Elmer Gantry, the cocktail
The Elmer Gantry
4 ozs. Woodford Reserve bourbon
ice
Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker. Shake with conviction. Serve in a chilled martini glass. (When shaken sufficiently, the drink should have a thin layer of foam at the top.) Consume immediately.
This drink was prepared for us at the Hermitage Hotel, Nashville. We ordered so many of them over the performance weekend that I felt completely justified in asking the bar manager to name the drink after our hero. I hope anyone traveling to Nashville will visit the Hermitage bar and order it by name.
Note: we invite variations on this simple recipe. By convention, cocktails should really have two ingredients -- not counting ice. So, post your variants, and the creators and production team promise to sample all good-faith recipes.
Comments (1)
Dear Readers,
I would like to publicly express my disappointment in Herschel Garfein for the origination and advancement of such a blasphemous beverage as the Elmer Gantry Cocktail. I had enjoyed this blog as a vehicle for informing the public on various artistic matters related to operatic creationism, and am now discomfited to see that depravity has entered an otherwise edifying conversation. Such putrefaction is unfortunately typical in these wayward times, and I fear that if our dear librettist had his way, crapulence would flow in the streets as a river. I bid Mr. Garfein travel to Cato, Missouri at his convenience for guided examination of his begrimed character.
Judicious readers will heed The Word, "Wine, both old and new, is robbing my people of their senses!".
I must now withdraw from this spirited conversation and locomote to the general store. Mrs. Baines has just informed me that we are out of ice.
Sincerely,
Reverend Arthur Baines
President,
Terwillinger College and Seminary
Posted by Reverend Arthur Baines | January 26, 2008 4:21 PM
Posted on January 26, 2008 16:21