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Cocktail and cultural history blogger at http://libationlegacy.wordpress.com
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Contributor to the Oxford Guide to Spirits & Cocktails
Also, Python/Spark/SQL data analysis and ETL.
CompactDisc sales on Discogs https://www.discogs.com/seller/DougInDC
Contributor to the Oxford Guide to Spirits & Cocktails
Also, Python/Spark/SQL data analysis and ETL.
If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it
November 9, 2025 at 12:05 AM
If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it
Ladies and germs, the Lost World:
1 oz dry gin
1 oz Maraschino Liqueur
1 oz Izarra Verte
0.75 oz Lime Juice (fresh)
Shake on ice and strain
1 oz dry gin
1 oz Maraschino Liqueur
1 oz Izarra Verte
0.75 oz Lime Juice (fresh)
Shake on ice and strain
October 21, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Ladies and germs, the Lost World:
1 oz dry gin
1 oz Maraschino Liqueur
1 oz Izarra Verte
0.75 oz Lime Juice (fresh)
Shake on ice and strain
1 oz dry gin
1 oz Maraschino Liqueur
1 oz Izarra Verte
0.75 oz Lime Juice (fresh)
Shake on ice and strain
AWS is down, post hog
October 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
AWS is down, post hog
The recipe. I used an ounce each of:
Pendelton's Canadian whiskey
Lillet Blanc (not Cocci!)
Marie Brizard Apry (the original)
Dash Ango
Pendelton's Canadian whiskey
Lillet Blanc (not Cocci!)
Marie Brizard Apry (the original)
Dash Ango
October 9, 2025 at 11:17 PM
The recipe. I used an ounce each of:
Pendelton's Canadian whiskey
Lillet Blanc (not Cocci!)
Marie Brizard Apry (the original)
Dash Ango
Pendelton's Canadian whiskey
Lillet Blanc (not Cocci!)
Marie Brizard Apry (the original)
Dash Ango
Just mixed a Nymph Cocktail, from the Cafe Royal Cocktail Book (1937). It was a good one.
October 9, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Just mixed a Nymph Cocktail, from the Cafe Royal Cocktail Book (1937). It was a good one.
Post a fictional comedian who definitely would accept an invitation to the Riyadh Comedy Festival.
October 4, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Post a fictional comedian who definitely would accept an invitation to the Riyadh Comedy Festival.
So excited! My copy just showed up.
September 23, 2025 at 8:59 PM
So excited! My copy just showed up.
Here's another one, the Chiberta Cocktail, from Cocktails: Choix de 600 Recettes (1947), by A. Vermeys. Dedicated to Torti of Le Chiberta, a Michelin-starred restaurant off the Champs-Élysées which closed just recently. It's a 2:1 Dry Martini with 2 dashes of Green Izarra. Translation in alt-text.
![CHIBERTA COCKTAIL (Tumbler) [in other words should be stirred]
2/3 Gin; 1/3 Cinzano Dry [Vermouth]; 2 dashes of Green Izarra
For Torti of Chiberta](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:v5weixazaj3fzw2g5vqidokb/bafkreidbcilb44zp3spcvicz74qjko6b5q6hytqki2nuphjfc46c53uvhy@jpeg)
September 14, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Here's another one, the Chiberta Cocktail, from Cocktails: Choix de 600 Recettes (1947), by A. Vermeys. Dedicated to Torti of Le Chiberta, a Michelin-starred restaurant off the Champs-Élysées which closed just recently. It's a 2:1 Dry Martini with 2 dashes of Green Izarra. Translation in alt-text.
I found an example of a woman's coat in Marina Green from 1945, and it does have a shade similar to the drink.
September 13, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I found an example of a woman's coat in Marina Green from 1945, and it does have a shade similar to the drink.
I wasn't sure where the name came from, there's a Marina Green park in San Francisco, but that wasnt' it. It actually comes from a color for a once-popular color for women's clothing named after Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark. Per the Brechin Advertiser, October 30, 1934.
September 13, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I wasn't sure where the name came from, there's a Marina Green park in San Francisco, but that wasnt' it. It actually comes from a color for a once-popular color for women's clothing named after Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark. Per the Brechin Advertiser, October 30, 1934.
My take on it used:
1 oz Dry Gin
1 oz Comoz Vermouth de Chambery Blanc
1 oz Green Izarra
Small dash of Absinthe
Stir.
1 oz Dry Gin
1 oz Comoz Vermouth de Chambery Blanc
1 oz Green Izarra
Small dash of Absinthe
Stir.
September 13, 2025 at 4:56 PM
My take on it used:
1 oz Dry Gin
1 oz Comoz Vermouth de Chambery Blanc
1 oz Green Izarra
Small dash of Absinthe
Stir.
1 oz Dry Gin
1 oz Comoz Vermouth de Chambery Blanc
1 oz Green Izarra
Small dash of Absinthe
Stir.
So far this is my favorite recipe for a cocktail using Green Izarra. From UKBG Approved Cocktails (1937). One of a handful of early recipes which call for white vermouth (as opposed to dry vermouth).
September 13, 2025 at 4:53 PM
So far this is my favorite recipe for a cocktail using Green Izarra. From UKBG Approved Cocktails (1937). One of a handful of early recipes which call for white vermouth (as opposed to dry vermouth).
So do I! But the woman in the painting does sort of remind me of Jose Ferrer in the 1941 Broadway production of Charley's Aunt.
September 6, 2025 at 7:29 PM
So do I! But the woman in the painting does sort of remind me of Jose Ferrer in the 1941 Broadway production of Charley's Aunt.
Well look what just turned up locally! 🍸
August 31, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Well look what just turned up locally! 🍸
This is clearly a job for smoked salmon infused vodka.
August 28, 2025 at 10:56 PM
This is clearly a job for smoked salmon infused vodka.
Nice find! Happy Hour was the name of the nightclub, but they had a "cocktail hour." Here's another ad from the Billings Gazette, August 1, 1944.
"Happy Hour" does turn up before Phil Kenny's, but it never quite seems to reference the cocktail hour before dinner.
And no dancing at Happy Hour! 😄
"Happy Hour" does turn up before Phil Kenny's, but it never quite seems to reference the cocktail hour before dinner.
And no dancing at Happy Hour! 😄
August 26, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Nice find! Happy Hour was the name of the nightclub, but they had a "cocktail hour." Here's another ad from the Billings Gazette, August 1, 1944.
"Happy Hour" does turn up before Phil Kenny's, but it never quite seems to reference the cocktail hour before dinner.
And no dancing at Happy Hour! 😄
"Happy Hour" does turn up before Phil Kenny's, but it never quite seems to reference the cocktail hour before dinner.
And no dancing at Happy Hour! 😄
By May 25, 1951, however, Phil Kenny's Happy Hour had moved to 5pm, which henceforth became its iconic time slot. Also from the Valley Times.
August 23, 2025 at 6:15 PM
By May 25, 1951, however, Phil Kenny's Happy Hour had moved to 5pm, which henceforth became its iconic time slot. Also from the Valley Times.
While looking into this, I found that etymologist Barry Popik had turned up a mention of Phil Kenny's Happy Hour from 1951 and attributed it as the origin of the phrase. This clip is from a few years earlier than that. Here's another one from Dec. 9, 1949, when they ran out of glasses.
August 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
While looking into this, I found that etymologist Barry Popik had turned up a mention of Phil Kenny's Happy Hour from 1951 and attributed it as the origin of the phrase. This clip is from a few years earlier than that. Here's another one from Dec. 9, 1949, when they ran out of glasses.
While researching the Blood & Sand Cocktail, I came across across what I believe to be the earliest mention of a bar having Happy Hour specials. Allen Rich & Bill Bush's column "Dining, Dancing, Entertainment" in the Valley Times, November 25, 1949, in a mention of Phil Kenny's Cafe, in Hollywood.
August 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
While researching the Blood & Sand Cocktail, I came across across what I believe to be the earliest mention of a bar having Happy Hour specials. Allen Rich & Bill Bush's column "Dining, Dancing, Entertainment" in the Valley Times, November 25, 1949, in a mention of Phil Kenny's Cafe, in Hollywood.
For fans of the Cafe Royal Cocktail Book.
From the Middlesex Advertiser & County Gazette, April 5, 1935.
From the Middlesex Advertiser & County Gazette, April 5, 1935.
August 17, 2025 at 9:26 PM
For fans of the Cafe Royal Cocktail Book.
From the Middlesex Advertiser & County Gazette, April 5, 1935.
From the Middlesex Advertiser & County Gazette, April 5, 1935.
But this bit, from Bill Bush's column "The Boulevard Beat," from the Valley Times, January 30, 1953, indicates that Buhen knew at that point that the Blood and Sand was a Tiki drink containing Scotch. This casts doubt on the idea that he replaced the existing drink with a new recipe.
August 10, 2025 at 7:27 PM
But this bit, from Bill Bush's column "The Boulevard Beat," from the Valley Times, January 30, 1953, indicates that Buhen knew at that point that the Blood and Sand was a Tiki drink containing Scotch. This casts doubt on the idea that he replaced the existing drink with a new recipe.
Carl Ferraro bought the Dresden in 1954, and changed its name to the Dresden Restaurant. Some interesting details in his obit. Los Angeles Times, February 7, 2005.
Also note that "Anchorman" (2004) also had a scene filmed at the Dresden.
Also note that "Anchorman" (2004) also had a scene filmed at the Dresden.
August 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Carl Ferraro bought the Dresden in 1954, and changed its name to the Dresden Restaurant. Some interesting details in his obit. Los Angeles Times, February 7, 2005.
Also note that "Anchorman" (2004) also had a scene filmed at the Dresden.
Also note that "Anchorman" (2004) also had a scene filmed at the Dresden.
A clue to the nature of Raffles' variation on Craddock's recipe turned up by chance two years ago, in r/Old_Recipes. Redditor bunnykitten94 thrifted a copy of The Wine Cookbook, Cora, Bob & Rose Brown. An old bookmark was found within, a baggage tag from Raffles, with a hand-written recipe.
August 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM
A clue to the nature of Raffles' variation on Craddock's recipe turned up by chance two years ago, in r/Old_Recipes. Redditor bunnykitten94 thrifted a copy of The Wine Cookbook, Cora, Bob & Rose Brown. An old bookmark was found within, a baggage tag from Raffles, with a hand-written recipe.
More details about Byren's Blood and Sand appeared over a year later, in the LA Mirror, November 14th, 1950. It's here that we learn of the recipe's pre-WWII origin at Raffles Hotel in Singapore.
August 9, 2025 at 8:24 PM
More details about Byren's Blood and Sand appeared over a year later, in the LA Mirror, November 14th, 1950. It's here that we learn of the recipe's pre-WWII origin at Raffles Hotel in Singapore.