ‘lock-down’ exploration of the James Bond 007 ‘Vesper Martini’. Lock-down started the journey, and now as things begin to return to normal, let’s explore this once fictional Ian Flemming cocktail from 1952, made famous by Agent 007. VESPER MARTINI James Bond 007 invented the ‘Vesper Martini’. Or if you’d prefer, the author…
A Sydney Covid ‘lock-down’ exploration of the ‘Snowball’ cocktail. Lock-down has inspired me to explore this cocktail, popular in England from the 1950’s, especially at Christmas, and reaching its peak in the 1970’s. Including making your own Advocaat liqueur at home. SNOWBALL Our first encounter with Advocaat, a thicker egg-yolk liqueur that doesn’t keep particularly…
A Sydney Covid ‘lock-down’ exploration of the ‘Screwdriver’ cocktail and the rise, and rise, and rise of Vodka. Lock-down has inspired me to explore this famous cocktail, a simple mix at the start of the Vodka cocktail era. Plus a little bonus (in the video) ‘Cordless Screwdriver’. SCREWDRIVER The beginning of the end for the…
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