Winter-2022

Cocktails for the Centuries And Where to Enjoy Them Locally B Y G L ENN MCGOV E RN PHOTOGRA PHY B Y K E L L I U LDA L L T HE END OF MANY YEARS OF WAR , A PANDEMIC IN RETROGRADE , THE RISE OF FAR RIGHT AND LEFT GROUPS , GLOBAL ECONOMIES STRUGGLING , C ONGRESS ALL BUT INEFFECTIVE , AND CONFLICT IN THE U KRAINE , BUT HEY THAT WAS 1922 AND ONE HUNDRED YEARS LATER … WELL PERHAPS THE OLD ANALOGY ABOUT NOT LEARNING FROM HISTORY RUNS TRUE , BUT NOT EVERYTHING WAS DOOM AND GLOOM , ESPECIALLY WHEN IT CAME TO THE WORLD OF COCKTAILS . I N FACT , “ LES ANNÉES FOLLES ” OR “ THE CRAZY YEARS ” ARE ARGUABLY THE ERA OF THE GREATEST LIBATIONS EVER CONCOCTED , MANY THAT STILL HOLD OUR FASCINATION TO THIS DAY . S O , WHAT ARE THE GREATEST COCKTAILS FROM THE 1920 S ? A S WITH ANYTHING , IT LARGELY DEPENDS UPON WHO IS ASKED . H OWEVER , CONDUCTING A VERY UNOFFI - CIAL POLL OF VARIOUS WEBSITES RUN BY ADULT BEVERAGE ORGANIZATIONS , I WAS ABLE TO IDENTIFY FIVE THAT MADE THE LIST EVERY TIME . S OME MAY BE FAMILIAR , BUT I WOULD WAGER OTHERS ARE NOT , WHICH CAN BE A GOOD THING , AS IT ONLY REQUIRES A BIT OF ADDITIONAL RESEARCH ON YOUR PART , EITHER AT HOME , OR BETTER YET , AT ONE OF THE MANY CLASSY ESTABLISHMENTS AROUND THE M ONTEREY P ENINSULA . P ROBABLY THE BEST HOMEWORK A PERSON COULD ASK FOR . T HE TOP FIVE , IN ORDER OF WHAT ARE ARGUABLY THE BEST TO LEAST WELL KNOWN ARE : THE S IDECAR , THE F RENCH 75, THE B EES K NEES , THE S OUTHSIDE AND THE M ARY P ICKFORD .T HERE WERE TWO OTHERS THAT ALMOST MADE THE LIST , THOSE BEING THE B OULEVARDIER AND THE H ANKY P ANKY ( ONE THE BEST NAMES EVER ). S O , WHAT IS IT ABOUT THESE DRINKS THAT , ONE HUNDRED YEARS LATER , HAS KEPT THEM SO POPULAR ? M ORE IMPORTANTLY , WHERE CAN THEY BE FOUND LOCALLY ? W ELL , READ ON , HOPEFULLY WITH A DRINK IN HAND .