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Date: July 29th, 2008

Tales 2008 Anecdote #1

29 July, 2008 (20:53) | Rambling | No comments

This year I participated in Tales of the Cocktail.
One of the other participants on my panel was supposed to be John Deragon, of the fabulous bar PDT in New York City. Aside from his fantastic Boker’s Bitters replica, he also brought samples of PDT’s Baconfat washed Bourbon.
Unfortunately, as the day of the panel approached, [...]

Cota Cocktail

29 July, 2008 (08:00) | Savoy Cocktail Book | No comments

Cota Cocktail
1/4 Hercules. (3/4 oz Cocchi Barolo Chinato)
1/4 Cointreau. (3/4 oz Cointreau)
1/2 Dry Gin. (1 1/2 oz Bombay Gin)
Shake (stir - eje) well and strain into cocktail glass.
The ingredient Hercules continues to confound.
Cocktaildb’s ingredient database (and the Jones’ Bar Guide) suggest it is an Absinthe substitute. However, making these cocktails with any modern Absinthe substitutes, [...]