The document provides a brief history of cocktails and cocktail recipes. It begins with the definition and etymology of the word "cocktail". It then shares recipes for classic cocktails like the Mint Julep, Martini, and Bronx Cocktail. Accompanying each recipe are quotes that provide historical context. The document concludes with a list of additional classic cocktail recipes.
Created this fun and illustrative infographic for Palms Casino Resort to promote the types of whiskey and drinks, and also their specialty whiskey drink.
Created this fun and illustrative infographic for Palms Casino Resort to promote the types of whiskey and drinks, and also their specialty whiskey drink.
For one semester Metropolitan Community College offered a community education course that covered the history and making of some of America's favorite drinks. This is the presentation I used to teach the class.
exploring the history and stories behind the world's exclusive 'Member's Only' Clubs and the cocktails they inspired. The Pegu, Clover, Turf and Royal Bermuda are but a few of these drinks that have slipped into the mainstream bar world, it's time to talk about where they came from and the stories of how they came about.
Brandy de Jerez has been underrated and ignored by bartenders for too long. Yet despite it's obscurity, there's no bottle on the liquor store shelf looks as grand or does as much peacocking. Spanish brandies wear crimson and gold upon their labels, dress in ribbons and wax seals, and announce themselves in Renaissance fonts. Then there are the courtly names, after kings and dukes and cardinals. You've surely noticed these grandees of the brandy world — even if, like most Americans, you've never bought one. Well, now is the time to find out what's inside. Do yourself a favor, and come to this seminar to taste and hear what makes Brandy de Jerez unique among the world's brandies. Our panel will feature experts who’ve flown in from Spain to will share in-depth knowledge of the country’s native spirit. We will taste hard-to-find aged brandies, and learn what special element that Spanish brandy brings to cocktails. Viva la Brandy de Jerez!
Jamaica, that tiny island in the Caribbean is internationally known for it's cultural exports such as Bob Marley, Reggae, Usain Bolt, Herbs* and even Bob-sleighing, but it has also influenced some famous cocktails with it's biggest and most re-known of exports... RUM. Global Rum Ambassador, Ian Burrell brings to life some of the historical Jamaican stories with a few samples of new & world exclusive rums & cocktails for you to taste as you learn what influence Jamaica has had on cocktail culture. Yeah Mon.
* You know what herbs I'm talking about.
If you want to have a good time, join the cavalry! If you want to have fun, join the cavalry! If you want to catch the Devil, join the cavalry! If you want to swell Hell, join the cavalry!
We fresh squeeze all our limes, lemons and oranges daily… that’s why our cocktails are so good! Our wines are on Tap so that you always get a fresh glass, the wine never touches Oxygen till poured.
For one semester Metropolitan Community College offered a community education course that covered the history and making of some of America's favorite drinks. This is the presentation I used to teach the class.
exploring the history and stories behind the world's exclusive 'Member's Only' Clubs and the cocktails they inspired. The Pegu, Clover, Turf and Royal Bermuda are but a few of these drinks that have slipped into the mainstream bar world, it's time to talk about where they came from and the stories of how they came about.
Brandy de Jerez has been underrated and ignored by bartenders for too long. Yet despite it's obscurity, there's no bottle on the liquor store shelf looks as grand or does as much peacocking. Spanish brandies wear crimson and gold upon their labels, dress in ribbons and wax seals, and announce themselves in Renaissance fonts. Then there are the courtly names, after kings and dukes and cardinals. You've surely noticed these grandees of the brandy world — even if, like most Americans, you've never bought one. Well, now is the time to find out what's inside. Do yourself a favor, and come to this seminar to taste and hear what makes Brandy de Jerez unique among the world's brandies. Our panel will feature experts who’ve flown in from Spain to will share in-depth knowledge of the country’s native spirit. We will taste hard-to-find aged brandies, and learn what special element that Spanish brandy brings to cocktails. Viva la Brandy de Jerez!
Jamaica, that tiny island in the Caribbean is internationally known for it's cultural exports such as Bob Marley, Reggae, Usain Bolt, Herbs* and even Bob-sleighing, but it has also influenced some famous cocktails with it's biggest and most re-known of exports... RUM. Global Rum Ambassador, Ian Burrell brings to life some of the historical Jamaican stories with a few samples of new & world exclusive rums & cocktails for you to taste as you learn what influence Jamaica has had on cocktail culture. Yeah Mon.
* You know what herbs I'm talking about.
If you want to have a good time, join the cavalry! If you want to have fun, join the cavalry! If you want to catch the Devil, join the cavalry! If you want to swell Hell, join the cavalry!
We fresh squeeze all our limes, lemons and oranges daily… that’s why our cocktails are so good! Our wines are on Tap so that you always get a fresh glass, the wine never touches Oxygen till poured.
Brandy de Jerez has been underrated and ignored by bartenders for too long. Yet despite it's obscurity, there's no bottle on the liquor store shelf looks as grand or does as much peacocking. Spanish brandies wear crimson and gold upon their labels, dress in ribbons and wax seals, and announce themselves in Renaissance fonts. Then there are the courtly names, after kings and dukes and cardinals. You've surely noticed these grandees of the brandy world — even if, like most Americans, you've never bought one. Well, now is the time to find out what's inside. Do yourself a favor, and come to this seminar to taste and hear what makes Brandy de Jerez unique among the world's brandies. Our panel will feature experts who’ve flown in from Spain to will share in-depth knowledge of the country’s native spirit. We will taste hard-to-find aged brandies, and learn what special element that Spanish brandy brings to cocktails. Viva la Brandy de Jerez!
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Amber Glen Scotch Whisky Cocktail Recipes Catalogue
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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
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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
8.
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
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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