Baker Drinks – The Gentleman's Companion

Lalla Rookh Cocktail

Charles H. Baker, Jr., was given his recipe for the Lalla Rookh Cocktail “on a Trip Home from Yokohama in […]

By Jeff Posted on December 19, 2010 – 11:26 pm | Also posted in 4 Stars, Cognac, Cream, Non-Baker Drinks, Rum, Sugar, Vanilla Cordial | Comments (1)

This drink is the progenitor of the slightly better-known Montauk Riding Club Cocktail. It first saw print in 1895, when […]

By Jeff Posted on December 3, 2010 – 6:42 am | Also posted in 5 Stars, Angostura Bitters, Boker's Bitters, Calisaya | Comments (3)

The second Champagne Velvet is a whole lot like the first, but it uses Bass Ale in place of Guinness: […]

By Jeff Posted on December 1, 2010 – 11:00 pm | Also posted in 3 Stars, Bass Ale, Champagne | Comments (0)

Baker identifies this as a drink from the Manila Polo Club, which he fulsomely describes as a place that “not […]

By Jeff Posted on November 30, 2010 – 8:33 pm | Also posted in 4 Stars, Champagne, Guinness | Comments (0)

The march of the pousse-cafés continues with this drink, about which Baker has nothing whatsoever to say. I’ll reproduce his […]

By Jeff Posted on November 30, 2010 – 6:41 am | Also posted in 1 Star, Crème Yvette, Grenadine, Maraschino | Comments (0)

Apparently a bartender in Panama whipped up this little number to celebrate two of Baker’s friends being released from the […]

By Jeff Posted on November 28, 2010 – 3:24 pm | Also posted in 2 Stars, Crème de Menthe (Green), Egg White, Gin, Lime, Sugar | Comments (5)

Oh, God, the first of the pousse-cafés. I’ve been dreading this day. A pousse-café, of course, is a drink that […]

By Jeff Posted on November 23, 2010 – 7:56 am | Also posted in 4 Stars, Angostura Bitters, Chartreuse (Green), Cognac | Comments (1)

The longer the yarn that accompanies a Charles H. Baker, Jr., cocktail, the nearer and dearer it was to his […]

As you may have noticed by now, I’m more than happy to fiddle with Baker’s drinks in the name of […]

By Jeff Posted on November 17, 2010 – 6:56 am | Also posted in 1 Star, Cherry, Orange Bitters, Sherry, Vermouth (French) | Comments (3)

Zamboanga was a province of the Philippines back when Charles H. Baker, Jr., wrote his magnum opus. Baker’s description of […]

By Jeff Posted on November 15, 2010 – 7:23 am | Also posted in 4 Stars, Angostura Bitters, Cognac, Lime, Maraschino, Pineapple Syrup | Comments (1)