Mixology Monday: Prohibition
Monday, December 3rd, 2007
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This being my first ever time hosting Mixology Monday, I’m a little nervous. So bear with me. Also, my schedule has taken a turn for the busier… I’m leaving tomorrow morning to celebrate Repeal Day with the folks from Dewar’s scotch in New York City!
As Repeal Day is coming up on the 5th, I thought we should all get in the spirit by mixing our favorite Prohibition-era cocktails. On to the entries!
Getting an early jump on the competition was Anita at Married… with Dinner. On Friday, she posted a delightful concoction from the Old Waldorf-Astoria Bar Book called the Ampersand.
Shawn over at Rejiggered gives us an original cocktail, the Snowbird Rum Runner, which Shawn informs us was inspired by the rumrunners of the Prohibition era.
My good friend Erik Ellestad put together a thread at the eGullet forums, with several people contributing cocktails. Thanks, Erik!
Scomorokh over at The Science of Drink showed up with The Angel’s Tit. I don’t normally go for that sort of strong language, but the drink looks interesting - to say the least. I’m going to have to try this one out at work tonight.
Chip and Andy at Chip and Andy’s Universe burst through the door with the Maiden’s Kiss, another sexually-charged cocktail that they’re using to kill two birds with one stone, Mixology Monday and Raiders of the Lost Cocktail. Nice work!
Dinah at MetaGrrrl showed up with a little something called the Ruby Cocktail that she found in a book from 1908 called The World’s Drinks And How To Mix Them by William “Cocktail” Boothby.
Marshall at The Scofflaw’s Den came through with the Star Cocktail, which he found in Mr. Wondrich’s new book Imbibe!
And speaking of Scofflaws, SeanMike at the Scofflaw’s Den went with the Scoff Law Cocktail and the Jack Rose, with a Vesper as a chaser. Ambitious!
Bunnyhugs brings us a lengthy and well-informed post about the Pisco Punch, one of my favorite cocktails. I hadn’t had the pleasure of visiting Bunnyhugs before, but this sort of writing reminds me why I love our ever-growing community.
Our friend Chuck Taggart at the Gumbo Pages went above-and-beyond the call of duty, cracking open his copy of The Saloon in the Home, or A Garden of Rumblossoms, by Ridgely Hunt and George S. Chappell from 1930. The drink is called the Hunting Horn, and the post is full of Chuck’s usual style of valuable information. A must-read.
If you like complex cocktails, you’re going to love Craig’s post at The Brotherhood of If, a drink called Everybody’s Irish American.
Robert over at Explore the Pour is a lot like me. He loves eggs in cocktails and wrote about ten pages explaining his fascination. He brought his ovoid love to the table with the Morning Glory cocktail. Another drink I’m going to be trying out tonight.
Despite my very Teutonic last name and a year of German classes in college, I still don’t speak a lick of German. But that won’t stop me from trying Christian at Cocktailwelt’s Bijou cocktail. Now to find a metric jigger…
My fellow Oregonian Blair at Trader Tiki wrote a nice piece about the history of Prohibition in Portland, and submits one of my all-time favorites (and yours, I hope) the Monkey Gland.
Thanks to everyone who participated. If I somehow left you out, just leave a comment in the comments section and let us know - I’ve got to go pack my bags!
03 Dec 2007 at 3:47 pm 1. Dood (Matt R.)
*eventually finds a proper place to submit his entry*
http://www.rumdood.com/archive/2007/12/03/mixology-monday-repeal-day–the-rum-runners.aspx
03 Dec 2007 at 4:54 pm 2. Jamie Boudreau
Add me to the mix, and have a good time in NY, you lucky bastard!
http://spiritsandcocktails.wordpress.com/2007/12/03/mixmo-prohibition/
03 Dec 2007 at 5:00 pm 3. paul
As someone who typically posts his MxMo entries at ten minutes to midnight, I’ve gotta point out — it’s still Monday!
03 Dec 2007 at 5:52 pm 4. Jay Hepburn
I typically rely on being at least five hours ahead of the US to avoid my entry being late. I wasn’t banking on such a speedy round-up!
Anyway, my entry is up here. Happy Repeal Day for the 5th everybody! Even if I can’t enjoy any of the festivities myself as we had the good sense not to have a prohibition in the first place over here…
03 Dec 2007 at 6:41 pm 5. Hanky Panky
The ladies of LUPEC Boston are throwing their (extremely fashionable) hats into the ring as well. Check us out at lupecboston.blogspot.com.
Chin Chin!
03 Dec 2007 at 8:17 pm 6. Alex, Emma and Parysa
Such a speedy round up - we managed to post in time (yesterday actually) but did forget to link so here is our (1st) attempt at Mixology Monday
http://fizzflipandfancy.blogspot.com/
03 Dec 2007 at 9:05 pm 7. Michael Dietsch
Uh, yeah. I didn’t realize I had to post by 6pm, but I guess I’m sitting this one out.
03 Dec 2007 at 9:55 pm 8. Sonja
Just under the wire in my timezone, I’ve got my post up at
http://thinkingofdrinking.blogspot.com/2007/12/mixology-monday-repeal-day.html
Whew! Happy Repeal Day Everyone, cheers!
03 Dec 2007 at 9:57 pm 9. Marleigh
Figures I’d be the latest of the late.
http://sloshed.hyperkinetic.org/2007/12/03/leave-it-to-me-cocktail-no-1/
Have fun on the (freezing cold snowy) East Coast!
04 Dec 2007 at 12:00 am 10. Jimmy
“If I somehow left you out…”
You mean by posting the wrap-up before the end of Monday?
I’ll write my own blurb here:
“Jimmy Patrick over at Jimmy’s Cocktail Hour (www.mixographer.com note the new url) provides the recipe for a Silver Gin Fizz AND a great holiday gift idea at the same time. Way to go Jimmy!”
http://www.mixographer.com/2007/12/mixology-monday-silver-gin-fizz.html
04 Dec 2007 at 12:02 am 11. Jimmy
look at that, he even set is clock an hour ahead….
04 Dec 2007 at 12:10 am 12. Jacob G
My first attempt at MxMo is up here:
http://www.jacobgrier.com/blog/archives/845.html
Have fun in NY!
04 Dec 2007 at 2:02 am 13. Jeffrey Morgenthaler
Hey everyone
So sorry to force the early post, but here’s my story:
I don’t normally work on Monday nights. For weeks now, I’ve set aside this Monday night as the time I was going to sit back with a cocktail, and write my Mixology Monday post.
That all changed at around 1PM my time, when the fine folks at Dewar’s scotch called and asked if they could fly me out to New York City tomorrow morning for two days of Repeal Day festivities.
Naturally, I scrambled to get my shifts covered at the bar, and this required that I cover the Monday night shift tonight starting at 3:30PM.
I’m hopping on a plane tomorrow morning at 10 for two days of Repeal Day merriment in Manhattan, courtesy of Dewar’s. I’m absolutely beside myself.
So there you have it. I’m sorry for the early post, I thank you all for participating so eagerly in my half-witted Mixology Monday, and I’ll be posting from the road tomorrow, so stay tuned!
Drink well,
Jeffrey
04 Dec 2007 at 4:47 am 14. Dominik MJ
Dear Jeffrey,
sorry my delayed post - I was quite a bit busy in the last couple of days!
Please check my post out on: http://web.mac.com/opinionatedalchemist/the_opinionated_alchemist/the_opinionated_bar-log/Entries/2007/12/3_mixology_monday_-_repeal_day.html
Cheers!
Dominik MJ
04 Dec 2007 at 7:04 am 15. Christian
Hi,
thanks for posting my mxmo! but you don´t need an metric jigger to make my bijou-cocktail
1 ounce = 3cl
greatings from germany
…and now let us start the new mxmo for 2008!
04 Dec 2007 at 8:05 am 16. gwen sutherland kaiser
hey don’t forget about me!!!!
http://intoxicatedzodiac.com/blog/2007/12/04/unto-death/
cheers to REPEAL DAY : ) gwen
04 Dec 2007 at 10:20 am 17. Natalie - The Liquid Muse
Hey Jeffrey,
Happy Repeal Day!
So sorry I missed this MxMo!!! Dammit! Got busy, threw a party on Sunday - totally spaced about MxMo.
This is a great bunch of cocktails, though!
Have a blast in NY.
The Liquid Muse
04 Dec 2007 at 10:41 am 18. Rick
Here is the entry from Kaiser Penguin:
http://www.kaiserpenguin.com/zombie-recipe-comparison/
Jeffrey, it’s ok. We all get invited to special spirit events weekly …
04 Dec 2007 at 10:47 am 19. Paul
After bitching that the roundup was done early, I forget to give you the URL for my post. Damn Bee’s Knees making me forgetful.
Here y’go.
04 Dec 2007 at 12:03 pm 20. jimmy
Hi Jeff,
I finished up the wrap-up, just like you asked. It’s over at my site:
http://www.mixographer.com/2007/12/mixology-monday-wrap-up-part-ii.html
04 Dec 2007 at 1:23 pm 21. 6th Floor Blogger
Hey, I wish I knew exactly where you were drinking in NYC tomorrow. I figure I have to hit the bars for at least one drink, I’m leaning towards McSorley’s, as the oldest bar in New York for the place to drink.
I saw a repeal Day ad from Dewar’s in the onion today.