The Prohibition COCKTAIL LIST

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1 The Prohibition COCKTAIL LIST

2 The Prohibition Cocktail List The temperance movement, which advocates moderating or entirely abstaining from alcohol, was popularised in Britain in the 19th century. The closest we came to prohibition was during the First World War, when pub hours became subject to licenses, the alcohol content of sprits was reduced and tax on alcohol was raised. Many breweries were also transformed into munitions factories and nationalised, limiting the supply of alcohol in Britain. Meanwhile in 1918, across the big pond, the 18th Amendment to the USA s Constitution made it illegal to manufacture, transport and sell alcohol. The Boisdale cocktail menu draws inspiration from the era when illicit liquor shops and drinking establishments flourished underground. 2 The Boisdale Cocktail List The Boisdale Cocktail List 3

3 GIN LANE From 1689 onward the English government encouraged the industry of distilling, as it helped prop up grain prices which were then low, and increase trade. The Gin crisis was severe and depicted in William Hogarth s print of the same name. Saffron Syrup 1 cup granulated sugar 1 cup water 1 4 tsp. saffron Combine ingredients in a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Stir until sugar has dissolved, remove from heat and let cool to room temperature. Strain into a clean jar, cover and keep refrigerated for up to 2 weeks. 25ml London No. 3 Gin 15ml Mandarine Napoléon Liqueur 15ml Saffron Syrup 20ml lemon Juice 50ml Piper-Heidsieck NV Champagne Shake all ingredients (except Champagne) with ice and then double strain into a chilled Brio wine glass. Top up with Champagne and garnish with a combination of Marigold, Rose petals & Baby s Breath blossom flowers The Boisdale Cocktail List The Boisdale Cocktail List 5

4 Vanilla Syrup 1 cup water 2/3 cup granulated sugar 1/3 cup light brown sugar Pinch of salt 2 teaspoons vanilla extract In a pan, add all ingredients (except vanilla extract.) Over medium heat, slowly stir until the sugar is completely dissolved. Let the syrup boil for about 5 minutes. Then remove the pan out of the heat until it s sufficiently cooled. Finally add 2 teaspoons of pure vanilla extract and stir until combined. KOKO KRAZY Prosecco was definitely not available in Prohibition times, so we ve cheekily added this little number for the bubbly fans amongst you. May it fly you to the moon and let you play among the stars! 10ml Havana 3yr Cuban Rum 10ml Koko Kanu Coconut Rum 10ml Lime Juice 12.5ml Vanilla Syrup 75ml Santi Nello Prosecco Shake all ingredients (except Prosecco with ice and then double strain into a chilled flute glass. Garnish flute with a coconut crusta and top up with Prosecco Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water. W.C. FIELDS 6 The Boisdale Cocktail List The Boisdale Cocktail List 7

5 Fenugreek Syrup 1 2 cup of Fenugreek Seeds 2 Cups Sugar 2 Cups of water Put the Fenugreek seeds into a pan and crush with the back of a spoon over a medium heat. Add water and sugar, bring to the boil and simmer for 10 mins. GALILEE DECREE Fenugreek, (a crop usually grown to feed cattle,) was a food staple in the first century AD across Europe. During Prohibition, people regularly risked prison for the pleasure of the taste of a distilled spirit, and vodka was an easy spirit to produce at home. 25ml Belvedere Vodka 25ml Pimm s No. 1 5ml Aperol 20ml Fenugreek Syrup 20ml Lemon Juice Shake all ingredients with ice and then double strain into a chilled Nick n Nora glass with a lemon peel twist and a cracked black pepper half-rim Bootlegger s truck 8 The Boisdale Cocktail List The Boisdale Cocktail List 9

6 SPRITZ BERGAMOTTO The Boulevardier s creation is ascribed to Erskine Gwynne an American-born writer who founded a monthly magazine in Paris called Boulevardier which appeared from 1927 to ml Maker s Mark Kentucky Bourbon 10ml Campari 10ml Italicus Rosolio de Bergamotto 100ml Pedrino Ruby Spritz 3 dash Peychaud s Bitters Build in a chilled Amboise glass. Stir with ice and top with Pedrino Ruby Spritz. Add Peychaud bitters and garnish with grapefruit wedge UGLY BETTY Widely touted as the drink that morphed into the Martini and then the Dry Martini, the Martinez was originally based either on Dutch Genever or Old Tom Gin. Here we ve used the Botanist Islay Gin, which is slow distilled in Ugly Betty, (a Lomond Still, one of the last in existence.) 20ml The Botanist Gin 20ml St-Germain Elderflower Liqueur 20ml 30&40 Apéritif de Normandie 15ml Lime Juice 20ml Fenugreek Syrup Shake all ingredients with ice and then double strain into a chilled American Whisky Sour glass. Garnish with a Maraschino cherry The Boisdale Cocktail List The Boisdale Cocktail List 11

7 Grapefruit & Rosemary Syrup 3 cups granulated sugar 2 cups water 1 cup freshly squeezed grapefruit juice 2 sprigs fresh rosemary 6, 2-inch strips grapefruit zest In a large saucepan, combine the sugar, water, and grapefruit juice and stir over medium-high heat until the sugar is completely dissolved. Gently bruise the rosemary with the back of a spoon to release some of their oils. Add them to the pot along with the grapefruit zest. Lower heat to medium and let cook for 5 minutes; do not boil. BROTHER FOGARTY The first publication in which the Last Word appeared was Ted Saucier s 1951 cocktail book Bottoms Up!. In it Saucier states that the cocktail was first served around 30 years earlier at the Detroit Athletic Club and later introduced in New York by Frank Fogarty. 25ml London No. 3 Gin 12.5ml Green Chartreuse 12.5ml King s Ginger Liqueur 25ml Lime Juice 20ml Grapefruit & Rosemary Syrup Shake all ingredients with ice and then double strain into a chilled Nick n Nora glass. Garnish with crystallised stem ginger The Boisdale Cocktail List The Boisdale Cocktail List 13

8 BATHTUB SOUR The gin sour is a traditional cocktail that predates prohibition, and with bathtub Gin being created in houses around USA during Prohibition, we have created an elongated version with 8 ingredients all working in harmony. 40ml Hendrick s Gin 10ml St-Germain Elderflower Liqueur 20ml Pineapple Juice 20ml Apple Juice 20ml Lemon juice 20ml Demerara Sugar Syrup 20ml Egg White 3 Slice Celery Hard shake all ingredients with ice, remove ice and then reverse shake to increase aeration and foam. Double strain into chilled coupette and garnish with dehydrated cinnamon apple and Angostura bitters. (OUR) PROHIBITION PUNCH Our Prohibition Punch harkens back to the style of drinks served during Prohibition to mask the taste of alcohol for an audience used to drinking wine and beer. It s not overly sweet, but it has a bit of sweetness from the various fruit juices used. 15ml Tullamore D.E.W 12yr 15ml Blackwell Dark Rum 15ml Quinta de la Rosa 2004 Port 15ml Lime Juice 15ml Raspberry Cordial 2 dash Angostura Shake all ingredients with ice and double strain into chilled vintage cup with saucer. Garnish with a toasted marshmallow The Boisdale Cocktail List The Boisdale Cocktail List 15

9 SOMETHING TO SHOUT ABOUT Time for something different, a modern day classic twist on the Pornstar Martini which was created here in this very city by Douglas Ankrah. 40ml Hennessy Fine de Cognac 10ml St-Germain Elderflower Liqueur 20ml Passionfruit Syrup 20ml Lemon Juice 20ml Pineapple Juice 3 dash Peychaud s Bitters Hard shake all ingredients (except Peychaud s bitters) with ice, remove ice and then reverse shake to increase aeration and foam. Garnish with Peychaud s bitters and baby s breath blossom flowers AL S BOOTLEG BOTANICALS The original Southside drink may have been the preferred beverage of Al Capone, whose gang dominated Chicago s South Side. The gin consumed by Al Capone s gang had a rougher finish, and required more sweeteners to make it palatable. 25ml Fisher s Gin 5ml Crème de Menthe 10ml Crème de Cacao Blanc 20ml Lime Juice 2 Mint Leaves 1 Rosemary Sprig 1 Thyme Sprig Double Dutch Spices & Oakwood Tonic Shake all ingredients (except tonic) with ice and double strain into a chilled bamboo glass. Add ice and top up with tonic. Garnish with mint, thyme, rosemary and dehydrated lime When I sell liquor, it s called bootlegging; when my patrons serve it on Lake Shore Drive, it s called hospitality. AL CAPONE 16 The Boisdale Cocktail List The Boisdale Cocktail List 17

10 Honey & Pepper Syrup 500ml Honey 100ml Water 1 Tbsp Cracked black peppercorns Combine tall ingredients in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and stir. BILLY S BEERY BRUISER The oldest historical mention of a whiskey sour was published in the Wisconsin newspaper, Waukesha Plain Dealer, in 1870 and since then it s come on leaps and bounds. 250ml Maker s Mark Kentucky Bourbon 25ml Honey & Pepper Syrup 50ml Spitfire Kentish Ale 20ml Lemon Juice Shake all ingredients with ice, and double strain into chilled retro fizz glass. Garnish with an ice diamond and sage leaf The Boisdale Cocktail List The Boisdale Cocktail List 19

11 Chilli Agave Syrup Cup of Water Cup of Agave Syrup 1 Red Chilli Pepper Combine tall ingredients in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and stir. MEXICAN DOVETAIL The paloma (Spanish for dove ) is a tequila-based cocktail mixed with grapefruit. Our twist removes the tequila and adds a few other ingredients for a punchy but delicious alternative. 35ml Bembom Cachaça 15ml Strega Liqueur 3ml Pimento Dram 15ml Chilli Agave Syrup 60ml Grapefruit Juice 20ml Lemon Juice 5ml Mezcal Union Shake all ingredients with ice, and double strain into a Manhattan Hi Ball glass with a grapefruit & chilli crusta. Garnish with grapefruit peel The prohibition law, written for weaklings and derelicts, has divided the nation, like Gaul, into three parts wets, drys, and hypocrites. FLORENCE SABIN 20 The Boisdale Cocktail List The Boisdale Cocktail List 21

12 Fig Syrup 12 Dried figs (chopped in halves) 500g Demerara sugar 250ml Water Chop figs in half and put into pan. Bring to a simmer to soften the figs and then muddle the figs whilst in the pan. Lower heat and simmer for 15 minutes. Cover and stand for at least 30 minutes. Remove figs and put into the dehydrator. Strain the syrup through double strainer to remove flesh of the figs. KENTUCKY 1803 Having first been written about in 1803, where it was described as a dram of spirituous liquor that has mint steeped in it, taken by Virginians of a morning. The Mint Julep was an American Prohibition staple. 40ml Maker s 46 Kentucky Bourbon 15ml St-Germain Elderflower Liqueur 10ml Lime Juice 5ml 20yr Tawny Port 15ml Fig Syrup 3-5 Mint Leaves 2 dash Black Walnut Bitters Add all ingredients to coppered Morroccan Julep tin. Churn ingredients with crushed ice. Top with crushed ice and garnish with mint bouquet and dried fig. Sprinkle with icing sugar The Boisdale Cocktail List The Boisdale Cocktail List 23

13 FLAVOUR YOUR HOOCH Let s face it, moonshine, or unaged whiskey, packs a strong punch, and with this being one of the mass-produced spirits during Prohibition, it was flavoured in earnest. 35ml Reyka Vodka 15ml Crème de Frambois 10ml Licor 43 20ml Lime Juice 15ml Sugar Syrup 30ml Cranberry Juice 2 drops Vanilla Bitters 20ml Egg White Dry shake all ingredients and then hard shake with ice. Double strain into a chilled Speakeasy Coupette and garnish with an Angostura half-spray and star anise. SCOTCH & SODA Scotch and soda is not strictly a cocktail by its most exclusive definition, as it only has two ingredients, although it can be considered a cocktail (of the highball type) in the loosest sense of the term. 50ml Glenfiddich 15yr Solera 15ml Barley Syrup 2 dash Lemon Bitters Topped Soda Water Build in a chilled bamboo glass and top up with cracked ice and soda. Garnish with a large wedge of fresh lemon The Boisdale Cocktail List The Boisdale Cocktail List 25

14 Salty Syrup 1 Cup Water 1 Cup Simple Syrup (1:1) 1 Tsp Granulated Salt Work all ingredients together in a mixing jug and stir until dissolved. WEST INDIAN, ISLAY LIP SMACKER The first documented definition of the word cocktail was in response to a reader s letter asking to define the word in the May 6, 1806 issue of The Balance and Columbian Repository in Hudson, New York. In the May 13, 1806 issue, the paper s editor wrote that it was a potent concoction of spirits, bitters, water, and sugar; it was also referred to at the time as a bittered sling. 30ml Mount Gay Black Barrel 20ml Port Charlotte Islay Whisky 2 Tsp Salty Syrup 5 Drops Chocolate Bitters 2 Drops Vanilla Bitters Stir all ingredients with ice. Add coffee, pepper, salt and sugar rim to Bormioli Old Fashioned glass. Strain cocktail over ice and garnish with orange peel The Boisdale Cocktail List The Boisdale Cocktail List 27

15 IT BURN S SMOKY Originally adapted from Harry Craddock s 1930, The Savoy cocktail book, and named after the famous poet Robert Burns. The Bobby Burns was an absolute Prohibition smasher! 40ml Glenmorangie 10yr 10ml Ardbeg 10yr 10ml Benedictine Liqueur 2 Dash Grapefruit Bitters 2 Dash Angostura Bitters 3 Bsp Demerara Syrup Stir all ingredients with ice and add the Nutmeg, Tonka & Cinnamon crusta to glass. Strain into a chilled Bormioli Old Fashioned glass over ice Comedian Ernest Herne does not want to live without his drink A man had a bottle in his back pocket. When he fell down, he heard something break. Then he realized the back of his pants were wet. Before looking to see what it was, he said, I sure hope that s blood. W.C. FIELDS 28 The Boisdale Cocktail List The Boisdale Cocktail List 29

16 FRENCH FOR A DAY The French Quarter, also known as the Vieux Carré ( Old Square ), is the oldest section of the City of New Orleans. Created at the (rotating) Carousel Piano Bar & Lounge, the Vieux Carré cocktail is a New Orleans staple and has survived to this day! 40ml Courvoisier VSOP Cognac 15ml Knob Creek Rye Whiskey 20ml 20yr Tawny Port 5ml Maple Syrup 3 dash Black Walnut Bitters Spray Herbsaint Stir all ingredients with ice and strain into an American Whisky Sour glass. Garnish with Herbsaint mist and lemon peel New Orleans courtisane enjoying a glass of wine, photo by E.J. Bellocq The Boisdale Cocktail List The Boisdale Cocktail List 31

17 Lemon Oleo Saccarum 1 Whole Lemon Peel 20g granulated Sugar Remove the peel of a lemon, making sure that there is no white pith left behind, and 20g of granulated sugar to rind and leave to rest overnight in a covered bowl. L ALCOOL VOILA L ENNEMI (Alcohol is the Enemy) In 1915, France had a Prohibition of its own by banning the drinking of Absinthe, which meant no more drinking of the New Orleans version of the classic Whisky cocktail - The Sazerac. 5ml Pernod Absinthe 35ml Remy Martin 1738 Cognac 15ml 20yr Tawny Port 1 Bsp Laphroaig 10yr 2 Bsp Oleo Saccarum Stir all ingredients with ice and strain into a Bormioli Old Fashioned glass over ice. Garnish with the Oleo Saccarum lemon rind The Boisdale Cocktail List The Boisdale Cocktail List 33

18 NAKED & FAMOUS How can you compete with an absolute classic like the Irish coffee? Different variations of coffee cocktails pre-date the now-classic Irish coffee by at least 100 years, and here we have created another variation! 20ml Naked Grouse Blended Malt Whisky 10ml Laphroaig 10yr 75ml Strong Americano 20ml Frangelico Cream Heat liqueur coffee glass, and add Naked Grouse and Laphroaig 10yr. Add strong Americano coffee and stir. Top with Frangelico cream and grated nutmeg on top The Boisdale Cocktail List The Boisdale Cocktail List 35

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