Molecular Drinking

Adventures with (mostly) Vintage Cocktails

  • Why they all can’t be winners

    East India Cocktail 3 oz. brandy 1/2 oz. raspberry syrup 1 dash Angostura bitters 1 tsp. orange Curacao (Cointrea) 1 tsp. maraschino liqueur from Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails by Ted “Dr. Cocktail” Haigh. We might just have to file…

  • The Oriental Cocktail

    First the formal introductions… 2 oz. Rye Whiskey 1/2 oz. Cointreau 1 oz. Sweet Vermouth 1/2 oz. Lime Juice Shake with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Last night B and I enjoyed this one again for the…

  • Harvard Fizz

    B here. It’s hot today here in the Central Valley of California, and I assisted M while he changed the oil in our truck. After that it was cocktail time. But what to have? I wanted something light but not…

  • When Scientists Drink

    M here. We’ll kick this one off with a bit of rhetorical stroll. It begins when I received And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails by Wayne Curtis as a birthday gift from…

  • The Mojito, v. 1.1?

    The Mojito Ingredients 2 oz. Rum 3/4 oz. lime juice 6-8 mint leaves (and a sprig) 1 tsp. bar sugar (superfine, not powdered) Soda water (seltzer, not club soda) Mixing Instructions In a tall collins glass, muddle mint leaves, sugar…

  • A Tasty bit of Transcendentalism

    Emerson Ingredients: 1 oz Sweet Vermouth 1 1/2 oz Gin Juice of 1/2 Lime 1 tsp. Maraschino liqueur (a key ingredient in the Hemingway Daiquiri) Mixing instructions: Shake all ingredients with ice, strain into a cocktail glass, and serve. It’s…

  • Thus begins the odyssey

    From the inner most fibers of my being (the innermost fibers of Brenda’s MolecularKnitting blog) comes a commentary on our sojourn into the world of cocktails.  Even though it’s a familiar path, there always seems to be something new along…

Brenda & M

Founders & Authors

Hi there! We are Brenda and M, scientists by day and a knitter/piano player/gardener and a tinker/putterer/cook and bartender in a parallel universe. This blog was born out of Brenda’s earlier blog MolecularKnitting and in interest in really cool vintage cocktails.

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