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Rather than ordering a classic like a Gin & Tonic or Old Fashioned and asking the bartender to make it strong , there are a few particularly powerful cocktails that pack a punch all on their own. The recipe calls for light rum, dark rum, and overproof rum, not to mention apricot brandy and grenadine.
Mary Pickford and Daiquiri “I think of these two as quintessential drinks made with white rum smuggled into the country during Prohibition.” The Mary Pickford, a rum-forward sipper, is named for the famed silent movie actress and created by bartender Eddie Woelke who fled to Cuba during Prohibition.
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A colleague, my wife, and I were leaving Baba au Rum, one of the oldest of the new breed of craft cocktail bars in Athens, with the idea of heading to The Bar in Front of the Bar, another leading saloon. Between Baba au Rum and The Bar in Front of the Bar, we had traveled all of 400 meters. We weren’t adrift for long, though.
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His book “ Liquid Intelligence ” is a James Beard and Spirited Award-winning masterwork that changed the way bartenders around the world make drinks. He stirs this strawberry cordial in the “Fantasy Island” alongside Uruapan Charanda (a Mexican raw sugar cane rum ), mezcal , Dolin blanc vermouth , and saline solution.
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These include a White Linen Fizz (rum, yuzushu sake, elderflower, jasmine, absinthe) , an Apple and Celery Gimlet (gin, apple, celery and tomato, garnished with togarashi) , and a Miso Old Fashioned (miso and brown butter whisky with passionfruit, garnished with miso fudge).
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Prior to World War I, a shake might be made with brandy, gin, or another ardent spirit. Cocktail Bill Boothby, for example, described a Rum Shake in his 1891 drinks manual The American Bar-Tender. His recipe comprised ice, a jigger of Jamaica rum, a large spoonful of sugar, and the juice of two limes, all shaken and then strained.
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Byron published The Modern Bartenders Guide, which lists the Martinez as a gin-based Manhattan riff. On page 38, Johnson provides a Martini recipe consisting of several dashes of gum syrup, Bokers Bitters , and Curaao with equal parts Old Tom gin and vermouth , and garnished with a lemon twist. He also drank gin, Wondrich writes.
” But online you can peruse the 15 pages of offerings—liqueurs, gin, rum, calvados, and whiskey—listed under the heading “Hardcore Porn.” Owner Dr. Matthew Powell was able to get a hold of film tycoon and pilot Howard Hughes’ spirits collection : three gins and three whiskeys from the 1940s.
Copyright A Bar Above Well, another year has come and gone, and we’re already swapping out summer rum for winter whiskey. Founder Marc Farrell successfully brought his Caribbean roots and culture to the US through both the bright white and complex dark rum. This cocktail recipe book has both. So who’s on your list this year?
” —Martin Fernandez, bar manager Rochambeau , Boston “Not a cocktail, but a spirit: rum. .” ” —Martin Fernandez, bar manager Rochambeau , Boston “Not a cocktail, but a spirit: rum. You can make a delicious variation of an Old Fashioned using rum, spices, and Jamaican bitters.”
In the early days, TGI Fridays was an incubator of bartending skill and discipline during a period when bartending was considered a dead end,” wrote Robert Simonson in his book, “ A Proper Drink: The Untold Story of How a Band of Bartenders Saved The Civilized Drinking World.” The Italian Rum Punch at Olive Garden.
Held during Tales of the Cocktail, NOSC showcased a live judging across all of its spirits categories, both domestic and international, including whiskey, gin, brandy, baijiu, vodka, rum, agave spirits, liqueurs and non-alcoholic. NOSC is proud to partner with Imbibe Magazine as the competition’s official 2024 Media Partner.
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