Prohibition Ends at Last!!
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
COMPASS ROSE BAR PROHIBITION ENDS AT LAST!! Legal liquor was returned to the United States, with President Roosevelt calling on the people to see that “this return of individual freedom shall not be accompanied by the repugnant conditions that obtained prior to the adoption of the Eighteenth Amendment and those that have existed since its adoption.” Prohibition of alcoholic beverages as a national policy ended at 5:321/2 P.M., Eastern Standard Time, when Utah, the last of the thirty-six States furnished by vote of its convention the constitutional majority for rati- fication of the Twenty-first Amendment. The new amendment repealed the Eighteenth, and with the demise of the latter went the Volstead Act which for more than a decade held legal drinks in America to less than one-half of 1 percent of alcohol and the enforcement of which cost more than 150 lives and billions in money. THE BOOTLEG Melon $18.00 Julep Pick one of our in house infused spirits, $16.00 and a mixer of your choice, served in a house flask. F. Scott Fitzgerald Cowboys would smuggle flasks in their boots Bulleit Bourbon, Mint Leaves, to sell or trade with the Indians. Henceforth Gin Ricky $15 Simple Syrup & Watermelon “bootlegger. Plymouth Gin, Lime Juice, Club Soda This traditional cocktail {Mint Julep} is The Gin Ricky is named after a Washington very popular at the Kentucky Derby and politician, Col. Joseph Rickey in the late is named in the Derby Museum as Chur- THE BEES KNEES 1800s. This cocktail was popular prior chill Downs’ favorite drink. It first ap- $15.00 to prohibition and remained strong peared in print in 1803, described as a during prohibition. This was also the “dram of spirituous liquor that has mint Bulleit Bourbon, Honey & Lemon Juice cocktail of choice of F. Scott Fitzgerald, in it, taken by Virginians in the morning.” author of the novel, The Great Gatsby. This cocktail contains honey & lemon juice which would mask the harsh taste of forbidden homemade whiskey and gin. rum fashion Bacardi 8, Simple Syrup, Bitters, Coconut Water $16 This traditional cocktail (Old Fashion) is supposed to be the oldest cocktail in the world.. The name “Old Fashion” comes from the type of glass the cocktail is served. The first use of the name “Old Fashioned” for a Bourbon whiskey cock- tail was said to have been at the Pendennis Club, a gentlemen’s club founded in 1881 in Louisville, Kentucky. The recipe was said to have been invented by a bartender at that club in hon - or of Colonel James E. Pepper, a prominent bourbon distiller. The Highball $15 $15.00 Woodford Reserve, Spicy Ginger Beer French Classic prohibition cocktails were simply whis- key and ginger based sodas. They were served tall with a lot of ice. 75 Tanqueray Gin, i need my medicine, Lemon Juice, Simple Syrup & make it a bourbon! Ruffino Prosecco Drug stores were allowed to sell “medicinal whis- The Sidecar $15 key” to treat everything from toothaches to the flu. This cocktail was D’usse Cognac, Cointreau, Lemon Juice With a physician’s prescription, “patients” could named after a legally buy a pint of hard liquor every ten days. World War I artillery piece, the 75mm French This cocktail was named after the World War I This pharmaceutical booze often came with seem- field gun. The drink became very popular toward motorcycle sidecars. It was a drink that was found ingly laughable doctor’s orders such as “Take three the end of prohibition when it was featured in at the nicest speakeasy’s as it featured real Cognac. ounces every hour for stimulant until stimulated.” The Savoy Cocktail Book by Harry Craddock. cocktails, beer, wine & spirits Prohibition Daiquiri Bacardí, Lime Juice & Simple Syrup..........$15.00 The daiquiri was a popular prohibition rum drink. It was also the favorite of Ernest Hemingway who enjoyed many of them when traveling to Cuba. $16 The Ward 8 BEER $7 JALA-GUAVA Crown Royal, Lemon Juice & Orange Juice.... $15.00 Bass Ale / Blue Moon Belgian White / Budweiser / Casa Noble Reposado, Ginger Beer, Bud Light / Corona Extra / Corona Light / Gauva Juice & Jalapeños The Ward 8 was another Coors Light / Guinness / Goose Island, IPA / cocktail that was popular Michelob Ultra / Miller Lite / Modelo Especial / We wanted a cocktail that would speak prior to prohibition and Sam Adams / Sam Adams Seasonal / “MIAMI”.. so here you go! With a tra- stayed popular at many Stella Artois / St. Pauli Girl N.A. ditional Hispanic fruit juice you cannot speakeasies. The Ward 8 go wrong with this cocktail. was said to have originat- ed in Boston and was named after the Ward that would carry the real the election of politician Martin M. Lomasney. He held a pow- erful office for around 50 years. mccoy? Florida gained nation- HIGH-GRADE SALESMEN WANTED wide notoriety as a SUCCESS For the hustler guarantee selling hotbed of smuggling Wines Vino Sano Grape Bricks, Wine Bricks, Orange during the tumultu- Bricks. Each brick equals one gallon juice, ous decade that be- Sparkling 6oz 9oz BTL retailing $1.25 each. allowing 100% profit and came known as “The Mumm Napa, Napa, Ca 14 63 more. Sold all flavors: port, sherry, burgundy, Roaring Twenties.” Perrier-Jouet, Grand Brut, France 18 82 champagne, orange, lemon, etc. Take orders, The so-called Pro- William “Bill” McCoy in 1921 Perrier-Jouet, Blason Rose, France 24 110 give service, build a route. Prospects: Every hibition Amendment had told a thirsty nation, Perrier-Jouet, Belle Epoque Brut, France 66 295 home, hospital, physician, roadstand, barbecue, “Don’t drink!” Millions of Americans chose to auto-camp, grocer, druggist, soft drink soda Perrier-Jouet, Belle Epoque Rose, France 525 fountain, etc. Avoid imitations flooding drink anyway, so the demand for booze had to Perrier-Jouet, Belle Epoque Blanc De Blanc, certain districts. Vino Sano written up all over be satisfied through illegal means that includ- France 590 nation, 10 years in existence. Legality twice ed bootlegging, smuggling, speakeasies, and the established in Federal Courts. Apply: Vino illegal production of alcoholic beverages rang- Prosecco Sano Co., Dept. S-251, San Francisco, Calf. ing from moonshine whiskey to bathtub gin. Ruffino, Valdobbiadene, Italy 10 54 Moscato Most of the rum and other illegal booze of all kinds 14 Hands, WA 9 14 34 entered Florida through the Bahamas, where the sale of liquor remained legal. From Nassau, rum Adventurous White runners would transport their illegal goods to Terra D’oro, Amador County, CA 12 18 44 the infamous Rum Row, which was created by Riesling one of Prohibition’s biggest celebrities, William Chateau Ste. Michelle, “Bill” McCoy. McCoy, a Miami sailor, pioneered Columbia Valley, WA 9 14 34 the rum-running trade by anchoring his boat just outside the U.S. territorial waters and established Sauvignon Blanc the beginnings of Rum Row. McCoy created an Kim Crawford, New Zealand 14 20 52 image for himself as a fair and honest dealer. His Pinot Grigio booze was never watered down or re-labeled. Esperto By Livio Felluga, Italy 10 16 32 What customers saw was what they got, alleged- ly coining the famous phrase, “The Real McCoy”. Graffigna, Cebnternario Reserve, San Juan 9 14 34 Chardonnay Tequila Canadian Liqueur Stag’s Leap, Karia, Napa, CA 15 22 58 Spirits Sauza Canadian Club Baileys Sonoma Cutrer, Russian River, CA 16 24 62 Milagro Crown Royal Campari Vodka Patrón Chambord Cabernet Sauvignon 6oz 9oz BTL Absolut Irish Casa Noble Cointreau Liberty School, Paso Robles, CA 10 15 38 Absolut Elyx Jameson Disaronno Belvedere Rye Louis Martini, Sonoma, CA 12 18 44 Scotch Drambuie Finlandia Bulleit Fireball Merlot Grey Goose Knob Creek Chivas Dewar’s Frangelico Seven Falls, Napa Valley, CA 10 15 38 Svedka Grand Marnier Tito’s Handmade Bourbon Johnnie Walker Jack London Vineyard, Sonoma, CA 12 18 48 Basil Hayden’s Kahlua Single Malt Pinot Noir Rum Booker’s Midori Glenfiddich Patrón Citrónge Joel Gott, Sonoma, CA 13 19 50 Bacardí Bulleit Jack Daniel’s The Glenlivet Patrón XO Cafe Red Zinfandel Gin Jim Beam The Macallan RumChata Laphroaig Ravenswood, Sonoma, CA 9 14 34 Beefeater Monkey Shoulder Sambuca Bombay Knob Creek The Balvenie Southern Comfort Malbec Hendrick’s Maker’s Mark Plymouth Cognac Alamos, Mendoza, Argentina 9 14 34 Courvoisier Tanqueray Adventurous Red D’ussé Terra D’Oro, Barbera, CA 14 21 54.