100 Proof: The Golden Age of Cocktails (Episode 3)

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🗓️ 20 June 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

How did the Industrial Revolution, immigration--and maybe Winston Churchill's mother--give rise to the Golden Age of cocktails in America? We explore the story of the Martini, the Manhattan, and the Daiquiri.

Make yourself a cool Gin Martini with our customizable recipe.

Further Reading:

A Spirituous Journey: A History of Drink by Jared Brown and Anistatia Miller

Difford's Guide for Discerning Drinkers

Imbibe! by David Wondrich

Rise of Industrial America, 1876 to 1900, Library of Congress

SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY DIGITAL EXHIBITS

Spirits, Sugar, Water,Bitters: How the Cocktail Conquered the World by Derek Brown with Robert Yule

"The First American Hotels," JSTOR by Livia Gershon

The Manhattan: The Story of the First Modern Cocktail with Recipes by Philip Greene

The New Craft of the Cocktail by Dale DeGroff

The Oxford Companion to Spirits & Cocktails edited by David Wondrich & Noah Rothbaum

"This influential Cuban bartender wants to preserve the elegant tradition of the island’s cantineros" Washington Post by M. Carrie Allan

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0:00.0	Craft cocktails, from the classics to zero-proof drinks are all around us.
0:06.0	But what if we told you that craft cocktails are actually a relatively recent addition to the culinary scene.
0:13.0	My name is Tony Tipton Martin,
0:15.0	and I'm the editor-in-chief of Cook's Country at America's Test Kitchen.
0:19.0	I want to introduce you to a podcast mini-series I'm hosting
0:22.0	called 100 Proof, The Journey of the American Cocktail.
0:26.0	Over six episodes, we'll look at how mixed drinks offer us a window into what was happening in America during the dawn of the cocktail.
0:35.0	We'll then take you to the present day to contemplate what forces led to our modern cocktail
0:39.9	renaissance.
0:41.5	And along the way, we'll of course be sharing cocktail recipes with you.
0:45.7	Now we're going to put about eight dashes of Pacio's bitters.
0:49.0	Subscribe to proof from America's Test Kitchen so you won't miss the first episode.
0:56.8	It drops on Thursday, May 23rd.
0:59.8	Cheers. Just a drink, martini shaken not stirred.
1:15.0	James Bond's famous shaken not stirred line first appeared in Ian Fleming's
1:21.0	1956 novel Diamonds are Forever.
1:24.8	Most people know just by hearing Shake and Not Stirred
1:28.0	that you're talking about a martini.
1:30.0	A medium dry martini, peeled, shaken not stirred.
1:34.0	Vodka? Of course.
1:36.0	There's a reason why this cocktail is such an icon
1:39.0	and not just because it was James Bond's signature drink.
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