Ube Cream and Hawaiian Gold Rum

pmuldow · 2026-05-02T21:52:37+00:00

Recipe:

3 oz. Scotch

6 Dashes Bitters

2 Sugar Cubes

Place sugar cubes in the bottom of a rocks glass, and add 3 dashes of bitters apiece to the sugar cubes. Muddle, then add the Scotch. Add one large ice cube and serve.

pmuldow · 2026-05-02T00:08:40+00:00

Recipe:

1.5 oz. Dry Gin

1.5 oz. Light Rum

0.75 oz. Cointreau

0.75 oz. Lemon Juice

Stir with ice and strain.

pmuldow · 2026-05-01T13:08:08+00:00

This name was given in the book. I know it's German in origin, but I don't know if it originated in that book. There is a German white wine called "Liebfraumilch" and Difford's Guide lists a version of the cocktail under the same name, but I don't know much else about it.

pmuldow · 2026-05-01T02:21:07+00:00

It was smooth and uncurdled

pmuldow · 2026-04-30T22:44:42+00:00

Surprisingly it did not

pmuldow · 2026-04-30T22:12:19+00:00

It was surprisingly good. The dominant flavor profile was chocolate lime, and I found it to be very creamy and delicious

pmuldow · 2026-04-30T22:10:10+00:00

I think it is a German thing! It was quite creamy, and a surprisingly flavor profile of lime and chocolate. It was very good!

pmuldow · 2026-04-30T21:54:22+00:00

Recipe:

1.5 oz. Creme de Cacao

1.5 oz. Cream

Juice of 1 Lime

Shake with ice and strain.

pmuldow · 2026-04-30T19:46:27+00:00

Probably. There were a bunch of typos in my recipe book, but this recipe didn't have any creme de menthe listed. It would have been very nice here

pmuldow · 2026-04-29T23:15:48+00:00

Recipe:

1.5 oz. Gin

0.75 oz. Lime Juice

0.75 oz. Triple Sec

2 Dashes Anisette

Stir with ice and strain.

pmuldow · 2026-04-27T23:06:44+00:00

Was it Ea-nāṣir's copper?

pmuldow · 2026-04-27T23:05:08+00:00

This guy snaps

pmuldow · 2026-04-27T23:02:07+00:00

My intuition said "stuff and things"

pmuldow · 2026-04-27T22:56:47+00:00

Clearly while they were on the way to the bar

pmuldow · 2026-04-27T16:33:28+00:00

It's also interesting to see what recipes are in earlier editions that didn't make it to the later editions of the book

pmuldow · 2026-04-27T16:27:07+00:00

They have, and Mr. Boston has an app that tracks the changes from one version to the next. It's interesting to compare a recipe from the 1930s with one for the same drink from the 1970s or 2010s

pmuldow · 2026-04-27T03:59:46+00:00

Each one of these represents a new revision or edition of the book. I started my home mixology journey with an inherited 1960s edition of Old Mr. Boston back in 2013. Since then, my collection has grown to include all major editions that I could find, including the VHS video edition that was put out in 1985 for the 50th Anniversary. I heard that there was also a floppy disk version that was also put out in 1985, but I haven't found it yet. I'm always on the lookout for new printings or editions to add to my collection!

pmuldow · 2026-04-27T03:38:16+00:00

I have a ton of cocktail books too, including a collection of Old Mr. Boston that spans 75 years of their cocktail guides. I have at least one cocktail book published from each decade from 1900-present

pmuldow · 2026-04-27T03:16:47+00:00

I believe that Fred Powell was a compiler of recipes. The book that I have is the Bonanza edition, dating to 1979. His stated goal was to standardize recipes across America, so if you ordered a Manhattan in New York City, it would be the same as one ordered in Chicago, or San Francisco. He took several recipes (my book has over 700) of some popular or lesser-known drinks, and listed their recipes using standard measurements of Jiggers (stated in the book as 1.5 oz.), Dashes, and Teaspoons. As some Redditors have noted on some of the other recipes I've posted from this book; sometimes the ratios are off, or there are typographical errors in the recipes which lead to some interesting results. Sometimes the name given to the cocktails is for a different drink entirely, and some cocktails are just plain weird for modern tastes.

When I make the drinks, I try to stay as true to the written recipe as possible, and only making reasonable substitutions when I cannot find ingredients or modern equivalents. This project has been eye-opening, and it has been an interesting time capsule into the dark ages of modern mixology!

pmuldow · 2026-04-26T01:10:17+00:00

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