At work, I had a guest request a Martinez, and I commented that it was one of my favorite Martini variations although I do like the Tuxedo No. 2 a lot. As she gained trust in me, she gave it a go and later declared that it was her new favorite gin drink. After work, I thought about what else could get the Tuxedo No. 2's "Improved treatment" of Maraschino and absinthe, and I wanted to keep the dry vermouth element. I then honed in on the rum-based Georgetown Club from Charles H. Baker Jr.'s South American Gentleman's Companion that I fancied so much that I put on the menu at Loyal Nine. I mashed up the Georgetown Club with the Improved element of the Tuxedo No. 2 from The Savoy Cocktail Book, and dubbed this the Georgetown Tuxedo. I already knew that falernum and Maraschino could play well together from the Crafty & Elusive Elk. While I made this with a beautiful white rum, I could not help but think that a little funk from a touch of rhum agricole or Jamaican white rum here might take the drink to the next level; at Loyal Nine, I served the Georgetown Club with a quarter ounce of rhum agricole.

I became inspired by the Cynar-falernum combination in the Brooks, and my mind went to the Cognac Corn'n'Oil that Richard Seale described during a talk here in Boston for a base. Next, I mimicked the proportions of Maks Pazuniak's 100 Year Old Cigar as well as its smoky Scotch and absinthe accents. For a name, I kept the Corn'n'Oil heritage and dubbed this after the Bajan saying of "Home drum beats first" meaning that before taking on another's problems, look after your own family first.

https://punchdrink.com/articles/dry-daiquiri-cocktail-trend-london/

A Haiti cocktail is listed in the 1929 "L'Heure du Cocktail" but is completely different with gin, Byrrh and cassis. Grassi's 1936 collection of cocktails has his own version (slightly modified here) with him as the source among contributors.

Grassi's recipe is: 20% Vermouth Torino, 10% Campari, 30% Ferro China Bisleri, 10% Rhum Demerara, 30% Dry Vermouth, 2 dashes Angostura. Served with a lemon peel. He specifies shaken.

I have lightly altered the recipe based on a few tests comparing to the 1936 recipe. I recommend stirring rather than shaking and upping the rum proportion as in my posted quantities.

Winner of the Reddit Original Cocktail Challenge - August 2023 (Coconut and lemon).

Recently, I was discussing the Periodista's history in relation to Boston, and I was inspired that evening to tinker with the concept. I ended up honing in on the apricot liqueur and mashing the 1940s Cuban classic with Julie Reiner's Slope to make a Rum Manhattan riff. For a name, I dubbed it the East Harlem after a major Cuban center in New York City.