Diamondback Lounge

3rd #cocktail of #FridayNightCocktails on 4th October: Diamondback Lounge

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Our third cocktail is the Diamondback Lounge. The signature cocktail of the Diamondback Lounge bar of the Lord Baltimore Hotel, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. The hotel opened in 1928 and is still open, but the lounge is long gone. The cocktail featured in Ted Saucier’s 1951 book Bottoms Up.

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Widow's Kiss

2nd #cocktail of #FridayNightCocktails on 4th October: Widow’s Kiss

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Our second cocktail is the Widow’s Kiss. A classic cocktail created in the 1890s by George J. Kappeler at New York City’s Holland House Hotel; it featured in his 1895 book Modern American Drinks before coming to wider prominence in the 1900 edition of Harry Johnson’s famous Bartenders Manual.

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Classic Sweet Martini

3rd #cocktail of #FridayNightCocktails on 20th September: Classic Sweet Martini

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Our third cocktail is the Classic Sweet Martini. When we posted the sweet martini originally, we used a opdern version which is a lot heavier on the gin. Today’s closing cocktail is the traditional recipe from the 1880s. It featured in Harry Johnson’s 1888 New and Improved Bartender’s Manual[/i and is a fifty-fifty of Old Tom Gin and sweet vermouth with two dashes of orange bitters.

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