Post #585510 by telescopes on Mon, Apr 18, 2011 5:08 PM

On 2011-04-18 13:57, TikiHardBop wrote:
Read up on John Martin and his marketing of Smirnoff vodka in the 1950's to see how vodka overtook gin for martinis and most everything else as a base for cocktails.

And to add my $.02 to the topic, classics are classics for a reason. I'm certainly OK with modifying classic cocktail recipes, but you should definitely delineate the new recipe. I would like to think that if I order a Manhattan, I'm going to get a Manhattan, not your take on a Manhattan, unless it specifically states that.

Of course, I live in a cocktail-impaired area of the world where you are lucky if the drink you get even remotely resembles what it is supposed to be.

Manhattan - Maybe, just maybe they can make that. I doubt it. What you will get most likely is Jack D with lots of branch water, a splash of bitters, and a cherry. I doubt you'll see any sweet vermouth.

Old Fashioned - Don't even get me started. Maybe, just maybe they can make that. I doubt it. What you will get most likely is Jack D with lots of branch water, a splash of bitters, and a muddled cherry with an orange slice.

Whiskey Sour - Huh. What you'll get is Jack D with lots of sweet and sour, lots of branch water, a cherry and and orange slice.

What is this, "Theme and Variation on Idiocy!@!!!!"

And by the way, Candela Cigars ARE VINTAGE Tiki. Especially if they were Colomas.