A few historic drinks, based on David Wondrich's book Imbibe!
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GPSCY Classes 28 May 2012 Header image from thebeerjournal.com
Historical Cocktails
from Hindi word panch, meaning 5 (the number of
ingredients)
Theres a little place just out of town, Where, if you go to
lunch, Theyll make you forget your mother-in- law, With a drink
called Fish-House Punch. Image here and on next slide from
philadelphia-reflections.com
The above is generally sufficient for one person lb demerara
sugar 6 oz lemon juice 9 oz brandy 1 oz peach brandy 6 oz rum 32oz
water
It buzzes like a fly and stings like a wasp -Japanese
ambassador to 1890s U.S.A., on having a gin fizz
WARNING: The next drink contains raw egg. Consuming raw egg can
lead to food-borne illness. Consume at your own risk.
dry shake shake shake shake more strain top with seltzer (~2oz)
1 tbsp white sugar 3 drops orange flower water oz lemon juice oz
lime juice 1 oz Old Tom gin 1 egg white 1 oz cream Henry C. Ramos,
1907 Image from myneworelans.com
Historically, slings are cold toddies with nutmeg, while skins
are hot toddies with lemon peel.
The signature drink of the famed bartender Jerry Thomas 2 oz
Scotch whisky 1 oz boiling water 1 tsp demerara sugar 1 lemon
peel
Who can name the ingredients of a Mai Tai? 1. Prohibition era
cocktails were not what you think Classic cocktails are too
alcoholic, requiring top-quality alcohol Such quality was only
available to the wealthy who had stockpiled ingredients 2.
Bartenders are notorious for substituting ingredients or
proportions in a drink, yet calling it by the same name.
Historically, Sarawak pineapple juice added foaminess. Today, a
dash of seltzer is used. 1 oz Gin oz Cherry Heering 1 tsp Cointreau
1tsp Bndictine 2tsp Grenadine 3 oz Pineapple juice 1 oz lemon juice
1 dash Angostura bitters
An evolved version of the early whiskey cocktail. Thought by
some (incorrectly) to be the first cocktail. tsp sugar 2 oz rye
whiskey 2 dashes Peychaud bitters muddle; add ice and lemon twist
stir and strain into chilled glass rinsed with Absinthe
An invention of Harry Johnson, who claims (likely falsely) to
have written the first cocktail book 1 oz Chartreuse (Green) 1 oz
Vermouth (Italian) 1 oz Gin (Plymouth) Lemon twist and cherry
garnish
1 oz lemon juice 1 oz orange juice 1 tsp white sugar 3 oz rye
whiskey 1 dash grenadine shake and strain; cherry garnish This
drink originated just as grenadine came to be popular.
One of the last great cocktails invented before prohibition. 1
oz dry gin oz lemon juice 1 tsp maraschino liqueur (1 tsp sage
simple syrup) dash crme de violette
# Name 1 Philadelphia Fish-House Punch 2 Ramos Gin Fizz 3 Blue
Blazer / Whiskey Skin 4 Singapore Sling 5 Sazerac 6 Bijou 7 Ward 8
8 (Sage) Aviation