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Carthusian Cocktail Enthusiasm

Posted on January 26, 2010 by TheElegantologist

(Carthusian Monks, Marseille, France, 1930) This is what happens when you set out to do one thing and get sidetracked by a bar book. I started to look up the true definition of a “mist”, which turns out to be … Continue reading →

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St. Germain, Germane to the Champagne Cocktail

Posted on January 22, 2010 by TheElegantologist

(Image of The Underground’s Table Kit via: Cheeky Chicago.) Was it at Les Deux Magots or the Café de Flore that you overheard them? At any rate it was somewhere in the 6eme, and so it must have been Saint-Germain-des-Prés. … Continue reading →

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The End of an Error

Posted on December 5, 2009 by TheElegantologist

May I suggest a Perfect Manhattan? 1 1/2 oz whisky (Canadian Club was the preferred) 1/4 oz. dry Vermouth 1/4 oz Vermouth rosso dashes of Angostura bitters stemmed cherry opt: twist of orange Despite what Nick Charles would have you … Continue reading →

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