173 Pre-prohibition Cocktails

Download or read book 173 Pre-prohibition Cocktails written by Tom Bullock and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Newspapers called former president Teddy Roosevelt a liar when he confessed under oath to drinking just part of one julep made for him by master bartender Tom Bullock. The reason? To believe that a red-blooded man, and a true Colonel at that, ever stopped with just a part of one of Tom's drinks ... is to strain credulity too far.For almost a century Tom Bullock's cocktail recipes, so delectable an editorial in the St. Louis Dispatch (May 28, 1913) compared them to the liquefied soul of a Southern moonbeam, were lost.Now you can charm your guests, make special occasions legendary, and bring old-world romance to intimate moments with these scrumptious libations from history. Choose from: 7 Absinthes / 9 Champagne Cocktails / 5 Juleps4 Pousses / 5 Cobblers / 31 Party PunchesOr have a simply scandalous time with Coolers, Fizzes, Floats, Frappes, Highballs, Lemonades, Noggs, Rickeys, Sangarees, Scaffias, Skins, Shrubs, Slings, Sours, Smashes, Toddys or even Non-Alcoholic Drinks!You'll read this book again and again! Not just to sample 173 almost-lost recipes, but also to read fun facts about drink in history, see turn-of-the-century art, advertisements, and railroad menus. Even discover the true stories behind George Washington's favorite drink, why Ben Franklin flipped, and how Winston Churchill's mother inspired a New York bartender to create the Manhattan.