Five-minute presentation from Webstock Mini in Wellington, NZ, June 13 2010

1. The Secret Life of Booze
a cocktail history

2. I did my research.

3. Main Entry: 1cock·tail
Pronunciation: ˈkäk-ˌtāl
Function: noun
Etymology: probably from 1cock + tail
Date: 1806
1 a : an iced drink of wine or distilled liquor mixed with flavoring ingredients b : something
resembling or suggesting such a drink as being a mixture of often diverse elements or
ingredients <a cocktail of remembered incidents and pure imagination — Charlotte Low> <a
cocktail of herbicides> c : a mixture of agents usually in solution that is taken or used together
especially for medical treatment or diagnosis
2 : an appetizer served as a first course at a meal

6. "renders the heart stout
and bold, at the same time
that it fuddles the head."
- Harry Croswell

7. Mint Julep
4 oz rye whiskey
1/4 oz brandy
Fresh mint
1 sugar cube
Sliced pineapple, sliced banana,
orange slices and cherries

9. Martini
2 oz gin
1/4 - 1/3 oz dry vermouth
Shake and/or stir with ice and
strain into a cocktail glass
Garnish with an olive

10. Bronx Cocktail
1 1/2 oz gin
1 oz orange juice
BRONX 1/4 oz dry vermouth
1/4 oz sweet vermouth
Shake with ice and strain into a
cocktail glass. Garnish with a
slice of orange

11. “Good manners, Oxford accent,
and Brooks Brothers to-order
clothes...knows a Bronx cocktail
from a Manhattan.”
- W.E.B. DuBois

13. Vesper
3oz gin
1 oz vodka
1/2 oz Lillet Blanc
Shake over ice and strain into a
Martini glass. Garnish with a
large thin slice of lemon peel

14. Americano Negroni
1 oz Campari 1 oz Campari
1 oz sweet vermouth 1 oz sweet vermouth
1 oz soda 1 oz gin

15. “The bitters are excellent
for your liver, the gin is
bad for you. They balance
each other.”
- Orson Welles

16. Gimlet
2oz gin
1/2 oz Rose’s lime juice
1/4 - 1/2 oz simple syrup
(to taste)
Shake with ice and strain into a
cocktail glass, or serve in a short glass
on the rocks

17. Americano Highball French 75 Negroni
Bacardi SPecial Frozen Daquiri Deconstructed Negroni
Bardstown Sling General Order Old-Fashioned
Bishops Cooler Gimlet Pink Lady
Bronx Cocktail Gin and Tonic Triple Pousse Cafe
Cantarito Silver Gin Fizz Rob Roy
Chimayo Cocktail Bittered Gin Sling Savot Hotel Special
Clipper Cocktail Grasshopper Sazerac
Clover Club Horse’s Neck Raspberry Rum Shrub
Daiquiri Irish Coffee Brandy Smash
Dandy T.R.’s Libelous Mint Smith and Curran
Dark and Stormy Julep Thistle
DeVoto Martini Lucky Jim Tom and Jerry
Dubonnet Cocktail Manhattan Torpedo Juice
El Presidente Near-Perfect Martini Vesper
Florodora Original Intent Martini Victory Cocktail

18. Thanks.