Author: The Cocktails Must Flow

The second cocktail this Halloween evening is the Witches Brew. The perfect tipple when stood around the cauldron cursing your enemies!

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Our first cocktail this evening is a Green Ghost, a close relation of the The Last Word, created by J. B. Hurrell sometime before 1937.

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Our third and final cocktail this evening is the Irish Boulevardier, a variation of the Boulevardier , itself a variation of the Negroni, which switches out the rye whiskey for Irish whiskey.

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The second cocktail this evening is a variation on the classic ‘Silent Third’ cocktail which first published in the Cafe Royal Cocktail Book (1937). This Silent Seven variation uses Tennessee Whiskey which is not quite as silent as the originals Scotch whisky.

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1st #cocktail of #FridayNightCocktails on the 28th October: Butterscotch Rum Martini

Our first cocktail this evening is a creamy Butterscotch Rum Martini of our own creation.

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When the fog lifts and the storm ends, the moon shines.

Our third and final cocktail this evening is the Moonshine Martini, which was adapted from a recipe in Henry Craddock’s The Savoy Cocktail Book, published in 1930.

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Keeping to bad weather/nautical theme, our second cocktail this evening is a Dark ‘n’ Stormy, actually a Safe Harbour as I couldn’t get Gosling’s Black Seal rum and used Lamb’s Navy Dark Rum instead.

The Dark ‘n’ Dtorm is one of very few trademarked cocktails; since 1991 in the US, Gosling brothers have had a trademark on the Dark ‘n’ Stormy so it can only go by this name if made using Gosling’s Black Seal Rum. Bartenders came up with a workaround of calling it a Safe Harbour and using whatever dark rum they wanted (as I have done this evening).

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Our first cocktail this evening is the Foghorn; I wasn’t sure which cocktails to make today, but after driving down to the city early on through a light mist, lots and lots of other drivers had their fog lights on; I remembered the Foghorn which seemed appropriate to open with. Although it was created somewhere else it was populariused by The Waldorf Hotel in New York.

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Our third and final cocktail this evening is the Hunter Cocktail, which is a cocktail of unknown origin, but was popularised by Ueno recommending it at his High Five bar in Ginzo, Tokyo, Japan.

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Our second cocktail this evening is a Ginger 43 which was created and promoted by Licor 43.

Licor 43 was created and produced by Diego Zamora and is still produced by the family. It’s Spanish name is Cuarenta Y Tres, but goes by the easier to say Licor 43. It combines 43 herbs and spices from all over the Mediterranean and has a predominant vanilla flavour.

The exact herbs and spices are a closely guarded secret, but orange, vanilla, lemon, coriander and tea are the five known ingredients.

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