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Prohibition Style Cocktails All Week!

Thursday, January 12 - Wednesday, January 18

 

National Bootlegger's Day is celebrated on January 17, every year, to mark several key events — the start of prohibition in the U.S., the distillation of Templeton Rye whiskey, and the birthday of the infamous gangster Al Capone. We are celebrating all week long with vintage cocktails from the era! 

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Ward 8
Bulleit rye whiskey, pressed lemon & orange, grenadine, agave, lemon crisp 16

This historic cocktail has a contested origin. During Prohibition, it was reported that the Ward 8 may have been created at the Quincy House, a hotel in Boston that was a popular meeting place for politicians in the late 1800s. One story reports that it originated in New York in an area known for political corruption, another that the cocktail is a traditional drink of the Scots Guards. All we know for sure is, it’s delicious!

Hemingway Daiquiri
Flor de Caña white rum, Luxardo maraschino liqueur, grapefruit juice, pressed lime, agave, lime wheel twist 13

As the story goes, Hemingway, looking for a bathroom, popped into El Floridita. There, he saw the bartender mix a batch of frozen daiquiris. Never one to leave an unattended beverage to its own devices, Hemingway picked up the drink and tried it. After a few tastes, he was said to have told the bartender, “That’s good, but I’d prefer it without the sugar…and double the rum.”

Mojito
Flor de Caña white rum, fresh mint & mint syrup, pressed lime, Topo Chico 14

The prohibition of alcohol in the United States in the 1920s meant Americans had to get creative while seeking a connection to the “spirit world.” While Cuban rum runners smuggled rum into the US, many Americans of means instead ran to Cuba, where all manner of rum cocktails were perfectly legal and gloriously plentiful. King of these was the ever-glorious mojito.

Classic 75
Bombay gin, pressed lemon, cane syrup, bubbles 12

The French 75 as we know it first appears in print in 1927, at the height of Prohibition, in a bootlegger-friendly little volume called Here’s How! put out by a New York humor magazine. From there, it got picked up by the 1930 Savoy Cocktail Book, and once it was in there, it was everywhere. The elixir has the distinction of being the only classic born in America during the dry period. 

Sidecar
Courvoisier cognac, Cointreau, pressed lemon, agave, orange twist, half sugar rim 16

Prohibition sends American bartenders to Europe where they can practice their trade. One of them, Harry MacElhone, invents the the drink at Harry’s New York bar in Paris for a patron who is driven to and from this establishment in a motorcycle sidecar. It is widely adopted by discerning drinkers, soon canonized in cocktail books.

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