"1920 Pick-Me-Up | Crafted Pour"

"Hello friends! It's a new year and I am kicking off 2024 with a drink from the outset of Prohibition, a 1920 Pick-Me-Up. After completing my series on 1990s cocktails, I wanted to look back on a dark and illicit period in American history, the dark age of cocktails known as Prohibition, 100 years later, to see if the cocktails of the day hold up to modern palates. The first drink in my new series is the 1920 Pick-Me-Up, an absinthe and gin highball with the 2 most popular bitters of the day, Angostura and orange bitters added. This drink is lengthened with about 6 oz. of soda water. I chose a Blanchette absinthe from Combier, which was originally created at the end of the 19th Century and would have been available to consumers in the 1920s, even though absinthe had been made illegal in the US in 1915. The drink is very absinthe-forward and is complemented well by the gin. There was some louching in the glass, and the soda water made for a nice fizzy pick-me-up! I thoroughly enjoyed this one, and if you are a fan of absinthe, give this 1920 Pick-Me-Up a try, you will be pleasantly surprised! Cheers!", "undefined", "1920 Pick-Me-Up",

"Ingredients"

1920 Pick-Me-Up By , Hello friends! It's a new year and I am kicking off 2024 with a drink from the outset of Prohibition, a 1920 Pick-Me-Up. After completing my series on 1990s cocktails, I wanted to look back on a dark and illicit period in American history, the dark age of cocktails known as Prohibition, 100 years later, to see if the cocktails of the day hold up to modern palates. The first drink in my new series is the 1920 Pick-Me-Up, an absinthe and gin highball with the 2 most popular bitters of the day, Angostura and orange bitters added. This drink is lengthened with about 6 oz. of soda water. I chose a Blanchette absinthe from Combier, which was originally created at the end of the 19th Century and would have been available to consumers in the 1920s, even though absinthe had been made illegal in the US in 1915. The drink is very absinthe-forward and is complemented well by the gin. There was some louching in the glass, and the soda water made for a nice fizzy pick-me-up! I thoroughly enjoyed this one, and if you are a fan of absinthe, give this 1920 Pick-Me-Up a try, you will be pleasantly surprised! Cheers! Hello friends! It's a new year and I am kicking off 2024 with a drink from the outset of Prohibition, a 1920 Pick-Me-Up. After completing my series on 1990s cocktails, I wanted to look back on a dark and illicit period in American history, the dark age of cocktails known as Prohibition, 100 years later, to see if the cocktails of the day hold up to modern palates. The first drink in my new series is the 1920 Pick-Me-Up, an absinthe and gin highball with the 2 most popular bitters of the day, Angostura and orange bitters added. This drink is lengthened with about 6 oz. of soda water. I chose a Blanchette absinthe from Combier, which was originally created at the end of the 19th Century and would have been available to consumers in the 1920s, even though absinthe had been made illegal in the US in 1915. The drink is very absinthe-forward and is complemented well by the gin. There was some louching in the glass, and the soda water made for a nice fizzy pick-me-up! I thoroughly enjoyed this one, and if you are a fan of absinthe, give this 1920 Pick-Me-Up a try, you will be pleasantly surprised! Cheers! Ingredients: - Tanqueray London Dry Gin - Combier Blanchette Absinthe Instructions: Shake in an iced cocktail shaker. Pour into a tall glass and fill with soda water. - From "Barflies & Cocktails" (1927) Refreshing,Classics,1920s,Prohibition-era,Fizzy