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On to the cocktail. Welcome back, friends - it's Anders.
Today we are making Satan's Whiskers. The cocktail is actually a very interesting cocktail.
It's a riff on another classic called The Bronx.
And this one dates back to Prohibition, when you couldn't drink alcohol - in the United States.
At that time, alcohol was very evil.
So this drink is very evil. It's really not - it's just a drink.
Actually, there are two different ways to have this drink - you've got "straight" and "curled."
If you've got whiskers, you know what I'm talking about.
[laughter]
The difference is very subtle, so once again,
we are doing another side-by-side because I love comparing cocktails.
And we're gonna have one straight, we're gonna have one curled, I'm gonna explain what that is,
I'm gonna stop moving my hands around, and we are gonna make a cocktail!
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And let's go make Satan's Whiskers.
To the bar.
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We first see print of the Satan's Whiskers Cocktail in 1930 in Harry Craddock's The Savoy Cocktail Book.
But there was a place called The Embassy Club that was home to this drink.
Now The Embassy Club was in Las Angeles.
At the time, during Prohibition, this was an exclusive club for the celebrities.
And it was owned by a gentleman named Adolph "Eddie" Brandstatter.
Now Eddie - I'm gonna call him Eddie as if I knew him.
Eddie was a friend to all the celebrities. And he had restaurants all over L.A.
One of the restaurants that he owned was called Café Montmartre, and it was very popular
because all of his friends, these celebrities, would go there.
So the general public saw celebrities, and they wanted to go there.
But then Eddie thought,
"I'm going to give my friends a private place to hang out, drink, and dance."
So he opened up a place, The Embassy Club, right next to the cafe.
I'm not going to say the name again 'cause I'll just butcher it.
And it was exclusive. You had to be one of Eddie's friends to get in there.
Well that's great for The Embassy Club and the celebrities,
but it's not so great for the cafe.
Customers stopped coming to the cafe because they couldn't see the celebrities that they came to expect.
So now the cafe's going under, so Eddie decides to open up The Embassy Club to the public.
But now it's no longer exclusive, so now the celebrities don't want to hang out there.
And therefore the customers don't want to hang out there.
And the place goes under. It's kind of a downward spiral after that.
But there was a golden period where The Embassy Club was hoppin' with celebrities
and they were drinking Satan's Whiskers. Harry Craddock writes that there are two styles.
You can have this straight or you can have this curled.
"Curled" meant it was made with orange curaçao, and "straight" meant it was made with Grand Marnier.
Which are two different orange liqueurs, but they're not that extraordinarily different.
And it's just a small amount that we're going to be using here,
so it's going to be an interesting comparison.
I also think it's interesting that they didn't use triple sec, which would be more different than curaçao, but -
Hey, I'm not Harry Craddock. I'm not Eddie.
Anyway, we're going to make both of these, we're going to taste them,
and I'm going to tell you if I like straight or curled.
Or if I can tell the difference.
The suspense.
This one is surprisingly..
..soft.
Thank you for listening, and now the booze.
For this cocktail, we are going to need gin,
dry vermouth,
sweet vermouth,
orange liqueur - I've got curaçao
and Grand Marnier,
orange juice - freshly squeezed,
and orange bitters. It's a lot here, but I am making two cocktails.
So pick one of these.
Gin - this is the base. I'm using Plymouth.
It's just a really nice, soft gin that I really like.
It's gonna let the other components stand up.
Vermouth - this is a "perfect" cocktail, meaning equal parts sweet and dry vermouth.
These are both French vermouths. Dry is nice and light - compliments the gin,
and the sweet is also a little bit lighter.
My usual go-to is Cocchi Vermouth di Torino - an Italian vermouth.
And it's rather rich, but in this cocktail, I think it would wipe out the dry vermouth.
The Dolin is a little bit lighter, little bit savory, kind of herbaceous.
As for the orange liqueurs - the curled whisker is going to be made with curaçao,
and the straight whisker is going to be made with Grand Marnier.
Now the Grand Marnier is going to be a little bit richer, bolder.
It comes down to your preference.
Orange juice - freshly squeezed.
Orange bitters - I'm just going to do a dash of this. Whichever one you like.
I'm going with Regan's because..
..well, I like it and it was right there.
Let's build.
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I'm gonna build these cocktails at the same time.
They're gonna be the same build, we're just gonna swap out the orange liqueur.
Let's start with the gin.
Three quarters of an ounce of gin - for both of them.
Then I'm gonna do three quarters of an ounce of dry vermouth,
three quarters of an ounce of sweet vermouth. -
Remember, keep your vermouth in the refrigerator. [laughter]
Sorry. I laughed and it's not funny - you really want to keep it in the refrigerator.
Half an ounce of curaçao for your curled whisker,
or half an ounce of Grand Marnier for your straight whisker.
Half an ounce of orange juice,
and once dash of orange bitters.
Now we can add ice and shake.
I'd say give it a shake for 8-10 seconds.
And double strain right into the cocktail glass.
That was the curled.
Here is the straight.
If you'd like, it'd be good with a little orange oil on top - or lemon.
And then the curled, let's make a curly whisker.
And there we have the Satan's Whiskers - curled and straight.
Cheers!
I'm gonna have the curled first. I'm anticipating that it's going to be
a little bit drier than the straight.
There's juice in there, but it's not a juicy cocktail.
It's soft, it's delicate.
Now the straight.
Hmm.
There is a difference - it's very subtle.
In short, not surprisingly, very similar.
Yeah - I don't have a favorite here. With the curled, I get more of the notes of vermouth.
I do feel like that's a little more of an aperitif cocktail.
The straight - you get a little bit more of a - an orange punch.
I don't know.
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Straight or curled?
No wrong answers.
I'm just curious.
I'll see you next time.
Cheers!
So now, as we work our way through this, I'm starting to lean more towards the straight
- the Grand Marnier.
Orange richness - there's a brandy component to it.
It's more pronounced as it warms up.
I think I should have a job where I taste cocktails, and decide which one's better.
It is my job.
This is our job now!
This is my job.
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