# Latest **URL:** https://spiritsandcocktails.community/latest.md [Latest](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/latest.md) · [Categories](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/categories.md) · [Tags](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/tags.md) --- ## [Welcome to the Spirits and Cocktail Community](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/welcome-to-the-spirits-and-cocktail-community/8)
**Author:** [@system](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2018, 2:40pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/welcome-to-the-spirits-and-cocktail-community/8 "2018-10-02T14:40:29Z")
This is a civilized place to ask questions, provide answers, debate, and connect with both enthusiasts and professionals. --- ## ["The Only" William Schmidt](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/the-only-william-schmidt/1348)
**Author:** [@armin](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/armin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2026, 5:16pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/the-only-william-schmidt/1348 "2026-09-24T17:16:17Z")
Hello everyone, I’m currently doing some research on William Schmidt, and I can’t find a digital copy of “William, King of Bartenders”, New York Press, 13 October 1889, p. 1. Do any of you perhaps have a copy and could s… --- ## [Hospitality & Bars](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/hospitality-bars/1309)
**Author:** [@martin](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/martin)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2026, 1:43pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/hospitality-bars/1309 "2026-09-24T13:43:13Z")
Starting this thread for a variety of reasons, one of which is to establish a potential parallel line of discussion to the Unions & Bars thread. In my opinion, they are not unrelated. Last night (a Wednesday), friends a… --- ## [Rum in France](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/rum-in-france/1347)
**Author:** [@EvanD](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/EvanD)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2026, 8:52pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/rum-in-france/1347 "2026-09-22T20:52:56Z")
I was wondering which rum to use in this recipe from “Bariana”: Martin’s Index calls for aged rhum agricole here. Going through Bariana, I count five instances of “rhum Jamaïque,” six of “rhum vieux,” three of “bon r… --- ## [Sexism in the hospitality industry](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/sexism-in-the-hospitality-industry/176)
**Author:** [@martin](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/martin)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2026, 4:08pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/sexism-in-the-hospitality-industry/176 "2026-09-18T16:08:15Z")
A bruhaha erupted on Facebook and Instagram on Friday, October 4, when Julie Reiner posted the following in response to an award given to Charles Schumann by The World’s 50 Best Bars 2019: Charles Schuman asked me to b… --- ## [Theophile (“Theodore”) Proulx](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/theophile-theodore-proulx/49)
**Author:** [@martin](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/martin)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2026, 5:48pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/theophile-theodore-proulx/49 "2026-09-13T17:48:50Z")
Punch magazine published this nice piece by Robert Simonson on March 18 about the author of one of our rarest holdings: the second edition of Theodore Proulx’s Bartender’s Manual, from 1888. Nice detective work! This… --- ## [Amers, Amari and weird Liqueurs](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/amers-amari-and-weird-liqueurs/1052)
**Author:** [@Pixy](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/Pixy)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2026, 12:29pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/amers-amari-and-weird-liqueurs/1052 "2026-09-11T12:29:56Z")
I’m in need of some help, i’m hoping someone here might be able to direct me to a place where i can learn a bit more. I’d like to learn more about the history of french Amari - or Amer and regional styles? China-China s… --- ## [Champagne Cocktail](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/champagne-cocktail/1297)
**Author:** [@martin](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/martin)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2026, 10:56pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/champagne-cocktail/1297 "2026-09-10T22:56:13Z")
Irritated that I wasn’t easily locating the text that first described the Champagne Cocktail, I dug it up and provide it here. This is pages 62 and 63 of Panama in 1855, a travelogue by Robert Tomes, published by Harper… --- ## [Gomme/Gum Syrup](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/gomme-gum-syrup/1342)
**Author:** [@JRCX](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/JRCX)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2026, 1:22am UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/gomme-gum-syrup/1342 "2026-09-10T01:22:05Z")
I bought some food grade gum arabic and was wondering if anyone had a recipe to make a small (half cup/5 ounce) batch of it to try in some cocktails off the app that use it. On a different note, I think I’ve tried just … --- ## [Categorizing mixed drinks](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/categorizing-mixed-drinks/315)
**Author:** [@martin](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/martin)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2026, 3:45am UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/categorizing-mixed-drinks/315 "2026-09-09T03:45:05Z")
As it goes, we started out in the late 19th Century with all these drink categories (some a bit stunted, some a bit redundant): cobbler cocktail collins cooler crusta daisy eggnog fix fizz flip frappe highball julep ne… --- ## [Cocktail visualizations](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/cocktail-visualizations/1267)
**Author:** [@BrianH](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/BrianH)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2026, 1:07pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/cocktail-visualizations/1267 "2026-09-07T13:07:10Z")
Which cocktail books or bar menus would you say have particularly iconic, insightful, or idiosyncratic ways of visualizing cocktails? I.e., not just trying to represent the appearance of the finished drink, but to tell y… --- ## [The Comic Book History of the Cocktail](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/the-comic-book-history-of-the-cocktail/1236)
**Author:** [@GoodSpiritsNews](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/GoodSpiritsNews)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2026, 10:02pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/the-comic-book-history-of-the-cocktail/1236 "2026-09-01T22:02:53Z")
I was going to title this post “Will Wondrich’s Never Cease” but then thought better of it. Our esteemed friend David Wondrich has a new book out which I’ve been reading this week. It’s surprisingly deep and the pacing … --- ## [The Story of Kessler Whiskey](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/the-story-of-kessler-whiskey/1340)
**Author:** [@RobertSimonson](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/RobertSimonson)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2026, 6:02pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/the-story-of-kessler-whiskey/1340 "2026-08-31T18:02:13Z")
I did my best to find out anything I could about Kessler Whiskey, the bottom-shelf American blend, basically because I realized I knew nothing about the ubiquitous brand. I uncovered an interesting story. Unsurprisingly,… --- ## [The Martini Now / Cocktail Colloquy](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/the-martini-now-cocktail-colloquy/1332)
**Author:** [@RobertSimonson](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/RobertSimonson)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2026, 5:58pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/the-martini-now-cocktail-colloquy/1332 "2026-08-31T17:58:03Z")
I figured if anybody might be interested in this, it would be this community. I asked Lowell Edmunds, author of the Martini book “The Silver Bullet,” to write something new about the Martini for The Mix. It was published… --- ## [Stone Sours](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/stone-sours/202)
**Author:** [@Splificator](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/Splificator)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2026, 6:25pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/stone-sours/202 "2026-08-28T18:25:10Z")
Okay, here’s a conundrum. At least since the 1980s, a Stone Sour has been, as the indispensable 1988 Sardi’s Bar Guide puts it, “of course, a sour with the addition of orange juice.” That’s not how Jacques Straub saw it … --- ## [The Wine and Spirits Bulletin](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/the-wine-and-spirits-bulletin/261)
**Author:** [@martin](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/martin)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2026, 5:54pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/the-wine-and-spirits-bulletin/261 "2026-08-25T17:54:32Z")
The Wine and Spirits Bulletin was a pre-Prohibition industry journal “Devoted to the Interests of the Wine and Spirit Trade” published out of Louisville (and sometimes Cincinnati), apparently beginning in 1886 or 1887, a… --- ## [Absinthe revival](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/absinthe-revival/174)
**Author:** [@martin](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/martin)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2026, 11:06pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/absinthe-revival/174 "2026-08-19T23:06:19Z")
I raised the topic of Ted Breaux and the absinthe revival when chatting with @Splificator, yesterday, and he pointed out that, despite some sensationalism around its return, absinthe never really wound up playing a major… --- ## [Pre-prohibition humor](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/pre-prohibition-humor/1338)
**Author:** [@GoodSpiritsNews](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/GoodSpiritsNews)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2026, 7:41pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/pre-prohibition-humor/1338 "2026-08-15T19:41:34Z")
Found this online today. --- ## [Coffee as an Ingredient](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/coffee-as-an-ingredient/1336)
**Author:** [@JRCX](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/JRCX)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2026, 4:48am UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/coffee-as-an-ingredient/1336 "2026-08-06T04:48:24Z")
The other day I saw a segment where Martha Stewart said never throw brewed coffee away, put it in to ice cube trays, freeze it, and serve it with more coffee and cream for iced coffee in the summer. I can definitely tast… --- ## [Eddie Clarke and The Albany Club, London](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/eddie-clarke-and-the-albany-club-london/1333)
**Author:** [@martin](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/martin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2026, 9:49pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/eddie-clarke-and-the-albany-club-london/1333 "2026-08-04T21:49:29Z")
I’ve been working a bit on Eddie Clarke’s mid-Century published works and have been trying to get a handle on the “Albany Club” at which he worked in the early 1950s. This club seems to have been located at 3 Savi… --- ## [Clover Club Cocktail / Clover Leaf](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/clover-club-cocktail-clover-leaf/1214)
**Author:** [@CurrerBachman](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/CurrerBachman)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2026, 12:23pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/clover-club-cocktail-clover-leaf/1214 "2026-08-04T12:23:56Z")
The commonly told origin story of the Clover Club cocktail is that it was the signature drink of the eponymous Philadelphia social association, who met at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel. However, I was recently watching a … --- ## [À La Louisiane Cocktail](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/a-la-louisiane-cocktail/1318)
**Author:** [@JRCX](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/JRCX)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2026, 2:50pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/a-la-louisiane-cocktail/1318 "2026-08-03T14:50:23Z")
Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending a fellow cocktail enthusiast’s wedding at Maison Premiere in Brooklyn. Amongst the guests were some other cocktail enthusiasts as well. Of the 7 drinks one stood out the most wa… --- ## [The original Lillet](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/the-original-lillet/120)
**Author:** [@dougfitz](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/dougfitz)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2026, 5:48pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/the-original-lillet/120 "2026-08-02T17:48:38Z")
News like the return of a higher proof Yellow Chartreuse rekindles hope for a return to the original Lillet Blanc formulation. But I’m not holding my breath. --- ## [Banana Daiquiri](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/banana-daiquiri/1329)
**Author:** [@CurrerBachman](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/CurrerBachman)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2026, 11:18pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/banana-daiquiri/1329 "2026-07-31T23:18:51Z")
For some God forsaken reason, I’ve found myself looking into the history of the Banana Daiquiri (blended or otherwise) and scrutinizing the veracity of the various claims of various inventors. 1: George Soule, Mountaint… --- ## [Bottle from "The Shining" backbar](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/bottle-from-the-shining-backbar/1331)
**Author:** [@BeerAndAShot](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/BeerAndAShot)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2026, 2:28pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/bottle-from-the-shining-backbar/1331 "2026-07-28T14:28:57Z")
My girlfriend’s sister and brother-in-law have built out a full replica of the bar from “The Shining” in their basement. Justin has been fanatically chasing the various bottles that show up there in order to get them fro… --- ## [Chronology of Drinks](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/chronology-of-drinks/1330)
**Author:** [@GoodSpiritsNews](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/GoodSpiritsNews)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2026, 1:34am UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/chronology-of-drinks/1330 "2026-07-24T01:34:14Z")
I know this is a semi-lost cause, but is there a particular resource anyone can recommend that would show a chronology of alcoholic beverages by year, or possibly by decade. i.e. Fish House Punch dates to 1732, the Negr… --- ## [Techniques & Theory Books on Food & Drinks](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/techniques-theory-books-on-food-drinks/1320)
**Author:** [@BookofMorten](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/BookofMorten)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2026, 11:55am UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/techniques-theory-books-on-food-drinks/1320 "2026-07-20T11:55:39Z")
I was unable to find another thread for this so starting this one. Apologies if it’s duplicated elsewhere but I don’t believe this fits into any of the canon discussions. What is believed to be the most influential book… --- ## [Antedating the Martini](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/antedating-the-martini/690)
**Author:** [@Splificator](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/Splificator)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2026, 4:17pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/antedating-the-martini/690 "2026-07-18T16:17:34Z")
Until a few weeks ago, the earliest known mention of the Martini was the “Martinez Cocktail” found in the Modern Bartenders’ Guide by O. H. Byron, whoever he was, published by the Excelsior Publishing House of New York i… --- ## [Calculating Alcohol Content](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/calculating-alcohol-content/1274)
**Author:** [@JRCX](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/JRCX)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2026, 3:49pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/calculating-alcohol-content/1274 "2026-07-10T15:49:39Z")
I am not very good at math and/or formulas, so I was curious to know what the “toxicity” or alcoholic content would be of a cocktail of these proportions: 1.5 ounces Venezuelan Rum 0.5 ounces sweet vermouth 1 teaspoon… --- ## [Indicating drink strength on drink menus](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/indicating-drink-strength-on-drink-menus/458)
**Author:** [@martin](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/martin)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2026, 12:08pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/indicating-drink-strength-on-drink-menus/458 "2026-07-09T12:08:06Z")
I see merit in Jeffrey Morgenthaler’s call to add guidance to drink menus about how much alcohol is in each drink so that the customer has the information to make better decisions about how much they ingest. I think the … [Next page](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/latest.md?page=1)