#237 Cocktail: Pretty in Pink

   Another simple cocktail with a simple history,
The drink was created by Gaz Regan on March 30, 2002 for a good friend of his, Brook Wilkinson when she wanted "something on the sweet side"

2 ounces Van Gogh Wild Apple vodka

3/4 ounce creme de noyau

3/4 ounce fresh lemon juice

club soda

#236 Cocktail: Planter's

  This one has a very simple history. It was created by Gaz Regan in the late 1990s for an advertorial for Captain's Morgan private Stock Rum.
   Very simple and tasty cocktail. But do not be fooled by it's sweetness because this one is a little strong

2 ounces Captain's Morgan Private Stock Rum

1/2 once Godiva chocolate liqueur

#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

#234 Cocktail: A quick little pick-me-up

     Very, very tasty cocktail. A little sweet, a little sour with a smooth taste of mint which covers the taste of the bourbon.
       I don't know the year this cocktail was created, but I know it is created by Audrey Saunders, New York City's Libation Goddess.
      I put this cocktail in this strange glass which I received as a present from my brother

3/4 ounce Maker's Mark bourbon

1/4 ounce Branca Menta

1/2 fresh lemon juice

3/4 ounce simple syrup

#233 Cocktail: Presbyterian

   I have no idea why the name of a church was used for this cocktail or who used it. Perhaps it was inspired after the based alcohol originally used in this drink which is the scotch whiskey and a nod to the Church of Scotland, even if in this recipe the based alcohol it's the rye whiskey and not the scotch one
   It is a refreshing highball drink and I think it's meant to be drank in the hot summer days.

2 ounces Rye whiskey

1 1/2 ounce club soda

1 1/2 ounce ginger ale

#232 Cocktail: Preakness

   "Ooooh, the weather outside is frightful,
     And this cocktail is so delightful"

  I thought about this when I was going home today, through a snow storm, to make this cocktail.
  Historians tell us that George Backert, head barman at Baltimore’s Emerson Hotel, invented the Preakness Cocktail as a contest entry. It seems the Pimlico racetrack owners were looking for a good evening cocktail to serve at the first Preakness Ball in 1936, and Backert’s simple twist on the classic Manhattan won the honor of becoming the first official cocktail of the afterparty. ( https://cold-glass.com )

2 ounces bourbon or rye whiskey 

1 ounce sweet vermouth

Benedictine to taste

Angostura bitters to taste

#231 Cocktail: Pernod and Cider

     The only thing I found in the book abot this drink is that Gaz Regan dedicates this dring to Ken Tittle, a good friend of his that introduced him to this mixture between the Pernod and Cider.
      Never thought about mixing these two ingredients, but the mixture is actually very good

2 ounces Pernod

1 chilled bottle hard cider