#235 Cocktail: Princess Mary's Pride

  The cocktail was created in the year 1922 by Harry Craddock to mark the wedding of H.R.H. Princess Mary.
   On 28 February 1922, Princess Mary married Viscount Lascelles (9 September 1882 – 24 May 1947), the elder son of the then Earl of Harewood, and Lady Florence Bridgeman, daughter of Orlando Bridgeman, 3rd Earl of Bradford of Weston Park. Their wedding at Westminster Abbey was the first royal occasion in which the future Queen Elizabeth (wife of King George VI and mother of Queen Elizabeth II), a friend of Princess Mary and one of the bridesmaids, participated. The Princess was 24, Lord Lascelles was 39.
   Really tasty and elegant cocktail. Also doesn't seem to strong.....if it's not drank in large quantities.

1 1/2 ounce applejack

3/4 ounce Dubonnet

3/4 ounce dry vermouth

#215 Cocktail: New Jersey Squirrel

      One of the many cocktail, Gaz Regan created using the creme de noyau combining it with all the base spirits possible.
       The drink is a little sweet for my taste, but that doesn't mean that it is not full of flavor. The combination of the applejack and the nutty taste of the creme de noyau is quite interesting

1 1/2 ounce applejack

3/4 ounce creme de noyau

3/4 ounce lemon juice

#196 Cocktail: Jack Rose

    References to the Jack Rose date back to the early 20th century. A 1905 article in the National Police Gazette mentions the drink and credits a New Jersey bartender named Frank J. May as its creator. A 1913 news article mentions that sales of the drink had suffered due to the involvement of Bald Jack Rose in the Rosenthal murder case.
    There are various theories as to the origin of the drink's name. One has the drink being named after (or even invented by) the infamous gambler Bald Jack Rose. Albert Stevens Crockett states that it is named after the pink "Jacquemot" (also known as Jacqueminot or Jacque) rose. It has been suggested that the Jack Rose was invented by Joseph P. Rose, a Newark, New Jersey restaurateur who once held the title of "World's Champion Mixologist." Harvey's Famous Restaurant in Washington, D.C. also claimed to be the originator of the cocktail. The most likely explanation of the name is that it is a simple portmanteau — it is made with applejackand is rose colored from the grenadine.
    The cocktail has fallen out of fashion. In June 2003, the Washington Post published an article that chronicled two writers' quest to find a Jack Rose in a Washington, D.C.bar. After visiting numerous bars, they were unsuccessful in finding one where the bartender knew the drink and the bar stocked applejack. Ultimately they bought a bottle of applejack for one of the few bartenders they encountered who knew how to make one.
    With the craft cocktail movement on the rise, the Jack Rose has regained some popularity. Laird & Company, producers of the most widely available brands of applejack in the United States, have said sales are up in part due to renewed interest in the cocktail.

2 1/2 ounces applejack

3/4 ounce fresh lemon juice

grenadine to taste

#94 Cocktail: Corpse Reviver No.1

     Corpse Revivers were a category of drinks that we might call eye-openers, or a hair of the dog. Craddock detailed two of these in The Savoy Cocktail Book, and underneath this one he instructed the reader that the drink should be "taken before 11a.m., or whenever steam and energy are needed".
     In 2001, Steve Gilberg, publisher of happyhours.com. made this drink using applejack as a base spirit, whereas Craddock put the emphasis on the brandy.

Gaz Reggan

This cocktail uses the latest recibe, the one with the applejack as the base spirit.

2 ounces applejack

3/4 ounces brandy

3/4 ounces sweet vermouth