The second cocktail this #GuyFawkesNight / #BonfireNight #Cocktails is a Hot Blooded Frenchman. This is a warm fruit wine based cocktail, the first warm one we’ve made, chosen in memory of Thomas Wintour, one of the conspirators of Guy Fawkes, who was a soldier in France before the gunpowder plot.
Guy Fawkes Night, also known as Guy Fawkes Day, Bonfire Night and Fireworks Night, is an annual commemoration observed on 5 November, involving bonfires and fireworks displays.
Guy Fawkes Night originates from the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, a failed conspiracy by a group of provincial English Catholics to assassinate the Protestant King James I of England and VI of Scotland and replace him with a Catholic head of state. In the immediate aftermath of the 5 November arrest of Guy Fawkes, caught guarding a cache of explosives placed beneath the House of Lords, James’s Council allowed the public to celebrate the king’s survival with bonfires, so long as they were “without any danger or disorder”. This made 1605 the first year the plot’s failure was celebrated.
We’ve got three cocktails this evening to help commemorate the night. Our first is the Gunpowder and Sand, a variant of the Blood and Sand, which is perfect for Guy Fawkes Night which replaces the Scotch with a gunpowder strength dark rum.
Our third and final cocktail this Friday evening is the Blue Bandana; a pleasing bue shooter ideal for drinking when relaxing next to a pool or on the beach under a clear blue sky.
The second cocktail this #FridayNightCocktails is a Hawaiian Mimosa. Perhas more fitting for brunch on a tropical beach may it bring back memories of warm sunny days.
With some unexpectedly warm and sunny weather, I thought it appropriate to use the Bakewell Fizz for our first cocktail this evening.
I am busy this evening so the cocktails are coming from my “bank” of cocktails I’ve made and not posted yet. We’ve previously posted the Bakewell Tart shooter which shares a somewhat similar flavour palette with cherry liqueur and amaretto, but that uses Bailey’s Irish Cream whereas this evenings uses a sparkling rose wine.
Our third and final cocktail this Halloween evening is the Green Demon; a shockingly green shooter.
Some recipes replace the sour mix (lemon juice and simple syrup) with lemonade to serve it as a long cocktail.
The second cocktail this Halloween evening is the Witches Brew. The perfect tipple when stood around the cauldron cursing your enemies!
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.
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.
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.