Harry Nilsson introduced them to John Lennon on Lennon’s ‘lost weekend’. While being ejected from a gig Lennon allegedly assaulted a waitress. Lennon said they “tasted like milkshakes.”
Brandy Alexander
Eggnog
There are two cocktails that say Christmas like no others: Eggnog and Snowballs. Wait until it snows, pour out the eggnog, put Mr. Hankey’s Christmas Classics on the gramophone and empty Santa’s sack around the Christmas tree. Howdy Ho!
Fish-House Punch
In 1732, 28 wealthy Quakers from Philadelphia leased land from the Lenni-Lenape tribe, on the banks of the Schuylkill River, just out of town. There they built a clubhouse, or ‘castle’ as they called it, then declared independence and seceded, announcing that they were now the Colony of Schuylkill with its own governor, council and sheriff.
Fog Cutter
Popularised by Trader Vic’s, the Fog Cutter, or, as they call it, the Samoan Fog Cutter, was, like Mai Tais, likely created by Donn Beach of Don the Beachcomber Fame in the 1930s.It is not a drink for the faint-hearted.
Sidecar
If you fancy a cognac based cocktail, you cannot do much better than a Sidecar. It can be pretty dry so rimming the glass with a little sugar can take the edge off. The quantities given here, although maintaining the classic 2:1:1 ratio, are more than sufficient for the glass, allowing the excess to be served in a shot glass on the side, in other words, a Sidecar.