I am trying to recreate a Leap Year Cocktail and wonder what the proper serving vessel would have been in the 1920s when it was created. I know the coupe was the most popular, and the Martini V glass was around, but that did not take off till decades later? Does anyone know when it became more common?
Also, friends of mine were in Upstate NY this weekend and had it with rum, when Total Mixology and other websites all state it clearly should be made with gin. Anyone have any varying recipes? I find none with rum.
Well, here’s a photo of Craddock straining a cocktail into V-shaped glass, although the shape has a more acute angle than the almost 90º angle Martini glasses that came later.
I’m not aware of a rum-based Leap Year, but there’s a rum-based Leap Frog from Charles Baker Jr. Rather different drink, though.
Wow thanks! Day ou know the year by chance? I see some benedictine, drambuie and something else, wonder what he was making. Great photo though! I think for the sake of my photo I might just stick with a 4oz coupe - went searching for a 4-5oz Martini V glass in all the kitchen stores yesterday but could not find one, they are all 7-12 oz.
Believe it or not I cannot find any 4oz even on Amazon, the smallest I find is 5.5oz but the coupes I found for a party last summer were about 5 up to the rim of the glass.
Side note… My girlfriend and I love the Leap Year. We don’t force ourselves to wait 4 years to make it for our nightly cocktail, but it is still an obligatory choice on February 29th.
But she’s French, so now for us the drink has been rechristened “Le Pierre” and only returns to its original name (and recipe) on its namesake day, so… technically just once every four years.
Thanx for the link, I was actually looking for a “V” martini glass less than 50z. If anyone uses YouTube, I did post the Leap Year cocktail on my channel @TikiTriangle and wound up using the 4oz coupe. Not my favorite, I will try it again in 4 years with a different gin lol.
