Vintage Cocktail Mixer Recipes for the Vintage Cocktail Hour Exploying the vintage cocktail hour, with vintage cocktail mix recipes, a look at barware, and hints for throwing your own retro martini party from the past.

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What would a little black cocktail dress be without the cocktail?  From the 1930's through the 1960's, it was all about cocktail hour.  Well-dresses suit clad men and tall lanky women in little black dresses strutting their stuff in darkened smoke filled rooms. mixing a martini. The Cocktail era immediately brings forth memories of those great movies from the past, Casablanca, All About Eve, and my personal favorite -The Thin Man Collection.  Cocktails denote class, money, and a certain debonair sophistication.  Dark streets lit by dim lamp post, men in trench coats standing on the corner, with faces half hid by a Mallory. Everyone owned the essential barware, a swank cocktail shaker, an atomic designed cocktail tray, and cocktail glass.  Then there were the unspoken rules.  The rules of dress, music, and vocabulary.  Seemed as if everyone embrace the leisure of the cocktail party.

The martini era may have never existed without Las Vegas, the home of the Rat Pack.  The Rat Pack -  Kings of the Martini Age.

Without further ado, let The Vintage Chicks bring you........... THE VINTAGE COCKTAIL!

The right drink, at the right time, seemed all important to set the stage for proprieties today. An Appetizer called for a Cocktail, Manhattan or Martini Cocktail, or Wine Aperitif Cocktail. Soups demanded Sherry or Madeira. With Fish you had White Wines, Sauterne, Chablis or Moselle. Chicken called for White Wines or Champagne, where as Duck required Rhine Wines or Champagne.  For Beef, only Chianti would do. With Lamb, on the other hand, you could serve Claret or Red Burgundy. Gruyere Cheese? Answer _ Claret or Burgundy. Camembert or Roquefort, then Port Wine. Coffee was mixed with Liqueurs. And evening service was herald by Mélange Picard Punch, Fizzes, Rickeys, or Highballs as desired.

There were many rules and rituals combined for the successful cocktail party.  You had to use good ingredients, the correct glassware, which should be clean and dry.  You must shake the drinks vigorously and serve cold.

The ice should not be used the second time.  Superfine sugar makes a drink clearer.  Use a Lemon Mixer, as this will keep for ten days without spoiling, while a fresh lemon will spoil in 12 hours.  This will keep all your drinks in uniform taste and is recommended for any drink recipe. You should follow the authentic recipe, remember a jigger is 1 1/4 ounce.  A Pony is 3/4 an ounce.  A dash is equal to about 20 drops or 1/4 teaspoon and lastly, mixed drinks should not stand too long.

The correct glass for the right drink.

The right glass for the right drink a most important essential for the perfect cocktail party. If you go wrong here, your party will never recover. To the right you will find the glasses.  We have as follows: 1. The 10 oz. Lemonade, Punches, Collins glass

2. 6 oz. Highball 3. 8 oz Fizz or Rickey 4. 14 oz. Tom Collins 5. Old Fashioned 6. Whiskey 7. 3 oz Sour 8. 3 oz. Sour

9. Cocktail 10. Cocktail 11. Liqueur 12 Sherry, Vermouth, Port 13. Rhine, Sauterne 14. Hollow Stem Champagne

The left page contains the Bar Accessories as follows: 1. Bar Mixing Glass 2. Highball Spoon

3. Lemon Squeezer (For those of you who insist on using real lemon) 4. Jigger 5. Ice Tong (You have to have the ice tong for that James Bond, Dean Martin suave) 6. Muddler 7. Cocktail Shaker 8. Bar Spoon 9. Bar Glass Strainer 10. Lime Squeezer

Now that we have gathered all our utensils, let us begin with Vintage Cocktail Sloe Gin Recipes

Sky Ride Fizz Juice of 1/2 lemon - 1 barspoon sugar 1 jigger Sloe Gin 1 pony Cream      Fill shaker 2/3 full of ice, shake well, strain into glass No. 1 or 3 and fill with seltzer

Sloe Gin Rickey 1 Jigger Sloe Gin 1 cupe of ice - Squeeze and drop 1/2 lime into Glass No. 3 and Fill with seltzer

Sloe Gin Sour Fill shaker 1/2 full of ice Juice of 1/2 lemon 1 barspoon sugar 1 Jigger Sloe Gin Shake well and strain into glass No. 7 or 8 Garnish with cherry and slice of orange.

Sloe and Soda Use a 10 or 12 oz glass Muddle 1/4 lemon Place 4 or 5 cubes of ice in glass Add 1 1/2 Jiggers Sloe Gin Fill glass with seltzer or sparkling water Stir gently to mix well

BlackHawk Cocktail Place 3 or 4 cubes of ice in a mixing glass 1 Jigger Sloe Gin 1 Jigger Bourbon or Rye Whiskey Stir to mix well and strain into cocktail glass No. 9 or 10, in which a red cherry has been placed. Twist lemon peel over completed drink and serve.

Sloe Gin Fizz Place 3 or 4 cubes of ice in shaker - Juice of 1/2 lemon - 1 barspoon of sugar - 1 Jigger Sloe Gin - Shake well, strain into glass No. 3 fill with seltzer.

Vintage Cocktail Recipes

Pink Lady Cocktail Fill bar glass with 3 or 4 pieces of cracked ice and white of 1 egg 1/4 Jigger Apple Jack 1 Jigger Distilled Dry Gin 2 dashes Grenadine Juice of quarter of a lime Shake well, Strain into glass No. 9 or 10

Bingo Bango Cocktail !/3 Sloe Gin 1/3 Q'Vana West Indies Rum 1/3 Pineapple Juice Fill shaker with crushed ice - shake well Strain in glass No. 9 or 10

Martini Cocktail Fill bar glass with cubed ice 1 Jigger Distilled Dry Gin 1 pony Dry Vermouth 1 dash Orange Bitters Stir well, Strain into glass No. 9 or 10 Place olive in cocktail glass. Twist of lemon peel over completed drink and serve.

Manhattan Cocktail Fill bar glass cubed ice 1 pony Sweet Vermouth 1 Jigger Bourbon or Rye Whiskey 1 dash Cocktail Bitters Stir well, strain into glass No. 9 or 10 Place cherry in cocktail glass, Twist of lemon or Orange peel over completed drink and serve

Tom Collins Use Tom collins Glass No. 1 or 4 May be made with either Distilled Dry Gin Sloe Gin J. Bavet Brandy Q'Vana West Indies Rum Bourbon Whiskey (my Fav) Over-Seas (brand) Blended Scotch Type Whiskey All Tom Collins are made as follows: Muddle 1/2 Lemon --1 teaspoonful sugar 3 or 4 cubes of ice in glass glass 1 1/2 jiggers of liquor desired Fill glass with Seltzer or small bottle Club Soda Stir gently with spoon--Decorate with cherry and 1/2 slice of lemon and serve.

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