Food & Gourmet Items
Vintage Cocktail Tasting Party for up to 8 guests
- Item Number
- 118
- Estimated Value
- 280 USD
- Sold
- 150 USD to ap96448fc
- Number of Bids
- 5 - Bid History
Item Description
Enjoy a cocktail hour full of unique tastes from the past - a flight of four different vintage cocktails accompanied by the history of each cocktail and stories about its place in drinking history. This event is a perfect start to a dinner party, or can be a stand-alone event. The Logistics The hosts provide the setting and Arnold provides: • ingredients for all cocktails, • Mixing of all cocktails (with audience participation!) • history of each drink and stories from its past, • Custom event menu with recipes for each cocktail for all participants. Choosing the Cocktails Arnold will collaborate with the host/hostess to select cocktails that are suited to their historical interests, their tastes in spirits, the season or any specific themes. Examples of some popular themes for these tastings have included: • 19th century American drinks – the Original Cocktails • Prohibition-era cocktails – “The Speakeasy” • Newport c. 1938 - Summer cottage cocktails • Champagne cocktails (featuring the “French 75”) • A Trip to Hemingway’s Paris (in cocktails) • Winter cocktails – “The Dark and the Warming” • Glamorous Hollywood – Valentino’s “Blood and Sand” to the “Brown Derby” • New Orleans – “Beyond the Hurricane”
Item Special Note
Your Historic Mixologist Arnold Robinson has been fascinated by history and historical drinks for over 30 years. When not making drinks for friends and family or studying cocktail history, Arnold is director of the Community Partnerships Center at Roger Williams University. (His favorite cocktail is The Sidecar.)
Donated By:
Arnold Robinson
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