by Vince Keenan
What’s in a name? When it comes to cocktails, sometimes not enough. Continue reading
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DOWN THE HATCH: Negroni Sbagliato, Margarita, Gimlet, Lime Cordial
by Vince Keenan
I didn’t spend a gorgeous summer weekend in bartending class because of some misguided notion of launching a second career. Continue reading
Down the Hatch: The Deshler, the Crux, and the Opera
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by Vince Keenan
It’s always a pleasure to spy the Deshler, an underrated rye cocktail, on a menu. Continue reading
Down the Hatch: East India Cocktail, Boukman Daiquiri, Gin Basil Smash and Paul Clarke’s THE COCKTAIL CHRONICLES
by Vince Keenan
Paul Clarke’s The Cocktail Chronicles is often my first and only stop when researching a drink. Continue reading
Down the Hatch: Of All the Gin Joints—Stumbling Through Hollywood History
by Vince Keenan
If the new book Of All the Gin Joints: Stumbling Through Hollywood History (Algonquin, September 2014) is any indication, no night out with the stars had a happy ending.
Down the Hatch: The Brooklyn and the Liberal
by Vince Keenan
Last month’s column spotlighted the ingenuity of contemporary bartenders in crafting cocktails that honor The Brooklyn, despite lacking a single ingredient, the magical elixir Amer Picon.
Down the Hatch: The Red Hook, the Greenpoint, and the Bensonhurst
by Vince Keenan
It’s one of the great ironies of the classic cocktail renaissance that the drink best showcasing the movement’s ingenuity does so because it frequently can’t be made.
Down the Hatch: The Stork Club and the Brown Derby
by Vince Keenan
The current cocktail renaissance comes garnished with nostalgia, a longing for the bygone era when drinks were poured as part of an evening out in sophisticated nightclubs. No amount of speakeasy trappings and period bartender facial hair can recapture the glamour of yesteryear’s storied watering holes. The next best thing is to enjoy libations named in their honor.
Down the Hatch: The United Artists Cocktails
by Vince Keenan
The 1919 founding of United Artists was greeted with disdain. “So the lunatics have taken charge of the asylum,” Metro Pictures president Richard Rowland remarked when a quartet of Hollywood luminaries went into business for themselves. But UA’s long, storied run—“from Way Down East to Raging Bull ,” in the words of critic David Thomson—taught the valuable lesson that “the most creative people in the picture business should do all they can to look after each other. No one else is going to do it.” Almost as impressive as UA’s artistic legacy, three of the company’s four principals have cocktails named after them. Nobody ever ordered a Thalberg. Or a Selznick Fizz. Continue reading
Down the Hatch: The Meyer Lemon Whiskey Sour
Vince Keenan is the author of the best-selling Kindle book Down the Hatch: One Man’s One Year Odyssey Through Classic Cocktail Recipes and Lore. This post marks his inaugural column on cocktails for EatDrinkFilms, “Down the Hatch.”
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