Category: Cocktails

Our first cocktail is the Aperol Cosmopolitan, a grown up variant of the Cosmopolitan which replaces the cranberry juice with Aperol.

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Our third and final cocktail is the French Connection. A cocktail of unknown origin, and one of several to bear the name French Connection This one gets its name through the use of two French grape based alcohols; cognac and Lillet Blanc.

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Our second cocktail is the Boardwalker. Created by Chris Hoy, bar chef at Barefoot Bistro, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada..

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Our first cocktail is the Banshee, a creamy chocolate banana cocktail of unknown origin, which was popular in the 1980s and 1990s.

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Our third and final cocktail is the Vancouver. Created by Joseph A. Fiitchett, head bar steward at the Vancouver club, and first published in the 1925 About Town Cocktail Book; this is the actual recipe for the Vancouver, but for many years people were making a Fitcett and calling it a Vancouver[/b[. A fact which only came to light following a 2002 article in Canada’s Scout Magazine.

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Our second cocktail is the Fitchett. Created by Joseph A. Fitchett, head bar steward, at the Vancouver Club; it featured in the 1925 book About Town Cocktail Book. For many years people were making the Fitchett and calling it the Vancouver, a fact which only came to light in a 2002 article in Canada’s Scout Magazine.

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Our first cocktail is the Barbary Coast; a smooth Scotch and gin cream cocktail, of unknown providence, with a hint of chocolate.

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Our third and final cocktail is the 19th. The 19threated by Manmohan Singh, India, PCO, New Delhi, India for the Bacardi Legacy Global Cocktail Competition 2014 where it was one of the eight finalists.

In 1919, the 19th Amendment gave women the ‘right to vote’ in America. My signature cocktail is for all those ladies out there – many of whom may not prefer rum based cocktails. I want my drink to change their perception and cast their vote in favour of BACARDÍ – the king of all rums.

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Our second cocktail is the Sloe Comfortable Screw Against The Wall. Also known as the “Slow Comfortable Screw Against The Wall”, this is a variant of the Slow Screw and Harvey wallbanger and Sloe Comfortable Screw Against The Wall; the Southern Comfort gives this cocktail the “Comfortable” part of the name.

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Our first cocktail is the Blue Monday; adapted from the 1930 book The Savoy Cocktail Book by Harry Craddock, the Blue Monday is a vodka based cocktail; this recipe uses blue Curacao where Craddock’s recipe called for blue food colouring.

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