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Raspberry-7728-1204, photo © 2013 Douglas M. Ford. All rights reserved.

The Clover Club Cocktail

The Pendennis Club, the Jockey Club, the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club, the Turf Club, the Pegu Club—any number of Old Boys Clubs have celebrated themselves with eponymous cocktails. For most, only the namesake drinks survive, and many of those are barely alive.

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Zombie Punch (detail), photo © 2012 Douglas M. Ford. All rights reserved.

Making Zombie Punch

I never paid much attention to Tiki drinks because of all the hokey trappings—you know: the faux South Seas ambience, the silly mugs, fake idols, umbrellas and overwrought garnishes, the ingredient lists as long as your arm…

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Hart of Darkness (detail), photo copyright © 2012 Douglas M. Ford. All rights reserved.

The Hart of Darkness

I was delighted to come across the Hart of Darkness cocktail in Jeff Berry’s Beachbum Berry Remixed (2010). Hart of Darkness is one of Berry’s originals, and its 21st century recipe fits nicely with his impressive compilation of mid-20th century tiki drinks.

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Of the Older Fashioned cocktail, photo © 2013 Douglas M. Ford. All rights reserved.

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I still remember the first time I filled out a tax form. I felt very official and bureaucratic; I was an important part of the American economy.

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The Ancient Mariner Cocktail - rums, lime juice, grapefruit juice, and allspice dram. Photo © 2013 Douglas M. Ford All rights reserved.

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Warm days are returning to Minnesota; time to think about tropical drinks. As luck would have it, Jeff Berry’s Grog Log came to hand the other day, and fell open to his fruit and spice laden Ancient Mariner.

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Jameson whiskey label (detail), photo © 2013 Douglas M. Ford. All rights reserved.

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Old Pal Cocktail, photo © 2013 Douglas M. Ford. All rights reserved.

The mystery of the Old Pal cocktail

Sometime back I wrote up one of my favorite whiskey drinks, the 1794 Cocktail. At the time, I thought of the 1794 as an improvement of the classic Boulevardier, but it might be just as accurate to think of it as a variant of an even older drink: the Old Pal. Read more »

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Raspberry-7728-1204, photo © 2013 Douglas M. Ford. All rights reserved.

The Clover Club Cocktail

The Pendennis Club, the Jockey Club, the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club, the Turf Club, the Pegu Club—any number of Old Boys Clubs have celebrated themselves with eponymous cocktails. For most, only the namesake drinks survive, and many of those are barely alive. Read more

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