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I don't think the Boulevardier is really that obscure... Not knowing it may just be an age thing.
How can you tell what age I am?
Boulevardier may not be as obscure as a Horsefeather or the Burnt Fuselage but an average person doesn't know it offhand. A trained bartender probably will, but not your neighborhood restaurant barkeep. You yourself said you learned it in a bartending class. It's not in 'The Perfect Cocktail' which was a really popular guide we used back in the 90's. And I don't recall seeing it in the International Bartender's Guide either, although my personal copy of that one is long gone . Obviously it's different now though. Nothing is obscure because it's all just a google search away on your smartphone or wherever. The customer can look it up before you can, and usually will, if only to make a show of how adept they are with whatever gadget they have.
The only reason I mentioned age is that I learned it in the 80's, and it was already seen as an old man drink then.
Anyways - rye, campari, sweet vermouth. Not obscure in my book, it's a basic variation on a Negroni.
Depends on the area....where I was bartending in the late 80s old fashioneds were 'old people' drinks....in other areas they are the drink of choice for all ages......you can not always tell someone's age by what they drink.
Depends on the area....where I was bartending in the late 80s old fashioneds were 'old people' drinks....in other areas they are the drink of choice for all ages......you can not always tell someone's age by what they drink.
I wasn't trying to guess someone's age by the drinks they knew, just thinking that some drinks become less popular (and therefor less well known) over time. The "old man" drinks that I'm referring to from the 80's are the same "classic" cocktails that are popular today. I'm sure there are regional differences as well.
I definitely prefer the classic cocktails, I was never a fan of 80's drinks like the Slippery Nipple or the Grasshopper, never mind crap like Bartles and James.
I wasn't trying to guess someone's age by the drinks they knew, just thinking that some drinks become less popular (and therefor less well known) over time. The "old man" drinks that I'm referring to from the 80's are the same "classic" cocktails that are popular today. I'm sure there are regional differences as well.
I definitely prefer the classic cocktails, I was never a fan of 80's drinks like the Slippery Nipple or the Grasshopper, never mind crap like Bartles and James.
Grasshoppers an '80s' drink?!?!?! ROTFLMAO. It comes from the late 40s....and you can find them in almost every bar tending guide from the 50s onward. Nour idea why you'd think it was a drink from the 80s.
Grasshoppers an '80s' drink?!?!?! ROTFLMAO. It comes from the late 40s....and you can find them in almost every bar tending guide from the 50s onward. Nour idea why you'd think it was a drink from the 80s.
Oh good lord - I'm not trying to write a history of cocktails here - for some reason otterprod doesn't believe I like the drinks I like and I was simply describing my experience with the popularity of different cocktails over the last few decades.
In my experience the Grasshopper was popular in the 80's, while older (and more "boozy") cocktails (Rob Roy, Old Fashioned, Manhattan, etc.) were less popular in the 80's. Nowadays the older, boozier, cocktails are more popular and the sweeter and mintier cocktails are less popular.
I love a well made Bloody Mary
Fresh Top Shelf Margarita on the rocks with salt
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