Nov
08
Cocktails By Jimmy Late Of Ciro’s 1930 Reprint
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A complete reproduction of Cocktails by Jimmy late of Ciro’s 1930 Reprint with a new introduction by Ross Bolton. Ciro’s was a hip London establishment (before another popular one opend up in Los Angeles in 1940), that had as their bartender Harry McElhone (author of Barflies and Cocktails and ABC of Cocktails), at which Jimmy took over when Harry went off to Paris. This book is one of the only books with the drink with Pegu Club Cocktail, and has quite a few pages of interestingly worded toasts. And in its remarks answers what was at that time Old Time Gin and Dry Gin, as well as a very different grenadine than pomegranates or red syrup.
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- Jerry Thomas’ Bartenders Guide: How To Mix Drinks 1862 Reprint: A Bon Vivant’s Companion
- Jerry Thomas Bartenders Guide 1887 Reprint
- Bar La Florida Cocktails 1935 Reprint
1930 London hip bar drinks
This historical bar guide is sort of a split personality. For the history, I’d give it five stars. The great toasts and drinks of a London which doesn’t easily come to mind. However, it’s a hard book to use today. Neither the gins nor the mixers have survived quite intact. And it’s not clear if when you make substitutions what you get is what was intended. In particular, some of the drinks I made from the book did not seem to turn out very well. I suspect it’s ingredients. The tropical/rum vintage drink books seem to survive better their translation through time.