Comments on: MxMo XXXVII: THE ROUND-UP

By: The Cocktail Chronicles » 60/30, #32-33: Stone Fruit Sour and Don Bruno

The Cocktail Chronicles » 60/30, #32-33: Stone Fruit Sour and Don Bruno — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 07:55:59 +0000

[...] that can help usher the non-cocktail people in your life into your way of thinking. The last time an event with a similar theme came up, the drink I suggested was the Corpse Reviver #2, a flavorful and, in my mind, very [...]

By: maria jette

maria jette — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:38:33 +0000

Fascinating suggestions all. I came here fresh from the US Wodehouse Society’s biennial convention in St. Paul, having regretted not following through on my plan to give the hotel’s bartenders a list of vintage recipes to suggest to conventioneers. (As it turned out, I mostly guzzled champagne. A LOT of champagne.)

Anyhow, my own nomination for Best Beginner Cocktail (Gin category) is certainly the White Lady, which appears in one of the Wodehouse Playhouse episodes from the BBC (avl. from Netflix), but not, I believe in any actual Wodehouse writings.

Its original proportions are 1:1:1– gin, Cointreau and lemon juice. That’s a particularly deadly recipe, IMO, as it seems practically suitable for teetotallers, if you go by taste (or by jaded taste, I suppose). It comes off as a lovely lemonade! I prefer 2:1:1 myself, with gin as the 2– that way you can sort of discern the gin. Basically a Sidecar with gin, obviously, but even friendlier for beginners, and a great lesson in the glory of gin for any “I only drink white wine” or “I only drink vodka” types.

By: Pink Lady

Pink Lady — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:32:38 +0000

I’m so sorry! Just added you now – thanks again for playing!

By: Matt Browner Hamlin

Matt Browner Hamlin — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 08:06:28 +0000

Whoops I'm feeling a bit left out... http://ajiggerofblog.com/2009/03/10/mxmo-the-first-time/ Thanks! Matt

By: There’s a First Time for Everything

There’s a First Time for Everything — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 04:10:18 +0000

[...] — for introducing a cocktail virgin to the world of informed imbibing. Head over to LUPEC-Boston’s roundup to see all the entries for first-timer cocktails. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “There’s a [...]

By: Topics about Umbrellas » MxMo XXXVII: THE ROUND-UP

Topics about Umbrellas » MxMo XXXVII: THE ROUND-UP — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 03:45:43 +0000

[...] Money Transfer put an intriguing blog post on MxMo XXXVII: THE ROUND-UPHere’s a quick excerpt…nice acidity, and it doesn’t skimp on the booze.” Plus, as Alpha Cook points out, “people are easily seduced by small paper umbrellas. [...]

By: paulcloutier

paulcloutier — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:24:07 +0000

Very nice, and well summed up. Thanks again for hosting! It looks like the link to Cocktailiana doesn’t work though.

By: Hard Drinks for Hard Times

Hard Drinks for Hard Times — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:36:02 +0000

[...] $0.83 G&T $1.25 Old Fashioned A collection of four beer based cocktail recipes. And here is March’s competition (which has yet to make it to the main page [...]

By: Jim Slaby

Jim Slaby — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:16:13 +0000

A very useful, rich post. Thanks so much!

By: Heath Hutto

Heath Hutto — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:24:02 +0000

Great list! I look forward to using some of these myself!

I think, though, that there was a transcription error in the next-to-last entry (for the Green Swizzle)–the Swizzle was tasty enough for Bertie (not Betty) Wooster to name his (not her) son after it.

The Wodehouse scene also, in fact, notes the usefulness of attractive scenery and intriguing bar-happenngs for enticing the newcomer:

“I had been able to observe that there was a sprightly sportsman nehind the counter mixing things out of bottles and stirring them up with a stick in long glasses that seemed to have ice in them, and the urge came upon me to see more of this man.”