Having just received my Fee Brothers Orgeat Syrup I decided to try The Fogcutter again, using the recipe from Trader Vic’s: 2.0 ounces light Puerto Rican rum 0.5 ounce gin 1.0 ounce brandy 1.0 ounce orange juice 2.0 ounces lemon…
Back Porch Lemonade
This is another favorite of mine from bluezoo, and thanks to Chad Lobner I’m able to share the recipe for Back Porch Lemonade: 2.00 ounces Troy and Sons moonshine 1.50 ounces Sour Mix 0.75 ounce Ginger Syrup Lemon wedges Muddle…
The Moscow Mule
For a recent party I bought some spicy Jamaican-style ginger ale, so I thought it was time to try The Moscow Mule: 2 ounces vodka Juice of 1/2 lime Ginger beer or ginger ale Squeeze lime juice into a Moscow…
Ginger Syrup
Simple syrups are usually just equal parts sugar and water, plus something to flavor it. Ginger syrup is pretty much the same, but its preparation is a little different. 1 cup sugar 3 cups water ginger, peeled and cut into…
The Fogcutter
Dr. Cocktail lists only a single vintage recipe that uses sour mix, and since I had some on hand I decided to try The Fogcutter: 1.0 ounce white rum 0.5 ounce gin 0.5 ounce brandy 0.5 ounce Sour Mix Two…
Harvest Rye
When the year end holidays roll around, I start to look forward to the Harvest Rye cocktail: 2 ounces High West Double Rye 1 ounce Sour Mix 1 ounce Apple Shrub Cider Foam Fresh nutmeg Shake the first three ingredients…
Cider Foam
One concept that is definitely associated more with modern mixology than vintage is the use of foams. This is a recipe for an apple cider foam: 8 ounces apple cider 3-4 cinnamon sticks 1 sheet gelatin Simmer the cider and…
Apple Shrub
A shrub is an acidulated beverage made of fruit juice, sugar, and other ingredients. It is both sweet and tart. I needed an apple shrub for a recipe and was given this one: 8 ounces of Granny Smith apples 8…
Sour Mix
Sour mix is such an overused cocktail ingredient that the Vintage Cocktail book expressly states it won’t be used (but one exception is The Fogcutter). However, homemade sour mix is much different than the sickly sweet stuff you usually get…
Palm Beach Special
In our house we almost always have a grapefruit. It’s odd, because while we eat grapefruit we don’t do so very often, and since we always have one sometimes it hangs around past its prime. Thus we refer to it…