July, 2010 - Spies - The American

The American

1 1/2 ounces Campari
1 1/2 ounces sweet vermouth
3 ounces chilled club soda
1 orange wheel and 1 lemon twist, for garnish

Drinkability:  0
Drunkability: n/a
Taxic Diversity:  4
Accessibility:  3
Priority for Conservation: 0

Comments: "We can't drink this.  Various wood flavors, sweaty socks, cement, dry rot, pencils, etc. "

From Lady Spies hosted by CZ

July, 2010 - Spies - The French Connection

The French Connection

1 1/2 oz Cognac

3/4 oz amaretto liqueur

Drinkability:  4
Drunkability:  4
Taxic Diversity:  2

Accessibility:  4
Priority for Conservation: 2.5

Comments: "tastes only of amaretto - way too sweet"

From the Lady Spies theme hosted by CZ

July, 2010 - Spies - Mata Hari

Mata Hari

1 1/4 ounce Cognac
1 ounce Sweet Vermouth
3/4 ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
3/4 pomegranate juice
1/2 ounce simple syrup

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

Comments: (too busy talking about "secret baby story")

From Lady Spies hosted by CZ

July, 2010 - Spies - Sazerac

Sazerac

3 oz rye whiskey
3/4 oz simple syrup
Peychaud bitters to taste
absinthe or absinthe substitute
Lemon twist for garnis

Drinkability:  2
Drunkability:  5
Taxic Diversity:  3
Accessibility: 2
Priority of Conservation: 5
Comments: "apparently Peychaud's bitters are hard to find if you're outside of NYC or New Orleans"

From Lady Spies, hosted by CZ

June, 2010 - Adventurers - Six-Toe Punch

Six-Toe Punch

2 entire lemon peels 
2 oz. lemon juice
10 large Demerara sugar cubes 
24 raspberries 
6 oz. Hendrick’s gin
3 oz. El Dorado three-year- aged rum
1 1/2 oz. Strega liqueur
12 oz. soda water

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

Comments:  "if someone puts it in my hand, I'll do it justice."

From Lady Adventurers hosted by, I'll never tell.

June, 2010 - Adventurers - Piper's Punch

Piper's Punch

For cinnamon syrup:
2 cups granulated sugar
15 sticks cinnamon

For honey syrup:
1 cup honey
1/2 peach
9 oz. fresh lemon juice
2 oz. cinnamon syrup
4 oz. honey syrup
24 oz. Famous Grouse blended Scotch
12 oz. rooibos tea
6 oz. fresh grapefruit juice
2 1/2 oz. rhum orange liqueur
2 oz. pineapple juice
Ice, frozen in two clean, quart-size takeout containers

For garnish:
Sprig of mint
Pineapple round
2 to 4 lemon rounds
2 to 4 grapefruit rounds

Cinnamon Syrup: Combine 2 cups of water, sugar, and cinnamon sticks in saucepan and simmer until sugar dissolves. Allow to cool for at least 1 hour. Strain. Will keep for 2 weeks.

Honey Syrup: Combine honey with 1 cup hot water. Stir until combined. Cool.

Instructions: Slice peach and muddle in plastic bowl with lemon juice, cinnamon syrup, and honey syrup. Add remaining ingredients and let sit for 20 minutes. Strain into a punch bowl over big ice. Garnish with mint and rounds of pineapple, lemon, and grapefruit. Pour in punch glasses. Serves 8.


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

Comments: "tart, and you have to make cinnamon syrup"

From Lady Adventurers hosted by...

June, 2010 - Adventurers - Farmer's Friend

Farmer's Friend

2 handfuls of mint leaves, torn 
2 cups rhubarb (about 4 stalks), sliced into 1/2-inch pieces
16 oz. white rum
8 oz. simple syrup (bring 8 oz. water and 8 oz. sugar to a boil and cook until sugar dissolves) 
4 oz. fresh lime juice
Club soda (approximately 6 oz.)

Drinkability:  4.5
Drunkability:  2
Taxic Diversity:  2.5
Accessibility:  4.5
Priority for Conservation: 3.5

Comments:  "rhubarb! very refreshing"

From Lady Adventurers hosted by - shhhhh

June, 2010 - Adventurers - Elderberry Smash

Elderberry Smash

(serves 6)

2 dozen blackberries (about 1 cup) 
9 oz. St. Germain elderflower liqueur
Lime juice from 3 whole limes
8 oz. Champagne 
6 sprigs of mint

Drinkability:  4.5
Drunkability:  2.5 
Taxic Diversity:  4
Accessibility:  2
Priority for Conservation: 5

Comments: "would have been a 5, but "pulp" and "champagne" affect some ladies"

*** Archivist's Note: - Accessibility got a 2 and was noted "elderflower liqueur is hard to find." If it was in 2010, it certainly isn't in 2013, so don't let that deter you from attempting this cocktail.***

From Lady Adventurers hosted by (real name given! GASP!)

April, 2010 - Warrior Women - Passion Cocktail

Passion Cocktail

(there are a lot of cocktails with "passion" in their name, most of them do not look like classics, nor do they contain the listed notes of "rum, honey, and lime")

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

Comments: "rum + honey +limes"

From Warrior Women hosted by Silk Stockings

April, 2010 - Warrior Women - Reviver Cooler

Reviver Cooler

1 1/2 oz brandy 
1/2 oz framboise liqueur 
3 oz milk 
Fill with soda

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

Comments: "bit like an egg cream"

From Warrior Women hosted by Silk Stocking

April, 2010 - Warrior Women - Maiden's Blush

Maiden's Blush

1 part Absinthe
2 parts Dry Gin
dash Grenadine

Drinkability:  3.5
Drunkability:  3.5
Taxic Diversity:  3
Accessibility: 1.5 - if you want real absinthe
Priority of Conservation:  4

Comments: "is starting to grow on us"

From Warrior Women hosted by Silk Stockings

April, 2010 - Warrior Women - Moonlight

Moonlight

3/4 oz fresh Grapefruit Juice
1 oz  Gin
11/4 oz Kirsch
1 oz white wine

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

Comments:  "mixed reviews as several ladies don't like grapefruit ... or gin"

From Warrior Women hosted by SilkStockings 

February, 2010 - Wronged Women - Grand Finale

Grand Finale



Drinkability: 3.5 - warm
Drunkability:  *(3, crossed out, illegible scribble next to it, followed by "SS uses President's veto"
Taxic Diversity:  2.5  - sweet creamy water
Accessibility:  4 - Grand Mariner
Priority for Conservation:  3

***Archivist's Note:  Besides the inability to find a "grand finale" cocktail that was warm, creamy, and contained Grand Mariner, and the odd notation about "president's veto" (??), there are no other notes or comments on this drink - no other notes are written after the review, either.  One can only assume the results of an obviously successful LUPEC meeting***

From Wronged Women hosted by NP

February, 2010 - Wronged Women - Cinnamon Quill

Cinnamon Quill

(is apparently the same as trying to google "cinnamon stick")

Drinkability:  5
Drunkability:  3
Taxic Diversity:  2.5
Accessibility:  4.5
Priority for Conservation:  5

Comments:  "very tasty, lots of honey" and "apple juice + honey" - involves boiling according to notes.

From Wronged Women hosted by NP

February, 2010 - Wronged Women - Black Friars Pint

Black Friars Pint

2 ounces gin

1 ounce Guinness

3/4 ounce sherry

1 teaspoon agave nectar

1 large egg white

dash Angostura

Ground cinnamon to garnish

**(don't forget to dry-shake your egg whites - and shake 'em HARD!)**

Drinkability:  4
Drunkability:  4
Taxic Diversity:  5
Accessibility:  2.5
Priority for Conservation:  3.5 

Comments: "mulled guiness is also complicated and impressive"

From Wronged Women hosted by NP

February, 2010 - Wronged Women - Bishop

The Bishop

(serves 4)

1 navel orange
8 whole cloves
1 (750-ml) bottle Ruby Port

preparation
Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 400°F.
Stud orange with cloves and roast in a small shallow ceramic or glass baking dish until browned and soft, about 1 1/2 hours.
Carefully quarter orange, then bring orange quarters and Port just to a simmer in a 2- to 2 1/2-quart saucepan. Remove from heat and serve warm.

Drinkability: 3
Drunkability: 2.5 
Taxic Diversity:  4
Accessibility:  3.5
Priority of Conservation:  3.5

Comments: "spices and flavors get more intense as you drink - labor intensiveness decreases the desire to conserve."

From Wronged Women hosted by NP

October, 2009 - Black Widows - Blue Knickerbocker

Blue Knickerbocker

(can find no recipe)

Drinkability:  4
Drunkability:  4.5
Taxic Diversity:  2
Accessibility:  4
Priority of Conservation: 3.5

Comments: "drink is sapphire/emerald - very colorful! but no creme de menthe, which we appreciate." and "rum, lemon, and maybe raspberry"

From Black Widows hosted by Ball Buster

October, 2009 - Black Widows - Commodore

The Commodore

2 oz rum
1 egg white
1/2 tsp sugar
dash of lemon juice
dash of grenadine
dash of raspberry syrup or liqueur

Drinkability:  3
Drunkability:  4.5
Taxic Diversity:  4
Accessibility:  4
Priority for Conservation:  2

Comments: "both bubblegum and pepto bismol but does not taste like either"

From Black Widows hosted by Ball Buster

October, 2009 - Black Widows - Diablo

Diablo

1 1/2 oz reposado tequila
1/2 oz creme de cassis
1/2 oz lime juice

Ginger ale

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

Comments: better with only a splash of ginger ale.

From Black Widow theme hosted by Ball Buster

September, 2009 - Irish - Irish Eggnog

Irish Eggnog

(makes 2)

1 whole egg
1 ounce Irish cream liqueur
1⁄4 ounce Irish whiskey
2 cups milk
Ground nutmeg
Cinnamon sticks

Drinkability: 4 -
Drunkability:  2
Taxic Diversity:  2.5
Accessibility:  3 - Irish Mist again
Priority for Conservation:  3 - 

Comments:  "less heavy than regular eggnog, good, but only for Christmastime"

From Something Irish hosted by Opal Hush

September, 2009 - Irish - Opal Hush

Opal Hush

***Archivists Note:  The only recipe I could find was from a quoted snipped from  The Autobiography of Arthur Ransome, found through google which simply describes it as "a innocuous blend of claret and lemonade" ***

Drinkability:  5
Drunkability:  1.5
Taxic Diversity:  2
Accessibility:  4.5
Priority for Confirmation:  5

Comments: "You're supposed to do lemonade in old cocktails with a siphon to make it carbonated, so this is frozen lemonade + club soda"

From Something Irish hosted by Opal Hush

September, 2009 - Irish - Erie Canal

Erie Canal

Irish Whiskey
Bailey's
Honey?
Herbs?

Drinkability:  3
Drunkability:  4
Taxic Diversity:  4
Accessibility:  3  - Irish Mist
Priority of Conservation:  4  - rare ingredients

***Archivist's Note:  Likewise, I find no cocktail recipes anywhere under this name.  From the notes, we know Irish Whiskey, Bailey's, and at least tastes like honey and herbs, whether or not they were actual ingredients is unknown***

From Something Irish themed hosted by Opal Hush

September, 2009 - Irish - Paddy & White

Paddy + White

Irish Whiskey
lemon
rest unknown

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

***Archivists Note:  Could only find a "Paddy Cocktail" and no Paddy + White - notes say 1/2 liquor, 1/2 not (note on Drunkability) - so guessing NOT just a Paddy cocktail with white vermouth.  We do know it had Irish whiskey***

From "Something Irish themed" hosted by Opal Hush

April, 2009 - Basil Martini

Basil Martini - (bonus drink!)

3 oz basil infused vodka
2 dashes of vermouth

Drinkability:  3
Drunkability:  5
Taxic Diversity:  3 - pesto
Accessibility:  3 - basil infusion
Priority of Conservation:  5

April, 2009 - Violet Vodka Martini

Violet Vodka Martini

1/2 oz. Creme de Violette
1 1/2 oz. Vodka

***Archivists Note: there are no comments, or even doodles (odd) around this review, and only one note (see below) so I have no confidence in the above recipe for correctness) ***

Drinkability:  4
Drunkability:  3
Taxic Diversity:  3
Accessibility:  3 ("make sure creme de violet exists")
Priority for Conservation:  5

From untitled (seems martini or infusion themed) meeting hosted by NP

April, 2009 - Earl Grey Martini

Earl Grey Martini

2 oz Earl Grey infused vodka
¾ oz lemon juice
½ oz honey

twist lemon peel, to garnish

Drinkability: 2
Drunkability:  5
Taxic Diversity:  3
Accessibility:  3 (tea infusion)
Priority for Conservation:  5

Comments: "sophisticated alcoholic tea"

From an untitled hosted by NP

April, 2009 - Strawberry Basil Martini

Strawberry Basil Martini

2 oz basil infused vodka - click here for the recipe
2 oz club soda
1 oz strawberry simple syrup - click here for the recipe
1/2 oz fresh lime juice
Fresh basil leaves for garnish

Drinkability:  4
Drunkability:  4
Taxic Diversity:  3/4
Accessibility: 2 (have to do basil vodka infusion yourself)
Priority for Conservation: 2.5 (brunch?)

Comments:  OH is allergic! oh no!

From untitled theme hosted by NP

April, 2009 - Rose Petal Martini

Rose Petal Martini - (sans cranberry juice)

2 fl oz  vodka
3/4 fl oz  white creme de cacao
3/4 fl oz  lychee liqueur
Dash of grenadine syrup
Rose petal for garnish

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

Comments: "Wow this is good. This is just vodka infused with stuff which is apparently an interesting process."

***Archivists  Note:  little confused by the "sans cranberry" note as I found no recipe that included cranberry juice... also, found no recipes that called for infusing vodka - and one would think lychee liqueur would bump accessibility down a few points.  Probably used a different recipe, sounds like NP got crafty.***

From an unknown theme, hosted by NP

November, 2008 - Molly Ocket - May Flower Cocktail

Molly Ocket

Her Indian name was Singing Bird. Her Christian name was Marie Agatha. She probably pronounced it Mali Agget which sounded like Molly Ockett to the English settlers.  A major focal point of Molly's world was Pigwacket, the ancient Indian enclave at present-day Fryeburg, Maine, a short distance east of the present border between Maine and New Hampshire.  Throughout her childhood, Molly Ockett and her family moved constantly to avoid the perils of the French and British colonial wars that were taking place around them. During 1759, while taking refuge at the St. Francis Mission at Odanak near the St. Lawrence River, Molly reportedly witnessed the death of her parents and many other Abenakis during the famous Roger's Raid.  By 1764, Molly had married a Native hunter named Piel Susup (Peter Joseph). That year, the couple visited the rebuilt mission at Odanak to have their marriage consecrated and their new daughter baptized. By 1772, Piel had died and records show Molly living with a Pigwacket Abenaki named Sabattis near Fryeburg, Maine. In time, she quit that stormy relationship, but always maintained her link with Fryeburg and numerous other Maine towns.

Molly became an Abenaki medicine woman, and was well known in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, Vermont, and western Maine, where she assisted the sick, and delivered the babies. She wandered throughout the Upper Androscoggin and Connecticut Rivers in a traditional Abenaki manner, collecting healing medicines and providing for herself as she had been taught by her ancestors.  Molly was an itinerant healer and herbalist for both natives and colonists. She administered her remedies to the settlers whenever and wherever there was a need, never accepting more than one copper penny for her services. Molly provided the only medical attention available to most of these early settlers.

In 1781, during the American Revolution, she saved the life of a Colonel Clark by warning him of a raid. When Clark tried to reward her, she refused. Years later, after an especially difficult winter, she accepted his offer to stay with his family in Boston, where she learned about European medicine. Missing the woods and her independence, she did not stay there long.  After leaving Boston, Molly resumed her itinerant life in Maine and Vermont, walking long distances and setting up camp near one town or another. Refusing to leave her ancient homelands, she continued to practice the ways of her people, despite the many cultural changes that were taking place around her.

Molly Ockett died in 1816 at Andover, Maine, and was buried in the town cemetery there. Sometime later, a head stone was placed on her grave. It reads, "MOLL OCKET Baptized Mary Agatha, died in the Christian Faith, August 2, A.D., 1816. The Last of the Pigwackets."  Since her death, Molly Ockett has become a legendary figure. Renowned as "the last of the Pigwackets," she is honored annually at Bethel's "Molly Ockett Day" celebration, and her name is connected with numerous geographic landmarks, business ventures, and community organizations. It's difficult to sort out truth from fantasy.

The Drink:

May Flower Cocktail:

Stir in mixing glass with ice & strain

1 3/4 oz Red Dubonnet 

3/4 oz brandy 

Drinkability: 3 1/2
Drunkability:  4

Taxic Diversity:  2
Accessibility: 3

Priority of Conservation:  1

Comments: "Not Good"(with frowny face drawing), "Tastes like alcoholic nothing" and "a little lettucey"

From Pilgrims and Indians hosted by FluffyRuffle

November, 2008 - Mary Musgrove - Allegheny

Mary Musgrove Bosomworth

Mary Musgrove was born Coosaponakesee sometime around 1700, at Coweta Town on the Ockmulgee River in northern Georgia. Her father was an English trader from the South Carolina Colony and her mother was a Creek Indian of royal blood. Mary spent her first 10 years among her mother's people; despite her mixed heritage Musgrove was considered a full member of Creek society and the Wind Clan.  Colonel John Musgrove was commissioned by the Governor of South Carolina in 1716 to visit the Creeks and negotiate a peace treaty between the English and the Creek Nation. Young John Musgrove accompanied his father, fell madly in love with Mary, and immediately married her. The two of them set out to build a trading enterprise in the Georgia territory. Mary's knowledge of the Creek language and customs was an invaluable aid to their success. By 1730, the Musgroves had a prosperous trading post on the Yamacraw Bluff overlooking the Savannah River, near the place where General James Oglethorpe brought the first English colonists to Savannah in 1733. Oglethorpe employed Mary as a negotiator to secure the peaceful cooperation of the Creeks in land settlements and trade. Mary's plantation on the Savannah comprised the fairest and broadest acres in Georgia, and it supplied the struggling colonists with meat, bread, and liquor.  In 1739, John Musgrove died after contracting malaria, leaving his wife a 500-acre plantation, a large number of cattle and horses, ten indentured servants, and a deerskin trade. She was one of the wealthiest women in the colony. 

In that same year, Mary married Jacob Matthews, who had been a servant of her former husband. Jacob was a colorful figure known as a critic of English authority, a successful planter, and a heavy drinker. Apparently, he worked hard but he also set himself up as the leader of the malcontents in Georgia and the chief critic of the authorities.  In 1744, Mary married Thomas Bosomworth, a figure even more controversial than Matthews. He had come to Georgia in 1741 to clerk for William Stevens, the man who would later be governor of Georgia Colony. He decided instead to join Oglethorpe's troops on a mission to help defeat the Spanish. He soon tired of camp life and returned to England in 1743 to be ordained.  Bosomworth and Mary established a trading post at “The Forks," the confluence of the Ockmulgee and Oconee Rivers.  Bosomworth convinced Mary's brother Malatchee to have himself proclaimed Emperor of the Creek Nation, who then gave Thomas and Mary a deed to the Sea Islands of Ossabaw, Sapelo, and St. Catherine. Thomas purchased vast herds of cattle on credit in South Carolina and turned them loose on St. Catherine Island.  Thomas also talked the Creek Nation into making Mary Queen of the Creeks.  In August 1749, Mary and Thomas were arrested due to debts Thomas owed in South Carolina for the cattle. The Indian Chiefs and the council president met on several occasions to negotiate the return of lands to the Indians. Bosomworth repented of his folly, and wrote to the council president apologizing for his wanton conduct.  During this time, Thomas continually fought to secure the money owed Mary for her services when she was working for General Oglethorpe. Mary resorted to the courts in London, and in June 1760, settled her claims for 2100 pounds sterling and clear title to St. Catherine Island.  Mary Musgrove Bosomworth spent the remainder of her life on St. Catherines Island, and died there sometime after 1763.

The Drink:

Allegheny:

Stir in mixing glass with ice & strain

1 oz bourbon (3 cl, 1/4 gills)

1 oz dry vermouth (3 cl, 1/4 gills)

1/4 oz blackberry flavored brandy (6 dashes, 1/16 gills)

1/4 oz fresh lemon juice (6 dashes, 1/16 gills)

1 dash aromatic bitters

Drinkability:  3
Drunkability:  4 2/3

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

Comments: "good at the start, not so good at the finish"

From Pilgrims and Indians hosted by FluffyRuffle

November, 2008 - Lydia Chapin Taft - Oatmeal Cookie

Lydia Chapin Taft

Lydia Chapin Taft was an early forerunner in Colonial America who was allowed to vote in three New England town meetings, beginning in 1756. Lydia Chapin was born February 2, 1712, at Mendon, Massachusetts.

Young Lydia Chapin grew up in a large family with 9 siblings. Her father Seth owned much property in what is today Milford, south Hopedale, and Post's Lane in Mendon. The family lived on 45 acres near the Post's Lane bridge and Mill River. Post's Lane was made famous for the first man killed in King Phillip's War, Richard Post.

Lydia Chapin married Josiah Taft on December 28, 1731, and she became known as Lydia Chapin Taft. They were married at the Congregational Church in Mendon. Josiah was born on April 2, 1709, and was the grandson of the first American Taft, Robert Taft.

In the autumn of 1756, Josiah and Lydia's 18 year old son, Caleb, became ill while studying at Harvard, and died on September 19th. Josiah went to Boston to bury Caleb. After returning home, Josiah himself became ill and died on September 30th, at age 47. This happened immediately prior to an important vote concerning the town's financial support of the French and Indian War. The only individuals allowed to vote were freeholders – free male property holders – and Josiah's estate was valued as one of the largest in the town. Josiah's untimely death opened the door for Lydia's giant step into America's history of women's suffrage. Given the important nature of the vote, the landowner and taxpayer status of Josiah's estate, and that Lydia's oldest surviving son was still a minor, the townspeople voted to allow Lydia, the widow Josiah Taft, to vote at this important meeting on October 30, 1756.

Lydia cast her vote in favor of appropriating funds for the regiments engaged in the French and Indian War, thereby giving herself the distinction of being the first woman to vote in this country. The early town records demonstrate at least two other occasions when Lydia voted in official Uxbridge Town meetings in 1758 and again in 1765.

Lydia Chapin Taft's historic vote and her role in the history of women's suffrage was recognized by the Massachusetts legislature on April 1, 2004, when they approved an Act Designating State Highway Route 146A in the town of Uxbridge as the Lydia Taft Highway.

The Drink:

Oatmeal Cookie Cocktail:

1 ounce Baileys Irish cream (3 cl, 1/4 gills)
1 ounce butterscotch schnapps (3 cl, 1/4 gills)
1 ounce Jägermeister (3 cl, 1/4 gills)
1/2 ounce cinnamon schnapps (1.5 cl, 1/8 gills)
Shake and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

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

Comments: "tastes like a scented candle" and "should be renamed snickerdoodle"

***Archivists Note:  lots of drawings of happy stick figure versions of members with cocktails

From Pilgrims and Indians hosted by FluffyRuffle

November, 2008 - Anneke Webber Jans - Apple Pie Cocktail

Anneke Webber Jans

Anneke Webber Jans was an early Dutch colonist in New Amsterdam and New Netherland. She was born in Norway in 1605. She married Roeloff Jans in Amsterdam, Holland, on Friday, April 18, 1623. They had six children. Her name became well-known because of the many lawsuits concerning her farm, which was claimed by her heirs and the Trinity Church in New York City. 

In 1636, Governor Wouter Van Twiller granted to Roeloff and Anneke Jans a 62-acre farm, or Bowerie, on Manhattan Island just outside the limits of the New Amsterdam Settlement, between present-day Broadway and the Hudson River. Roeloff was contracted by the West India Company to farm the plot. He died shortly thereafter and Anneke inherited the land. 

Dutch women had more property rights than their other female colonists in the New World. Prenuptial agreements were common at New Amsterdam, and they enabled women with money and/or property to keep their wealth after they married. Anneke Jans wrote one of the first prenuptial agreements, and later drafted them for her daughters, as well.

In March 1638, she married Reverend Everardus Bogardus, the second minister of the Dutch Church of New Amsterdam. They had four sons. He died at sea on September 29, 1647. 

After learning of her husband's death by drowning off the coast of Wales, Anneke moved from her house near the Fort in New Amsterdam back to Beverwyck, where she had a house on land adjacent to property owned by two of her sons from her first marriage. 


Anneke Webber Jans died at Beverwyck on February 23, 1663, leaving her property to be divided among her eight surviving children. Her will includes the 62 acres on Manhattan Island. She was buried in the churchyard at Beaver and Hudson Streets.


The Drink:


Apple Pie Cocktail:

1/2 Daiquiri rum. (1 1/2 oz, 4.5 cl, 3/8 gills)
1/2 Martini sweet vermouth. (1 1/2 oz, 4.5 cl, 3/8 gills)
2 dashes apricot brandy.
2 dashes grenadine.
4 dashes lemon juice.
Shake and strain into cocktail glass.

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

Comments: "tastes like cough medicine" also "FR used dry vermouth instead of sweet - not a good idea"

From Pilgrims & Indians hosted by Fluffy Ruffle

October, 2008 - Wall St. - Recession Depression

Recession Depression

1.5 oz. Absolut Citron
0.5 oz. Triple sec
0.5 oz. Lemon juice

2 dashes Lime cordial

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

From Wall Street hosted by NP

October, 2008 - Wall St. - Dead Lawyer

Dead Lawyer  

1 3/4 oz white creme de cacao
1 3/4 oz maraschino liqueur
1 3/4 oz dry vermouth

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

Comments: "flat sprite - tastes happier than the name"

From Wall Street hosted by NP

October, 2008 - Wall St. - Adjustable Rate

Adjustable Rate

1 part Hornitos blanco tequila
1 part Cruzan blackberry rum
1/2 part DeKuyper Tropical Pineapple Coconut
5 parts fresh pineapple juice
splash of orange juice
Garnish: pineapple

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

Comments: "needs less juice and more tequila"

From Wall Street hosted by NP

October, 2008 - Wall St. - Stock Market Crash

Stock Market Crash

1 shot Goldschläger
1 shot Rum, overproof/151 proof
8 oz. Cola (Coca-Cola)

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

Comments: "Tastes like weird alcoholic root beer."

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August, 2008 - Women of TV - Brown Derby

Brown Derby

1.5 oz Bourbon
1 oz Fresh grapefruit juice

.5 oz Honey syrup (1 part honey, 1 part water)

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

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August, 2008 - Women of TV - Even Pair

Even Pair

1 ounce gin
1 ounce dry vermouth
1/3 ounce pear liqueur
4 ounces tonic water

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

Comments: "was preferred when tried without the tonic water"

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August, 2008 - Women of TV - Rebel Rouser

Rebel Rouser

2 oz bourbon whiskey
1/3 oz creme de bananes
1 tsp Campari bitters

Drinkability:  2
Drunkability:  4.5  
Taxic Diversity:  3
Accessibility:  3
Priority for Conservation:  2.5

Comments: "Burning Banana" 

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August, 2008 - Women of TV - Cablegram

Archivists Note: More access to old archives! Yay!  (wish there was a way to move blog posts around, easily, like a drag-n-drop method like in the side gadgets).

Cablegram

Juice of 1/2 Lemon
1/2 Tablespoon Powdered Sugar
2oz Canadian Club Whisky


Shake well, strain into long tumbler (1/3 filled with ice) and fill with Ginger Ale.

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

Comments: "Very good because it isn't syrupy as girlie drinks usually are."

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