ALGONQUIN
2 measures rye whisky
1 measure dry vermouth
1 measure pineapple juice
Lemon garnish
Former redneck country, Deepcreek Lake of Maryland, met
upper-crest New York City when I drank an ALGONQUIN cocktail on the porch of a
friend’s lakehouse tonight. The ALGONQUIN cocktail is the former signature cocktail
of the classy Algonquin New York Hotel in Midtown Manhattan that set the
standard for luxury. Around since 1902, it is still one of the best places to
stay in the city, but it will set you back about $450 a night.
Fortunately, the cocktail
is a lot cheaper. To make it you’ll need rye-bread whiskey, dry vermouth and
pineapple juice. Put the three of them into a cocktail shaker, fill it with
ice, shake and strain it into a glass filled with ice. Garnish with a lemon slice
and drink under a fancy chandelier if possible.
Robin and I, both
pineapple lovers, thought the ALGONQUIN cocktail was smooth and not very
"alcoholly." We had a long discussion on how we loved it much better
than yesterday’s cocktail, but not as much as tomorrow’s. Then we sang “More
Today than Yesterday,” the 1969 song by Spiral Staircase. The menfolk in the
group did not like the pineapple
so much, but said it did hide the whiskey well and that the cocktail was just “so-so.”
It was an exploratory cocktail for all of us and topped off a good day
exploring Deepcreek Lake — one of my new favorite places.
Drink Up^
Cocktail
Connie
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