Andreas Toft
@andreasttoft.bsky.social
29, Danish. Cocktail enthusiast. Antique barware and glassware collector. Music and history buff. Studying Bachelor of Arts in English.
I just got this strainer, @davidwondrich.bsky.social. It’s by Gaskell & Chambers—founded in B’ Ham, England in the 1800s.
They manufactured all sorts of bar equipment & during WW2 they supported the war effort by manufacturing mine detectors, ammo boxes, etc.
Have you heard of the company before?
They manufactured all sorts of bar equipment & during WW2 they supported the war effort by manufacturing mine detectors, ammo boxes, etc.
Have you heard of the company before?
November 16, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I just got this strainer, @davidwondrich.bsky.social. It’s by Gaskell & Chambers—founded in B’ Ham, England in the 1800s.
They manufactured all sorts of bar equipment & during WW2 they supported the war effort by manufacturing mine detectors, ammo boxes, etc.
Have you heard of the company before?
They manufactured all sorts of bar equipment & during WW2 they supported the war effort by manufacturing mine detectors, ammo boxes, etc.
Have you heard of the company before?
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Thread: part of an ongoing project to erase people of color from military history:
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Thread: part of an ongoing project to erase people of color from military history:
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Thanks to this article by @davidwondrich.bsky.social, I made a 50-50 Martini with Plymouth Navy Strength gin (and Noilly Prat dry vermouth if you want to know), and it might be my new favorite thing.
The Secrets to the Best Dry Martini You’ll Ever Have
Our legendary columnist reveals his recipe and tips for making this classic cocktail.
www.thedailybeast.com
October 7, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Thanks to this article by @davidwondrich.bsky.social, I made a 50-50 Martini with Plymouth Navy Strength gin (and Noilly Prat dry vermouth if you want to know), and it might be my new favorite thing.
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History majors have lower unemployment than computer science majors.
Folks with humanities graduate degrees are more sought after by corporate recruiters than those with MBAs.
Study history! Get a job!
Folks with humanities graduate degrees are more sought after by corporate recruiters than those with MBAs.
Study history! Get a job!
September 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
History majors have lower unemployment than computer science majors.
Folks with humanities graduate degrees are more sought after by corporate recruiters than those with MBAs.
Study history! Get a job!
Folks with humanities graduate degrees are more sought after by corporate recruiters than those with MBAs.
Study history! Get a job!
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Score one for autocorrect. (It pains me to have written that.)
auto-correct just turned 'untenured' into 'indentured'
August 22, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Score one for autocorrect. (It pains me to have written that.)
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A friend took this at a rally today and I barked laughing.
September 2, 2025 at 1:36 AM
A friend took this at a rally today and I barked laughing.
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Not a lot of fermentation geeks at Spelling Bee central.
April 25, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Not a lot of fermentation geeks at Spelling Bee central.
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You’re not too stodgy. Please don’t fuck with my Martini. Everything else, have at it; whatever; knock yourself e out. But I beg of you to leave me this one little thing that I can rely on.
I can tolerate a lot of variation in my Manhattans, but I've always felt the Martini had a narrower range before it stops being a Martini. This article is filled with things that are way far afield. Are we just back in the 90's -tini suffixication of everything? Or am I just too stodgy?
Take Your Martini to the Tropics
Tropical Martinis are trending. Here’s how to make one at home with easy gin cocktail recipes starring pineapple, calamansi and more.
punchdrink.com
May 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM
You’re not too stodgy. Please don’t fuck with my Martini. Everything else, have at it; whatever; knock yourself e out. But I beg of you to leave me this one little thing that I can rely on.
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Once again, a respectable place, with experienced staff, a well-curated menu, and appealing decor ruined by a boob tube
July 20, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Once again, a respectable place, with experienced staff, a well-curated menu, and appealing decor ruined by a boob tube
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1880. I believe that this is still the case.
July 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
1880. I believe that this is still the case.
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#KennysClassicCountryLadies
Song 70
Patsy Cline
So Wrong
Written by Danny Dill, Carl Perkins & Mel Tillis
Produced by Owen Bradley
1962 Decca
#14 Country
Virginia Patterson Hensley was inducted into the Country Music Hall Of Fame in 1973 as the first solo female!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=emx8pFiZh7A
Song 70
Patsy Cline
So Wrong
Written by Danny Dill, Carl Perkins & Mel Tillis
Produced by Owen Bradley
1962 Decca
#14 Country
Virginia Patterson Hensley was inducted into the Country Music Hall Of Fame in 1973 as the first solo female!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=emx8pFiZh7A
So Wrong
YouTube video by Patsy Cline - Topic
www.youtube.com
August 10, 2025 at 3:38 AM
#KennysClassicCountryLadies
Song 70
Patsy Cline
So Wrong
Written by Danny Dill, Carl Perkins & Mel Tillis
Produced by Owen Bradley
1962 Decca
#14 Country
Virginia Patterson Hensley was inducted into the Country Music Hall Of Fame in 1973 as the first solo female!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=emx8pFiZh7A
Song 70
Patsy Cline
So Wrong
Written by Danny Dill, Carl Perkins & Mel Tillis
Produced by Owen Bradley
1962 Decca
#14 Country
Virginia Patterson Hensley was inducted into the Country Music Hall Of Fame in 1973 as the first solo female!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=emx8pFiZh7A
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Just found this: Hank Williams, Anita Carter, and more.
They don't do it like this anymore.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmVl...
They don't do it like this anymore.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmVl...
Hank Williams Sr., Kate Smith Evening Hour , 4 songs, April 1952
YouTube video by jmikeperkins
www.youtube.com
August 9, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Just found this: Hank Williams, Anita Carter, and more.
They don't do it like this anymore.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmVl...
They don't do it like this anymore.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmVl...
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#SoftRockSummer2025
Song 25
Merle Haggard with Janie Fricke
A Place To Fall Apart
Written by Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson & Freddy Powers
Produced by Ray Baker & Merle Haggard
1984 Epic
#1 Country
One of the greatest sad ballads in any genre of the 80s.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_D7e-lHmD2E
Song 25
Merle Haggard with Janie Fricke
A Place To Fall Apart
Written by Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson & Freddy Powers
Produced by Ray Baker & Merle Haggard
1984 Epic
#1 Country
One of the greatest sad ballads in any genre of the 80s.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_D7e-lHmD2E
A Place to Fall Apart
YouTube video by Merle Haggard - Topic
www.youtube.com
July 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
#SoftRockSummer2025
Song 25
Merle Haggard with Janie Fricke
A Place To Fall Apart
Written by Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson & Freddy Powers
Produced by Ray Baker & Merle Haggard
1984 Epic
#1 Country
One of the greatest sad ballads in any genre of the 80s.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_D7e-lHmD2E
Song 25
Merle Haggard with Janie Fricke
A Place To Fall Apart
Written by Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson & Freddy Powers
Produced by Ray Baker & Merle Haggard
1984 Epic
#1 Country
One of the greatest sad ballads in any genre of the 80s.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_D7e-lHmD2E
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The other day I ordered a dry martini and the bartender literally just filled a martini glass with Martini brand vermouth.
August 2, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The other day I ordered a dry martini and the bartender literally just filled a martini glass with Martini brand vermouth.
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#Cocktail Hour. Martini, 2:1. Gentilly Gin, Foro Dry Vermouth, experimental everything bagel bitters, Castelvetrano olive garnish.
Snack accompaniment: from one of our last bags of Trader Joe’s Cashel Blue Cheese Irish Potato Chips. ⚜️🍸🇮🇪🔵🧀🥔
Snack accompaniment: from one of our last bags of Trader Joe’s Cashel Blue Cheese Irish Potato Chips. ⚜️🍸🇮🇪🔵🧀🥔
July 19, 2025 at 3:44 AM
#Cocktail Hour. Martini, 2:1. Gentilly Gin, Foro Dry Vermouth, experimental everything bagel bitters, Castelvetrano olive garnish.
Snack accompaniment: from one of our last bags of Trader Joe’s Cashel Blue Cheese Irish Potato Chips. ⚜️🍸🇮🇪🔵🧀🥔
Snack accompaniment: from one of our last bags of Trader Joe’s Cashel Blue Cheese Irish Potato Chips. ⚜️🍸🇮🇪🔵🧀🥔
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THANK YOU #oliviarodrigo #glastonbury
July 1, 2025 at 10:54 AM
THANK YOU #oliviarodrigo #glastonbury
I thought this excellent article from @davidwondrich.bsky.social needed another repost. To me, the problem with these weird new drinks, is if bars don’t include the classics on their menu also. If they don’t, people will eventually forget them, and forgetting history is (almost) never a good thing.
This @davidwondrich.bsky.social is magnificent, a marvel, the best piece of food and drink writing I've read in ages, a great respite from a stressy news world, amazing:
punchdrink.com/articles/coc...
punchdrink.com/articles/coc...
Why Is My Drink So Damn Weird?
When every cocktail is an experiment in novelty, ordering feels like a gamble. But if history teaches us anything, it’s that this era won’t last forever.
punchdrink.com
August 5, 2025 at 7:44 AM
I thought this excellent article from @davidwondrich.bsky.social needed another repost. To me, the problem with these weird new drinks, is if bars don’t include the classics on their menu also. If they don’t, people will eventually forget them, and forgetting history is (almost) never a good thing.
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I just restored this antique julep strainer, @davidwondrich.bsky.social. It’s by W.R. Keystone (a William Rogers mark). I don’t know its exact age but it’s pre-1929. Maybe 1900s-1910s.
I love the shamrock in the handle and how the holes together resemble a flower. A beautiful piece of history.
I love the shamrock in the handle and how the holes together resemble a flower. A beautiful piece of history.
June 27, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I just restored this antique julep strainer, @davidwondrich.bsky.social. It’s by W.R. Keystone (a William Rogers mark). I don’t know its exact age but it’s pre-1929. Maybe 1900s-1910s.
I love the shamrock in the handle and how the holes together resemble a flower. A beautiful piece of history.
I love the shamrock in the handle and how the holes together resemble a flower. A beautiful piece of history.
The Corpse Reviver No. 2:
3/4 oz. Tanqueray gin
3/4 oz. Combier orange liqueur
3/4 oz. Cocchi Americano
3/4 oz. lemon juice
Two dashes of absinthe
What do you think of this drink @davidwondrich.bsky.social and what is your preferred recipe?
I like Combier and Cocchi Americano in this.
#cheers
3/4 oz. Tanqueray gin
3/4 oz. Combier orange liqueur
3/4 oz. Cocchi Americano
3/4 oz. lemon juice
Two dashes of absinthe
What do you think of this drink @davidwondrich.bsky.social and what is your preferred recipe?
I like Combier and Cocchi Americano in this.
#cheers
May 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The Corpse Reviver No. 2:
3/4 oz. Tanqueray gin
3/4 oz. Combier orange liqueur
3/4 oz. Cocchi Americano
3/4 oz. lemon juice
Two dashes of absinthe
What do you think of this drink @davidwondrich.bsky.social and what is your preferred recipe?
I like Combier and Cocchi Americano in this.
#cheers
3/4 oz. Tanqueray gin
3/4 oz. Combier orange liqueur
3/4 oz. Cocchi Americano
3/4 oz. lemon juice
Two dashes of absinthe
What do you think of this drink @davidwondrich.bsky.social and what is your preferred recipe?
I like Combier and Cocchi Americano in this.
#cheers
Have you ever had this one @davidwondrich.bsky.social?
Greenpoint:
2 oz. rye
1/2 oz. Yellow Chartreuse
1/2 oz. sweet vermouth
1 dash Angostura bitters
1 dash orange bitters
Lemon peel garnish
A wonderful, floral, herbal spin on the classic Manhattan. A modern classic and rightfully so.
Greenpoint:
2 oz. rye
1/2 oz. Yellow Chartreuse
1/2 oz. sweet vermouth
1 dash Angostura bitters
1 dash orange bitters
Lemon peel garnish
A wonderful, floral, herbal spin on the classic Manhattan. A modern classic and rightfully so.
May 5, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Have you ever had this one @davidwondrich.bsky.social?
Greenpoint:
2 oz. rye
1/2 oz. Yellow Chartreuse
1/2 oz. sweet vermouth
1 dash Angostura bitters
1 dash orange bitters
Lemon peel garnish
A wonderful, floral, herbal spin on the classic Manhattan. A modern classic and rightfully so.
Greenpoint:
2 oz. rye
1/2 oz. Yellow Chartreuse
1/2 oz. sweet vermouth
1 dash Angostura bitters
1 dash orange bitters
Lemon peel garnish
A wonderful, floral, herbal spin on the classic Manhattan. A modern classic and rightfully so.
One of my perennial favorites:
The Widow’s Kiss
Stir with ice:
2 oz. apple brandy
2 tsp. Yellow Chartreuse
2 tsp. Bénédictine
1 dash Ango
Lemon twist, discard.
Maraschino cherry.
May I ask you Mr. @davidwondrich.bsky.social what you think of the Widow’s Kiss and what your favorite recipe is?
The Widow’s Kiss
Stir with ice:
2 oz. apple brandy
2 tsp. Yellow Chartreuse
2 tsp. Bénédictine
1 dash Ango
Lemon twist, discard.
Maraschino cherry.
May I ask you Mr. @davidwondrich.bsky.social what you think of the Widow’s Kiss and what your favorite recipe is?
April 28, 2025 at 8:16 PM
One of my perennial favorites:
The Widow’s Kiss
Stir with ice:
2 oz. apple brandy
2 tsp. Yellow Chartreuse
2 tsp. Bénédictine
1 dash Ango
Lemon twist, discard.
Maraschino cherry.
May I ask you Mr. @davidwondrich.bsky.social what you think of the Widow’s Kiss and what your favorite recipe is?
The Widow’s Kiss
Stir with ice:
2 oz. apple brandy
2 tsp. Yellow Chartreuse
2 tsp. Bénédictine
1 dash Ango
Lemon twist, discard.
Maraschino cherry.
May I ask you Mr. @davidwondrich.bsky.social what you think of the Widow’s Kiss and what your favorite recipe is?