Bitters – The Gentleman's Companion

Curaçao “Pontoon Bridge”

We’re getting close to the one-year anniversary of Pineapple Drink Night, so I guess I’d better go ahead and blog […]

By Jeff Posted on August 28, 2011 – 10:03 pm | Also posted in 4 Stars, Baker Drinks, Cherry, Cognac, Cointreau, Lime, Orange Bitters, Pineapple | Comments (1)

The Gentleman’s Companion includes an uncommonly large number of drinks that specify fresh pineapple as a garnish, and as mentioned […]

By Jeff Posted on January 18, 2011 – 6:47 am | Also posted in 3 Stars, 4 Stars, Angostura Bitters, Baker Drinks, Lime, Maraschino, Rum, Simple Syrup | 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, Baker Drinks, Boker's Bitters, Calisaya | Comments (3)

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, Baker Drinks, 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, Baker Drinks, 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, Baker Drinks, Cognac, Lime, Maraschino, Pineapple Syrup | Comments (1)

Charles H. Baker, Jr., describes the Grande Bretagne Cocktail No. I as “One of the Five or Six Chief Cocktails […]

From Wikipedia: “Cap-Haïtien (Okap or Kapayisyen in Kréyòl) is a city of about 190,000 people on the north coast of Haiti.” After the […]

By Jeff Posted on October 30, 2010 – 6:28 pm | Also posted in 3 Stars, Angostura Bitters, Baker Drinks, Honey Syrup, Rum | Comments (2)

Baker reports that this drink “Was Taken into the Fold on a Memorable Night in Ceylon.” By “memorable,” does he […]

By Jeff Posted on October 28, 2010 – 7:42 am | Also posted in 2 Stars, 4 Stars, Baker Drinks, Gin, Maraschino, Orange, Peach Bitters | Comments (2)