Nebulous Minutes - Baby Coke(?) and Crimean Cup A La Marmora

*** Archivist Note:  The following notes are almost completely unlabeled, due to being recorded, not by our regular secretary, but by Boiler Maker, I believe, a bit under protest.  I will try and transcribe them to the best of my ability, but they are in no way complete.  However, from the first line, I can see that this evening was hosted by Silk Stocking.

Baby Coke - figure it out (I'm pretty sure that's what that says - but I am finding no recipes)

Drinkability - 4.5

Drunkability - 4

Taxic Diversity - 2.5

Accessibility - 3

Priority of Conservation - 4.5 (except for Northewest Passage)

*** And since there was no recipe for that, and there seems to be a bonus cocktail this evening ***

Crimean Cup A La Marmora "This name is too damn long"

2 slices lemon peel

1 teaspoon sugar 

1/2 oz dark Jamaican rum 

1 oz brandy

1/2 oz maraschino liqueur 

1/2 oz white Jamaican rum

2 oz orgeat syrup

1/2 oz lemon juice

4 oz soda water

3 oz chilled champagne

Muddle the lemon peel with the sugar and dark rum in a cocktail shaker.  Add all other ingredients, other than champagne, with ice and stir until well chilled.  Pour into two large cocktail glasses and garnish with whatever fruit is available.

Drinkability - 5

Drunkability - 2.5

Taxic Diversity - 3

Accessibility - 2 - "sucks"

Priority of Conservation - 5

Comments:  "Secretary is too drunk to take notes. I GIVE UP!"

Nebulous Minutes - East India Cocktail

*** Archivist Note:  The following notes are almost completely unlabeled, due to being recorded, not by our regular secretary, but by Boiler Maker, I believe, a bit under protest.  I will try and transcribe them to the best of my ability, but they are in no way complete.  However, from the first line, I can see that this evening was hosted by Silk Stocking.

East India Cocktail

3 oz – brandy

1/2 oz – raspberry syrup

1 dash – Angostura Bitters

1 teaspoon – orange curacao

1 teaspoon – maraschino liqueur

Mix all ingredients in an iced cocktail shaker.  Shake until very cold.  Pour into a martini glass and garnish with a cherry if desired.

No ratings, only this comment, "why did we bother with the other drinks."

Nebulous Minutes - Palm Beach Special

Palm Beach Special

2 1/2 oz gin 
3/4 oz grapefruit juice 

1/2 oz sweet vermouth 

Drinkability - 2
Drunkability -3.5
Taxic Diversity - 2
Accessibility - 4
Priority for Conservation - 2

Comments: [In Depth Buffy: The Vampire Slayer Tangent]

Nebulous Minutes - Don the Beachcomber Zombie

*** Archivist Note:  The following notes are almost completely unlabeled, due to being recorded, not by our regular secretary, but by Boiler Maker, I believe, a bit under protest.  I will try and transcribe them to the best of my ability, but they are in no way complete.  However, from the first line, I can see that this evening was hosted by Silk Stocking.

Don the Beachcomber Zombie

3/4 oz. fresh lime juice
1/2 oz. grapefruit juice
1 1/2 oz. unsweetened pineapple juice
1/4 oz. Falernum
1 1/4 oz. Puerto Rican gold rum
1 oz. Jamaican dark rum
1 oz. 151-proof Demerara rum
3/4 oz. Maraschino liqueur
1/4 tsp. Grenadine
2 dashes Angostura bitters
6 drops Pernod

Put all in blender with ice. Blend for 5 seconds. Pour into glass and garnish with mint sprig.

Drinkability - 4

Drunkability - 4

Taxic Diversity - 4

Accessibility - 3.5

Priority of Conservation - 5

Comments: [Science, Science, Blah Blah Blah, You shouldn't have given me this pen, people!]

December, 2009 - Holiday Party - Hot Port Flip

Hot Port Flip

3 oz port
2 oz cream
1 pinch nutmeg
1 tspsuperfine sugar
1 egg

Warm port on the stove with in a saucepan. Be careful not to let it boil. Whisk the egg with sugar in a bowl and blend in 2oz. of cream. Pour the mixture into the saucepan with the port, stirring constantly. Serve in a warmed mug and sprinkle with nutmeg.

Drinkability - 1 (modal)
Drunkability - 2
Taxic Diversity - 4
Accessibility - 3
Priority of Conservation - 3

from Holiday Party, hosted by ??

December, 2009 - Holiday Party - Atlas Cocktail

Atlas Cocktail

1 dash Angostura bitters
¼ Cointreau (¾ oz Clément Creole Liqueur)
¼ Demerara Rum—151 proof (¾ oz Lemon Hart 151)
½ Calvados (1½–2 oz Laird’s Straight Apple Brandy)

Shake (stir) until very cold; strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Optionally, express and garnish with lemon.

Drinkability - 1.5
Drunkability - 5
Taxic Diversity - 2
Accessibility - 3
Priority of Conservation - 2

from Holiday party hosted by ??

November, 2009 - Rachel Jackson - Oh Henry!

Rachel Jackson: 

1828 - Born in present-day Halifax County, Virginia, Rachel was the daughter of Colonel John Donelson and Rachel Stockley-Donelson. John Donelson was a surveyor and a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses at the time of Rachel's birth. Her father moved the family to Tennessee, and then later, to Kentucky. Although a dowdy, forlorn figure in middle age, famous for smoking a corncob pipe, Rachel Donelson in her youth was a comely, vivacious woman. She was known for her intelligence and wit. She was clearly able to "hold her own" in any conversation and was popular with the men she met. At 18, Rachel Donelson married Colonel Lewis Robards. Robards's jealousy of a young boarder named Peyton Short, made it impossible for Rachel live with him. They separated in 1790. Despite her pleas of innocence, Robards ordered her to return to her family until he called for her. Soon after she had rejoined her mother, Andrew Jackson arrived as a boarder at the Donelsons. Eventually they fell in love. Nevertheless, when Robards came to Nashville to reclaim his wife, Rachel dutifully returned with him to Kentucky. She soon learned, however, that he had not changed. He had not curbed his rages of jealousy. Told of Rachel's unhappiness, Jackson raced to Kentucky and rescued her. In December 1790, Robards told his wife that he had filed for divorce with the state legislature and the divorce was final; in reality, Robards had actually asked the legislature to pass an enabling act permitting him to sue for a divorce. Andrew Jackson married Rachel Donelson-Robards in August 1791. This marriage was later deemed invalid because Rachel's divorce had not yet become final. They remarried, this time legally, on January 17, 1794. Unfortunately, their remarriage did not end the matter. The charge of adultery was to haunt the couple ever after. Andrew Jackson was devoted to Rachel. He fought 13 duels to protect her honor, and even killed one opponent, Charles Dickinson. On October 1, 1803, he challenged John "Nolichucky Jack" Sevier (the first governor of Tennessee) to a duel after Sevier had dishonored Rachel by saying, "I know of no services you have rendered to this country other than taking a trip to Natchez with another man's wife!" Andrew Jackson ran for President in the especially competitive four-candidate 1824 election. He became the first contender to win the popular vote but lose the electoral vote. During the 1828 presidential campaign, members of the press found out about the Jackson's premature marriage. Rachel was accused of adultery and attacked mercilessly. Jackson tried to keep such reports from his wife, who by then had a history of heart trouble. However, she had heard enough to realize that her past was the target of muckraking by the press throughout the entire nation. Possibly as a result of her anguish, Rachel grew ever more ill.  Rachel Jackson died suddenly of a heart attack on December 22, 1828. The date was just two weeks after Andrew Jackson had won the presidential election, but prior to his inauguration. Over 10,000 people attended the funeral. Rachel Jackson was buried on Christmas Eve in her white inaugural gown

The Drink: 

Oh Henry! 

1 oz bourbon 
1 oz Benedictine 
3/4 oz ginger ale 

Drinkability - 4
Drunkability - 4
Taxic Diversity - 3
Accessibility - 4
Priority of Conservation  -5

From the First Ladies no host given

November, 2009 - Louise Henry Hoover - Dallas Texan

Louise Henry Hoover: 1929-1933 - 

Born in Waterloo, Iowa, the daughter of Charles Delano Henry, a banker, and Florence Ida Weed, "Lou" grew up something of a tomboy. Charles Henry took his daughter on camping trips in the hills—her greatest pleasures in her early teens. Lou became a fine horsewoman; she hunted, and preserved specimens with the skill of a taxidermist; she developed an enthusiasm for rocks, minerals, and mining. In 1894 she enrolled at Stanford University as the school's only female geology major. That year she met Herbert Hoover, then a senior. Both Hoover and Lou Henry were aged 24 when they married on February 10, 1899.  Possessed of a natural ear for languages, Mrs. Hoover became quite proficient in Chinese. In the White House, the Hoovers at times conversed in Chinese to foil eavesdroppers. Mrs. Hoover was also well versed in Latin; she collaborated with her husband in translating Agricola's De Re Metallica, a 16th century encyclopedia of mining and metallurgy. The Hoover translation was published in 1912, and is still in print as the standard English translation. During World War I, she assisted her husband in providing relief for Belgian refugees. For her work she was decorated in 1919 by King Albert I of Belgium. While Hoover served in the cabinet of Presidents Harding and Coolidge, she was active as national president of the Girl Scouts of the USA. She funded the construction of the first Girl Scout house in Palo Alto, California. It is called Lou Henry Hoover Girl Scout House. It is the oldest Girl Scout House in continuous use in the country

The Drink:

Dallas Texan Cocktail

1 1/2 oz bourbon 
1/2 oz apricot flavored brandy
1/2 oz grenadine
1/2 oz fresh lime juice 

Drinkability - 4
Drunkability - 4
Taxic Diversity - 2
Accessibility - 3
Priority of Conservation - 4

From First Ladies no host given

November, 2009 - Fillmore & Johnson - Grand

Abigail Fillmore: 1850-1853 - In 1819, she took a teaching post at the new academy in New Hope, where her oldest pupil was 19-year-old Millard Fillmore. The world of knowledge and Fillmore's steady progress in it drew them together, and gradually the relationship of teacher and student evolved into romantic attachment.


Eliza Johnson: 1865-1869 - At 16, Eliza Johnson married at a younger age than any other First Lady.  She was better educated than Johnson, who by this time had barely taught himself to read and spell a little. Johnson credited his wife for teaching him to do arithmetic and to write, as he had never attended school himself. She tutored him patiently, while he labored in his tailor shop.

The Drink:


Grand Cocktail

1 ½ oz Bourbon
¾ oz Sweet Vermouth
¼ oz Anisette

Drinkability - 2.5
Drunkability - 5
Taxic Diversity - 3
Accessibility - 3
Priority of Conservation - 3.5

From the First Ladies no host given

November, 2009 - Harriet Johnson - Black Hawk

Harriet Rebecca Lane Johnson, 

niece of lifelong bachelor James Buchanan, acted as First Lady from 1857 to 1861. An orphan after the death of her father when she was 11 years old (her mother had died two years earlier), she requested that her favourite uncle, James Buchanan, be appointed her legal guardian. After the sadness of the Pierce administration, the capital eagerly welcomed its new "Democratic Queen" to the White House in 1857. Harriet was a popular hostess during the four years of the Buchanan presidency. Women copied her hair and clothing styles (especially when she lowered the neckline on her inaugural gown by 2.5 inches), parents named their daughters for her, and a popular song ("Listen to the Mockingbird") was dedicated to her. While in the White House, she used her position to promote social causes, such as improving the living conditions of Native Americans in reservations. She also made a point of inviting artists and musicians to White House functions. For both her popularity and her advocacy work, she has been described as the first of the modern first ladies, and her popularity at the time is compared to that of Jacqueline Kennedy in the 1960s. The Presidential Yacht was named for her and pressed into service during the Civil War—the first of three ships to be named for her, one of which is still in service today. As sectional tensions increased, she worked out seating arrangements for her weekly formal dinner parties with special care, to give dignitaries their proper precedence and still keep political foes apart. Her tact did not falter, but her task became impossible--as did her uncle's. Seven states had seceded by the time Buchanan retired from office and returned with his niece to his spacious country home, Wheatland, near Lancaster, Pennsylvania.   

The Drink:


Black Hawk Cocktail

1 oz Canadian Club Whisky
1 oz Sloe gin
.5 oz Fresh lemon juice

Drinkability - 3.5

Drunkability - 4

Taxic Diversity - 5

Accessibility - 3

Priority for Conservation - 1

From the First Ladies, no host given

November, 2010 - Women of the Arctic - Bloody Mary

Bloody Mary

1 oz vodka 
3 oz tomato juice
2 red hot sauce
2 green hot sauce
1 dash Worcestershire sauce
0.5 oz lemon juice
1 pinch salt
1 pinch peppers
1 stalk celery

Drinkability - 3
Drunkability - 2
Taxic Diversity - 4
Accessibility - 
Priority for Conservation - 

*notes stop after taxic diversity

From Women of the Arctic, hosted by Ball Buster

November, 2010 - Women of the Arctic - Black Russian

Black Russian

3/4 oz coffee liqueur
1 1/2 oz vodka

Drinkability - 4
Drunkability - 4
Taxic Diversity - 1.5 - Kahlua
Accessibility - 4.5
Priority of Conservation - 3

from Women of the Arctic, hosted by Ball Buster

November, 2010 - Women of the Arctic - The Borodino

The Borodino

1 oz vodka
1 oz gin
1 oz triple sec
shake or stir with ice, strain into a cocktail (martini) glass

garnish with an orange peel

Drinkability - 1
Drunkability - 5
Taxic Diversity - 2.5
Accessibility - in your (house) (*note* took 5 minutes to remember "house")
Priority of Conservation - 4

from Women of the Arctic, hosted by Ball Buster

November, 2010 - Women of the Arctic - Arctic Summer

Arctic Summer

1 1/2 oz gin
3/4 oz apricot brandy
1 tsp grenadine syrup
4 ozsparkling bitter lemon soda

Drunkability - 4
Drinkabiliy - 2
Taxic Diversity - 3.5
Accessibility - 3
Priority of Conservation 1.5

from the Women of the Arctic hosted by Ball Buster

January, 2010 - Olympics - Gold Velvet

Gold Velvet

1/2 glass lager
1 oz pineapple juice
top with champagne

Drinkability - High
Drunkability - Middle
Taxic Diversity - Very interesting
Accessibility - Yes 
Priority for Conservation - Yes

“pineapple beer - we are pleasantly surprised”

from Olympics, hosted by Boiler Maker

January, 2010 - Olympics - Silver Bullet

Silver Bullet

2 1/2 oz gin
1 1/2 tsp Scotch whisky
1 twist lemon peel

Drinkability - No

Drunkability - High

Taxic Diversity - Gin and scotch

Accessibility - Easy

Priority of Conservation - Yes

*note*  “NP has a weird sensation on the end of her tongue”

*also* - I see the ladies lost the numbers scale, drunkability "high" indeed

from Olympics hosted by Boiler Maker

January, 2010 - Olympics - American Glory

American Glory

3 oz Champagne
2 oz orange juice
2 oz lemonade

Drinkability - 5

Drunkability - 2

Taxic Diversity - 2

Accessibility - Very

Priority of Conservation - 5

From Olympics hosted by Boiler Maker

January, 2010 - Olympics - Royal Silver

Royal Silver

2 parts grapefruit juice
1 part pear liqueur
1 part triple sec
top with champagne

Drinkability - 5
Drunkability - 3
Taxic Diversity - 4
Accessibility - 3
Priority for Conservation - 5

*note* “we are going to make more now, because they were small drinks”

From Olympics, hosted by BoilerMaker

AAAAND ... BREAK!

*Whew*  So, below this post are all the recipes (and a few awesome women of history) that was recorded on the old website prior to Sept 2008.  Due to "pack rat habits" some of the Ladies have helped me track down some of the themes/and dates (2005 is pretty well fleshed out, especially).  

Next, I will be fishing from our members and seeing who still has old PDF scans of minutes or other scraps of paper from the 2008 - 2012 period.  

We appreciate your patience and understanding that, due to the nature of LUPEC meetings, record keeping is not always our top priority.  However, having a directory of old drinks is a good goal; and I, myself, having only joined in 2011, am really finding all these recipes fascinating and have marked a few for me to make at home, sometime!  After all, the goal is Cocktail Conservation - and if these cocktails are going to "survive," someone's got to make and drink them!

Once we get all the backlog handled, I'm hoping to do regular updates after each monthly meeting, including the theme, the host, the cocktails, and the ladies of note.  Since our standard format is 4 cocktails to go with 4 women, per meeting (though it's not a hard rule, just a guide), I might space each woman/cocktail combo post out a bit, instead of posting all 4 at once.

--- Alabazam, the Archivist 

February, 2008 - Hot Toddy

The Hot Toddy
1 1/2 oz Cognac
1/2 oz lemon juice
1 tsp honey
Top off mug with boiling water

Drinkability: 4 (would be a 5 if you didn’t have to wait for it cool)
Drunkability: 3
Taxic Diversity: 2
Priority for Conservation: 5 (a good cold rainy day drink)
Accessibility: 3.5 (for the cognac)

hosted by MG

February, 2008 - The Northern Spy

The Northern Spy
4 parts apple cider
3 parts Applejack
1 part lemon juice
1/2 part Apricot Brandy (MG made her own, which all the ladies found impressive)

Drinkability: 4.5
Drunkability: 3.5
Taxic Diversity: 3.5 (even just apple cider isn’t really simple tasting)
Priority for Conservation: 4
Accessibility: 3.5

hosted by MG

Februrary, 2008 - Cool Carlos

The Cool Carlos
2 oz cranberry juice
2 oz pineapple juice
1 1/2 oz Dark Rum
1 splash sour mix
Float 1 oz of Orange Curacao on top

Drinkability: 5 (like a punch – if you put it in a huge bowl at a paty it would be gone…and everyone would be wasted)
Drunkability: 2.5 (juicy)
Taxic Diversity: 4
Priority for Conservation: 4.5 (with prosecco or champagne for punch)
Accessibility: 4

Hosted by MG

February, 2008 - Bella Donna

The Bella Donna
1 oz Gosling’s Black Seal Rum
1 oz Amaretto
2 tblspns sour mix (which MG also made herself, again impressing the ladies)
Rim cocktail glass with cinnamon-sugar

Drinkability: 3.5
Drunkability: 4
Taxic Diversity: 3.5 (the cinnamon-sugar rim boosts it up)
Priority for Conservation: 4
Accessibility: 3.5 (for the amaretto)

Hosted by MG

December (holiday party) 2007 - Velvet Glove

Velvet Glove
1/2 oz. Lillet Blanc
1/4 oz. brandy
1/4 oz white creme de cacao

Shake with ice and serve in cocktail glass.

Drinkability: 4 (sipper, but not burny)
Drunkability: 3.5 (all alcohol but not super hard alcohol)
Taxic Diversity: 4 (chocolately and complex, maybe apples too?)
Accessibility: 3 (lillet maybe not at home, but easy to find)
Priority for Conservation: 4 (not in the regular cycle, but a good after dinner drink)

From the Holiday Party hosted by Silk Stockings

December (Holiday Party), 2007 - Buttered Apple Grog

Buttered Apple Grog
1 oz. Apple Brandy
2 oz. apple juice (boiled)
1 oz. dry vermouth
1/2 pat butter
sugar to taste

Stir and serve in mug.

From the Holiday Party hosted by Silk Stockings

February, 2008 - Grasshopper

Grasshopper
1 oz green creme de menthe
1 oz white creme de cacao
1 1/2 oz 18% table cream
(grated chocolate for garnish)

Drinkability: 4 (sipper, but for good milk-shakey reasons)
Drunkability: 2
Taxic Diversity: 2.5
Accessbility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 5 (except for SS who doesn’t like mint)

Comments: tastes like melted mint chocolate chip ice cream, VF finished her first one and started a second before NP finished handing out the first round to the rest of the ladies

?? Theme, hosted by NP

February, 2008 - XYZ

XYZ
3/4 oz gin
1/2 oz dry vermouth
1/2 oz sweet vermouth
1/2 oz fresh lemon juice
1/4 tsp sugar

Drinkability: 3
Drunkability: 4
Taxic Diversity: 2 (lemon, “pledgy”)
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 3

?? Theme, hosted by NP

February, 2008 - Crystal Slipper

Crystal Slipper
1 1/2 oz gin
3/4 oz Creme de Violet
2 dashes of orange bitters

Drinkability: 2
Drunkability: 4 (high…if we could drink a whole one…)
Taxic Diversity: 4
Accessibility: 2 (for the Creme de Violet which is only now available in the US)
Priority for Conservation: 2 (only if it was a completely different drink with other ingredients)

Comments: descriptions of the taste range from: “purple gin”, lysol, some sort of Canadian gum that old ladies give out that tastes like soap – but it is very complex (“springtime coniferous forest”)

?? Theme, hosted by NP

February, 2008 - Countdown Cocktail

Countdown Cocktail
1/2 oz Alize Rose
1/2 cup of sparkling wine

Drinkability: 5
Drunkability: 2
Taxic Diversity: 2
Accessibility: 3
Priority for Conservation: 4

?? Theme, hosted by NP

March, 2008 - Violet Champagne d’Amour

Violet Champagne d’Amour
1 oz Parfait Amour
0.5 oz lemon juice
0.25 oz Cointreau
3-5 oz Champagne

Drinkability: 4.5 (brought down by FR’s aversion to fizzy)
Drunkability: 3
Taxic Diversity: 4 (we can all come up with a different word so…diverse)
Accessibility: 2
Priority for Conservation: 4 (OH says no…again because of the fizzy)

From Superheroes theme, hosted by VF

Mach,2008 - Golden Lillet Martini

Golden Lillet Martini
2 oz Rhum Barbancourt
1.5 oz Lillet
0.5 oz limoncello liqueur

Drinkability: 1.5 (basically the definition of a sipper, some ladies cut it with club soda…)
Drunkability: 5 (like 3 shots)
Taxic Diversity: 3 (rum…)
Accessibility: 3
Priority for Conservation: 1

Comments: Only one of the ladies present finished the entire drink and then promptly said “That’s why I’m falling into the couch”

From Superheroes theme hosted by VF

March, 2008 - The Blue Ginger Gimlet

The Blue Ginger Gimlet
1.3 oz sweet and sour mix
0.3 oz lime juice
1.3 oz ginger syrup
2 oz vodka

Drinkability: 4
Drunkability: 3 (1/2 liquor)
Taxic Diversity: 2.5 (lime and ginger)
Accessibility: 4 (ginger)
Priority for Conservation: 5

Comments: Generally agreed to be tasty, and not burny (note: it’s not blue, apparently it is named after a restaurant somewhere)

From Superheroes theme hosted by VF

July, 2008 - Heading West - Brandy Alexander

Brandy Alexander
3 cl Brandy
3 cl Brown Creme de Cacao
3 cl Double Cream
Nutmeg Garnish

Drinkability: 4.5 (cream…but BB thinks the nutmeg makes it a 5…)
Drunkability: 3
Taxic Diversity: 2 (“creamy cream” -SS)
Accessibility: 3
Priority for Conservation: 4 (a good Christmas/winter drink)

From Heading West, hosted by MG

July,2008 - Heading West - Harvey Wallbanger

Harvey Wallbanger
1 oz Vodka
1/2 oz Galliano
4 oz Orange Juice

Drinkability: 5
Drunkability: 2 (still lots of juice)
Taxic Diversity: 3 (see comment about weirdness)
Accessibility: 3
Priority for Conservation: 3 (eh…but would be a good brunch drink)

Comments: this is a really weird drink, it tastes like orange juice, but also licorice and smells like coffee, overall tastes like a cookie? it’s very intriguing

From Heading West, hosted by MG

July, 2008 - Heading West - Tropical Itch

Tropical Itch
1 oz Vodka
1 oz Light Rum
1/2 oz Orange Curacao
3-4 oz Passion Fruit Juice

Drinkability: 5
Drunkability: 2 (juice)
Taxic Diversity: 2 (some of us taste alcohol, some don’t….)
Accessibility: (um….this is a blank in the minutes….)
Priority for Conservation: 5

From Heading West, hosted by MG

July, 2008 - Heading West - Ruby Rita

Ruby Rita
35 ml Tequila
30 ml Pink Grapefruit Juice
20 ml Cointreau

Drinkability: 4 (first sip is shocking, but then you become acclimatized to it, as if you were climbing a mountain, like Annie Smith Peck used to do – another drink that might be better if you added something sparkly)
Drunkability: 4
Taxic Diversity: 4 (most of the ladies can taste all of the ingredients)
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 4.5

Comments: it is a stiff drink, for sure

From Heading West, hosted by MG (her last LUPEC before heading west herself)

June, 2008 - Women of the Church - The Princess Cocktail

The Princess Cocktail
3/4 Apricot Brandy
1/4 Cream

Drinkability: 3
Drunkability: 4 (brandy)
Taxic Diversity: 2 (apricot brandy)
Accessibility: 3
Priority for Conservation: 3

From Women of the Church, hosted by ??

June, 2008 - Women of the Church - Ramos Gin Fizz

Ramos Gin Fizz
2 oz Gin
3 drops Orange Flower Water
1 Egg white
1 tsp Bar Sugar
1 tsp Vanilla
1/2 oz lemon juice
1/2 oz lime juice
2 oz Cream
Top with club soda

Drinkability: 5
Drunkability: 2
Taxic Diversity: 3 (egg cream with liquour)
Accessibility: 4 (orange flower water makes it harder)
Priority for Conservation: 3.5

Comments: Ramos Gin Fizz = alcoholic sherbert -VF

From Women of the Church, hosted by ??

June, 2008 - Women of the Church - Barbara Cocktail

Barbara Cocktail
1/2 Vodka
1/4 Creme de Cacao
1/4 Cream

Drinkability: 3.5 (depending on your cream tolerance)
Drunkability: 3
Taxic Diversity: 2 (burny cream)
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 3.5/4 (party, not for every day)

From Women of the Church, hosted by ??

June, 2008 - Women of the Church - The White Lily

The White Lily
1/3 Cointreau
1/3 Bacardi
1/3 Gin
1 Dash Absynthe

Drinkability: 2 (the definition of a sipper)
Drunkability: 5
Taxic Diversity: 4 (orange, licorice, burning…)
Accessibility: 2 (if you want to use real absynthe)
Priority for Conservation: 1

Comments: “Tastes better than it smells” – SS; “At least a 3 on the burn-o-meter” -SS; BB was drinking hers out of a wine glass so kept trying to gulp instead of sip, an ill-advised choice

from Women of the Church, hosted by ??

May, 2008 - Women of NYC - The Twentieth Century

The Twentieth Century
1 1/2 oz gin
3/4 oz Lillet Blanc
3/4 oz Light Creme de Cacao
3/4 oz lemon juice

Drinkability: 4
Drunkability: 3.5 (tonight the ladies realize that these two categories are totally correlated)
Taxic Diversity: 3
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 5

From Women of NYC, hosted by (we'll never tell)

May, 2008 - Women of NYC - The Widow's Kiss

The Widow’s Kiss
1 1/2 oz Calvados
3/4 oz Chartreuse
3/4 oz Benedictine
2 dashes Angostura Bitters

Drinkability: 3
Drunkability: 4
Taxic Diversity: 3 (the ladies are in a bit of a disagreement over what TD really means)
Accessibility: 2
Priority for Conservation: 4

Comments: reminds the ladies of a roaring fire, winter night burny

From Women of NYC, hosted by ??

May, 2008 - Women of NYC - Vesper

Vesper
3 oz London Dry Gin
1 oz Vodka
1/2 oz Lillet Blanc
lemon peel

Drinkability: 1 (most of the ladies have given up)
Drunkability: 5 (but we would know better if we could finish it)
Taxic Diversity: 1.5 (lysol, or some sort of other cleaning product)
Accessibility: 3 (BM would have to go get lemons, but it’s okay because that store is right next to the “gin store”)
Priority for Conservation: 1 (maybe with a different gin)

From Women of NYC, hosted by ??

May, 2008 - Women of NYC - Singapore Straightjacket

Singapore Straitjacket
2 oz Gin
1/2 oz Kirschwasser
1/2 oz Benedictine
Juice of 1/2 lemon
2 dashes Orange Bitters
2 dashes Angustora Bitters

Drinkability: 3 (sipper but you could suck it down if you wanted to)
Drunkability: 4
Taxic Diversity: 4 (two types of bitters)
Accessibility: 2 (orange bitters)
Priority for Conservation: 2

From Women of NYC hosted by (real name given - oh heavens!)

September, 2007 - Select Platinum Edition - Pomegranate Cosmo

Pomegranate Cosmo
2 1/4 cups pomegranate juice
2 1/4 cups vodka
1 cup lime juice
3/4 cup Cointreau or Grand Marnier

For each drink, fill a cocktail shaker halfway with ice, add 1/2 cup
Cosmo mix, and shake until the shaker turns frosty and cold. Dip the
rim of a martini (or highball) glass into water and then in sugar (to
“sugar the rim”). Strain the drink into the martini glass (or over
fresh ice in the highball glass). Garnish with a twist of lime zest,
if desired.

Drinkability: 4
Drunkability: 3
Taxic Diversity: 3
Accessibility: 3
Priority for Conservation: 3

WER: “All the antioxidant power of pom and the drunkenness of vodka.”

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September, 2007 - Select Platinum Edition - Whiskey Sour

Whiskey Sour
3/4 cup whiskey (recommended: Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey)
1/2 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice (4 lemons)
1/2 cup freshly squeezed lime juice (4 limes)
2/3 cup sugar syrup (see note)
Ice cubes
Maraschino cherries

Combine the whiskey, lemon juice, lime juice, and syrup. Fill a
cocktail shaker halfway with ice and pour in the drink mix 2/3 full.
Shake for 15 seconds and pour into glasses. Add a maraschino cherry
and serve ice cold.
Note: To make the sugar syrup, bring 1 cup of water and 1 cup of sugar
to a boil, and simmer until the sugar is completely dissolved. Chill
before using.
*MG made her own sour mix because she is the shizzle

Drinkability: 2.5 (Good, but SOUR)
Drunkability: 2
Taxic Diversity: 2
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 4.5

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September, 2007 - Select Platinum Edition - Beer Margarita

Beer Margarita
1 (12 fluid ounce) can frozen limeade concentrate
12 fluid ounces tequila
12 fluid ounces water
12 fluid ounces beer (Tecate is recommended, but any Mexican beer will work)
ice
1 lime, cut into wedges

DIRECTIONS
Pour limeade, tequila, water, and beer into a large pitcher. Stir
until well-blended, and limeade has melted. Add plenty of ice, and
garnish with lime wedges. Adjust with additional water, if needed.

Drinkability: 5
Drunkability: 3.5
Taxic Diversity: 2
Accessibility: 4.5
Priority for Conservation: 5 (WER and SS consume a second one immediately)

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Archivist Note:  SS was so fond of these that they became a staple at all future BBQs - Good Conservation!

December, 2005/6? - Holiday Party - Wild-Eyed Rose

Wild-Eyed Rose
1 1/2 oz Irish whiskey
1/2 oz fresh lime juice
1/2 oz grenadine
soda

Drinkability: 5
Drunkability: 2
Taxic Diversity: 3.5
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 5

“WER, you taste good!” – Prairie Oyster
“Lovely color.” – La Blonde
“Like Kool-Aid!” – Violet Fizz

From what looks like the first holiday party

December, 2005/6? - Holiday Party - Silk Stocking

Silk Stocking
2 oz Tequila
1 oz Heavy Cream
1 oz Creme de Cacao
1 tsp Chambord

Drinkability: 3
Drunkability: 3.5
Taxic Diversity: 4
Accessibility: 3
Priority for Conservation: 2

“It’s very holiday-esque!” – Violet Fizz
“Like eggnogg … with tequila.” – Littlest Rebel
“It’s Feliz Navidad!” – La Blonde
“MMmmmm, tequila milkshake.” – Brazen Hussy
“If someone puts it in my hand, I’ll try and do it justice.” – La Blonde

From what looks like the first holiday party

December, 2005/6? - Holiday Party - Brazen Hussy

Brazen Hussy
1 oz. Vodka
1 oz. Triple Sec
1/2 oz. Lemon Juice (or Sour Mix)
*note: we used fresh squeezed lemon juice and the famed not-sex vodka

Drinkability: 5
Drunkability: 3
Taxic Diversity: 2
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 5

From what looks like the first holiday party

December, 2006 - Nyarr Pirates! - Anne Bonney - Devil's Cocktail

Anne Bonney

Anne Bonney was a pirate who frequented the Caribbean from 1718 - 1720.  She was captured in November, 1720, and at her trial it was said that she was "profligate, cursing and swearing much, and very ready and willing to do anything."

The Drink:

Devil’s Cocktail
1 oz. tawny port
¾ oz. dry vermouth
1 dash lemon juice
1 twist of a lemon peel

Stir well over ice cubes and strain into a cocktail glass.

Drinkability: 5 (despite initial skepticism, actually quite tasty)
Drunkability: 3 (all alcohol, but also the fourth drink of the evening, will probably sneak up and bite you on the ass, aka a cliff drink)
Taxic Diversity: 3 (port and lemon juice and indian food weirdness)
Accessibility: 4 (apparently port only lasts on the shelf for a few months)
Priority for Conservation: 5

Comments: FR: “It tastes like Indian food”, everyone agrees

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December, 2006 - Nyarr Pirates! - Lilith - Apfelpunsch

Lilith:

Lilith appears throughout Mesopotamian myth and Judeo-Christian texts alternately as a night goddess, or the first woman created by God in the Garden of Eden.  In the creation myth, she refuses to submit to Adam's will, and up and leaves the Garden.  There were no apples involved, however, there are lots of apples in this tasty cocktail.  Up in ya!  

The Drink:

Apfelpunsch
1 gallon apple cider
orange zest
lemon zest
6 oz apple brandy
one cinnamon stick

Drinkability: 5
Drunkability: 2 (should be low but proportions are different, aka there can be a shot of rum in each glass)
Taxic Diversity: 2 (cider)
Accessibility: 3.5 (apple brandy could be difficult to find but rum people have)
Priority for Conservation: 5 (why would you just drink plain apple cider when you could drink this?)

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December, 2006 - Nyarr Pirates! - Fuzzy Valencia

Fuzzy Valencia
1-1/2 oz. Irish Whiskey
¾ oz. Amaretto
5 oz. orange juice

Shake and serve.

Drinkability: 5 (another breakfast drink, would make a dangerous punch with added nutrition of oj, bit at the end but already down by the time you feel it)
Drunkability: 2 (low, mostly oj and a shot of whiskey but MG feels “a little fuzzy”)
Taxic Diversity: 2 (low, again mostly oj, similar to a screwdriver or any other oj based drink)
Accessiblity: 3.5-4 (the amaretto might need a trip to the store)
Priority for Conservation: 5 (high, add to menu with mimosas, etc, everyone would have it again, perhaps several times in one sitting)

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December, 2006 - Nyarr Pirates! - Queen Teuta - Morning Glory's Holiday Cocktail

Queen Teuta

Queen Teuta was an Illyrian regent who ruled from 231 - 228 B.C.  Her first act as regent was the drive the Greek colonists from Illyria, and in the process, she and her ships raided some Roman vessels.  Encouraged by this success she expanded her pirating and was soon the terror of the Adriatic Sea.  Her pirating was finally stopped by a Roman invasion.

The Drink:

Morning Glory’s Holiday Cocktail
8 oz pomegranate juice
1 oz vodka
splash of seltzer

Drinkability: 5 (“sparkly juice”)
Drunkability: 2 (put more vodka in to make more alcoholic)
Taxic Diversity: 2 (pomegranates!)
Accessibility: 4 (bodega, not even a liquor store)
Priority for Conservation: 4.5 (good)

from Nyarr Pirates! by MG & FV

Pre-2008 - El Diablo

El Diablo
juice 1/2 lime
1 oz. tequila
1/2 oz. creme de cassis

Drinkability: 2
Drunkability: 4
Taxic Diverity: 2
Accessibility: 3.5
Priority for Conservation: 3

Comments:
WER: This tastes like parties where I’ve vomited on the front lawn

Pre-2008 - The Eclipse

The Eclipse
1/2 oz. gin
1 oz. sloe gin
dash grenadine
1 ripe olive

Drinkability: 3.5 – tastes like cough syrup
Drunkability: 3.5
Taxic Diverity: 2.5 (sweet, beautiful gin)
Accessibility: 5
Priority for Conservation: 2.5

Comments:
VF: For when you want to drink something that smells like Christmas but tastes like Robitussen.

Pre-2008 - Midnight Punch

Midnight Punch
1 qt. rum
1/2 pt. grapefruit juice
1/2 pt. green tea
4 bottles ginger ale

Drinkability: 4.5 (good rums makes it better)
Drunkability: 2 (lots of rum, but lots of other stuff too)
Taxic Diverity: 1.5 (WER: It tastles like rum!)
Accessibility: 5
Priority for Conservation: 4 (good for parties, not necessarily an end of the day drink)

March, 2007 - Creme de la Creme - Batida de Maracuja (Brazil)

Batida de Maracuja (Brazil)
2 oz Cachaca
1 1/2 oz Passion-fruit juice
1/2 oz Lime juice
1/4 oz sweetened condensed milk

Drinkability: 3 (it’s a sipper, but fruity, not burny)
Drunkability: 2
Taxic Diversity: 2 (the passion fruit and milk are at war with each other)
Priority for Conservation: 2 (we wouldn’t make it again but we wouldn’t turn it away if someone handed us one)
Accessibility: 2 (for the cachaca)

March, 2007 - Creme de la Creme - Suitor (Scotland)

Suitor (Scotland)
1 oz Drambuie
1 oz Orange liquer
1 oz Irish cream
2/3 oz milk
Pour in order

Comments: All the ladies were completely mesmerized by the drink mixing itself in the glass – It’s like a creamsicle, or chocolates with alcohol in them

Drinkability: 5 (for how many we could have)
Drunkability: 2.5
Taxic Diversity: 3
Priority for Conservation: 5
Accessibility: 3 (you can use any orange liqueur, we like Grand Marnier)

March, 2007- Creme de la Creme - Floridita (de Cuba)

Floridita (de Cuba)
1 1/2 oz White rum
1 1/2 oz Sweet vermouth
1 1/2 oz Lime juice
Dash grenadine
Dash white creme de cacao

Comments: Tastes better than it smells

Drinkability: 3 (it’s a sipper)
Drunkability: 4
Taxic Diversity: 4 (more than just rum)
Priority for Conservation: 4 (good to drink while grading exams)
Accessibility: 3 (for the creme de cacao)