The Florodora Cocktail was created in 1900 and was named for the wildly successful Broadway comedy musical of the same name. In the show there was a sextet of girls known as the Florodora Girls who attracted a faithful …
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I’ll have a Gibson Please…
I’ll Have a Gibson Please… The history of the Gibson Cocktail is vague at best. It was possibly created for a teetotaler who wanted to discreetly distinguish their cocktail from others. Oddly the first written recipe for the Gibson in …

The Pegu Club Cocktail
The Pegu Club Cocktail Rangoon, Burma Today we offer you the simplicity of Gin subtly embellished and perfectly showcased. The Pegu Club Cocktail has been lost to most over time but ranks among the great classics and still translates to …

Limonata Scozzeze
Summer is here and it is time for cool highballs. This culinary cocktail is one of our favorite summer refreshers. It takes cucumber and marries it to gin in a most satisfying fashion. While any Gin will suffice, this drink …

The Buzzing Bee Cocktail
Today's cocktail is a creation all our own and take's it's inspiration from an all-time favorite, the Bee's Knees. The latter is a prohibition era drink spun from the need to mask the less than appealing aromas & flavors of …

Lemon-Chamomile Cocktail
Here is one from the Bottle Pro’s Cocktail Kitchen. It is an ever so refreshing, mildly sweet, subtly earthy, cocktail. The masses will find this drink more appealing with the neutral base of Vodka, but Gin adds a lovely spicy …

The Cucumber-Cilantro Cocktail
Cilantro is one of those herbs that you either like or hate. The semi soapy, citrus flavor imparted by the leaves of the Cilantro plant offers a unique spiciness prized in Mexican foods. Even though Cinco de Mayo is past …

Thoughts on the Martini
What happened to the Martini? Today Martinis are a shadow of what they used to be. They are fruited and laced, infused and laden with pompadours of foam. What was once beauty in simplicity has become a freak show of …

Pat O’Brien’s Original Hurricane Recipe
No Trip to New Orleans is complete without a stop at Pat O ’Briens on Saint Peter Street in the Quarter. There you will find tourists and locals alike mixing to dueling pianos and Hurricane cocktails. In the early 1940’s …

Rosemary Gin Rickey
The “Rickey” is a gin drink invented at Shoomaker’s in Washington D.C. in the late 19th century and was named after lobbyist Colonel “Joe” Rickey. It is a mix of gin, lime juice, sugar and club soda. Today we share …