The Bronx River Cocktail

The Bronx River Cocktail

I swear that we’ve tried a recipe identical to this evenings Mr. Boston’s recipe. Unfortunately, I’m way too tired to hunt it down. I figure that’s OK though, the Bronx River Cocktail is a mix of some of my favorite ingredients and after a long...
The Bronx Cocktail

The Bronx Cocktail

We leave for New Orleans in less than a week, but though I have a ton to do I have no energy to any of it 🙁 It’s been rather humid out here in Las Vegas which I suppose is good training for the weather down in Louisiana this time of year. Man! The warm, sticky...
Broken Spur Cocktail

Broken Spur Cocktail

The Broken Spur appears to mix an odd group of ingredients together. I feared this 1935 experience may turn out as poorly as Mr. Boston’s Brazil Cocktail recipe due to the use of strong flavored spirits. While the instructions note the use of “Mr. Boston...
Bombay Cocktail

Bombay Cocktail

By all accounts, Harry Craddock’s Savoy Cocktail book lays claim to the next recipe published in Mr. Boston’s. This isn’t the first cocktail to be identical to the Savoy and probably won’t be the last since they were produced within 5 years of one another. The older...
Hollywood and The Bolero Cocktail

Hollywood and The Bolero Cocktail

I’m beginning to think that Mr. Cotton was quite the film buff. I suppose it was the Golden Age of Hollywood after-all 🙂 Our next Mr. Boston’s recipe appears to be inspired by another 1934 movie. This one starred Carole Lombard and George Raft. The films...