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| About $45,000 worth of cocktail shakers. Photo: Sara Bonisteel |
There we eyed these four beauties: a lighthouse, two Zeppelin shakers and Norman Bel Geddes' (real-life dad of Miss Ellie from TV's "Dallas") skyscraper design -- which the jovial Jim Walker told us in his most serious voice are worth more than an average year of college.
We're heading out to catch a streetcar to learn more about the molecular DNA of classic cocktails. Check back later for more photos and keep following us as we Tweet from the scene!
Get the official Tales cocktail after the jump.
Creole Julep
The official cocktail of the 2009 Tales of the Cocktail crafted by Maksym Pazuniak of Cure.
1/4 ounce Cruzan Single Barrel Estate rum
1/2 ounce Rhum Clement Creole Shrubb
1/4 ounce Captain Morgan 100
2 dashes Fee Brothers Peach Bitters
2 dashes Angostura Bitters
8 to 10 fresh mint leaves
1 demerara sugar cube
Muddle sugar, Creole Shrubb and both bitters until sugar is dissolved in a 10-ounce tall glass. Add mint and press to express oils. Add cracked ice. Add Cruzan and Captain Morgan 100 and stir until frost appears on outside of glass. Garnish with mint sprig.
Makes 1 cocktail.
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