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Old Pal
The old pal is a cocktail consisting of equal parts rye whiskey ("Canadian" whisky), French vermouth (dry), and Campari. History The cocktail appeared in print in , by Harry MacElhone, the proprietor of Harry's New York Bar in Paris. The cocktail appears, not in the main list of recipes, but in the essay "Cocktails About Town" by Arthur Moss, which describes cocktails by men-about-town; this essay also includes the boulevardier. The Old Pal is credited to William "Sparrow" Robinson, a sports editor for '' The New York Herald'' in Paris, while the "old pal" refers to Moss, to whom it is dedicated. The cocktail is described as: :I remember way back in 1878, on the 30th of February to be exact, when the Writer was discussing this subject with my old pal "Sparrow" Robertson and he said to yours truly, "get away with that stuff, my old pal, here's the drink I invented when I fired the pistol the first time at the old Powderhall foot races and you can't go wrong if you put a bet down ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rye Whiskey
Rye whiskey can refer to two different, but related, types of whiskey: * American rye whiskey, which is similar to bourbon whiskey, but must be distilled from at least 51 percent rye grain * Canadian whisky, which is often referred to as (and often labelled as) rye whisky for historical reasons, although it may or may not actually include any rye grain in its production process. American rye whiskey In the United States, rye whiskey is, by law, made from a Mashing, mash of at least 51 percent rye. (The other ingredients in the mash are usually maize, corn and malted barley.) It is distilled to no more than 160 U.S. proof (80% alcohol by volume, abv) and Aging barrel, aged in charred, new oak barrels. The whiskey must be put in the barrels at no more than 125 proof (62.5% abv). Rye whiskey that has been aged for at least two years and has not been blended whiskey, blended with other spirits may be further designated as Straight whiskey, straight, as in "straight rye whiskey". Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vermouth
Vermouth (, ) is an Italian aromatized wine, aromatized, fortified wine, flavored with various Botany, botanicals (roots, Bark (botany), barks, flowers, seeds, Herb, herbs, and Spice, spices) and sometimes Food coloring, colored. The modern versions of the beverage were first produced in the mid- to late 18th century in Turin, Italy. While vermouth was traditionally used for medicinal purposes, it was later served as an apéritif and digestif, apéritif, with fashionable cafés in Turin serving it to guests around the clock. In the late 19th century, it became popular with bartenders as a key ingredient for cocktails, such as the martini (cocktail), martini, the Manhattan (cocktail), Manhattan, the Rob Roy (cocktail), Rob Roy, and Negroni. In addition to being consumed as an apéritif or cocktail ingredient, vermouth is sometimes used as an alternative to white wine in Cooking wine, cooking. Historically, the two main types of vermouth are sweet and dry. Responding to demand a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campari
Campari () is an Italian alcoholic liqueur, considered an aperitif, apéritif of the ''bitter'' variety (and not an amaro) by Italians while considered an apéritif of the Amaro (liqueur), amaro variety by Americans, obtained from the infusion of herbs and fruit (including chinotto and cascarilla) in alcohol and water. It is a type of bitters, characterised by its dark red colour. It is produced by the Davide Campari Group, a multinational company based in Italy. History Campari was invented in 1860 by Gaspare Campari in Novara, Italy. It was originally coloured with carmine dye, derived from crushed cochineal, cochineal insects, which gave the drink its distinctive red colour. Campari Group discontinued the use of carmine in 2006. In 1904, Campari's first production plant was opened in Sesto San Giovanni, near Milan, Italy. Under the direction of Davide Campari, Gaspare's son, the company began to export the beverage, first to Nice in the heart of the French Riviera, then overse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cocktail Glass
A cocktail glass is a stemware, stemmed glass (drinkware), glass with an inverted cone bowl, mainly used to serve bartending terminology#Straight up, straight-up cocktails. The term ''cocktail glass'' is often used interchangeably with ''martini glass'', despite their differing slightly. Today, the glass is used to serve a variety of cocktails, such as the martini (cocktail), martini and its variations (Gibson (cocktail), Gibson, French martini, vodka martini, espresso martini, appletini), Manhattan (cocktail), Manhattan, Brandy Alexander, pisco sour, Negroni, cosmopolitan (cocktail), cosmopolitan, gimlet (cocktail), gimlet, and the grasshopper (cocktail), grasshopper. History Invented in the late 19th century, its form derives from the fact that all cocktails are traditionally served chilled and contain an aromatic element. Thus, the stem allows the drinker to hold the glass without affecting the temperature of the drink, an important aspect due to the lack of added ice whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry MacElhone
Harry MacElhone (1890 – 1958) was an early 20th century bartender, famous for his bar in Paris, Harry's New York Bar; his influential cocktail book, ''Harry's ABC of Mixing Cocktails;'' and for inventing or first publishing numerous classic cocktails. Career MacElhone was born in Dundee, Scotland, on 16 June 1890,Rob Chirico, ''Field Guide to Cocktails'' p. 66 and 189, 2005 by Quirk Productions. He began working at Ciro's Club in London after World War I, before moving to Paris and buying Harry's New York Bar in 1923. He later worked at the Plaza Hotel in New York. , his descendants continued to run Harry's New York Bar. ''Harry's ABC of Mixing Cocktails'' MacElhone published a series of cocktail books, in various editions and printings, commonly known as ''Harry's ABC of Mixing Cocktails'', beginning with ''Harry of Ciro's ABC of Mixing Cocktails'' in 1922, and ending with the twelfth version, the "New Edition" in 1952/53; except for the last one, they were all from the inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry's New York Bar
Harry's New York Bar is a bar in Paris, France located at 5, Rue Daunou, between the Avenue de l'Opéra and the Rue de la Paix. It was converted from a bistro by jockey Tod Sloan in 1911 and became a popular expatriate spot during World War I. It has been frequented by a number of international celebrities and is said to be the birthplace of several classic cocktails. History The bar was acquired by former American star jockey Tod Sloan in 1911, who converted it from a bistro and renamed it the "New York Bar." Sloan had gone partners with a New Yorker named Clancy (first name unknown) who owned a bar in Manhattan. That bar was dismantled and shipped to Paris. Sloan then hired Harry MacElhone, a barman from Dundee, Scotland, to run the bar. Sturges, Preston. - p. 195, ''Preston Sturges by Preston Sturges: His Life in His Words''. (1990). Simon & Schuster. . At the time, American tourists and members of the artistic and literary communities were beginning to show up in Paris i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, fourth-most populous city in the European Union and the List of cities proper by population density, 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2022. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, culture, Fashion capital, fashion, and gastronomy. Because of its leading role in the French art, arts and Science and technology in France, sciences and its early adoption of extensive street lighting, Paris became known as the City of Light in the 19th century. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an official estimated population of 12,271,794 inhabitants in January 2023, or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Moss
Arthur Harold Moss (November 1889 in Greenwich Village – February 20, 1969 in Neuilly-sur-Marne) was an American expatriate poet and magazine editor. Life His parents were Polish-Jewish immigrants. Arthur was inducted into the army on 4 Sep 1918. Arthur did not serve active duty in WW1. He served as a PVT with the QMC (Quarter Masters Corp) in Johnston Florida until he was discharged 8 JAN 1919. Arthur attended Cornell University for three years, but dropped out. ''The Quill'' In 1917, he returned to Greenwich Village, founding ''The Quill'' with partner Harold Hersey and was managing editor and wrote articles. It included artists Clara Tice, Wood Gaylor, Mark Tobey and Alfred J Frueh; writers included Ben De Casseres. He married Millia Davenport (1895–1992) and worked with her at ''The Quill''. They co-authored, ''The Quill: For And By Greenwich Village'', vol.4, no.8, 1919. They separated shortly thereafter. She went on to design costumes, and in 1948 wrote ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boulevardier (cocktail)
The boulevardier cocktail is an alcoholic drink composed of whiskey, sweet vermouth, and Campari. It originated as an obscure cocktail in late 1920s Paris, and was largely forgotten for 80 years, before being rediscovered in the late 2000s as part of the craft cocktail movement, rapidly rising in popularity in the 2010s as a variant of the negroni, and becoming an IBA official cocktail in 2020. History The boulevardier first appeared in print in the Parisian cocktail book ''Barflies and Cocktails'' (1927), where it is ascribed to Erskine Gwynne, an American-born writer who founded a monthly magazine in Paris called ''Boulevardier'', which appeared from 1927 to 1932. The cocktail appears, not in the main list of recipes, but in the essay "Cocktails About Town" by Arthur Moss, which describes cocktails by men-about-town. The boulevardier is described as an equal parts cocktail: :Now is the time for all good Barflies to come to the aid of the party, since Erskinne icGwynne cras ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Herald
The ''New York Herald'' was a large-distribution newspaper based in New York City that existed between 1835 and 1924. At that point it was acquired by its smaller rival the ''New-York Tribune'' to form the ''New York Herald Tribune''. History The first issue of the paper was published by James Gordon Bennett Sr., on May 6, 1835. The ''Herald'' distinguished itself from the partisan papers of the day by the policy that it published in its first issue: "We shall support no party—be the agent of no faction or coterie, and we care nothing for any election, or any candidate from president down to constable," although it was typically considered sympathetic to the Jacksonian Democratic Party and later, President John Tyler. Bennett pioneered the "extra" edition during the ''Heralds sensational coverage of the Robinson–Jewett murder case. By 1845 it was the most popular and profitable daily newspaper in the United States. In 1861 it circulated 84,000 copies and called its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
T (magazine)
''T: The New York Times Style Magazine'', known simply as ''T'', is a perfect-bound magazine publication of ''The New York Times'' newspaper dedicated to fashion, living, beauty, holiday, travel, and design coverage. ''T'' is not a supplement of ''The New York Times Magazine'', but a distinct publication with its own staff. It was launched in August 2004, and is distributed with the Sunday edition of the newspaper 11 times a year. Since December 2007, an international edition has been distributed with the weekend edition of ''The New York Times International Edition'' (or ''International New York Times'', formerly the ''International Herald Tribune''). In 2010, its first country-specific edition, ''T Qatar'' was launched. ''T Australia'' is a separate online and quarterly print magazine produced for the Australian market. History ''T: The New York Times Style Magazine'' was launched in August 2004. It was published 13 times per year between 2013 and 2016, and since January ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IBA Official Cocktail
The IBA official cocktails are cocktails recognised by the International Bartenders Association (IBA) to be the most requested recipes. The list was developed starting in 1960, and the first version was announced in 1961, comprising 50 cocktails. It has since undergone periodic revisions, and as of comprises 102 cocktails in 3 categories; see for more. List of cocktails , there are 102 IBA official cocktails, divided into three equal categories of 34: The Unforgettables, Contemporary Classics, and New Era Drinks. The Unforgettables ; Alexander : Made with cognac, cocoa liqueur ( crème de cacao), and cream. ; Americano : Made with Campari, sweet vermouth, and for the sparkling version, club soda and garnished with a slice of lemon. ; Angel face : Made with gin, apricot brandy and calvados in equal amounts. ; Aviation : Made with gin, maraschino liqueur, crème de violette, and lemon juice. Some recipes omit the crème de violette. ; Between the sheets : Made wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
