Imbibe! (41 page)

Besides taking some wonderful photographs of vintage barware that we ultimately couldn’t find space for, Nick Noyes has provided me with venues and support to test some many of the larger recipes herein, as have Melissa Clark and Sherwin Dunner. Audrey Saunders and her crew at Pegu Club and Julie Reiner and hers at the Flatiron Lounge have made many an old drink to my specifications and acted as sounding boards for my half-mixed theories, and it is at their establishments you will find me—there, or online with Robert Hess at his DrinkBoy board or with the cocktail geeks who loiter on
www.egullet.com
.

Finally, my wife, Karen, and my daughter, Marina. Thanks, guys (and Karen, now you can have the dining room back). Without you, the book would mean nothing.

The double Bronxes at the Holland House . . . the stingers at the Belmont . . . the silver fizzes at the Manhattan . . . the ginger-ale highballs at the bar of the Buckingham . . . the Benedictine at the Lafayette . . . the seidels of Münchner at Lüchows . . . the Navy Rainbows at Maxim’s . . . the Château Yquem at Mouquin’s . . . the Manhattan Cocktails at the Hotel Knickerbocker . . . the gin daisies at the Astor . . . the yellow chartreuse at the Brevoort . . . the Infuriators at the Beaux Arts . . . the pousse-cafés at Rector’s . . . the Stone Fences at Churchill’s . . . the milk punches at the Savoy . . . the Martinis at Sherry’s . . . the champagne cocktails at Delmonico’s . . . the Central Park Souths at the Plaza . . . the sherry flips at the Cadillac . . . the Clover Clubs at Bustanoby’s . . . the Jack Roses at Eberlin’s . . . the beakers of stout at Dinty Moore’s . . . the Louis Röderer at Martin’s . . . the mint juleps at the Casino . . . the kummel, with a dash of tabasco, at the Fifth Avenue . . . the Tom & Jerry at Shanley’s . . . the Pilsener with scrambled eggs and Irish bacon at 5 a.m. at Jack’s. . . .

 

—
Life
magazine, 1925

Absinthe Cocktail

Absinthe Frappé

absinthe spirits

Ale Sangaree

Alexander, Cato

Alexander, J. E.

Anderson, Tom

applejack spirits

Apple Martini

Appletinis

Apple Toddy

Aviation Cocktail

 

Bakewell Punch

Baldwin, Charlie H.

Baltimore Egg Nogg

Bamboo Cocktail

Barbadoes Punch

Barbados Blackstrap

bar gear

cherries and olives

eggs

glassware

ice

sugar

twists

Barnum, P. T.

Barrough, Philip

Berry Interesting

berry syrups

Bijou Cocktail

bitters

see also
recipes

Blackthorn Sours

Blow My Skull Off (Almost)

Blue Blazer

Boker’s Bitters

Bombo.
See
Toddies

Boorde, Andrew

Boothby, Bill

Borthwick, John

Boston Cooler

“A Bowl of Punch,”

Brandy Julep

Brandy Punch

Brandy Sangaree

Brandy Sling

brandy spirits

Brandy Toddy

Bronx Cocktail

Buck and Breck

Burnt Brandy

Byron, O. H.

 

Calvino

Campbell, Charles B.

Campbell, Charles W.

Canfield, Richard

Catawba.
See
Chatham Artillery Punch

Catawba Cobbler

Chambers, Robert

Champagne Cobbler

Champagne Cocktail

champagne spirits

Champarelle

Chatham Artillery of Savannah

Chatham Artillery Punch

cherries

Cherry Smash

Chinese Cocktail

Chocolate Martinis

Claret Cobbler

Claret Punch

Clemens, Samuel

Clover Club (Friar’s Club)

Clover Club Cocktail

Clover Leaf

Coal Brandy

Cobblers

see also
recipes

Cocktail (Fancy)

Cocktail (Improved)

Cocktail (Plain)

Cocktail, birth of

Gold Rush era and

growing up and

New York and points south and west and

where and when and

see also
Crustas Cocktails

Cocktail glass

Cocktails (plain, fancy, improved, and old-fashioned)

Fancy

history of

Holland Gin Cocktail

Improved

Plain

Prince of Wales’s Cocktail

Sazerac Cocktail

see also
Crustas Cocktails; recipes

Cocktails, evolved

Buck and Breck

Champagne Cocktail

East India Cocktail

history of

Japanese Cocktail

Jersey Cocktail

Morning Glory Cocktail

Widow’s Kiss

see also
Crustas Cocktails; recipes

Coffee Cocktail

Cold Sling

Cold Whiskey Punch

Collins, John

Collins glass

Colony of Schuylkill

Columbia Skin.
See
Whisky Skin

Continental Sour

Coolers, popular

Florodora

Florodora Sextette and

history of

Joe Rickey

see also
recipes

Cooper, James Fenimore

Coughlin, John

Cozzen, Frederick S.

Craddock, Harry

Crosswell, Harry

Crushed Strawberry Fizz

Crustas Cocktails

Aviation Cocktail

Bronx Cocktail

Clover Club Cocktail

Daiquiri Cocktail

Gin Crusta

history of

Jack Rose Cocktail

Ward Eight

see also
recipes

Curaçao (Curaçoa) spirits

Curaçoa Punch

 

Daiquiri Cocktail

Daisies

New School

Old School

Dale, Alan

Dana, Richard Henry

Decanter Bitters, Jerry Thomas’s Own

de Lafayette, Marquis

Desmond, Norma

Dickens, Charles

Dirty Girl Scout

Dizzy Sours

Doolittle, Richard

Doten, Alf

Dr. Stoughton’s Elixir Magnum

see also
Crustas Cocktails

Dry Martini Cocktail

Duffy, Patrick Gavin

 

Earle, George

earthenware mug

East India Cocktail

Edward, Albert (Prince of Whales)

egg drinks

Egg Nogg

Flips

history of

Tom & Jerry

see also
recipes

Egg Milk Punch

Egg Nogg (basic)

eggs

Egg Sour

El Dorado Punch

Electric Current Fizz

Elixir Magnum Stomachicum.
See
Dr. Stoughton’s Elixir Magnum

Elks’ Fizz

Enchantress

Ensslin, Hugo

Eppinger, Louis

Eye Openers

 

Fancy Vermouth Cocktail

Fiscal Agent

Fixes

Fizz (defined)

Fizz glass

Fizzes
see also
recipes

Fletcher, John

Flips

Florodora (basic)

Florodora, Imperial Style

Florodora Sextette

Foster, James

Foster, Stephen

fruit syrups
see also
recipes

 

Gascoine, George

Gebhard, Frederick

General Harrison’s Egg Nogg

Gibson, Walter . K.

Gibson Cocktail

Gilfain, Cyrus W.

Gin Crusta

Gin Julep

Gin Punch

Gin Rickey

gin spirits

Gin Toddy, Hot

glassware

Golden Fizz

Gold Rush era

Green, Daisy

Green Fizz

Gum Syrup (Bartender’s)

Gum Syrup (True)

 

Hartwell, Richard Barksdale

Helper, Hinton

Highball

Hildreth, Fred

Hingston, Edward

Hock Cobbler

Holland Gin Cocktail

Horseradish Egg Sour

Hot Milk Punch

Hot Scotch

Hot Spiced Rum

Hot Whiskey Punch.
See
Whisky Skin

Howells, William Dean

 

ice

Imperial Cabinet Saloon

Irish Car Bomb

Irish Whiskey Skin

Irving, Washington

 

Jack Frost Whiskey Sours

Jack Rose Cocktail

Jacobson, Pauline

Japanese Cocktail

Jersey Cocktail

Jewett’s Fancy

Joe Rickey

John Collins (Tom Collins)

Johnson, Harry

Jones, Charles

Juleps
see also
recipes

 

Kappeler, George

Keene, James R.

Killackey, Michael J.

Knickerbockers

 

Lamb’s Wool

large bar (mixing) glass

Lawlor, Chris

Leland, Charles Godfrey

Liebling, A. J.

Limmer’s Hotel

Lowe, Paul

LuLu Cocktail

 

MacDonald, James A.

MacElhone, Harry

Madeira Sangaree

Madeira Sling

Mahoney, Charlie

Mahoney Cocktail

Mango Martinis

Manhattan Cocktail

Formula(Old Standard)

Formula(Reverse)

Formula(New Standard)

maraschino liqueur spirits

Mardi Gras

Marie Wilson Martini Cocktail

Dry Martini Cocktail

Formula(Turf Club)

Formula(Martinez Cocktail)

Formula(Fourth Degree)

Mayer, Brantz

McKenna, Hinky-Dink

McLaughlin, Richard

measurements, table of

Melville, Herman

Metropole Cocktail

Metropolitan Hotel

Mikado Cocktail

Milk Punch

Mint Julep

Mint Sling

Mississippi Punch

“Mister” Collins

mixing drinks, how to

bar gear and

cherries and olives

eggs

glassware

ice

sugar

twists

history of

Archaic Age

Baroque Age

Classic Age

spirits and

absinthe

applejack

brandy

champagne

Curaçao (Curaçoa)

gin

maraschino liqueur

measurements, table of

quantities

rum

whiskey

mixologists’ top drinks
see also
recipes

Modern Tea Punch

Morning Glory Cocktail

Morning Glory Fizz

Morrissey, John

 

Narragansett Cooler

National Guardh Regiment Punch

New Orleans Fizz (Ramos Gin Fizz)

New York Sour

Nichol, Duncan

Noriyuki, Tateishi Onojirou

 

O’Brien, Jimmy

olives

 

Peach Brandy Punch, Extra Extra

Peale, Charles Wilson

Pepys, Samuel

Philadelphia Fish-House Punch

Pineapple Julep

pineapple syrups

Pisco Punch

Plymouth Gin

Police Gazette Fizz

pony glass

Poole, William

Port Wine Sangaree
see also
recipes; Sangaree

Prequel (Original Cocktail)
see also
Crustas Cocktails; recipes

Prescription Julep

Price, Joseph

Prince of Wales (Edward, Albert)

Prince of Wales’s Cocktail

Princeton Cocktail

Punch, Bowl of

Punches

Barbadoes Punch

Brandy Punch

Chatham Artillery Punch

Claret Punch

Cold Whiskey Punch

Collins glasses

Curaçoa Punch

El Dorado

Enchantress

Fizz (defined)

Gin Punch

history of

Hot Milk Punch

Hot Whiskey Punch.
See
Whisky Skin

John Collins (Tom Collins)

Milk Punch

Mississippi Punch

National Guardh Regiment Punch

Philadelphia Fish-House Punch

Pisco Punch

Punch, Bowl of

Rocky Mountain Punch

St. Charles Punch

Sauterne Punch

h Regiment Punch

Tamarind Punch

Vanilla Punch

West Indian Punch

see also
recipes

Punches, lesser

Daisies

Fixes

Fizzes

Knickerbockers

Sours

see also
recipes

 

Ramos, Henry Charles

Ramos Gin Fizz

Ramsey Cooler

raspberry syrups

Rawling, Ernest P.