Category Archive for grapefruit juice

• The Rise of the Escalator and "the Iron Pier Swizzle"

  Kris Holechek Peters

  August 13, 2012 12:13 PM

  Recipes , bitters , cinnamon syrup , grapefruit juice , grenadine , white rum

  This week back in 1859, a Massachusetts man Nathan Ames patented the idea of a "revolving stairway." Let us walk you through the ensuing history of the escalator... then ascend to giddy heights with this custom cocktail. Read more...

• Exchange Elixir

  Kris Holechek Peters

  March 26, 2010 1:33 PM

  Recipes , cranberry juice , grapefruit juice , lemon juice , st. germaine , vodka

  This month back in 1817, the New York Stock Exchange formally began. We celebrate by telling you all about its most famous symbol: The Closing Bell... and then retire to one of America's best-known restaurants to toast the end of a hard day on the floor. Read more...

• The Elk Cloner

  Kris Holechek Peters

  January 30, 2009 12:43 PM

  Recipes , bitters , damiana , grape juice , grapefruit juice , vodka

  In 1982, a 15-year-old computer geek named Rich Skrenta unleashed the world's first personal-computer virus: "The Elk Cloner." Read more...

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