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GPSCY Classes 28 May 2012 Header image from thebeerjournal.com Historical Cocktails

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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