BevX Cocktail List
This classic fluorescent cocktail, the Blue Hawaii, was invented in 1957 by Harry Yee, legendary head bartender of the Hilton Hawaiian Village in Waikiki, Hawaii – USA. The drink was created in response to a request by Bols, the Dutch liqueur specialist, to utilize their Blue Curaçao. The name is...
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The Jungle Bird was created in 1978 at the Aviary Bar of the Kuala Lumpur Hilton and promptly forgotten for decades. Its rediscovery by bartenders in the 2000s was one of the great finds of the craft cocktail renaissance. Dark Rum and Campari is a pairing that should not work but does — the bitter...
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Bolero may spark images of a dance or perhaps the sounds of a Latin beat or a very forgettable Bo Derek film circa 1984. Come on now, you put Bo Derek in a provocative outfit, on horseback, in a black bolero… what could go wrong?
Back on track, we would have to confess to finding damn lit...
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Created by Trader Vic Bergeron during World War II, Three Dots and a Dash takes its name from the Morse code symbol for V — as in Victory. It is a complex, Rhum Agricole-anchored tiki drink with allspice dram and Orange Curacao adding depth and intrigue. Like the best tiki cocktails, it manages to...
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The Queen's Park Swizzle was created at the Queen's Park Hotel in Port of Spain, Trinidad, and it stands as the definitive expression of the swizzle — the Rum-mint-bitters-citrus template that predates the Mojito and, many would argue, surpasses it. Demerara Rum provides a dark, molasses-rich back...
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The Airmail cocktail was created in the US, or possibly Cuba, in the late days of Prohibition. A mention of the Airmail cocktail appeared in a 1930 brochure published by Bacardi Rum. At that time, Bacardi was still a Cuban-based rum producer. The drink later appeared in cocktail books in the 1940s....
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The Daiquiri is a classic cocktail that has seen more than its share of modifications and variations through the years. BevX prefers the shaken variety over the blended. Our "Italian" version veers from the classic recipe while preserving the flavor profile. It also includes one of the most popular...
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The Hemingway Daiquiri is thought to have been created around the 1930s at the legendary El Floridita bar in Havana, Cuba. We do not know that Hemingway favored this drink with two citrus additions, but we somewhat reliably know that he liked his Daiquiri with double Rum and no or little sugar. The...
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If the Grasshopper cocktail were invented in the Caribbean, it might look like the Island Hopper. Mint is still the driving force in this drink, but gorgeous white Rum complements it and gives it a more mature flavor profile. Nothing says tropical quite like coconut, so we swap heavy cream for cocon...
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The drink that made Bermuda famous (Or was that all of those missing ships and planes?) is the Dark 'n Stormy.
On paper, this cocktail appears to be rather dull, but I assure you it is far from ordinary. The key to building a successful Dark & Stormy is in the shopping. Yes, the shopping...
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Traditional Hot Buttered Rum is a great winter warmer and never fails to get one in the mood of the season. However, I do have a small problem with the classic recipe; its largest volume ingredient is water. I don’t know what comes out of your tap but my water is rather lacking in the flavor d...
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Warm apple cider in the fall is always a treat and for us adults, if mixes so well with a number of spirits from Whiskey to Rum and Brandy. This cider drink was designed to be easy and scalable to be served at a small or large gathering. Enjoy....
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This great old classic cocktail goes back to early nineteenth-century England. We are not sure abotu the true idenities of the namesakes but that never seemed to matter when we are sipping a Tom & Jerry. There are countless variations of this drink but the basics all include an egg-based batter and...
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All that is standing between you and home Mojito creations (not to mention last week's cocktail) is a muddler. This fine tool is essential in creating the Classic Mojito and many other cocktails. Why bother with an opening promotion for the muddler? Because the Mojito is a wildly popular cocktail in...
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In the holiday season we are encouraged to play with comforting cocktails. There is nothing more comforting than taking a childhood favorite and tweaking it for adult only consumption. Hot chocolate is easy to put together but it is something that we have sadly relegated to instant preparations...
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