Cultural drink: alcoholic cocktails known writers

"Tear of a Komsomol," so be it, we will not offer. All cocktails cooking at home.

1. Cocktail "Alexander" and heroes of Evelyn Waugh

Creamy cocktail, which, according to legend, was named in honor of England's Queen Alexandra, wife of Edward VII. The drink has strong and with such a powerful taste that was considered a masculine, and of the "Alexander" became "Alexandra". Today, of course, on the sex of cocktails pay little attention - the main thing that liked the taste.

However, in the novel by British author Evelyn Waugh's "Brideshead Revisited" this cocktail based on sharing a bottle of gin on tradition gentlemen. More specifically, the main character is trying to treat Anthony Blanche - aesthetic with provocative manners, who was intimately familiar with Proust, Cocteau and Diaghilev.

The "George" in the bar, he ordered four cocktails "Alexander". And by putting in a series of glasses in front of him, so smacked loudly that attracted the indignant eyes of all present.

Evelyn Waugh, "Brideshead Revisited"

The ingredients and method of preparation:

• 45 ml gin;
• 30 ml of liquor Creme de Cacao;
• 30 ml of cream.

Type of glass: champagne saucer.

Beat all ingredients in a shaker with ice and filtered into a cocktail glass.

"Alexander" is considered to be a cocktail all day, but with sweet creamy taste suitable as a digestif - a drink that is served after a meal, "for dessert."

2. Daiquiri Ernest Hemingway

Heroes works of Hemingway is often applied to the glass. For example, in the novel "A Farewell to Arms" alcohol is mentioned almost 90 times. The author did not depart from the characters. Knitted sweater rough, wrinkles around the eyes and the love of maritime adventure... Hemingway - the embodiment of brutal romance. In this case, in addition to pure whiskey ( "Whiskey - this food is not for the stomach and for the soul"), he loved classic cocktails, especially on the basis of the Roma.

Most liked Hemingway daiquiri, which was prepared in a Havana bar "Floridita" - there was added thereto a few drops of maraschino liqueur. The writer asked to make him stronger. Thus was cocktail "Dad Double", in which about 120 ml of pure alcohol.

After the publication of the novel "For Whom the Bell Tolls," Hemingway wrote to his ex-wife: "The book is sold as a cool daiquiri in hell."

The ingredients and method of preparation:

• 60 ml white rum;
• 30 ml lime juice;
• 15 ml of sugar syrup.

Type of glass: champagne saucer.

Beat 10 seconds on a shaker with ice, a cocktail glass filter. To prepare the "Dad Double" increase the portion of the Roma half.

Initially daiquiri - Cuban cocktail that is most suitable to drink it on the beach. And if you leave more soon, no one bothers to make a thematic party houses.

3. Milk punch of "Pickwick Papers"

Samuel Pickwick - the most good-natured character of Charles Dickens, a source of inspiration for the creators of tea "Pickwick" and a symbol of all the cozy and lamp in old England. An alcoholic beverage according to the recipe of Mr. Pickwick also exudes warmth. Traditional punch - a hot drink on the basis of strong alcohol with juice or fruit. It is served in a large container and drink from porcelain cups. A punch milk - soft drink with a creamy taste, which is in the egg variant called eggnog and especially loved in England.

Mr. Pickwick, always ready to sacrifice their own interests for the sake of friends, once tasted the drink.

- Strange! - smacking, said Mr. Pickwick. - I still can not identify. Oh yeah! - he added it after the second sample. - This punch.

Charles Dickens 'Pickwick Papers'

The ingredients and method of preparation:

• 60 ml brandy whiskey or rum (brown or gold);
• 85 ml of milk;
• 20 ml of sugar syrup;
• 1 egg yolk;
• a pinch of nutmeg.

Type of glass: porcelain mug with thick walls.

Such punch and cold prepared by mixing the ingredients in a shaker with ice. And to get a hot drink, to mix the yolks and sugar syrup in a blender, pour the mixture into the pan with the milk, add the alcohol. The mixture was kept on the heat, stirring constantly, until it becomes hot and smooth. In addition, it is possible to cheat and simply reheat well stir the drink in the microwave - you will not condemn.

The drink is perfect for rainy autumn evening or winter holidays. Call friends, includes a good British comedy, pour eggnog and open your "Pickwick Papers". Alternatively, it can be the example of Mr. Pickwick pour into a thermos and take outing outside the city.

4. Absinthe "damned poet"

Contrary to popular belief, is not fond of Parisian bohemia ignition of absinthe. It has become fashionable, when filled beverage American soldiers, who enjoyed the spectacular view. But Paul Verlaine, Rimbaud and other writers who have visited places in Montmartre, preferred to dilute the absinthe with different additives.

Remember the picture of Picasso's "Absinthe Drinker": on the table beside the woman - a glass with green liquid and a siphon. From a cold drink of water becomes turbid and whitish because the essential oils to form an emulsion. Another way to soften the taste of absinthe - add to the sugar syrup. We offer French method, which includes both one and the other.

The ingredients and method of preparation:

• 30 ml absinthe;
• 60 ml of cold water;
• 1 sugar cube.

Type of glass: Absinthe Glass.

Put sugar on the Absinthe spoon, which is fastened to the glass. Pour into water after absinthe sugar.

Romantic and controversial reputation of absinthe due to the fact that it contains thujone intoxicating. However, feel the effect of the secret ingredient is not easy: in the drink 70 degrees, so the chance is great faster get drunk. It is much easier to feel relaxed tuyonovuyu if you drink absinthe in cocktails and leisurely.

5. Mint julep Faulkner and Fitzgerald

William Faulkner began his alcoholic career as a child, his grandfather tried punch. Subsequently, the writer used the variety of drinks large quantities, and during Prohibition was not averse and corn alcohol. Faulkner worked even drunk, which, however, did not prevent him from becoming a great writer and get Nobel Prize on literature.

Mixed drinks he preferred to mint julep - the classic vintage cocktail of bourbon and fresh mint, whose recipe dates back to the beginning of the XIX century. This drink is particularly loved in the "roaring twenties", when many were able to splash out fun. For example, it is prepared Daisy - the heroine of "The Great Gatsby" by Francis Scott Fitzgerald.

The ingredients and method of preparation:

• 50 ml bourbon;
• 10 ml of water without gas;
• 10 g of powdered sugar;
• 8-10 mint leaves.

Type of glass: Rocks or "old fashioned".

Crushed in a glass of mint with sugar, add crushed ice. Pour the bourbon and garnish with a sprig of mint.

Traditionally, mint julep served in a special metal cup. If you do not exist, and is suitable Rocks with cup holder. The main thing is that the metal frosty and cold hands.

6. "Boylerschik" Charles Bukowski

Bar culture is different. As elegant and aristocratic, and the same as in the novels of Charles Bukowski - gloomy, dirty and desperate. "I went to the worst bars in the hope that it will kill me, but it turns out that I only get drunk again," - he wrote. As a writer, as well as for many of his characters were the main factors of choice of alcohol and its price effect rather than aesthetics. Nevertheless Bukowski also preparing corporate "cocktail" - drinking cheap whiskey beer. This harsh combination was called "Boylerschik".

Ingredients and feed:

• bourbon simpler;
• any beer.

Type of glass: Rocks and a beer glass

Whiskey is served without ice and is drunk in one gulp, and then washed down with beer.

If you want to try out a way to keep in mind that beer contains not only its own degrees, but also carbon dioxide, which helps to soak in strong alcohol. So that the effect can be a quick and unexpected. Accurate data about how mixing different influences on alcohol hangover, yet - all very individually. But basically choosing low-quality ingredients, it is easy to catch the next morning headache.

7. Hangover cocktail Jeeves

Carefree aristocrat Bertie Wooster from Wodehouse novels began the evening with champagne for the billiards club "drones" and ends with a few glasses of brandy. Drink often drove to Worcester trouble. Once he even managed to steal a police helmet. No wonder that in the morning he could feel bad. Fortunately, the butler Jeeves was always ready to help and prepare to suffer from hangover gentleman healthful cocktail. How is servant to prepare a drink, it is not known, but the composition it resembles a cocktail "Prairie Oyster". Anyway, so say members of English society Wodehouse Wooster Sauce.

- Provide a favor, sir, - said Jeeves, bowing to me, as a doctor to the patient, as the court doctor, supplying life-giving elixir glass zanemogshemu Blood Prince. - This is part of my own personal invention. Color it gives the sauce "peak", nourishing - a raw egg, and sharpness - red pepper.

Pelham Wodehouse, "parade commander Jeeves"

The ingredients and method of preparation:

• 50 ml of brandy;
• 15 ml of vinegar;
• 5 ml of tomato ketchup;
• 5 ml bitters "Angostura";
• 15 ml Worcester sauce.

Type of glass: goblets.

Mix in a glass, add pepper and a whole egg yolk.

To drink this mixture in one gulp, it is necessary to have a strong spirit. Worcester compares it with the effect of mine explosion in my head and fire in the esophagus. Although, if you are suffering so much in the morning that we needed hangover cocktail, freedom will be worth it.

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Several years ago, a design company Pop Chart Lab released a poster The Cocktail Chart of Film & LiteratureWhich you can buy and hang at home. The poster - the famous cocktail recipes not only from books but also from movies and TV shows.

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