No promises that Damn the Weather cocktail will be on the menu tonight at Estragon's Classic Cocktail Challenge.
Bar man Eric Cross is making his way, after all, through 100 or so old school beverages, weather-inspired and otherwise.
That covers a lot of real estate, from turn-of-the-century to Prohibition and beyond.
Tonight's Cocktail Challenge, plus the resurgence of organizations like LUPEC (Ladies United for the Preservation of Endangered Cocktails), are proof positive that classic cocktails will never go out of style.
It isn't just that the cocktails themselves are eternally appealing.
It's also that the style is throw-back. Retro. Mad Men-ish.
It's that beverages of choice go in phases, and the tide of cocktails is on the rise.
And Estragon has a hundred or so ways to prove it.
WHAT: Classic Cocktail Challenge
WHERE: Estragon, 700 Harrison Avenue, Boston
WHEN: Tonight and every Tuesday until the 100 cocktails are up
MORE INFO: Call 617.266.0443
DAILY TIDBIT:
Damn the Weather cocktail:
2 ounces gin
1/2 ounce orange juice
1/4 ounce sweet vermouth
1/4 ounce orange curacao
Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Strain into a cocktail glass.
1/4 ounce sweet vermouth
1/4 ounce orange curacao
Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Strain into a cocktail glass.
