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Sunday, September 16, 2018

174. Honolulu Cocktail

 My interpretation:
  1 tsp powdered sugar
  1 T orange juice
  1/2 T lime juice
  1 dash Pierre Ferrand Dry Curaçao
  1 dash Angostura bitters

Shake with ice, strain, garnish with lemon twist, serve. — The original recipe appearing in Jack’s Manual 1908 and continued in 1910 is quite different, resembling more a whisky highball:


The realization of this recipe’s similarity to the Whisky Highball in the more organized 3rd Edition (1910s) must have led to the new, more Tropical-inspired, gin-based, citrus-heavy recipe that continues thereafter, and which seems more prescient of the tiki style that would shortly develop.

Turning the Page

Greetings! We have come to the end of the Cocktails section from Jack’s Manual (1933). In the process of our study, we have discovered so...