Barnum (Was Right) Cocktail $7
Nothing inspires confidence in your customers quite so much as naming your drink after a notorious trickster who's after their wallet! What's in it? Colored water and a dash of grain alcohol? The parenthetical nomenclature doesn't help either. Recently rescued by Ted Haigh in his top notch tome, Vintage Cocktails and Forgotten Spirits. Dry gin, apricot liqueur, lemon juice, Angostura bitters, up.

I was going to run this drink last year for the 7 Ladies & A Communist menu, but couldn't track down one of the ingredients - namely, Van der Hum, a tangerine-based liqueur from South Africa. I've since acquired a bottle and am pleased to report this is a fine drink with a nice tart/sweet balance, closely related to the White Lady or Delilah. Gin, Van der Hum, and lemon juice, up. The drink is more of a golden than brown color so I'd conjecture that the name has to do with the South African liqueur.
Diki-Diki $7
A stupid name that people would rather not even say aloud...but a wonderful and unique drink: Calvados (French apple brandy), grapefruit juice, and Swedish Punsch (lemon, tea & spice-infused blend of rum & Arrack), up.
No Name Cocktail $7
Now here's a name that really sells the drink. Its creator couldn't even be bothered to think of anything. Fortunately they seem to have put some effort into the recipe: dry gin, lemon juice, Grand Marnier, and kirschwasser (dry, young cherry brandy), up.
Paddy Cocktail $6
I guess it's a better name than Kraut Cocktail, or Jew Punch....essentially a dry Manhattan with Irish whiskey. This one works nicely - the more delicate, floral character of the Irish style is a good fit with the herbal qualities of dry vermouth. Powers Irish whiskey, dry vermouth, Angostura bitters, up.
White Man's Burden $7
Last but certainly not least, the most horribly named delicious cocktail ever! Sloe gin, apricot liqueur, and lime juice, up.
menu good 1/30 & 2/6, 9pm-close, at the bar
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