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Ted Haigh, a.k.a. Dr. Cocktail, makes his living as a graphic designer in the Hollywood movie industry and has worked on such spectacles as O Brother Where Art Thou?, American Beauty, and The Insider. Although he has been diligently researching cocktails since the '80s, his moonlighting as a cocktail historian became public in 1995, when he hosted the America Online spirits boards. In the intervening years, he has been quoted and referenced by the New York Times, Esquire, the Malt Advocate, and Men's Journal, as well as various books and other media. He is a partner in CocktailDB.com, an encyclopedic database of cocktail knowledge.

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In this new, expanded edition of Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails—issued for the 100th Anniversary of National Prohibition—historian, expert, and drink aficionado Ted Haigh, aka Dr. Cocktail vastly widens his examination of 1920–1933, the thirteen-year period when women got the Vote, child labor was abolished and, ironically, saw the cocktail elevated, prolonged, and expanded, spreading this signature American drink form in tasty ripples around the world. All this, plus more drink recipes!

Nothing is so desired as the thing denied. Prohibition made people want cocktails very, very badly. Because "synthetic" liquor was the easiest to make, it was also the easiest to get. Problematically, it tasted awful and wasn't exactly good for you either. Cocktails with their mélange of flavors were a made-to-order method for disguising the bad hooch.

Along with 100+ rare and delicious authentic recipes gathered from old cocktail manuals and scraps of paper never published, this illustrated trip down mixology lane tells the fascinating origins of the cocktail and how it evolved over time, including its rising popularity during Prohibition. Vintage illustrations and advertisements, photos of old bottles and cocktail artifacts, and fascinating Prohibition-era photographs bring the tippling past back to vivid life.

Recipes for rare treasures like The Fogcutter, Knickerbocker à la Monsieur, The Moscow Mule, and Satan’s Whiskers are each presented with:

• Historical background on its origin and cultural context
• Drink Notes that provide additional information on ingredients and tips for substitutions and variations

• Fascinating historical ephemera from Dr. Cocktail's personal collection This homage to the great bartenders of the past and the beverages they created also profiles some of the most influential cocktail pioneers of today. For anyone who enjoys an icy drink and an unforgettable tale, this is a must-have volume.

  Zusammenfassung
  In this expanded Prohibition Edition of Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails, historian, expert, and drink aficionado Dr. Cocktail explains how this period in time launched a cultural shift that elevated the art of the cocktail, saved women and children, and spread ripples around the world.

  Inhalt

  Preface
  Introduction: Greetings, Cocktail Archaeologists!
  The Origins of the Cocktail
  The Centennial of Prohibition
  Cocktail Archaeology: A Trip Down Mixology Lane
   
  RECIPES
  Non-Alcoholic Prohibition Cocktails
  Strawberry Cocktail
  Cantaloupe Cocktail
  Punch
  Iced Orange Coffee
  Superior Grape Juice
  Raspberry Shrub
  Frozen Fruit Punch
  Florida Punch
  Fruit Punch
  Fiji Frappe
  Temperance Punch
  Meridian Mansions Punch
  Fruit Swizzle
  Congressional Club Punch
  Concord Float
  Cream Orange
  Pineapple Cream
   
  Illegal Prohibition Cocktails
  1920 Pick-Me-Up
  Attack Cocktail
  Barton Special
  Between the Sheets
  The Bunny Hug
  The Byrrh Cocktail
  Cameron’s Kick
  Careless Love
  C.F.H. Cocktail
  Cuban Bacardi Cocktail
  De Rigueur Cocktail
  Diabola Cocktail
  Eagle’s Dream
  Dorothy Gish Cocktail
  Eve’s Apple
  Green Fizz
  Greenbriar Cocktail
  Gringo Killer
  The Hell Raiser
  The I.B.F. Pick-Me-Up
  Jamaica Glow
  The Last Word
  Legion Cocktail
  The Lightner Special
  Little Devil Cocktail
  Littlest Rebel Cocktail
  The Peacherino
  Prohibition Cocktail
  Quaker’s Cocktail
  Quarantine Cocktail
  The Red Flag
  The Pussyfoot Cocktail
  Reform Cocktail
  The Revolving Door
  The Ritz Millionaire
  The Rising Sun
  Stop Your Snuffling Now
  The Tanglefoot
  The Third Rail
  Thunderclap
  Truro Pick-Me-Up
  Two Broken Legs
  Volstead Cocktails
  Twelve Miles Out
  Ward Eight
  The Wayne Wheeler Wine Cup
   
  Cocktails Redux
  The Alamagoozlum Cocktail
  The Algonquin Cocktail
  The Amarosa Cocktail
  Arnaud’s Special Cocktail
  The Avenue
  The Aviation
  Barbara West Cocktail
  Barnum (Was Right) Cocktail
  The Bebbo Cocktail
  The Blackthorn Cocktail
  The Blinker
  Blood and Sand
  The Blue Moon
  Blue Paradise
  The Boulevardier
  The Brandy Crusta
  The Brooklyn Cocktail
  The Calvados Cocktail
  Chatham Hotel Special
  The Coffee Cocktail
  The Communist
  The Corpse Reviver #2
  Crimean Cup à la Marmora
  Curaçao Punch
  The Delicious Sour
  The Derby
  Diki-Diki Cocktail
  Doctor Cocktail
  East India Cocktail
  Fairbank Cocktail
  The Filmograph Cocktail
  Fish House Punch
  The Flying Dutchman
  The Fogcutter
  Fogcutter (Early)
  The Ford Cocktail
  The Fred Collins Fiz
  The French 75
  The Georgia Mint Julep
  Golden Dawn
  Hanky Panky
  Have a Heart Cocktail
  Honeymoon Cocktail
  The Income Tax Cocktail
  The Jack Rose Cocktail
  The Japalac Cocktail
  Jasper’s Jamaican Planter’s Punch
  The Jupiter Cocktail
  Knickerbocker à la Monsieur
  La Floridita Daiquiri
  Leatherneck Cocktail
  The Liberal
  The Lion’s Tail
  Lucien Gaudin Cocktail
  Mamie Taylor
  Milk Punch
  The Millionaire
  The Modernista
  The Monkey Gland
  The Moscow Mule
  The Mother-in-Law Cocktail
  Palm Beach Special
  Park Avenue Cocktail
  Pegu Club Cocktail
  The Pendennis Cocktail
  Picon Punch
  Pink Gin
  Ritz Sidecar
  The Rose
  Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Cocktail
  Saint Croix Rum Fix
  Satan’s Whiskers Cocktail
  The Scofflaw
  The Secret Cocktail
  The Seelbach Cocktail
  Seventh Heaven
  The Soother
  Soyer au Champagne
  The Straits Sling
  Three to One Cocktail
  Twelve Mile Limit
  The Twentieth Century Cocktail
  The Vesper
  Vieux Carré Cocktail
  Vowel Cocktail
  The Widow’s Kiss
  Don the Beachcomber’s Zombie
   
  APPENDIX
  Pioneers of the Forgotten Cocktail
  Bibliography
  Afterword
  About the Author
  Index