Kitty Discusses: Strong Woman and Strong Spirits! by Kitty
Kitty Discusses: Strong Woman and Strong Spirits!
 by Kitty
 Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011
 New York, NY
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Hello, Suckers! Come on in and leave your wallet on the bar! This is how

blonde bombshell Texas Guinan greeted guests at the speakeasies she manned

in New York during Prohibition. Famous for wisecracking, running the hottest

clubs in town, being hauled off to the pokey on a regular basis and having

her joints shut down by Feds, Texas hails from a long tradition of strong

women who drink strong spirits. Re-opening after raids, she would sometimes

sport a necklace of gold padlocks to show the cops there were no hard

feelings.

 

While women and men weren't permitted to mingle without prejudice in the bar

until Texs' time, women like Texas Guinan have owned and operated taverns

and been a part of cocktail culture for generations. Ada Coleman, for

example, was the first head bartender at the esteemed Savoy Hotel in London.

Dorothy Parker, Tallulah Bankhead and Mae West all had one thing in common

besides fame and beauty ­ they loved their gin cocktails.

 

The spirit of Texas, Ada and Dorothy lives on today in the form of modern

female drinkers who seek adventurous cocktails made with full-flavored

spirits like Bols Genever. Blending the mixability of vodka with the full,

malty flavor of whiskey, Bols Genever is a sophisticated answer for today¹s

drinking dames: strong women who drink strong spirits.

 

Vogue during the men-only days of the saloon and the sporting class, Bols

re-launched Genever stateside using an almost exclusively female team of

brand ambassadors and marketers. The product has captured the imagination of

a star-studded roster of female mixologists - modern day Texs' and Adas -

including Boston-based Misty Kalkofen, a mixologist at Drink and founder of

her local chapter of Ladies United for the Preservation of Endangered

Cocktails, part of a national network of cocktail enthusiast groups

dedicated to breeding, raising, and releasing endangered cocktails into the

wild. 

 

Misty's 1820 cocktail elegantly mixes Bols Genever with Galliano

L'Autentico, smoky mezcal and lavender syrup in a combination both powerful

and alluringly feminine, much like the sophisticated women who love Bols

today.

 

We invite you to toast strong women who drink strong spirits in honor of

International Women's Day (March 8) and Women's History Month (March) and

reprint the cocktail recipe below. For more information, a sample, or to

speak with Misty Kalkofen or a LUPEC member in your city, please contact me

at 617-733-2791 or via email, kirsten@drinkpr.com.

 

THE 1820

Misty Kalkofen, Drink, Boston

Founder of LUPEC Boston

 

1.75 oz Bols Genever

.25 oz Galliano L'Autentico

.5 oz Lemon Juice

.5 oz Lavender Simple Syrup

1 bar spoon Del Maguey Minero Mezcal

1 dash Fee Brothers Whiskey Barrel Aged Bitters

 

Shake with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.


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