Writer's grog
Well, the inevitable has happened: Going back to work next Monday, after eight glorious months of devil-may-care bummery. Lots of homework piling up between now and then, leaving my creative synapses soggy and wilted. I got nuthin' today.
So here's this — cobbled together from the highly entertaining Hemingway & Bailey's Bartending Guide to Great American Writers. These are my 10 favorite pairings; try matching the cocktails to the writers (all the clues you need are there, if you know both your literary and libational history):
The Boozers Charles Bukowski William Faulkner F. Scott Fitzgerald Dashiell Hammett Ernest Hemingway James Jones Jack Kerouac Jack London H.L. Mencken Edgar Allan Poe | The Booze Bacardi Cocktail Boilermaker Gin Rickey Margarita Martini Mint Julep Mojito Sazerac Singapore Sling Stinger |
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Tricky. Here's a whack at it:
Faulkner: Mint Julep
Fitzgerald: Gin Rickey
Hemingway: Mojito
Jones: Sazerac
Kerouac: Margarita
Poe: Boilermaker
Mencken: Singapore sling
Bukowski: Bacardi Cocktail
Hammett: Martini
London: Stinger
-- Jeff
Well played. You got Faulkner, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Kerouac, and Hammett. Good guesses on the others.
Jones's is the Singapore Sling -- made popular by U.S. sailors stationed in Honolulu and the South Pacific during WWII.
Poe's is the Sazerac, which was originally made with absinthe -- these days, with Pernod.
London's is tricky: the Bacardi Cocktail (a strong, blood-red combination of rum, lime, and grenadine) is something of a pirate's drink, in honor of London's various maritime misadventures.
Mencken was a staunch and vocal opponent of Prohibition, hence he's given the Stinger (which became popular during Prohibition because the creme de menthe covered the horrid taste of the cheap liquor served in speakeasies).
Leaving for Bukowski (truly a hardcore drinker, even in this crowd) the no-nonsense, 2x4-to-the-face, whiskey-and-beer Boilermaker.
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