William Porter

3rd #cocktail of #FridayNightCocktails on 18th November: William Porter

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Our third and final cocktail is one of the classics; the William Porter. This is an almost Manhattan-like combination of blended Scotch, sweet vermouth and triple sec.

It’s named after an American journalist called William Porter, who founded a popular sports newspaper called the Spirit of the Times.

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Churchill Manhattan

3rd #cocktail of #FridayNightCocktails on 11th November: Churchill Manhattan

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Our third and final cocktail this Friday evening is the Churchill Manhattan; a smoky Manhattan variation created by Joe Gilmore, legendary bartender at The Savoy, in honour of the great man himself.

Oddly while we’ve posted many Manhattan[/link variations, we’ve not actually made the original.

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Army & Navy

2nd #cocktail of #FridayNightCocktails on 11th November: Army & Navy

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The second cocktail this #FridayNightCocktails is the

This is not the original recipe from Embury, but a tweaked version from .

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. This is a cocktail of unknown origin which first appeared in print in David A. Embury’s The Fine Art of Mixing Cocktails (1948). It may have originated at The Army and Navy Club in Washington, D.C.

This is not the original recipe from Embury, but a tweaked version from Simon Difford.

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