[Photo: Jessica Leibowitz]
Digging for history is thirsty work; thankfully, as I noted on Wednesday, cocktail historian Ted "Dr. Cocktail" Haigh has a revised version of his book, Vintage Spirits & Forgotten Cocktails, coming out in July—full of recipes that can quench the most esoteric thirst.
Here's one of my favorites from the original release of Haigh's book: the Seventh Heaven. The combination of grapefruit juice and maraschino liqueur is more commonly seem in rum drinks such as the Hemingway Daiquiri; with the dryness of gin, and the bright crispness of fresh mint, this combination contributes to a wonderful summer cocktail that has a distinct whiff of the antique about it. If you have a bottle of maraschino lying around from experimenting with Aviations or other cocktails of that ilk, break it out for the Seventh Heaven and take your palate for a walk through the jitterbug era.
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