Steampunk Cocktail Retrospective

   Cocktail  Recipes

Shoot the tea party - lets break out the hard stuff and have a good time by Jupiter

Cocktails were born from the need to disguise low quality  wines and spirits in the far flung outposts of  expeditions, military campaign and times of  Temperance & Prohibition bootlegging. 

Names of early cocktails reflect their era and exotic occidental origin or risque` underground  & blackmarket beginnings.

There is a reason a traditional cocktail tastes like old style cough medicine (apart from the original supplements being banned). Most ingredients are simple and at hand in the cupboard.

 

Morning Glory Fizz

1 dash lemon or 2 dashes lime juice
1/2 tablespoon powdered sugar
1 egg white
2 dashes absinthe
1 glass scotch whisky
 Shake well, strain into a long timber and fill with soda water.
- The Savoy Cocktail Book by Harry Craddock, 1930

Americano

1. 2 ounces sweet vermouth
2. 2 ounces campari
3. Club soda
4. Orange wedge for garnish

Mix equal parts sweet vermouth and Campari over ice, top with a splash of club soda and garnish with an orange wedge.

 

Great Secret Cocktail

Stir well in ice and strain. Squeeze Orange Peel on top.

1/3 Part	Kina Lillet
2/3 Part	Dry Gin (English or London Gin)

Maiden's Prayer Cocktail No. 1

Stir well in ice and strain.

1/8 Part	Orange Juice
3/8 Parts	Cointreau
3/8 Parts	Dry Gin (English or London Gin)
1/8 Part	Lemon Juice

Mah-Jongg Cocktail

Stir well in ice and strain. Add a twist of Lemon Peel.

1/6 Part	Cointreau
2/3 Parts	Dry Gin (English or London Gin)
1/6 Part	Rum

White Lady Cocktail

Stir well in ice and strain into glass.

1/4 Part	Cointreau
1/2 Part	Dry Gin (English or London Gin)
1/4 Part	Lemon Juice

 

Velocity Cocktail

Shake well in ice and strain into glass.

1/3 Part	Dry Gin (English or London Gin)
2/3 Parts	Italian Vermouth (Sweet)
1 Slice	Orange

Trinity Cocktail

Stir well in ice and strain into glass.

1/3 Part	Italian Vermouth (Sweet)
1/3 Part	Dry Gin (English or London Gin)
1/3 Part	Gin

Monte Carlo Imperial Cocktail

Shake well, strain into medium-size glass and fill up with Champagne.

1/2 Part	Dry Gin (English or London Gin)
1/4 Part	White Crème de Menthe
1/4 Part	Lemon Juice
1 Glass	Champagne

Corpse Reviver No. 1

Calvados can replace the Apple Brandy. Stir well in ice and strain into glass.

1/4 Part	Italian Vermouth (Sweet)
1/4 Part	Apple Brandy
1/2 Part	Brandy

Sidecar recipe

3/4 oz triple sec
1/2 oz cognac
3/4 oz lemon juice

Shake ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a twist of lemon peel.

                                

       Thunderclap Cocktail 

Shake well in ice and strain.

1/3 Part Brandy

1/3 Part Gin

1/3 Part Whiskey

Metropolitan Cocktail

Stir well with cracked ice and strain.

1/2 Part	Brandy
1/2 Part	Italian Vermouth (Sweet)
2 Dashes	Gomme Syrup
1 Dash	Angostura Bitters

Monkey Gland Cocktail

Stir well in ice and strain.

3 Dashes	Benedictine
1/3 Part	Orange Juice
2/3 Part	Dry Gin (English or London Gin)

 

 

Artillery Cocktail

Stir well in ice and strain. Add a lemon peel twist for garnish

2 Dashes	Bitters
1/3 Part	Italian Vermouth (Sweet)
2/3 Parts	Dry Gin (English or London Gin)

Polo Cocktail No. 1

Squeeze 1/3 of a Lime into drink. Shake well with cracked ice and strain.

1/3 Part	Italian Vermouth (Sweet)
1/3 Part	Dry Gin(English or London Gin)
1/3 Part	French Vermouth (Dry)

 

Polo Cocktail No. 2

Shake well in ice and strain.

1/6 Part	Grapefruit Juice
1/6 Part	Orange Juice

	2/3 parts Dry Gin ( English or London )

Cold Deck Cocktail

Stir well in ice and strain into glass.

1/4 Part	White Crème de Menthe
1/4 Part	Italian Vermouth (Sweet)
1/2 Part	Brandy

 

Honolulu Cocktail No. 1

Add a little Powdered Sugar. Shake well and Strain.

1 Dash	Orange Juice
1 Dash	Pineapple Juice
1 Glass	Dry Gin (English or London Gin)

 Missionary's Downfall 

( Don the Beachcomber's)

• 4 Whole fresh sprigs of mint
• 1/2 slice Fresh pineapple
• 1 1/2 oz Fresh lime juice
• 1/2 oz Peach brandy
• 1/4 oz Sugar syrup
• 1 oz Light Puerto Rican rum

Stip mint leaves from sprigs and discard stems. Place leaves in blender with rest of ingredients and 14 oz crushed ice. Blend until smooth. Pour into glass or tiki mug.

Zombie Punch (1934)

From 1937 notebook of Beachcomber's waiter Dick Santiago - decoded by Jeff Berry in "Sippin' Safari." This is apparently the original version of the drink, although Don would later modify it over time.

• 3/4 oz. lime (juice)
• 1/2 oz. Don's Mix
• 1/2 oz swizzle or falernum
• 1 1/2 oz. Lowndes Jamaica
• 1 1/2 oz. Puerto Rican Dk. (gold)
• 1 oz. Demerara 151
• Dashes - Angostura (bitters), grenadine & absainthe (Pernod)

Put all into blender, with 6 oz. ice last. Blend for five seconds. Pour into glass and garnish with mint sprig.
NOTE: Don's mix is 2 parts grapefruit juice, 1 part cinnamon-infused sugar syrup.

Green Dragon Cocktail

Stir well with cracked ice, strain and serve with an Olive and a twist of Lemon Peel on top.

2/3 Whiskey
1/3 Italian vermouth

2  Dashes  Angostura Bitters