Ah, this is fun! Then there needs to a real time martini bar gathering!

Yeah and we will record what happens and throw it up here as our podcast.

I am fortunate that I’m married to the best mixologist in the universe. He is able to analyze a cocktail and figure out how to make it without the benefit of a recipe. If you really like a cocktail that’s made to be sipped and savored, I recommend the Vintage Cocktail book. This is one recipe from that book and fits the bill for a late summer afternoon after boating or beaching:

A cocktail created in 1939 connection with the introduction of the new streamlined Dreyfus Hudson Engine which began pulling the Twentieth Century Limited train between New York City and Chicago in 1938. The recipe was first published in 1939 in the Cafe Royal Bar Book. Recipe:
1 1/2 ounces (1/3 gill, 4.5 cl.) gin
3/4 ounce (1/6 gill, 2 cl.) Lillet Blanc
3/4 ounce (1/6 gill, 2 cl.) light creme de cacao
3/4 ounce (1/6 gill, 2 cl.) fresh lemon juice
Shake in an iced cocktail shaker, and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a lemon twist.
From the book by Ted Haigh: Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails, Quarry Books, 2004.

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