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  1. MK

    A Journey Through The Savoy Book

    . I have two copies. A nice 80's printing that looks identical to the original and a copy at home that I use to mix and write notes in. Several of the ingredients are no longer made or have changed. Curacao is sold as orange or blue. The book gives no indication which leads me to believe...
  2. MK

    A Journey Through The Savoy Book

    For the past six months or so I have been experimenting with the recipes in the Savoy Cocktail book. I have been trying all kinds of concoctions. I have bought many ingredients and have quite a stock now that is capable of a wide variety drinks. Some are good and some I don't care to drink...
  3. MK

    What cigar (or pipe) did you smoke today?

    . I rarely smoke...but I picked up a couple Gran-Fuente's for tonight.
  4. MK

    What Did You Drink Last Night?

    . The first one. Tonight is the Cold Deck cocktail. I really like this one!
  5. MK

    What Did You Drink Last Night?

    . Tonight: Fourth Degree cocktail. Very nice.
  7. MK

    What Did You Drink Last Night?

    . My mistake. My review was actually for the Fairbanks #1 cocktail.
  8. MK

    What Did You Drink Last Night?

    . Tried a Fairbanks #1 cocktail....fully expecting to not like it due to the dry vermouth. I was pleasantly surprised to find it quite nice.
  9. MK

    What Did You Drink Last Night?

    . J.O.S. cocktail from the Savoy book. Don't need to ever have that one again.
  10. MK

    What Did You Drink Last Night?

    . Same book, different cocktail. Depth Bomb. Pretty good. I love the history behind it.
  11. MK

    What Did You Drink Last Night?

    . Tried a Darb cocktail from the same book. Didn't care for it.
  13. MK

    Secret Passageways

    . I have always loved secret passage ways. There is a great one in the Doheny mansion.
  14. MK

    What Did You Drink Last Night?

    . Damn-The-Weather from the Savoy book. One of The better cocktails from that book so far.
  15. MK

    French Vermouth

    . Excellent site. Thank you for suggesting it.
  16. MK

    French Vermouth

    . Well if it is just dry vermouth, that is easy. Thanks guys. Now I can try some different concoctions.
  17. MK

    French Vermouth

    The Savoy Bar Book is very fond of french vermouth. Just about every other receipt calls for it. Does anyone have any knowledge or experience with it?
  19. MK

    Vintage Bar Books and Must-Have Cocktail Books

    . http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=37369
  20. MK

    What Did You Drink Last Night?

    . Just a wee bit of Southern Comfort.
  21. MK

    What Did You Drink Last Night?

    . I finally obtained a copy of The Savoy Cocktail Book. It has many formulas that have ingredients that I don't have.....but for my first of it's many offerings I tried their "Allen (Special) cocktail": 1 dash lemon juice 1/3 maraschino 2/3 Plymouth gin I found it to be very tasty. :)
  22. MK

    Is the vintage crowd the curmudgeon crowd?

    . I realize that there are people who start their evening at 10:00 and go into the wee hours, but I always wonder what are they doing from 5-10PM. That's five hours! I know it is an age thing. I remember when I was first married, my wife and would call my folks at 7:00 to see if they wanted...
  23. MK

    Administrators: Please enable HTML code …

    . HTML isn't exactly on, but we've enabled the embedding of YouTube videos. To embed a video, first copy the unique string at the end of the video's URL. For example: http://youtube.com/watch?v=JFwCCL0Vh6U Copy that in red above for your individual videos, and use the YouTube button in the...

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