Cocktail of the week: Un-Named (so far)
Ok, we've got a problem here because this one is unfinished and has no name yet. It's inspired by going to one of the world's best cocktail bars, Zetter's Townhouse. http://www.thezettertownhouse.com Now, they do a cocktail called "Master at Arms", Dark Rum + Port evaporation + home made Grenadine. Now of course I haven't got any Port reduction or evaporation so I based today's version on the Manhatten and there are apparently things called "Cuban Manhatten" or "St Kitts Manhatten". So here we go:

- 40ml Dark Rum
- 20ml Red Vermouth
- 2.5ml Grenadine
- 6 drops Angostura
Stirred over ice and strained into a chilled martini glass. Now this ends up a glorious blood colour and has a softness compared with a Manhatten without being too sweet. I'm going to try this again but with Port instead of Red Vermouth and perhaps with a really dark sipping rum as well. I feel like this ought to be called "Master and Commander" or something piratical. As it is though, it's caribbean with the rum and grenadine but Italian with the red vermouth and I'm having trouble thinking of a name that combines both localities. Caribbean (rum), Spanish (port) is maybe a bit easier but I wonder what class of pirate drank port. And the answer is an English, ex-Navy, upper class, privateer one. Does that make it a "Drake" (or a "Banker")?

Italian Pirates were quite rare. But here we go. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincenzo_Gambi Based in N Orleans, "one of the most violent and bloodthirsty men in the Gulf of Mexico", perfect. So perhaps we can name it after him? I give you, "The Gambi"

I also like the idea of a cocktail called a "Black Bart" but it may already be taken, and Whisky, Rum, Blackberries, Lime, brown sugar syrup just doesn't sound right.
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