Today’s clever cocktail is an original from the Bottle Pro’s Cocktail Kitchen. The holidays are here and this creation pays homage to the smells of season. It is a perfect ice breaker to offer guests coming in from the cold. …
Tag: apple brandy
Widow’s Kiss
First published in George Kappler’s 1895 book of Modern American Drinks, the Widow’s Kiss is a beautifully complex assemblage of 4 simple ingredients. Kappler’s original recipe reads as: Widow’s Kiss “A mixing-glass half-full fine ice, two dashes of Angostura bitters, …
The Jack Rose Cocktail
The Jack Rose Cocktail This classic is made with a base of the famous Laird’s Apple Jack. William Laird built the Colt’s Neck Inn, in Monmouth New Jersey in 1717. His son Robert supplied “Cyder Spirits” to George Washington’s troops …
The Stone Fence Cocktail, circa 1770s
It was May of 1775 when Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys captured Fort Ticonderoga in an early morning surprise attack. The cannons that were capture where then taken to Boston and used to push back the British troops, …
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