Ramos Gin Fizz

Ramos Gin Fizz
HISTORY
Very few things are better when rushed. That’s because there is no style in being in
a hurry. Henry C. Ramos’ invented the most time consuming cocktail ever in 1888.
In New Orleans, at his Imperial Cabinet Saloon on Gravier Street, over 20 bartenders
were working at once, doing nothing but shaking the Ramos Gin Fizz, 12 full minutes.
It’s only normal that it took 124 years before the perfect dress code was invented
to go with it. After all, what’s the point in taking your time to look eternal in your
Madame Negresco outfit, to then speed through the night? And then later, do you really
want it to be taken off quickly?
WHAT YOU NEED
HOW TO MAKE IT
Collins glass
Combine all the ingredients,
except for the icecubes and sodawater,
in a large cocktail shaker.
About 12 ice cubes
5 cl Bombay Sapphire Gin
2 cl lime juice
Close the shaker and shake
vigorously for about 30 seconds.
2 cl lemon juice
2 cl sugar syrup
Open the shaker, add the ice
and shake for 30 seconds more.
2 cl fresh cream
1 egg white
Strain the foamy liquid in
an ice-filled Collins glass.
Dash of orange flower water
Sodawater
Straw
Top off with sodawater.
Serve with a straw.
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Lynchburg Lemonade
HISTORY
This irresistible cocktail made its fame because of a true Tennessee-style bar fight.
Soon after the Alabama restaurant and lounge owner Tony Mason created it, a
Jack Daniel’s representative got hold of the recipe and turned it into a national
campaign for the famous Tennessee Whiskey. Tony took Jack to court. Tony won, but
Jack didn’t have to pay. So they went for another round. Who won in the end, nobody
knows and nobody cares. What matters is that it’s a drink you don’t mess with, and
it can only add to the flavour of the cat fight you provoke every time you put on that
Madame Dorchester or Madame Negresco dress.
WHAT YOU NEED
HOW TO MAKE IT
Large tumbler or Collins glass
Combine the Jack Daniel’s, Cointreau,
sugarwater and lemon juice in an
ice-filled cocktail shaker.
4,5 cl Jack Daniel’s
2 cl Cointreau or Triple Sec
3 cl lemon juice
1 cl sugar syrup
Sprite or Seven Up
Orange wheel
Straw
Close the shaker and shake vigorously.
Strain in an ice-filled tumbler
or Collins glass.
Top off with Sprite or Seven Up.
Garnish with an orange wheel.
Serve with a straw.
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French 75
HISTORY
The French gave New York the Statue of Liberty. That had quite an impact, but hardly
comparable to what the New Yorkers gave France in return. An elegant cocktail called
French 75. Barman Harry MacElhone in the New York bar in Paris created the drink
in 1915. The combination was said to have such a kick that it felt like being shelled
with the powerful French 75mm Howitzer field gun. It’s a sublime exercise in doing
more with less, that effortless sophistication that seems to work so well in your Madame
Badrutt or Madame Peninsula. A certain European flair that undoubtedly was added
when the ‘soixante-quinze’ made its way back to the Stork Club in New York.
WHAT YOU NEED
HOW TO MAKE IT
Champagne flute
Pour the gin, sugar syrup and lemon
juice in a chilled cocktail shaker.
About 8 ice cubes
6 cl Bombay Sapphire Gin
3 cl fresh lemon juice
2 cl sugar syrup
Champagne (Brut)
Lemon zest
Cherry
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Close the shaker and shake for
about ten seconds.
Strain the mixture into the glass,
filled halfway with cracked ice.
Top off with champagne.
Garnish with lemon zest
and a cherry.