This episode discusses both a delicious #cocktail and a cautionary tale of living the playboy lifestyle of the early 20th century through the story of Erskine Gwynne, a member of the Vanderbilt family who was life of the party until it led to slow decline, failure and death. So much fun!

The #Knickerbocker is an early beverage coming before the #cocktail craze and joining with the oyster bar craze that popped up in the US and England in the early 1800s. Doug describes an American entrepreneur turning an entertainment venue into a popular oyster bar which garnered attention from temperance figures for the cocktails they served with their seafood.

Doug tells the story of the #ParkAvenue #cocktail, including a red herring version, but then goes into the origins of Park Avenue and how it distinguished itself in the late 19th to early 20th centuries and discusses all of the mayhem of civil engineering back then.

Another New Orleans #cocktail episode where we learn a bit about Henry Ramos and his career getting a start and creating a name for himself in Baton Rouge and solidifying his hold in cocktail #history with this beverage that doubles as performance.

The #Vesper is one of those rare instances when art made a drink rather than the other way around. Featured in Ian Fleming's first James Bond novel Casino Royale it survived the cocktail slump in the 70s to grace craft #cocktail menus throughout the most recent cocktail revival

In this #MonsterInAGlass #Reanimator #CorpseReviver Doug says it was considered a general pick-me-up kind of drink, not just a party rejuvenator like we discussed in the original. We also do a deeper dive into Lillet and why it tastes like new car smell

In this episode of #MonsterInAGlass #Reanimator we explore the origins of the #Cosmopolitan, the first episode where many of the players in the story are still alive. Who is the personality behind this flamboyant pink #cocktail and why is it so contentious? Doug says it's a matter of convergence; Cameron says the stakes are high so the competition is fierce regardless of how history is revealed

In this #MonsterInAGlass #Reanimator Doug traces the path of the #BloodAndSand from Hollywood boutique drink in London to a tiki classic out of Singapore...and you can find the strangest things on Reddit these days.

In this episode Doug reveals the contentious history of Drambuie and how the #RustyNail was yet another #cocktail popularized by its appearance in a novel and Cameron is shocked by fraudulent sweepstakes of the 70s.

We've identified a trend now of literary people putting together cocktail books. Not unlike Satan's Whiskers, Doug finds a new literary circle that published their own cocktail book featuring new batch beverages to make for cocktail parties at home and the Calvados Cocktail