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    12 Cocktails Good and True
    12 Cocktails Good and True
    12 Cocktails Good and True
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    12 Cocktails Good and True

    By Nigel Bob Collins

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    Writer-journalist Nigel Bob Collins explores twelve classic cocktail, all of which have been enjoyed for nearly or more than a century. The origins, history, and mythology of each cocktail are investigated, and the original recipes are provided. The book includes all information necessary to prepare the drinks, along with a discussion of the ingredients of each. Also included are cocktail photos by the noted food photographer Denny Culbert and period photos of people and places associated with the cocktails. The book is intended for a lay audience but is an invaluable resource for the professional barman.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateJan 15, 2016
    ISBN9781504971881
    12 Cocktails Good and True
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    Nigel Bob Collins

    Nigel Bob Collins is a writer, philosopher, and journalist whose works analyze politics, society, and international relations. Mr. Collins has no fixed place of residence, saying only that he goes wherever he is needed most. Due to the sensitive nature of his work, nothing more about him can be said.

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      12 Cocktails Good and True - Nigel Bob Collins

      AuthorHouse™

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      Phone: 1 (800) 839-8640

      © 2016 Nigel Bob Collins. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or

      transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      Published by AuthorHouse 01/15.2016

      ISBN: 978-1-5049-7187-4 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-5049-7188-1 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2016900569

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      and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

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      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

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      Contents

      ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

      I.   THE REASON

      II.   THE BASICS

      III.   THE COCKTAILS

      1.   Sidecar.

      2.   Aviation.

      3.   Daiquiri.

      4.   Corpse Reviver #2.

      5.   Pegu Club.

      6.   Margarita.

      7.   The Last Word.

      8.   El Presidente.

      9.   The Jack Rose

      10.   Gin And Tonic.

      11.   Gin Rickey.

      12.   French 75.

      ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

      Cover Art by Anne Blenker, www.anneblenker.com

      Cocktail Photography by Denny Culbert, www.dennyculbert.com

      Editor: Adrienne Metz

      Images:

      ABC of Mixing Cocktails, courtesy of Bauman Rare Books;

      La Fee Verte, courtesy of DeviantArt

      Army of the British East India Company, courtesy of Royal Munster Fusiliers Association

      Many thanks to William and Patricia Atkinson, who spent many hours tasting and sampling these cocktails. Their sacrifice is appreciated. Thanks also to Nicole Collier, in whose kitchen the recipes were tested and perfected and who, no matter how busy, always found time to offer constructive criticism.

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      Twelve good men and true. Jury deliberations from 12 Angry Men, the 1957 drama starring, among others, Henry Fonda, E.G. Marshall, Jack Warden, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Bagley and Jack Klugman.

      I.

      THE REASON

      Several years ago, I was seated at the bar of a fashionable restaurant when the barman pushed forward a chilled martini glass filled with a light blue-colored drink, which I later learned was an Aviation cocktail. I took a sip and tasted an icy crisp harmony of herbal and floral flavors, both sweet and sour yet neither sweet nor sour. It was brisk, refreshing and delicious, and something I had not previously experienced.

      My first reaction was surprise. I had come there that evening at the invitation of friends, who were going on about the new mixologist, whatever that was, but only reluctantly. I had spent many years tasting, studying and drinking excellent wines, ports, brandies and traditional beers and ales. To me a cocktail was perhaps a shot of cheap vodka or gin mixed with some sort of soda pop, garnished with a dried up lime wedge and served in a plastic cup. This cocktail was disrupting my notions.

      As I continued to taste and enjoy this complex drink, my reaction turned to irritation, if not outright anger. How had this happened? How had I gone a lifetime without knowing about true, well-crafted cocktails? Were they the result of some new technology? Had they been there all this time, but I was too blind to see? It was all very bewildering. And so I began to investigate.

      I learned that there was a time when cocktails were made with precision and care by craftsmen who had spent years honing their skills, when mixing drinks was an art form, when the people knew and appreciated fine cocktails and would not tolerate the kinds of mixed drinks to which I had become accustomed. Sometime after the end of World War II, however, things began to change. Perhaps because of the war effort and the need to produce vast amounts of supplies and materials as quickly as possible, quantity and efficiency came to be valued over quality and creativity. Soon, the bread was white, pre-sliced and tasteless; the coffee freeze dried into crystals; juices powdered; soups dehydrated; whole diners frozen and insipid. All was homogenized, artificial, instant, plastic-wrapped and convenient, with only the taste and quality sacrificed. It was the dark age of food.

      The cocktail suffered mightily as well. Fresh ingredients were replaced with pre-mixes, artificial sweeteners displaced natural and herbs and botanicals disappeared altogether. Before long, the cocktail became little more than a vehicle for the delivery of cheap booze.

      Happily, things began to change in the early 1990s. It started with a new found appreciation of good wine. Then, Americans took a renewed interest in dining and cooking. Before long, quality products from coffee to cigars became increasingly available to a newly appreciative public.

      In the early years of this century, a few intrepid barmen, like Petrarch atop Mont Ventoux, surveyed the sorry state of the cocktail and began looking to the past for guidance. They dusted off ancient cocktail books from the golden age to rediscover

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