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Posted on July 13, 2011

Tasting the Drops of Jupiter

The Jupiter Cocktail is another vintage cocktails with no known etymology to its namesake.  So, it can only be guessed that the cocktail may derive it’s title from the light blue color.  Why is that you ask?  Glad you asked!  Jupiter in Roman mythology was the god of the sky in addition to his position … Continue reading Tasting the Drops of Jupiter

Posted on May 23, 2011

Vintage Cocktail Project: The French 75

It’s true. This is a drink named after a gun. A big gun. And there is actually a second drink also named after the same weapon. The French 75-mm field howitzer artillery piece, model of 1897, was the first technical weaponry advance of the twentieth century. It was the primary force of World War I … Continue reading Vintage Cocktail Project: The French 75

Posted on March 7, 2011

Vintage Cocktail Project – The Brandy Crusta

In celebrating Mardi Gras this week, it only seems fitting that today’s Vintage Cocktail is one of the oldest cocktails originating from New Orleans – The Brandy Crusta. Over 150 years ago, Joseph Santina invented a new version of a cocktail, the crusta drink form. Basically it involved adding a piece of fruit peel, a … Continue reading Vintage Cocktail Project – The Brandy Crusta

Posted on February 24, 2011

Vintage Cocktail Project: The Boulevardier

This drink won me over when I realized it is a cousin to one of my favorite drinks, The Negroni. Bourbon replaces the gin and life is good indeed. The Boulevardier first appeared in Barflies and Cocktails, a 1927 book by Harry MacElhone of Harry’s New York Bar in Paris. During Prohibition, some of our … Continue reading Vintage Cocktail Project: The Boulevardier

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