Winter Soother
Many people take some time off from alcohol in January (do a Google search for Dryuary). This isn’t a bad idea – especially if you overdid it during the holiday season, but then again, the East Coast got hit with a nasty cold snap…. Since it was too cold to go outside and take down the Christmas lights, we started flipping through Ted Haigh’s Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails book and came across “The Soother”. It sounded like the perfect cold weather cocktail. This drink splits the base spirit by using half cognac and half Jamaican rum. It also includes orange curacao, lemon juice, apple juice and simple syrup. This relatively long list of ingredients allows plenty of room for experimentation. The original recipe came from the Waldorf Astoria’s Old Bar and dates back to the early 1900’s. It’s included in The Waldorf Astoria Bar Book by Frank Caiafa – where the author suggests that you could serve this as a warm drink. Now the possibilities were becoming overwhelming! ...