Cocktails

We exaggerated - warm weather also means classic gin cocktails! A favorite of the moment is a Pink Gin, the poisoned cocktail in Agatha Christie's Poirot short story "Triangle at Rhodes." It's a jigger of dry gin with a dash of angostura bitters. Some of our other favorites are from a slender little 1936 book So Red the Nose: or Breath in the Afternoon edited by Sterling North and Carl Kroch. The title is a spoof of Stark Young's then-recent best selling novel, So Red the Rose.

"It takes steady nerves to mix a Singapore Gin Sling or wrestle with king cobras. But only the finest ingredients go into a Bring 'Em Back Alive (Frank) Gin Buck. They're kinder to your throat.

Frank Buck's Singapore Gin Sling

(Otherwise known as the "Bring 'Em Back Alive" Cocktail)

1 jigger D.O.M. (Benedictine)
2 jiggers cherry brandy

3 jiggers dry gin

juice of 1 lime

dash of orange bitters

dash of angostura bitters

Add water or soda (as preferred) in amount equal to the above ingredients.

Mix with swizzle stick until foamy.

Add ice chipped fine, and serve