Cocktails

[Lefty]

Not a lion’s tail, though. I have no recollection.

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AH-HA! Great memory from 5 months ago

Astros @ LA Angels 7/14/2023

It’s an old drink from the 30’s that interestingly doesn’t appear in Harry Craddock’s Savoy Cocktail Book but the Cafe Royal Cocktail Book. The name is apparently a reference to the phrase shaking the Lion’s Tail (i.e. messing with Britain), which makes sense given its Parisian origins. You have some similarities to a sour and the tiki world, fwiw. But I digress… 2 oz. bourbon 1/2 oz. allspice dram 1/2 oz. lime juice 1 tsp. simple syrup 2 dashes bitters Shake well over ice and serve up. Y…

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