Category: Cocktails

Our first cocktail is the Ford Martini; a Martini-style cocktail sweetened by the use of Old Tom Gin and Benedictine D.O.M. It first appeared in George J. Kappeler’s 1895 Modern American Drinks – How to mix and Serve All Kinds of Cups and Drinks.

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Our second cocktail is the Shamrock, an emerald green cocktail named after Ireland’s national symbol and perfect for St Patrick’s Day.

Over 100 years old, the Shamrock appeared in Hugo R. Ensslin’s 1917 Recipes for Mixed Drinks (2nd Edition) and then again in Harry Craddock’s 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book with only two small differences; Ensslin says to stir and garnish with an olive, while Craddock calls for it to be shaken and served with no garnish.

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Our first cocktail is the Green Negroni, which actually has no connection to Ireland or St Patrick’s day, other than being bright green.

A bright green Negroni variant, which is has a surprisingly complex and bittesweet flavour.

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Our third and final cocktail is the Widow Maker. A surprising pleasant Martini variant which uses Jagermeister, Kahlua and grenadine.

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Our second cocktail is the Tenner Martini. A Martini variant of unknown origin which adds grapefruit bitters.

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Our first cocktail is the Marguerite (Daly), a gin-based forerunner to the Dry Martini, which first appeared in Harry Johnson’s 1900 New and Improved Bartenders’ Manual, but we’ve opted for the Tim Daly version from his 1903 Bartenders Encyclopedia which differs only through the absence of anisette (a dry anise flavoured liqueur).

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Our third and final cocktail is the Jägermeister Manhattan. A herbal variant of the Manhattan using Jägermeister, which again proves it’s so much more than a shooter or bomb.

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Our second cocktail is the Turf Club (Winter’s). George Winter’s Turf Club recipe from his 1884 How To Mix Drinks–Bar-Keeper’s Handbook; the original recipe calls for Peruvian Bitters, but we’ve used the more commonly available Angostura Aromatic Bitters.

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Our first cocktail is the Yellow Negroni, created by Simon Difford in 2017 at the Cabinet Room, London, England, the Yellow Negroni riffs on the Negroni with three of the iconic yellow liqueurs; Yellow Chartreuse, gentian and limoncello.

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Our third and final cocktail is the Hearst Martini. Believed to have been created at New York’s Waldorf-Astoria and to have been a favourite of journalists who worked for William Randolph Hearst, the US newspaper magnate. It is also known by the nickname The Disgruntled Journalist.

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