April, 2012 - Sweet Tea Vodka Tonic

Sweet Tea Vodka Tonic:

2 oz  sweet tea vodka
1/2 oz  vodka
1/2 oz  lemon juice
2 oz  tonic water

Drinkability: 5
Drunkability: 2.5
Taxic Diversity: 4
Accessibility:
Priority for Conservation:

Comments: BM dissents on Drinkability. Notes stop abruptly. 

From Women Environmentalists hosted by BallBuster

April, 2012 - Guggenheim

Guggenheim:

(the only recipe I can find is this video:  EHow - the Guggenheim Cocktail:)

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

Comments: "listerine"

From Women Environmentalists hosted by BallBuster

April, 2012- Sidecar

Sidecar:

1/3 Cointreau
1/3 brandy
1/3 lemon juice

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

Comments:

From Women Environmentalists by BallBuster

April, 2012 - Royal Gin Fizz

Royal Gin Fizz:

1 egg white from 1 small egg
1/4 cup gin
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
2 tablespoons Simple Syrup, 
Champagne or sparkling wine, to taste

Drinkability: 4
Drunkability: 2
Taxic Diversity: 2 
Accessibility: 4.5
Priority for Conservation: 5

Comments:  "this drink is amazing, if a little lemony"

From Women Environmentalists, hosted by BallBuster

March, 2012 - Brunch - Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe

(If you need a bio - just read wiki)

Marilyn Monroe Cocktail:

4 oz. champagne
1 oz.  apple brandy
1 tsp. grenadine

Drinkability:
Drunkability:
Taxic Diversity: "Whoops!"
Accessibility: 3
Priority for Conservation:

Comments: "we are unclear about drinkability and drunkability, as we are all super drunk by this point - also BB just farted", PoC: "we wouldn't make it again, but we'd drink it if it was handed to us."

From "Champagne Brunch" hosted by BoilerMaker

March, 2013 - Brunch - Cockney Champagne

Cockney Champagne

3 oz Champagne
3/4 oz gin
1/2 oz lemon juice
1/2 oz sugar syrup

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

Comments:  "basically the same as the last but with gin instead of tequila"

From "Champagne Brunch" hosted by BoilerMaker

March, 2013 - Brunch - French 25

French 25:

2 oz tequila
½ oz lemon juice
¼ oz sugar syrup
5 oz Champagne

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

Comments: "AZ is slapping herself in the face", "AZ dissents from PoC - too much lemon juice."

From "Champagne Brunch" hosted by BoilerMaker

March, 2012 - Brunch - Strawberry Champagne

Strawberry Champagne

4 oz champagne
1 oz strawberry brandy

Drinkability: 4/5
Drunkability: 4
Taxic Diversity: 1
Accessibility: 0
Priority for Conservation: 5

Comments: "there is no benefit to eating the strawberries in the liqueur - this drink is like spring in a glass."  "Access - 0 - "strawberry brandy is very difficult to find unless you infuse it yourself."

From "Champagne Brunch" hosted by BoilerMaker

March, 2012 - Brunch - Champagne Charlie

Champagne Charlie

4 oz champagne
1 oz apricot brandy

Drinkability: 3.5
Drunkability: 4
Taxic Diversity: 1
Accessibility: 3/4
Priority for Conservation: 4/5

Comments:  "bubbly apricot", "apricot makes it syrupy", "BB finished them all - needs to be cold."

From "Champagne Brunch" hosted by BoilerMaker

January, 2012 - Sexuality - Baby Doll

Baby Doll:

2 oz cognac

1 1/2 oz orange liqueur

juice of 1/2 lemons

ice cubes

sugar

Drinkability: 3

Drunkability: 3

Taxic Diversity: 2

Accessibility:
Priority of Conservation: 3

Comments: "tart"

From "Women on the Forefront of Female Sexuality" hosted by NP

January, 2012 - Sexuality - Blushing Lass

Blushing Lass

1 oz. blended Scotch Whisky
1/2 oz. Cointreau
1 tsp. of grenadine 
1/4 oz. fresh lemon.

Drinkability: 4
Drunkability: 3
Taxic Diversity: 3
Accessibility: 4.5
Priority of Conservation: 3.5 (median score)

Comments: food is getting more/better comments than drinks. OMG! Such good food!

From "Women at the Forefront of Female Sexuality" hosted by NP

January, 2012 - Sexuality - The Ginger

The Ginger:

couldn't find a recipe, it was basically hot sake with fresh ginger, and a big slice of lemon in it.

Drinkability: 2
Drunkability: 3
Taxic Diversity: 3
Accessibility: 4
Priority of Conservation:  1.5

Comments:  "like the sweat you ring out of a dirty sock", "also theraflu or a warm beer.", "plain nice sake would be better."

From "women at the Forefront of Female Sexuality" hosted by NP

January, 2012 - Sexuality - Bosom Caresser

Bosom Caresser:

1 teaspoon grenadine
1/2 ounce curaçao
1 ounce brandy
1 egg yolk

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

Comments:

From "Women at the Forefront of Female Sexuality" hosted by NP

November, 2011 - The Company Position

***Archivists Note:  By this point, the notes have largely degraded to diagrams and doodles with small notes.  The name of the drink isn't given, only "pause for drink" then a doodle of 2 stick people, one saying "Are you going to give me the Company Position?" Though, we do have ratings for it.***

Drinkability:  4
Drunkability:  4
Taxic Diversity:  4
Accessibility:  4
Priority of Conservation:  3.5 - BM and AZ dissent.  

From most likely Women Marathon Runners hosted by CZ

November, 2011 - At the Park

At the Park 

2 parts gold rum
1 part triple-sec
1 part apricot brandy
splash of lime juice

Drinkability: 4
Drunkability:  3.5
Taxic Diversity:  3
Accessibility: 4
Priority of Conservation:  5+

Comments: "brown sugar - which isn't in the drink"  "so good we had more delivered." No, seriously, CZ called her liquor store said, "yeah, it's me, I need more of the same." and that was it, and in 15 minutes, they had brought more rum and triple-sec to her door.  WE WERE AMAZED!

From, pretty sure Women Marathon runners, hosted by CZ

November, 2011 - Greased Lightning

Greased Lightning

1 1/2 oz gin
1/2 oz dry vermouth
1/2 oz cherry brandy


Drinkability: 1
Drunkability: 4
Taxic Diversity: 2
Accessibility:  -
Priority of Conservation: 1.5

Comments: "we need more cherry", "we didn't not like it" "AZ notes that this smells like a dead Christmas Puppy" (***Archivist's Note: what I said was, that it smelled like sad Christmas, like the year they got you a puppy but forgot to put air holes in the box.  Not based on true events, btw***)

From "Untitled" (I think I remember Marathon runners?) hosted by CZ

November, 2011 - Point of No Return

Point of No Return:

2 parts pineapple juice
1 part gold rum
1 splash sloe gin
1 splash fresh lime juice

Drinkability: 5
Drunkability: 2
Taxic Diversity: 2
Accessibility: 2
Priority of Conservation:  3

Comments: "brunch = but too many non-alcoholic calories.", "real sloe gin!"

From "Untitled" hosted by CZ

October, 2011 - Matilda Carse - Honeysuckle

Matilda Carse

Matilda Bradley Carse (November 19, 1835 - 1917) was an Irish-born American businesswoman, social reformer and leader of the temperance movement.  Educated in Ireland, Carse immigrated to Chicago in 1858. Later, she married a successful railroad manager and fellow Irish immigrant, Thomas Carse. His death in 1870 left her a wealthy widow with an independent income, which she used to benefit local charities and welfare work. Her mission in life was determined soon afterward, when the youngest of her three sons was killed by a drunken drayman. After this incident, Carse became a determined and outspoken leader of the temperance movement in Chicago and nationwide in the United States. She joined the Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) in 1874, becoming the president of the Central Chicago WCTU in 1878. 
     Carse's reform activities encouraged temperance but also more generally improved conditions for the working class in Chicago. Carse supported the development of nurseries for the children of working mothers, Sunday schools, medical dispensaries, and low income housing. Several of her notable reform projects include the opening of the Rehobeth refuge and recovery shelter, as well as the Bethesda Mission, which was specifically aimed at teaching neighborhood women practical household skills.
     Matilda Carse's first major business venture was the Woman's Temperance Publishing Association (WTPA) in 1880. It was an independent stock company composed entirely of women.  Carse’s business acumen made the WTPA a success. At its height in 1890, it employed over one hundred employees, mostly women, and published the largest women’s paper in the world, the Union Signal.

     Carse’s legacy was the office building she planned and funded in the center of Chicago’s financial district to benefit the WCTU. Known as the Temperance Temple, it was designed as a meeting place for the CCWCTU. As plans developed, the Temple became a headquarters for the WCTU as well as an office building, whose rents would provide income for the WCTU’s operations.  A large part of the controversy surrounding the Temperance Temple was created by Carse’s own personality and her position as a woman in a male-dominated sphere. In order to succeed in the business world, Carse had to be outspoken, stubborn and aggressive, traits that were considered masculine and hard to reconcile with the traditional image a Christian woman. By participating in a masculine activity like business, Carse left herself vulnerable to attack from both outside the WCTU as well as from within its ranks.

     Unable to pay off the mortgage, the WTCU officially disaffiliated itself from the building, which became the property of the Field-Columbian Museum. It was finally demolished in 1926. Carse resigned from her presidency of the WTPA, attempting to restore unity to the WCTU through mediation and compromise.  After the failure of her Temperance Temple, Carse continued to be committed to charity work. She served as president of the CCWCTU until 1913 and was the first woman on the Chicago Board of Education. 

The Drink:

The Honeysuckle Cocktail

1 ½ oz gold rum
½ lime juice

½ oz honey

Drinkability: 4
Drunkability: 3
Taxic Diversity: 2.5
Accessibility: 4.5
Priority of Conservation: 4* (with modifications)

Comments: "honey. need. more. honey."

Absolutely certainly about Prohibition, hosted by FluffyRuffle

October, 2011 - Frances Willard - Exposition

Frances Willard:

Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard (September 28, 1839 – February 17, 1898) was an American educator, temperance reformer, and women's suffragist. Her influence was instrumental in the passage of the Eighteenth (Prohibition) and Nineteenth (Women Suffrage) Amendments to the United States Constitution. Willard became the national president of the World Woman's Christian Temperance Union, or World WCTU, in 1879, and remained president for 19 years. Her vision progressed to include federal aid to education, free school lunches, unions for workers, the eight-hour work day, work relief for the poor, municipal sanitation and boards of health, national transportation, strong anti-rape laws, and protections against child abuse. 
     In the 1860s, Willard suffered a series of personal crises: both her father and her younger sister Mary died, her brother became an alcoholic, and Willard herself began to feel love for a woman who would ultimately go on to marry her brother.  After her resignation as the first Dean of Women at Northwestern University, Willard focused her energies on a new career, traveling the American East Coast participating in the women’s temperance movement. Her tireless efforts for women's suffrage and prohibition included a fifty-day speaking tour in 1874, an average of 30,000 miles of travel a year, and an average of four hundred lectures a year for a ten year period, mostly with her longtime companion Anna Adams Gordon.
  In 1874 Willard participated in the creation of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) where she was elected the first corresponding secretary.  Willard was elected the first president of the National Council of Women of the United States, in 1888, a position which she held for the remainder of her life. In her later years, Willard became a committed socialist and called for government ownership and control of all factories, railroads, and even theaters.

The famous portrait, "American Woman and her Political Peers" features Frances Willard at the center, surrounded by a convict, American Indian, lunatic, and an idiot. This image succinctly portrayed the argument for female enfranchisement; without the right to vote, the educated, respectable woman was equated with the other outcasts of society to whom the franchise was denied.  Willard was the first woman represented among the illustrious company of America’s greatest leaders in Statuary Hall in the United States Capitol. 

The Drink:

The Exposition Cocktail:

1 oz dry vermouth
¾ oz cherry brandy
¾ oz sloe gin

Drinkability:  3
Drunkability:  2
Taxic Diversity:  2
Accessibility:  3
Priority of Conservation: 1

Comments: "sloe gin = fake"

From something most certainly about Prohibition hosted by FluffyRuffle

October, 2011 - Carrie Nation - Gypsy

Carrie Nation

(we've already talked about her, not repeating)

The Drink:

The Gypsy Cocktail:

1 ¾ oz vodka
¾ oz benedictine
1 dash bitters

Drinkability: 2.5
Drunkability: 4
Taxic Diversity: 4
Accessibility: 4
Priority of Conservation: 3* (5, 5, 5, 5, 1, 1)

Comments: (heated discussion about Harry Potter re: movies vs. books), "tastes like benedryl"  "drunkability - "we are dancing to Samantha Fox"

From definitely something about Prohibition, hosted by FluffyRuffle

October, 2011 - Mary Hunt - The Devil's Tail

Mary Hunt:

Mary Hunt (1830-1906) became one of the most powerful women in the United States temperance movement promoting Prohibition of alcohol. As Superintendent of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union’s Department of Scientific Temperance Instruction she worked from the grass roots to the national level to ensure passage of laws requiring that textbooks teach every school child a curriculum promoting complete abstinence for everyone and alcohol prohibition.  She achieved the de facto power to veto any such textbook of which she did not approve. For example, the WCTU leader didn’t approve of any book that mentioned the widespread medicinal use of alcohol or any book that even implied that drinking in moderation did not inevitably lead to serious alcohol abuse .

     By the mid-1890s, the WCTU’s program of temperance instruction and the textbooks endorsed by Mary Hunt were increasingly being criticized . The Committee of Fifty, a group formed in 1893 by scholars to study the "liquor problem",  was highly critical of the ideological purity demanded by Mrs. Hunt. It argued that children should not be taught "facts" that they would later find to be incorrect. The group concluded that the WCTU's program of temperance instruction was seriously defective and probably counter-productive .

     Mrs. Hunt prepared a reply in which she charged the Committee of Fifty with being prejudiced against abstinence instruction, criticized it for what she considered gross misrepresentation of facts, and insisted that the endorsed textbooks were completely accurate. She then had the reply entered into the Congressional Record and distributed more than 100,000 copies .

     Although she stirred controversy, it is indisputable that "by the time of her death in 1906, Mary Hunt had shaken and changed the world of education" with her campaign for mandatory temperance instruction (Ohles, 1978, p. 478). In 1901-1902, 22 million school children were required to take Hunt-approved temperance instruction .  Temperance writers viewed the WCTU's program of compulsory temperance education as a major factor leading to the Eighteenth Amendment establishing National Prohibition.   The WCTU "laid the groundwork for the formal drug education programs that remain high on the agendas of today" (Erickson, 1988, p. 333), and some of the laws for which Mrs. Hunt lobbied so persistently still remain .

The Drink:

The Devil's Tale:

1 ½ oz gold rum

¾ oz vodka

½ oz lime juice

¼ oz grenadine

¼ oz apricot brandy

Drinkability: 3.5
Drunkability: 4
Taxic Diversity: 2.5
Accessibility: 4
Priority of Conservation: 2

Comments: "like the first take of a cigarette", "gold rum looks like a urine sample," and "I don't like red things"

From something about Prohibition? - hosted by FluffyRuffle

October, 2011 - Mabel Willebrandt - Warsaw

Mabel Walker Willebrandt

Mabel Walker Willebrandt (May 23, 1889-April 6, 1963), popularly known to her contemporaries as the "First Lady of Law", was the U.S. Assistant Attorney General from 1921 to 1929, handling cases  concerning violations of the Volstead Act, federal taxation, and the Bureau of Federal Prisons during the Prohibition Era. She received her law degree from the University of Southern California in 1916 and a master's degree a year later.  She worked as an assistant public defender without pay, the first public defender of women. She handled more than 2,000 cases of prostitution and her efforts changed court proceedings to permit the testimony of both men and women. 
     The second woman to receive an appointment to Assistant Attorney General as well as the first to serve an extended term, Willebrandt was officially appointed to the position on September 27, 1921.  Although a known opponent of Prohibition, Willebrandt aggressively upheld the Volstead Act and criticized the federal government's efforts to enforce the law in her book The Inside of Prohibition, describing political interference, incompetent public officials, and public indifference. Willebrandt's insistence to other federal agencies to prosecute bootleggers, specifically the Prohibition Bureau and law enforcement agencies, were initially hampered by the skepticism of senior officials in the Justice and United States Treasury Departments who overlooked advice from the 32-year old woman.
     During the early years of her administration, Willebrandt was successful in some of the biggest prosecutions during Prohibition including the 1923 prosecution of the Big Four of Savannah, reportedly the largest bootlegging ring in the U.S., as well as the bootlegging operations of Cincinnati bootlegger George Remus. She also argued more than 40 cases before the Supreme Court, a number few others have attained, and won several victories in cases regarding the control of liquor sales on both American and foreign vessels.  During the 1928 presidential campaign, Democratic candidate and Prohibition opponent Al Smith called her "Prohibition Portia".  She also argued for the federal prosecution of major bootleggers, saying that prosecuting speakeasies was "...like trying to dry up the Atlantic Ocean with a blotter.“
     Resigning her post in 1929 after failing to be appointed Attorney General by Herbert Hoover, for whom she had campaigned heavily in the 1928 election, she worked as an attorney and had offices in Washington and Los Angeles.  She was the first woman to chair a committee of the American Bar Association, heading its committee on aeronautical law, and she held several honorary doctorates.

The Drink:

The Warsaw Cocktail:

1 ½ oz vodka

½ oz blackberry liquer

½ oz dry vermouth

¼ oz lemon juice

Drinkability:  4

Drunkability:  4
Taxic Diversity:  3
Accessibility:  4
Priority of Conservation:  4.6

Comments:  "We just now realized no one is taking notes.  Whoops!"

From "Unknown Theme" hosted by FluffyRuffle

September, 2011 - Renegades - Kentucky Kernel

Kentucky Kernel

1 1/2 oz bourbon whiskey
1/2 oz apricot brandy
1 oz grapefruit juice
1 tsp grenadine syrup

*** Archivists Note:  There is no rating and no comments, but there is, instead, a long bit of rambling about staying long after closing of meeting, being very drunk, and debating laundry in the morning with a hangover***

From "Renegade Women" hosted by BallBuster

September, 2011 - Renegades - Ring of Kerry

Ring of Kerry

1 12 oz Irish whiskey

1 oz Bailey's Irish Cream

1/2 oz Kahlua

Drinkability: 4

Drunkability: 4

Taxic Diversity: 3

Accessibility: 4

Priority for Conservation: 5

Comments:  "chocolate creamy alcohol"

From "Women Renegades" hosted by BallBuster

September, 2011 - Renegades - La Moulin Rouge

La Moulin Rouge

1 oz gin
0.7 oz de liqueur d'abricots (apricot brandy)
0.7 oz de lemon juice  
0.3 oz de triple sec (cointreau, grand marnier)
0.2 oz de sirop de grenadine

Drinkability: 2.5
Drunkability: 4
Taxic Diversity: 3
Accessibility: 3
Priority of Conservation: 3

Comments: "differences in opinions on gin + grenadine"

From "Renegade Women" hosted by BallBuster

September, 2011 - Renegades - Sherry Cobbler

Sherry Cobbler

4 ounces Sherry

1/2 ounce simple syrup

3 orange slices

Fresh, seasonal berries for garnish

Drinkability:

Drunkability:
Taxic Diversity:
Accessibility:
Priority of Conservation:

Comments: "good so far, needs the lemon to cut the sherry." "FR does not like sherry."

From "Renegade Women" hosted by BallBuster

June, 2011 - Women Inventors - Bacon & Tomato Sandwich

Bacon & Tomato Sandwich Cocktail

3/4 oz Pimm's

1/2 oz dark rum

1/2 oz white rum

2 oz lemonade

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

Comments: "meh, again, also, how do you get rid of hiccups?"

From "Women Inventors" hosted by Boilermaker

June, 2011 - Women Inventors - Beef on Rye

Beef on Rye

1 1/2 oz Beefeater gin
1/2 oz Canadian whisky
1/2 oz passion-fruit syrup
2 ozs parkling bitter lemon soda

Drinkability: 3.5
Drunkability: 2
Taxic Diversity: 2.5
Accessibility: 3
Priority of Conservation:  2

Comments: "meh, we are not enthused." "more drinkable after the last 2"

From "Women Inventors" hosted by BoilerMaker

June, 2011 - Women Inventors - Cheese Sandwich

Cheese Sandwich

1 1/2 oz melon liqueur

1/2 oz triple sec

1 tsp dark rum

1/4 oz lemon juice

2 oz lemonade

Drinkability: 5

Drunkability: 2

Taxic Diversity: 2

Accessibility: 4

Priority of Conservation: 5

Comments: "again, we already had 2"

From "Women Inventors" hosted by BoilerMaker

June, 2011 - Women Inventors - Pork Chop on Toast

Pork Chop on Toast

1 oz Russian vodka
1 oz cherry vodka
2 oz tonic water

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

Comments: "cherry flavored water" "we want many, many more, immediately"

From "Women Inventors" hosted by BoilerMaker

May, 2011 - Friday 13th - Fogcutter

Fogcutter:

1 1/2 ounces light rum
1/2-ounce brandy
1/2-ounce gin
1-ounce orange juice
3 tablespoons lemon juice
1 1/2 teaspoons orgeat syrup
1 teaspoon sweet sherry

Drinkability: 2.5
Drunkability: 3
Taxic Diversity: 4
Accessibility: 2.5
Priority for Conservation: 4

Comments:  "2.5 beside accessibility for orgeat (always best to make your own)"

From "Friday the 13th" hosted by Silk Stockings

May, 2011 - Friday 13th - The Soother

The Soother 

1 oz. Cognac

1 oz. Jamaican rum

1/2 oz. orange curaçao

Juice of 1/2 lemon

1 tsp. apple juice

1/2 tsp. simple syrup

Ice cubes

Tools: shaker, strainer

Glass: goblet

Garnish: lemon twist

Drinkability: 3.5
Drunkability:  4
Taxic Diversity: 4

Accessibility: 3

Priority for Conservation: 5 

Comments: "delicious but sweet", " not a cocktail, but a "potation"

From "Friday the 13th" hosted by Silk Stockings

May, 2011 - Friday 13th - Satan's Whiskers

Satan's Whiskers (curled)

1 oz gin
1/2 oz Grand Marnier
1 oz dry vermouth
1 oz sweet vermouth
1 oz orange juice
2 dashes orange bitters

Drinkability:  4.5
Drunkability:  3
Taxic Diversity:  3.5
Accessibility:  2
Priority for Conservation:   5

Comments: "delicious", "drinkability depends on quality of gin"  - accessibility, apparently at the time orange bitters were hard to find "Red Hook is far away" is the notation.

From "Friday the 13th" hosted by Silk Stockings

April, 2011 - Lemon Gingerini

Lemon Gingerini

2 1⁄2 oz Hendricks Gin (or other light floral gin)

3⁄4 oz Lemon Juice

1⁄2 oz Ginger Syrup

Drinkability: 3.5
Drunkability: 3.5

Taxic Diversity: 4
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 5

Comments:

From "Untitled Theme" hosted by HN

April, 2011 - Cucumber Mint Gimlet

Cucumber Mint Gimlet

4 1/2 cups Cucumber Gin (or 2 oz.), (homemade)
2 1/4 cups fresh lime juice (or 1 oz.)
1 cup plus 2 tablespoons Mint Simple Syrup (or 1/2 oz.), (homemade)
Cucumber peels, for garnish
Fresh mint sprigs, for garnish

Drinkability: 5
Drunkability: 4
Taxic Diversity: 4
Accessibility: 2.5 
Priority of Conservation: 5 

Comments: "the next drink has cucumber!  It's like a sap!  Apparently, this is what NP always thought alcohold could be - it is also like summer."

From "Untitled Theme" hosted the HN

April, 2011 - The Betty Ford

The Betty Ford

1 1/2 oz citrus vodka
10 oz Sprite soda
1/2 oz grenadine syrup


Drinkability: 2
Drunkability: 1
Taxic Diversity: 2
Accessibility:  5
Priority for Conservation: 0

Comments: "it's Betty Ford's birthday!" 

From "Untitled theme" hosted by HN

April, 2011 - Raspberry Herb

Raspberry Herb Cocktail

1 1/2 pints fresh raspberries (about 4 cups)
1 to 2 tablespoons sugar
6 large sprigs (about 2 ounces) fresh mint, basil, or both, plus more for garnish
1/2 cup vodka
Juice of 1 lemon (about 3 tablespoons)
1 bottle (750 mL) Prosecco or Lambrusco

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

Comments: "basil is interesting" "perhaps blend?"

From "Unnamed theme" hosted by HN

February, 2011 - Islands - Coquito

Coquito

2 15-ounce cans cream of coconut
2 14-ounce cans condensed milk
6 ounces white rum (use less if you like)
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon coconut (or vanilla) extract

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

Comments:  " melting ice cream"

From "Something About Islands" hosted by Opal Hush

February, 2011 - Islands - Rum Swizzle

Rum Swizzle

4 oz dark Rum
4 oz gold Rum
5 oz pineapple Juice
5 oz orange Juice
¾ oz grenadine
6 dashes of Angostura Bitters

Drinkability:  4
Drunkability:  3
Taxic Diversity:  3.5
Accessibility:  4
Priority of Conservation:  3

Comments: (next to Accessibility) "this one was pre-mixed but could be easy" (next to PoC)" if someone made it for us, a lot of ingredients"

From "Something About Islands" hosted by Opal Hush

February, 2011 - Islands - Mamajuana

Mamajuana:

Mamajuana is the indigenous drink of the Dominican Republic.  It is a brew of twigs and bark and herbs, with rum and red wine and honey.

Drinkability: 5
Drunkability: 3.5
Taxic Diversity: 5
Accessibility: 5
Priority of Conservation: 5

Comments: "summer glug", "honey", "smuggling from a foreign country, pending internet investigations = eBay (also some sort of porn results)"

February, 2011 - Islands - Santo Libre

Santo Libre

2 oz rum
1⁄4 oz lime juice
5 oz Sprite

Drinkability: 4.5
Drunkability: 4
Taxic Diversity: 3 
Accessibility: 4.5
Priority of Conservation: 5 

Comments: "tastes like rum" "rum, but softer", "apparently Dominican rum tastes best with Sprite," "BM dissents on the PoC"

From "Something About Islands" hosted by OpalHush

January, 2011 - Bessie Coleman - Dream Cocktail

Bessie Coleman

Elizabeth “Bessie” Coleman was the first female pilot of African American descent and the first person of African American descent to hold an international pilot license. Coleman was born on January 26, 1892 in Atlanta, Texas.  Coleman began school at age six and had to walk four miles each day to her all-black, one-room school. Despite sometimes lacking such materials as chalk and pencils, Coleman was an excellent student.  When she turned eighteen, Coleman took all of her savings and enrolled in the Oklahoma Colored Agricultural and Normal University (now called Langston University) in Langston, Oklahoma. She completed only one term before she ran out of money and was forced to return home.  Coleman knew there was no future for her in her home town, so she went to live with two of her brothers in Chicago and worked at the White Sox Barber Shop as a manicurist. There she heard tales of the world from pilots who were returning home from World War I. She could not gain admission to American flight schools because she was black and a woman and no black U.S. aviator would train her. Robert S. Abbott, founder and publisher of the Chicago Defender, encouraged her to study abroad. On June 15, 1921, Coleman became not only the first African-American woman to earn an international aviation license, but the first African American woman in the world to earn an aviation pilot's license.  "Queen Bess," as she was known, was a highly popular draw for the next five years. She made her first appearance in an American airshow on September 3, 1922. On April 30, 1926, Coleman, was in Jacksonville, Florida. Her mechanic and publicity agent, William Wills, was flying the plane with Coleman in the other seat. Coleman did not put on her seatbelt because she was planning a parachute jump for the next day and wanted to look over the cockpit to examine the terrain. About ten minutes into the flight, the plane did not pull out of a planned nosedive; instead it accelerated into a tailspin. Coleman was thrown from the plane at 500 feet and died instantly when she hit the ground. William Wills was unable to gain control of the plane and it plummeted to the ground. Wills died upon impact and the plane burst into flames. Although the wreckage of the plane was badly burned, it was later discovered that a wrench used to service the engine had slid into the gearbox and jammed it, causing the plane to spin out of control. Experts noted at the time that gears in more modern planes had a protective covering — an accident like this need not have happened.

The Drink

Dream Cocktail - (REM makes their tv debut on Letterman in 1983)

1 ½ oz brandy
¾ oz orange curacao
¼ anisette

Drinkability:  2 if you don't like licorice, 4 if you do
Drunkability: 4
Taxic Diversity:  2

Accessibility:  3
Priority of Conservation: NO! - except OH

Comments:

From "1983" hosted by FluffyRuffle

January, 2011 - Angela Davis - Silver Flash

Angela Davis

Angela Davis (born January 26, 1944) is an American political activist, scholar, and author. Davis was most politically active during the late 1960s through the 1970s and was associated with the Communist Party USA, the Civil Rights Movement and the Black Panther Party. Prisoner rights have been among her continuing interests; she is the founder of "Critical Resistance", an organization working to abolish the prison-industrial complex. She is presently a retired professor with the History of Consciousness Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz and is the former director of the university's Feminist Studies department. She is also currently a Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Women’s and Gender Studies Department at Syracuse University.  Her research interests are in feminism, African American studies, critical theory, Marxism, popular music and social consciousness, and the philosophy and history of punishment and prisons.  Her membership in the Communist Party led to Ronald Reagan's request in 1969 to have her barred from teaching at any university in the State of California. On August 18, 1970, Davis became the third woman to appear on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list. She was tried for suspected involvement in the Soledad brothers' August 1970 abduction and murder of Judge Harold Haley in Marin County, California.  In 1972, the jury returned a verdict of not guilty. The mere fact that she owned the guns used in the crime was not sufficient to establish her responsibility for the plot. John Lennon and Yoko Ono, wrote the song "Angela" on their album Some Time In New York City to show their support. Mick Jagger also wrote a song for her: "Sweet Black Angel" was released on the album Exile on Main Street. She was twice a candidate for Vice President on the Communist Party USA ticket during the 1980s. In the early 1990s she moved from party communism to other forms of political commitment, and she has identified herself as a democratic socialist. In 1997, she declared herself to be a lesbian in Out magazine. 

The Drink

Silver Flash  (Flashdance: 3rd grossing film in 1983)

1 ¾ oz sloe gin
¾ oz Benedictine
1 dash orange bitters

Drinkability:  3

Drunkability:  2
Taxic Diversity: 2.5
Accessibility:  3
Priority for Conservation:  3

Comments:  "NP tastes red & newspaper - graphite pencil, OH says wishes"

From "1983" hosted by FluffyRuffle

January, 2011 - Ellen deGeneres - The Webster

Ellen deGeneres


Ellen DeGeneres (pronounced /dɨˈdʒɛnərəs/; born January 26, 1958) is an American stand-up comedienne, television host and actress. She hosts the syndicated talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and was also a judge on American Idol for one year, having joined the show in its ninth season.  DeGeneres has hosted both the Academy Awards and the Primetime Emmys. As a film actress, she starred in Mr. Wrong, appeared in EDtv and The Love Letter, and provided the voice of Dory in the Disney-Pixar animated film Finding Nemo, for which she was awarded a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress, the first and only time a voice performance won a Saturn Award.  She also starred in two television sitcoms, Ellen from 1994 to 1998 and The Ellen Show from 2001 to 2002. During the fourth season of Ellen in 1997, DeGeneres came out publicly as a lesbian in an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Shortly afterwards, her character Ellen Morgan also came out to a therapist played by Winfrey, and the series went on to explore various LGBT issues including the coming out process.  She has won twelve Emmys and numerous other awards for her work and charitable efforts. In 1986 she appeared for the first time on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, who likened her to Bob Newhart. When Carson invited her over for an onscreen chat after her performance, she became the first comedienne in the show's history to be treated this way.

The Drink:

The Webster (premiered in 1983)

¾ oz fresh lime juice
1 oz gin
½ oz dry vermouth
¼ oz apricot brandy

Drinkability: 2
Drunkability: 2
Taxic Diversity: 3.5
Accessibility: 3
Priority of Conservation: 2

Comments: there was a chart drawn to show the polarized opinions on this drink.

From "1983" hosted by Fluffy Ruffle

January, 2011 - Mimi Leder - The Mickey

Mimi Leder:  (Disney Channel added to American cable in 1983)

Mimi Leder (born January 26, 1952) is an American film director. She was the first female graduate of the AFI Conservatory in 1973. Leder began her career as a television script supervisor, working on such projects as Spawn of the Slithis (1978) and Hill Street Blues (1981). Shortly after working on the television drama Under the Influence in 1986, Leder began directing L.A. Law.  Leder continued television work during the late 1980s and early 1990s, including work on the 1988 television movie Nightingales and the series China Beach, for which she was nominated for several Emmy awards. In 1994, she directed and co-produced nearly a dozen episodes of ER, which earned her Emmy Awards for Outstanding Drama Series in 1995 and 1996. She returned to direct an episode of the series during its final season in 2009.  Throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s, she directed several dramatic films, including The Peacemaker (1997), Deep Impact (1998) and Pay It Forward (2000). In 2005, she began work as director on the action/comedy series Jonny Zero, which ran for twelve episodes.  In 2007, she directed the feature film Thick as Thieves, starring Antonio Banderas and Morgan Freeman in Bulgaria, that went out direct to DVD in 2009.

The Drink:

The Mickey:

1 oz Jamaican rum
¾ oz orange curacao
¾ oz bourbon
1 dash grenadine

Drinkability: 4
Drunkability: 4.5
Taxic Diversity: 3
Accessibility: 4
Priority of Conservation: 3

Comments: "a little syrupy" "like drinking 3 shots"

From "1983" hosted by FluffyRuffle

November, 2010 - Women of the Arctic - Bloody Mary

Bloody Mary

1 oz vodka
3 oz tomato juice
2 dashes red hot sauce
2 dashes 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 of Conservation: -

Comments:  "ratings based on small sample size since many of us do not like them for various reasons"

From Women of the Arctic hosted by BallBuster

November, 2010 - Women of the Arctic - Black Russian

Black Russian

1 3/4 oz vodka

3/4 oz coffee liqueur

Drinkability: 4
Drunkability: 4
Taxic Diversity: 1.5

Accessibility: 4

Priority of Conservation: 3

Comments: nil

From "Women of the Arctic" hosted by BallBuster

November, 2010 - Women of the Arctic - Borodino

The Borodino

1 oz vodka
1 oz gin

1 oz triple sec

Drinkability: 1
Drunkability: 5
Taxic Diversity: 2.5
Accessibility:  (see comments)
Priority of Conservation: 4

Comments: "very slow sipper despite good taste" "cold - too viscous as it warms" and next to Accessibility: "in your [house] - I wrote this [house] like 5 minutes after I started the sentence."

From "Women of the Arctic" hosted by BallBuster

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 oz sparkling bitter lemon soda

Drinkability:  4
Drunkability:  2
Taxic Diversity:  3.5
Accessibility:  3
Priority of Conservation: 1.5

Comments: is *slightly* better with making your own grenadine. "bitter lemon"

From "Women of the Arctic" hosted by BallBuster

October, 2010 - Nerd Girls - Superman

Superman

1 oz gin
3/4 oz dry vermouth
1/2 oz apricot brandy
1 oz mandarin juice
1 tsp grenadine syrup

Drinkability: 2
Drunkability:  3
Taxic Diversity:  2.5 / 3
Accessibility:   (left blank)
Priority for Conservation:  1

Comments: "sweet martini"

From "Girls of the Nerd World" hosted by BoilerMaker

October, 2010 - Nerd Girls - Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster

Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster

*** Archivists note: there are several very hotly argued about recipes for this cocktail, almost none of which bare even the slightest resemblance to the impossible recipe given by Douglas Adams, who knows which one was use, except that it was green ***

Drinkability: 4
Drunkability: 2.5
Taxic Diversity: 2 
Accessibility:  3
Priority of Conservation: 1 

Comments: "sugary melon-thing"

From "Girls of the Nerd World" hosted by Boilermaker

October, 2010 - Nerd Girls - Zombie

Zombie:

1/2 oz Bacardi 151 rum
1 oz pineapple juice
1 oz orange juice
1/2 oz apricot brandy
1 tsp sugar
2 oz light rum
1 oz dark rum
1 oz lime juice

Drinkability: 5
Drunkability: 4
Taxic Diversity: 3.5 
Accessibility:  3
Priority of Conservation:  4

Comments: "Hawaiian Punch-in-the-Face"

From the "Girls of the Nerd World" hosted by BoilerMaker

October, 2010 - Nerd Girls - Green Dragon

Green Dragon

4 oz Champagne
1 oz Midori melon liqueur

Drinkability: 4
Drunkability: 2
Taxic Diversity: 2
Accessibility: 3
Priority for Conservation: 1

Comments: "meh," "tastes like jolly rancher"

From "Girls of the Nerd World" hosted by Boilermaker