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Cocktails, Recipe · April 30, 2020

Sipping at the Algonquin

The Algonquin cocktail brings me back to that time in the mid-90s when I had the pleasure of staying at the famous Algonquin hotel in New York City.

I was having drinks in the lobby with a view of the infamous round table popularized by Dorothy Parker, Truman Capote and the rest of their “Vicious Circle”.

While sipping my cocktail, the revolving doors spun, I looked up and saw a silhouette of a goddess surrounded by the bright sunlight. The ethereal figure stepped further into the lobby and adjusted her luscious brown hair. I watched her as she walked passed me. That was when I realized it was the one and only Brooke Shields.


Algonquin cocktail

A classic whiskey drink from the 1920s or 1930s… its history is unclear but I do know the name was inspired by the midtown Manhattan hotel.
Print Recipe
Course Drinks

Ingredients
  

  • 1½ oz rye whiskey
  • ¾ oz pineapple juice unsweetened
  • ¾ oz dry vermouth white

Instructions
 

  • Pour all ingredients into a shaker with ice. Shake well and strain into a chilled coupe glass.
  • No garnish necessary, but you could top with a dash of Peychaud's bitter if you prefer.

Posted In: Cocktails, Recipe · Tagged: cocktail, drink, Recipe, travel

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