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Presented in a desperate effort to associate a mixed drink with King Charles I.
1 1/2 ounces White Rum
3/4 ounce Rose's Lime Juice
1/4 ounce Green Crème de Menthe
1/4 ounce Triple Sec
1 Bar Spoon Sugar
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Cubi Special |
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Recently received from a member's former boss in Naval Inteligence, though it remains applicable to civilian 'festive events of suitable size.' It is an old and revered recipe amongs Naval Aviators and reeks of American imperial outposts in the Pacific. The Cubi Point Officers' Club was a storied institution, and the birthplace of carrier landings.
So, by special permission of the Office of Naval Inteligence, please find below the recipe of the famous "Cubi Special" cocktail. Served to generations of military visitors to Subic Bay. It has been declassified, but on the provision that no endorsement of its consumption is to be construed thereby, and no expeditions into foreign lands be conducted under its power and influence.
Original Recipe
96 ounces orange juice
84 ounces pineapple juice
6 ounces mango juice
6 ounces cranberry juice
2-4 ounces grenadine
Rum to taste, Lots of Rum
Add a smattering of sliced local miniature limes, aka 'calamonsines.'
The above makes around two and a half gallons of the sublime mixture. For those not embarking upon a scholarly investigatioin of alcohol poisoning, or more likely don't have quite as many friends with whom to share, four 'Civilain Sized' Cubi Specials would translate to approximately;
Civilian Sized Recipe
3 cups orange juice
2 1/2 cups pineapple juice
1/4 cup mango juice
1/4 cup cranberry juice
1 tsp grenadine
3 cups of rum
the aforementioned limes
That should be enough for 4 drinks, plus a bit of a refill, and will conveniently fit into a 72 oz. Pitcher. |
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Death in the Afternoon |
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The invention of a Mr. Ernest Hemmingway, reviewed by Onslow Faust, in his own home.
1 shot Absinthe
1 glass Champagne
Pour shot glass of Absinthe into a champagne flute. Top off with the coldest champagne possible. Drink quickly. I mean don't bolt the stuff, but drink before the concoction has a chance to grow warm. Like being punched in the forehead by an enraged, alcoholic pugilist dressed as a jelly bean.
It tasted like a fizzy jelly bean. A horribly alcoholic jelly bean. We didn't like it, but such was the effect that we serioulsy considered having a second helping.
Pith Rating, that depends. If you want to lose contact with your extremities quickly, then 5 out of 5. If you are intent on a flavourful, refreshing drink, then 2 out of 5. I mean it wasn't great, but I didn't put it down and say, "Upon a stack of Benchley, No!" |
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Fairfax (the Earl of) |
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Actually the 'Fourth and Fairfax' named after a street location, but if you mumble the first two words it becomes a drink named after the famous English Civil War Paliamentary general.
1 ounce Baileys Irish Cream
1 ounce Amaretto
1/2 ounce Cognac
Shake with ice and pour into a sherry or whisky sour glass. |
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French 75 |
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Named after the French field artilllery in World War I. This is not the original drink from the war, which was named just "75," but rather the newer recipe invented at 'Harry's American Bar' in Paris in the mid 1920's. A sophisticated drink, with plenty of punch. Hence the name?
1 1/2 ounces Cognac
1 tsp. Lemon Juice
1 tsp. Powdered Sugar
Champagne
Combine the first 3 ingredients and shake. Pour into a Champagne flute and top with Champagne. |
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Fruity Pool Drink, The |
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Sampled at the club (03/20/09)
Invented, one would assume, by a particularly unimaginative Californian. Thus the drink's official name.
1 Ounce White Rum
1 Ounce Malibu Rum
1 Ounce Orange Curacao
3 Ounces Orange Juice
3 Ounces Pinapple Juice
1/4 Ounce Grenadine
4 Slices of an Orange
Add all of the ingredients into a shaker filled with ice.
Shake for 15 seconds.
Strain int a Collins glass filled with ice.
Garnish with cherries and chunks of pineapple. |
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Gator |
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Yet another mixing of both gin and rum in an incredibly complex concoction resulting in a color much like the trousers of a World War One German Stormtrooper. Except that it also has an unsavory sort of translucent quality to it. Still it has the advantages of, well, perhaps it doesn’t actually have any advantages.
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Grenadier |
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A drink, with a suitably martial name, found in one of those 'Girlie Patio Poolside' recipe books. Remarkable for being refreshing, withoug quite making the drinker feel the need to watch Sunday sports shows so as to compensate for its pastel hue.
Remarkable, in the membership's opinion, for mixing both gin and rum, and yet not tasting as if it did.
1/2 measure rum
1/2 measure gin
1/2 measure pineapple juice
juice of 1/2 lemon
dash of grenadine
Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass. Add a cherry and a slice of fruit.
How this relates to horse and musket age shock troops remains a mystery to the editor. |
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Gustavas Adolphus Royal Libation |
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Again, renaming an existing drink so as not to alarm 17th century sensibilities
2 oz Bourbon
1 oz Lairds Applejack
1 oz Apple Juice
1 oz Lime Juice
1/2 oz Bar Syrup
Mix indredients with ice for 15 seconds. Strain into a rocks, or highball glass filled with ice. |
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Intersellar Sazarac |
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Sampled at The Bengal Club (08/21/09)
A Sci-Fi, futuristic version of the very old 'Sazerac Cocktail.'
2 ounces Cognac
1/2 oz Absinth
4 dashes Peychaud's Bitters
1/4 teaspoon superfine sugar
Rim a cocktail glass with lemon juice and then sugar. Fill the glass with crushed ice and let chill for 5 minutes. Discard the ice and immediately add the Absinth. Swirl the Absinth around the glass so that the entire surface is coated. Discard the Absinthe. As quickly as possible (time is of the essence to preserve the chill of the glass as well as the coating of Absinthe) add the Cognac, Bitters, and superfine sugar to a cocktail shaker filled with ice and shake for 15 seconds. Strain into the prepared cocktail glass.
An expensive, time consuming, and not spectacular drink. Still, not quite so bad as 'The American Flyer.' |
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Irish Headlock |
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Supposedly on the club drink list because of its connection to the Irish recruits involved in the English Civil War. Although that conflict would apparently long predated the concept of the mixed drink.
1/4 ounce Brandy
1/4 ounce Amaretto
1/4 ounce Irish Whisky
1/4 ounce Irish Cream
Layer drink into sherry or whisky glass with brandy first, then Amaretto, followed by Irish Whisky, and finally Irish Cream. |
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