Comments on: A World of Cocktails http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/travel/2012/04/a-world-of-cocktails/ Just another blogs.smithsonianmag.com site Fri, 22 Jun 2012 14:37:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: Brian http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/travel/2012/04/a-world-of-cocktails/#comment-212 Brian Wed, 04 Apr 2012 15:42:01 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/travel/?p=649#comment-212 I love traveling and having drinks "in context". But I can also be a stickler for details. For example, if you ordered a "quintessential" Manhattan cocktail in the 1800s (even early 1900s) it would have been made with rye whiskey instead of Bourbon. And now rye is making quite a comeback. That's not always clear, as many old recipes only specified "whiskey", but Bourbon didn't become popular until later. See this Manhattan recipe from 1888: http://www.classicmixology.com/cocktails/manhattan_cocktail/1888 I love traveling and having drinks “in context”. But I can also be a stickler for details. For example, if you ordered a “quintessential” Manhattan cocktail in the 1800s (even early 1900s) it would have been made with rye whiskey instead of Bourbon. And now rye is making quite a comeback.

That’s not always clear, as many old recipes only specified “whiskey”, but Bourbon didn’t become popular until later. See this Manhattan recipe from 1888: http://www.classicmixology.com/cocktails/manhattan_cocktail/1888

]]> By: Hotel Monteleone http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/travel/2012/04/a-world-of-cocktails/#comment-211 Hotel Monteleone Wed, 04 Apr 2012 15:22:54 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/travel/?p=649#comment-211 Thank you so much for including the Carousel Bar in this great post. We are a huge fan of this blog, which always has us dreaming of exotic places! We hope everyone who makes a stop at the Carousel Bar tries the Singapore Sling. Thank you so much for including the Carousel Bar in this great post. We are a huge fan of this blog, which always has us dreaming of exotic places! We hope everyone who makes a stop at the Carousel Bar tries the Singapore Sling.

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