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Washington Cocktail – The Cocktail Spirit with Robert Hess
Once more the Savoy Cocktail Book is a great source for great drinks. The Washington Cocktail is typical for those new style cocktails created in the late 1800`s, at times when vermouth was widly used in drinks like the manhattan and the martini.
The Cocktail Spirit with Robert Hess – Washington Cocktail from Small Screen on Vimeo.
Going East – Shanghai first
Calling all bartenders!! The Bitter Truth Masterclass with the creators of the brand, Stephan Berg and Alexander Hauck, this coming Monday in Shanghai. The Bitter Truth Masterclass will give insight in the brands history and product portfolio, and the tradition of using bitters in cocktails. Book your places now!
Young Man Cocktail by Harry Craddock
Harry Craddock gives a recipe for the Young Man Cocktail in the famed Savoy Cocktail book which is a twist on a Manhattan Cocktail made with cognac and orange curacao.
At Small Screen Network in ” The Cocktail Spirit with Robert Hess“, Robert explains how to mix this delicious drink in a proper way while offering at the same time insights in history. Enjoy!
Young Man – The Cocktail Spirit with Robert Hess from Small Screen Network on Vimeo.
The Coalition Cocktail
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The Coalition Cocktail60ml (2 oz) Redemption Rye Whiskey 20ml (2/3 oz) Picon Biere 1 barspoon gomme syrup 2 dashes The Bitter Truth Jerry Thomas Bitters Stir all ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass or coupe and garnish with a small orange twist. |
The Brown Cocktail
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The Brown Cocktail50ml (2 oz) Templeton Rye Whiskey 25ml (1 oz) London Dry Gin 2 dashes (a scant barspoon at most) gomme syrup 2 dashes The Bitter Truth Orange Bitters Stir the three ingredients with plenty of ice before straining into a chilled cocktail glass. The original makes no mention of a garnish, but I like it with a small orange twist to draw out some of the sweeter notes. |
How to Make the Sherman Cocktail
“Old Waldorf Bar Days” by Albert Stevens Crockett was one of the great books of the 1930`s. The bar of the Old Waldorf hotel was the social meeting place in NYC at that time, but unfortunately the hotel itself had to make room for a new icon of New York City – The Empire State Building.
The Sherman Cocktail, found in Crockett`s book is essentially a twist on the classic Manhattan with the addition of absinthe and two types of bitters.
