Vodka, Lemon, and Spiced Pear

Vodka, Lemon, and Spiced Pear

A nameless, 3 ingredient cocktail 1.5oz vodka 1.5oz St George spiced pear liqueur  .5oz lemon juice One of New York City's deadliest riots happened in 1849 between rival fan factions of famous Shakespearian actors and it prompted increased militarization of the police force. Sources 1 [https://nerdsonearth.com/2022/01/strange-history-the-astor-place-riot-of-1849/], 2 [https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/when-new-york-rivalry-over-shakespeare-boiled-over-deadly-melee-180964102/], 3 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astor_Place_Riot]

Pear Old Fashioned

We went the simple route and made a Spiced Pear Old Fashioned, right from the distillers website [https://stgeorgespirits.com/recipes/whiskey-pear-old-fashioned]. 2oz Brandy (source calls for whisky) 3/4oz St George Spiced Pear [https://stgeorgespirits.com/spirits/spiced-pear-liqueur] 4 dashes Angostura bitters The 40 elephants were an all women crime syndicate operating in London from approximately the 1870s to the 1950s. Sources 1 [https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/remembering-forty-elephants-gang-cunning-brutality], 2 [https://www.dannydutch.com/post/meet-the-forty-elephants-the-all-girl-gang-from-london], 3 [https://southwarknews.co.uk/history/in-depth-history/alice-diamond-and-the-forty-elephants-the-all-female-criminal-gang-which-caused-waves-on-both-sides-of-the-atlantic/], 4 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forty_Elephants]

Vodka, Red Wine, and Spiced Pear

The cocktail that needs a name [https://creative-culinary.com/vodka-red-wine-spiced-pear-liqueur-cocktail-recipe/#wprm-recipe-container-57050]: 1.5oz vodka 1.5oz dry red wine .5oz St George Spiced Pear Liqueur .25oz maple syrup .25oz lemon juice top with up ~1oz club soda In 1893 The US Supreme Court decided that the Tomato is in fact a vegetable, when it matters for import taxes. Because the line between fruits and vegetables is blurred, and it is most commonly referred to as a vegetable. Sources 1, [https://www.el-hai.com/blog/2012/07/01/u-s-supreme-court-decides-whether-the-tomato-is-fruit-or-vegetable.html] 2, [https://www.advocate-online.net/fruit-or-vegetable-the-supreme-court-decides-what-a-tomato-really-is/] 3 [https://www.mashed.com/757104/why-the-supreme-court-ruled-that-tomatoes-are-a-vegetable/] alexsavage.audio@gmail.com podpage episode list [https://www.podpage.com/a-pinch-and-a-poke/]

Spiced Pear French 75

A French 75 with spiced pear liqueur! 1oz Gin 1/2oz spiced pear liqueuer 1/2oz lemon juice Topped with dry sparkling white wine. Before magnetic compasses were used for seafaring, Vikings were able to navigate by the sun even under cloud cover by using a sunstone to examine the polarized light and find the sun. sources: 1, [https://www.science.org/content/article/viking-sunstone-revealed] 2, [https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspa.2011.0369] 3, [https://skjalden.com/viking-sunstone/] 4 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq9NE2qQzTo&ab_channel=TerraIncognita] instagram [https://www.instagram.com/alex_savage_audio/] podpage [https://www.podpage.com/a-pinch-and-a-poke/]

Spiced Pear Margarita

Spiced Pear Margarita from St. George Spirits own website [https://stgeorgespirits.com/recipes/spiced-pear-margarita]. 1.5oz reposado tequila 1oz Spiced pear liqueur .5oz lime juice .25oz simple syrup The melody of The Star Spangled Banner was originally written by the The Anacreontic Society, a London group of singers that had lavish concerts and dinners. Sources: 1, [https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-star-spangled-banner-200-anniversary-20140912-story.html] 2 [https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/colonial-music-institute/essays/star-spangled-banner/], 3, [https://starspangledmusic.org/spangled-mythconception-4-keys-banner-is-based-on-a-bawdy-old-english-drinking-song/] lyrics [https://www.quora.com/The-Star-Spangled-Banner-is-sung-to-the-tune-of-an-old-English-drinking-song-which-I-believe-was-rather-ribald-What-were-the-original-words]