As an example of what I was talking about in
this post: This cocktail sounds kind of interesting:
The “Edsel,” as gassed up by Robert M. Nelson, entertainer and bartender at Cafe D’Mongo’s Speakeasy in Detroit, MI:
Combine in a highball glass:
■1.5 oz gin (alter to taste)
■1 oz. cream… or soy milk
■Top with Vernor’s Ginger Ale (the nation’s oldest soft drink, invented in Detroit in 1866)
From episode 123 of The Dinner Party Download.