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Black Liver Project @blackliverproject.bsky.social · 26d

This is the Pumpkin Supreme Latte, a new seasonal drink at @prequel_cafe . This is so good I don't want to stop having the flavor in my mouth.
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Ep 34 – Vesper Reanimated

Black Liver Project @blackliverproject.bsky.social · Sep 22

Myself and @libation-legacy.bsky.social discuss how the #Vesper is one instance when art made a drink. First in Ian Fleming's James Bond novel Casino Royale it survived to grace craft #cocktail menus during the cocktail revival
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Black Liver Project @blackliverproject.bsky.social · Sep 17

The #Vesper #cocktail first makes an appearance in Ian Fleming's Casino Royale novel that was the first to feature British spy James Bond
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Episode 34: Licensed to Swill – Vesper

Black Liver Project @blackliverproject.bsky.social · Sep 15

Here is the original #MonsterInAGlass #Vesper episode with a lot on Casino Royale and author Ian Fleming
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Telling stories and history through the cocktails that defined the times.

Ep 33 – Corpse Reviver Reanimated

Black Liver Project @blackliverproject.bsky.social · Sep 2

In this #MiaG #Reanimator #CorpseReviver @libation-legacy.bsky.social says it was a pick-me-up kind of #cocktail not just a party rejuvenator as discussed originally. Also a deeper dive into Lillet and why it tastes like new car smell
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Episode 33: Raising the Dead – Corpse Revivers

Black Liver Project @blackliverproject.bsky.social · Sep 2

In the old #CorpseReviver episode of #MonsterInAGlass we learn that the #cocktail is not the name of a drink but a type of drink. Also the 19th century progressive movement that feared being buried alive
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Putting the word “corpse” in anything you are going to consume is probably a mistake, but Corpse Revivers seem to have weathered any associations with dead stuff. When you look at the name closely you...

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Black Liver Project @blackliverproject.bsky.social · Aug 28

At @nettarechi having a Maple Vanilla London Fog. This looks like a fuckin piece of art. And it tastes like one...OMG.
#BlackLiverProject #ILoveMyAlteredStates #CoffeeSpecials #CoffeeIsSpecial #Chicago

Black Liver Project @blackliverproject.bsky.social · Aug 21

Lime, basil, peach syrup and a cayenne kick. This drink is so good; all of the flavors are welcome even when 3 of the 5 I usually prefer to pass on. This is my favorite matcha ever and it can be found at @nettarechi
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Ep 32 - Cosmopolitan Reanimated

Black Liver Project @blackliverproject.bsky.social · Aug 18

This episode of #MiaG #Reanimator we explore the #Cosmopolitan, the 1st story with living players. Who is the personality behind this drink? @libation-legacy.bsky.social says it's a convergence; #BlackLiverProject says the stakes are high so competition is fierce
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Episode 32: A Touch of Class – Cosmopolitan

Black Liver Project @blackliverproject.bsky.social · Aug 18

Here is the original #MonsterInAGlass episode featuring the #Cosmopolitan #cocktail where we find the first reference to it in the OED of all places.
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If you asked the average person to name a cocktail, The Cosmopolitan would probably be on the short list. If you asked the average person what was in it, you might not get past vodka in a martini glas...

Black Liver Project @blackliverproject.bsky.social · Aug 18

I think that's where The Avenue cocktail is from...the episode where we discuss what a passion fruit is

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Libation Legacy🍸 @libation-legacy.bsky.social · Aug 9

On March 24, 1949, Ray Hewitt's LA Daily News column, "The Spotlighter" first mentions the Dresden Room serving the Blood and Sand. He claims that the restaurant's owner, Herman Byrens, brought the recipe back from Singapore.

#cheers 🍸

A famed European chef who prepares those especially tempting dishes, a delightful hospitable atmosphere and unbelievable but true...dinners only $1.65 all add up to the DRESDEN ROOM, 1760 N. Vermont. Your host HERMAN BYRENS, brought back from Singapore the recipe for the world's most delicious drink, "Blood and Sand." PHILLIP MOODY, star of radio and television opens at the Dresden Room this week.

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Libation Legacy🍸 @libation-legacy.bsky.social · Aug 10

Ferraro kept the Blood & Sand on the menu as the Dresden's signature drink, in fact, it is still on their menu. He hired Ray Buhen, one of Don the Beachcomber's original team, to head his bar. There are claims that Buhen invented a "Blood & Sand" for Tyrone Power, who starred in the 1941 remake.

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Libation Legacy🍸 @libation-legacy.bsky.social · Aug 10

Carl Ferraro bought the Dresden in 1954, and changed its name to the Dresden Restaurant. Some interesting details in his obit. Los Angeles Times, February 7, 2005.

Also note that "Anchorman" (2004) also had a scene filmed at the Dresden.

Carl Ferraro, who for more than 50 years owned the Dresden Restaurant in Los Feliz, a neighborhood fixture that has been used as a location for a number of popular Hollywood films, has died. He was 91. Ferrro died Jan. 20 at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank. The cause was congestive heart failure, according to his son, James.
Ferraro bought the Dresden in 1954 and kept the name, even though it referred to the china dolls that were part of the previous owner's decor. He remodeled it in 1963, adding white Leatherette booths, Venetian chandeliers and a wood-beam ceiling. In recent years the restaurant has earned a reputation as an example of a vintage interior in mint condition.
It has been used in the films "What Women Want" (2000), with Mel Gibson, and "The Two Jakes" (1990), with Jack Nicholson. Nothing, however, had more of an impact on Ferraro's business than "Swingers" (1996). In it, two aspiring actors, played by John Favreau and Vince Vaughn, often meet at the Dresdent to commiserate over cocktails.

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Black Liver Project @blackliverproject.bsky.social · Aug 13

The cafe creations at @nettarechi are coming quicker than I can sample them. A bunch of new specials on the menu including this one: Horchata Dirty Chai, a horchata with espresso and tres leches foam. Now I understand that all this time horchata was missing espresso.
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Black Liver Project @blackliverproject.bsky.social · Aug 8

Our latest #Reanimator episode. #BloodAndSand more well traveled than I ever imagined

Libation Legacy🍸 @libation-legacy.bsky.social · Aug 5

We found the Blood and Sand Cocktail took a journey around the world, travelling from London to Singapore, then finding fame in Hollywood. Along the way, it transformed from a meh concoction to a delicious Tiki sip. Its secret turned up quite by accident in a thrifter's Reddit post.

#cheers 🍸

Black Liver Project @blackliverproject.bsky.social · Aug 4

In this #MonsterInAGlass #Reanimator @libation-legacy.bsky.social traces the path of the #BloodAndSand from Hollywood boutique #cocktail in London to a tiki classic out of Singapore...and you can find the strangest things on Reddit these days.
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Ep 31 – Blood and Sand Reanimated

Black Liver Project @blackliverproject.bsky.social · Aug 4

In this #MonsterInAGlass #Reanimator @libation-legacy.bsky.social traces the path of the #BloodAndSand from Hollywood boutique #cocktail in London to a tiki classic out of Singapore...and you can find the strangest things on Reddit these days.
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Episode 31: By the Horns – Blood and Sand

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Black Liver Project @blackliverproject.bsky.social · Aug 4

The original #MonsterInAGlass #BloodAndSand ep wherein we go deep into the life and times of Rudolph Valentino...and there's a #cocktail too
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You say Blood and Sand and it generates images of a switchblade fight on a beach. The consensus though is that this cocktail is named for the 1922 bullfighting movie starring silent-movie era heartthr...

Ep 30 – Rusty Nail Reanimated

Black Liver Project @blackliverproject.bsky.social · Aug 4

My faith in humanity is shaken knowing that the sweepstakes were fake...

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Libation Legacy🍸 @libation-legacy.bsky.social · Aug 1

The earliest reference to the Rusty Nail cocktail that I could find actually referred to it as the Knucklehead. From Charles F. Danver's long-running column "Pittsburghesque" in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, dated January 25, 1960.

Well, Here's How
Night cub and hotel bartenders report a sudden demand for a drink called the "Knucklehead," popular in other parts of the country but slow to catch on here. It's made with one jolt of Drambuie and one of Scotch on the rocks (ice). According to the Dictionary of American Slang, a knucklehead is "a slow-thinking or stupid person." (The word came into popular usage in the Marine Corps and Navy in 1944.) I don't get the connection, either. You'd think they could just as well have called it a "Columnist."

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Libation Legacy🍸 @libation-legacy.bsky.social · Jul 22

The dram that satisfies

A picture of a fucking Rusty Nail, what did you expect? With a bottle of Drambuie and one of Glenmorangie 12 year.

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Libation Legacy🍸 @libation-legacy.bsky.social · Jul 21

Another episode where we turn up some "secret history" (as Jim Murray called it in 1993). I'll have more on this soon, there are a bunch of fun details.

Black Liver Project @blackliverproject.bsky.social · Jul 21

In this new #MiaG #Reanimator @libation-legacy.bsky.social reveals the contentious history of Drambuie & how the #RustyNail was popularized by a novel and @blackliverproject.bsky.social is shocked by fraudulent sweepstakes of the 70s.
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