The daily cocktail: 365 intoxicating drinks and the outrageous events that inspired them

395 Pages·2006·124.71 MB·English

by  Dalyn Miller

DAILY
COCKTAIL
DAILY
COCKTAIL
Text © 2006,20 I I Fair Winds Press
First published in the USA in 2006
by Fair Winds Press, a member of
Quayside Publishing Group
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Gloucester, MA 01930
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ISBN 1-59233-186-6
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Softcover edition: 978-1-5923-3186-4
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Photography by Allan Penn
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DALYN A. MILLER AND
LARRY DONOVAN
INTOXICATING
DRINKS
AND THE
OUTRAGEOUS
EVENTS
THAT INSPIRED
THEM
FAIRWINDI
PRE S S
GLOUCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS
Fondling Fool· Florida
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8 INTRO
Cocktail· Unabomber·
APRIL Fallen Angel· Noah
Cocktail· Oscar Cocktail·
Bloody Mary· Red Hot Lover·
Circus Peanut Margarita·
The Mummy· European· Who's
Betty Ford Cocktail· Drunken
the Boss· Florida Special· Dirty
Bunny· Bitch-on-Wheels • Rocket Fuel· Artillery Cocktail
Dog· Rosebud· Flaming Ring of
• Presidente • Assassin· Iceberg Cocktail· Surfer on Acid·
Fire· Black Gold· Tequila Canyon·
Fiery Blue Mustang· Earthquake· Gunfire· Just Plain Evil·
Edith's Fizz· Seven Dials Cocktail·
Cheaterita • White Russian· Macbeth's Dream· Irish Pride
Boston Burnout· Ass· Disco Ball· Death Sentence·
• Guillotine· Strip and Yell· Pencil Neck Geek • Mutiny·
After-Work Special· Southern Frost· Hong Kong Fizz·
Shot of Respect· Girls' Night Out
King's Ruin· Queen's Cousin· Doctor· California Gold
Rush· DJ Shooter· Gin and Tonic· TV Cocktail· First Love
• Black Bird Cider· Irish Bloody Mary· Peter Pan Cocktail
Wild, Wild West· Loch 134
Ness Mystery· White
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MAY
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.. Christmas· Tongue Tangler·
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Margarita· Explosion Cocktail·
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" Golden Nipple· Big Apple· Golden Argentine Julep· Hollywood Cocktail·
Oldie· Stockholm Syndrome· Birth Control· Jackson Cocktail· Surreal
Spinal Tap· Winter Break· Prairie Deal· Duke's a Champ· Angry Catholic· Israeli Coffee·
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Chicken· Boy Scout· Ringo Cocktail Cape Cod· Champagne Punch· Viking· Volcano Cocktail
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• Spymaster • Combustible Edison· Blue • Black Sand· Pink Lady· Charlie Lindbergh Cocktail·
Heaven· Peppermint Patty· St. Valentine's Day Massacre· Johnny on the Spot· Bitch Slap· Brooklyn Cocktail· Star
Flaming Moe Cocktail· Chaos Calmer· Sex on the Beach Wars· Duke Cocktail· Wolf's Breath· Red Square·
• Sunrise on Pluto· Prohibition Cocktail· Raging Indian· Mountain Altitude Punch· Flaming Courage· Pipeline
Fancy Panties· Cherry Tree Climber· Alamo Cocktail·
Morning After Cocktail· Gun Barrel· Mad Cow·
Make-Believe Cocktail· Mimosa
166 Champagne Cocktail·
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Queen Elizabeth· Banana
Jl7KE
Salem Witch· Texas Lightning· Dream· Burning Sunset·
Special Delivery· Hemingway· Velvet Presley· Backseat
MARCH
Boston Cocktail· Italian Boogie· Dry Martini· Captain
Delight· Snowflake· Lady Killer with a Skirt· Mint Julep·
• Cosmonaut· Sally Fudpucker· Drunksimus Maximus • Jailbreak· Corvette· Chinese
Green Monster· Red Alert· Royal Cocktail· German Wake-Up Call· Royal Scandal· Space
Butt· Smarty· Bloody Caesar· Scarlet Fever· Black and Odyssey· Dirty Dick's Downfall· Napoleon· Liberty
Tan· Down Under· Poor Man's Mimosa· Party Starter· Cocktail· Soviet· Country Time· Bionic Beaver· Upper
Stanley Cocktail· Go GirL!· Henry's Special· Hot Pussy· Cut· Picasso· Massacre· Around the World· Pink Police·
Money Shot· Death from Above· Red Vodkatini • Nuclear End of the World· Tahitian Treat· Scarlett O'Hara
Iced Tea· Hammer Horror· The Gipper • Parisian Cocktail
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OCTOBER Sidecar· Thriller· East West
Cocktail· Death Star· Monty's
JLJLY
Coffee· HilLinator • Famous Pussy·
Canada Cocktail· Kiss My Grits·
Kicking Cow· Electric Relaxation· Hair
Who's on First· Fourth of July·
Dryer· Jolly Homo· Urban Jungle· El Presidente Cocktail
Bikini Cocktail· Female Cadet·
• High Speed· Spy Catcher· Wild Irish Buttery Squirrel·
Alaska Cocktail· Slippery Dick· Dance
Motor Oil· Juliet· Concorde • Sydney Sling· Navy Grog·
with a Dream· Golden Coke· Slugger's Delight· Artist's
Cuba Libre • Johnny Bravo· Telegraph· Kamikaze· Doc
Special· Vodka Martini· French Revolution· Soap Opera
Holliday· Daring Dylan· Harvard Cocktail· Run for Your
Special· Bomb Pop· Mad Hatter· Acid Trip· Gay Marine·
Money· A Little Green Man
High Moon· Flaming Jesse· Cut to the Chase· Naked
from Mars· Witch's Brew
Twister· Tennessee Tea· On the Square· Jagger's
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Satisfaction· Pisco Sour· MeL's Swing· Diana Cocktail·
Cement Mixer· Leo the Lion Wild Thing· AngeL's Wing·
OVEMBER
Long Beach Ice Tea· Bailey's
Bush· Smoky Martini· Guilty Verdict
• Wild Thing· Angel's Wing· Long
Rolling Rock and Roll·
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Beach Ice Tea· Bailey's Bush· Smoky
Fifth Avenue· Columbus
Martini· Guilty Verdict· Wild Thing· AngeL's Wing· Long
ALJGLST
Cocktail· Axe Murderer
Beach Ice Tea· Bailey's Bush· Smoky Martini· Guilty
Marilyn Monroe· Cigar
Verdict· Wild Thing· Angel's Wing· Long Beach Ice Tea·
Lover's Martini· Daredevil
Bailey's Bush· Smoky Martini· Guilty Verdict
• Nixon· Grateful Dead·
Platinum Blonde· Tinky Winky • Whop Me Down Sweet
Jesus· Mojito • Japanese Fizz· The Dorothy· Woo Woo· 352 Victory Collins· Home
Woody Woodpecker· Lolita· Cosmopolitan· Cinnamon Alone· Bat Bite· Zappa
DECEMBER
Kiss· Mona Lisa· Dinky Car Vrroooom • Island Martini· Cocktail· Nectar of the
Hurricane· Roger Swims a Mile· Shoot Cocktail· Tarzan's Gods· Irish Dream· Pearl
Juicy Cooler· American Dream· Bloody Biker· Snakebite Harbor· John Stalker· Polish
• Candle in the Wind Butterfly· Grateful Dead Punch·
262 Deep Dark Love· The Purple Squirrel· Nasty Cocktail·
Good Fortune· Godfather· Boston Tea Party· American
Flyer· Southern Comfort Sour· Ice Frost· Louisiana
War CLoud· Deep-Sea Martini· Girl
SEPTEMBER Lullaby· Sunny Delight· Dirty Bastard· Sunflower
from Mars· J-Pop Idol· Asphalt
Highball· Eggnog· Drunk on Christmas· Celebration·
Road· Malibu Barbie· Beauty on the
Radio City· Mission Accomplished· Archbishop· Easy
Beach· Green Alien· Hotel California
Money· Happy New Year
• Rod on the Rocks· American Glory·
Doggystyle· Freakshow • Martian Martini· Baltic Murder
SHOPPING LIST 382
Mystery· Magic Trick· Hot Lips· Purple Haze· Crazy
DRINKS INDEX 384
Cocktail· Time in a Bottle· Asia Too· Survivor· Dead Man
LIQUOR INDEX 386
Walking· Cruiser Cocktail· Mormon Surprise· Blue
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 392
Whale· Boys Are Stupid· Monkey Spanker· Lizzy Sour·
Rebel Yell Cocktail ABOUT THE AUTHORS 392
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READY} SEt DRINK! these are those short, round glasses with
wide mouths and thick bottoms, much
like the previously mentioned Aunt
Dear Drinker,
Mildred. A good one will have a thick
Congratulations on your brand new
base and feel much heavier than you fIrst
cocktail book! Hopefully, you will find
expect it to. These tend to be the first
the drinks to be exactly what you
glasses hurled across the room during a
were thirsting for, and the information
drunken brawl. Take care to avoid those:
that goes along with each good enough
these little babies pack a mean punch.
to get you a few pieces of that pie
next time you're shooting to best your
The CoLlins
socially-awkward-yet-freakishly-smart
Also known as the highball, these are the
Aunt Mildred at Trivial Pursuit. We
taller, slightly more slender glasses. You
believe most of the trivia in here is
correct, but really, how should we use these for tall or long drinks. Don't try
to fit a drink meant for an old-fashioned
know? We were drinking when we
into a Collins glass because you think it
wrote it.
holds more booze; that's a desperate road
In this first section, our goal is to
that you don't really want to start down
arm you with all of the basics you
(and it's also not true; they hold about the
will need before you start your year of
same amount). Stick with the glass
great drinking. We really feel obligated
parameters we give you and you'll do
to do this; otherwise, it would be like
okay
sending a skydiver out without his
chute, a policeman out without his
donuts, or a New York City cab driver The Champagne Flute
out without his surly disposition. Read The Champagne flute is long with a
carefully-you'll thank us for it later. stem. It can taper in or out. These are
popular for drinks such as mimosas
WHAT YOU DRINK IT OUT OF and bellinis and, of course, good old
The first thing you want to get down Champagne. Note: The Champagne
right is the glasses. The drinks in this saucer, by contrast, is a broad and
book use five basic glasses, with a shallow glass with a stem, very simi
few more thrown in here and there. lar to the margarita glass. It's not good
They are: for much else and will make a great
substitution if you don't have a
margarita glass.
The OLd-Fashioned
Also known as rocks glasses or tumblers,
8

The CocktaiL HOW YOU PUT IT TOGETHER
Also known as the martini glass, the This part is where we tell you what
cocktail glass is short with a stem. Its those vague terms such as "shake,"
sides slope sharply upward. These are "mix," or "blend," which we use
the glasses for the small but strong
throughout the book, actually mean.
drinks. Do yourself and your guests No, we don't think you were born yes
a favor: don't buy the monster-sized
terday, but remember we've had all of
cocktail glasses that are out there these these drinks and we understand how a
days. The smaller cocktail glass is simple reference guide will come in
better for two reasons: you can get handy after you've had a few. Trust us.
through a drink before it gets too
warm, and you won't get crocked
Stirring
on just one.
A drink that is stirred instead of shak
en stays clear: it doesn't get muddled
The Shot with ice chips or become opaque.
All bets are off when it comes to the
Many think martinis should be stirred
shot glass! Although the glass itself is
and not shaken. We disagree, but that's
not too much bigger than a thimble,
where we give you license to make
your guests will know you mean your own decisions. Just don't come
business when this bad boy comes off
crying to us if you decide to make it
the shelf It's the tiny glass that only your way and then you don't like it.
holds a few ounces. You use it for,
The goal of stirring your drinks is to
well, shots. There are plenty in here,
just mix all the ingredients together.
so have the shot glass at hand. It'll be
Remember, you're trying not to dilute
easy to find-it will be the one with the drink. "Dilute" rhymes with "pol
the logo of a Vegas casino or the lute," and nobody wants that. When
Hard Rock Cafe or your favorite col
stirring, stir gently; you're not mixing
lege bar on the side. paint for the bathroom.
The Others
We've also used a beer mug upon
occasion. Do we really need to tell
you what that is? It's tall, fat, and
heavy and has a handle. The margarita
glass is a Champagne saucer with a
few more curves. And the parfait glass
is tall, has a stem, and sort of swerves
its way upward-it's the same thing as
a pifia colada glass.
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