Martin Doudoroff

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Publisher of popular cocktail/tropical drink software, Cocktail Kingdom Librarian, notorious pedant, and fan of Oxford comma. He/him/hey you.

Eddie Clarke says “It’s wonderful what Jamaica Rum will do!” Eddie should know! He won the 1947 Bartenders' Guild Competition with his Eight Bells Cocktail-a Jamaica Rum recipe. Jamaica Rum is the coming thing right enough there's no end to the tantalizing drinks you can mix with this most versatile of spirits. Try it for yourself in the Jamaica Rum recipes in this book. Soon you'll be inventing your own favourites. Says Jamaica Jo—“Drink the drink the pirates drank in 1661”
Honey Dew Shake with ice: 1 oz dry gin 0.5 oz lemon juice 0.5 oz orange juice 0.5 oz honey Strain into a cocktail glass. Dexter Mason. Art of Drinking; What to Make with What You Have (What & How). New York: Farrar & Rinehart. 1930. p. 18.
Rum Collins; Build in a bar glass filled with cracked ice: 2 bar spoons superfine sugar, juice of 1 lime, 1.5 oz light cuban-style rum. Fill with seltzer. From Sloppy Joe’s Cocktail Manual 1932-1933, p. 9.
Crop of vintage photo of brunette lady dancing in outlandish faux-polynesian costume
SMASHES SHOULD BE DRANK THROUGH A STRAINER, BUT WHEN THAT IS NOT TO HAND, A MOUSTACHE CUP, AS PER CUT, WILL ANSWER THE PURPOSE.
Scan of a vintage paper table talker from Don the Beachcomber promoting the Never Say Die drink, described as “Old Jamaica and Demerara Rums blended with wild flower honey and Acapulco Limes.”
Fascist Cocktail. Stir with ice: 10 drops apricot liqueur 2 oz American whiskey (i.e., straight rye or bourbon) 1 drop Angostura bitters Strain into a cocktail glass.
Stack of copies of The Comic Book History of the Cocktail
Cinzano vermouth ad from 1947 french cocktail book with the logotype and a young comely brunette woman looking over her shoulder while holding a small v-shaped cocktail glass, now only partly filled
photocomposition of a green punch in a pilsner glass with straw and fruit garnishes over a rustic woven textile
Photo of the book “The Rum Never Sets” beside a bottle of Plantaray Mister Fogg Navy Rum
photo of Terry Reid
Photo of Makoto Yashiro at Trader Vic’s Tokyo with a tray of his Yotta Banana cocktail
composite of an yellowish drink served in a Trader Vic’s Tokyo tumbler garnished with mint and Japanese and American Flags atop a vintage map of Tokyo
composite image of illustrations from Trader Vic’s patent application for his custom Fog Cutter mug, the actual mug containing the drink, and timeline elements from the Total Tiki Online web service UI
Recipe: Pax Sax Sarax by Jamie Boudreau, 2009 Prepare a cocktail glass rinsed with absinthe. Stir with ice: 2 oz Glenmorangie 10 Years 1/4 oz Peychaud’s bitters 1/4 oz Cherry Heering Strain into the prepared glass. Garnish with 3 cherries.
the top portion of a “tiki mug” peeking out over the bottom of the image, garnished with a striped drinking straw and a cherry, pineapple chunk and mint sprig on a cocktail pick