Brooke, who I mentioned in the video, has a ‘Friday Night Fog’ that includes 60ml Vodka, 30ml Cointreau (although I used Grand Marnier), 30ml lime cordial (which you can make easily with 20ml lime juice and 10ml simple syrup, or a more ‘fancy’ version which is included with the Gimlet recipe), shaken with ice. LOCKTAIL CHANGES – There is a proliferation of other ‘London Fog’ recipes. Brooke’s ‘Friday Night Fog’ (see below) with Grand Marnier playing the role of Cointreau (for one night only). TASTING NOTES – The petite (60ml or so with dilution) cocktail, or alcohol-laden hangover remedy, is very strong with the flavour of Pernod, aniseed and licorice flavour in a very cold frappè style. The closest is the original recipe from The Stork Club Bar Book of 1946, included above, a simple mix of 45ml Gin with 7.5ml Pernod. THE OFFICIAL MIX – There is no official ‘London Fog’ cocktail in any of the International Bartender Association (IBA) lists. It resulted in significant changes, including the Clean Air Act of 1956. Modern day estimates believe that as many of 12,000 people may have died from the overall effects of those 5-days. The Great London Fog – Five Days 5-9 December 1952 – that killed over 4,000 people.įor five days, from 5 December to 9 December 1952, a temperature inversion, anti-cyclone (still air) and combination of coal smoke with other pollution created the worst London Fog (Smog) in history, killing at least 4,000 people, and making over 100,000 Londoners ill. I have included this cocktail in the 1951 to 1960 period, in recognition of the worst ‘London Fog’ of them all, the Great Fog of 1952. Some really awful cocktails have been created that also carry the ‘London Fog’ name.Īlthough the cocktail pre-dates 1946 and may be a World War Two or even earlier vintage, with Burgess Meredith serving from 1942 to 1945, making training and education films for the U.S. What is certain, is that other claims of later invention are either false or for very different cocktails under a name that was already taken, established and published. Whether Burgess Meredith ‘invented’ the cocktail, or just brought it to Lucius Beebe’s attention is unclear. However with more than 300 film and TV appearances, this understates his six-decades of acting, named one of the most accomplished actors of the 20th Century. Actor Burgess Meredith in his role as the ‘Penguin’ in the original Batman TV series.īurgess Meredith is perhaps best remembered by people of my generation as the brilliant actor portraying ‘The Penguin’ in 21 episodes of the original Batman TV series between 19. The description above the recipe, in Beebe’s book, is a wonderful and illustrative introduction. Neither Beebe nor the Stork Club claim the invention, crediting actor Oliver Burgess Meredith (1907–1997) with at least bringing the cocktail to their attention. ‘London Fog’ recipe in Lucius Beebe’s 1946 ‘ The Stork Club Bar Book’, page 23. It counted the world’s rich and famous as it’s clientele, as illustration of its legendary history, the owner of the Hope Diamond once lost the gem under table during a wild evening at the club, and cocktail history legend, Ernest Hemingway, was able to cash his $100,000 check for the film rights of For Whom the Bell Tolls at the Stork Club bar, to settle his extravagant bill. The Stork Club in Manhattan (operating from 1929 until 1965) really should have pages of its own incredible history. HISTORICAL NOTES – The earliest print appearance of the ‘London Fog’ cocktail is in Lucius Morris Beebe’s 1946, ‘The Stork Club Bar Book’, under the ‘Morning’ drink section on page 23, effectively as a potent hangover cure. Mix of Locktail #069 – The ‘London Fog’ with a few 2021 flavour additions.
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