The Airmail cocktail is a refreshing and easy-to-make drink that's perfect for a warm day or a celebratory occasion. It's a classic cocktail that has been around since the 1940s, and it's still popular today.
Creamy, rich Coquito may be a classic Puerto Rican holiday drink, but don't let the seasons limit you—this combination of rum, milk, coconut, and spices tastes great any time of year.
Created by Don Beach in the early 1950s at his The Don The Beachcomber restaurant in Palm Springs, this drink is named after Doctor Bernard Funk who was Robert Louis Stevenson's physician in Samoa. The good doctor is said to have concocted and prescribed an absinthe laced limeade so inspiring this cocktail.
The origins of this cocktail are unknown but it is named after the Swedish film actress and Hollywood star. Born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson on the 18th September 1905, Greta Garbo received three Academy Award nominations for Best Actress and an honorary one in 1954. She was ranked the fifth greatest female star of all time by the American Film Institute in 1999, behind Katharine Hepburn, Bette Davis, Audrey Hepburn, and Ingrid Bergman.
The Queen's Park Hotel Super Cocktail, also known as the Trinidadian Daiquiri, is a complex and flavorful drink that blends the sweetness of grenadine and vermouth with the tartness of lime juice and the spiciness of Angostura Aromatic Bitters.
Created by Don Beach in 1934 at Don the Beachcomber's in Hollywood, USA. This recipe is adapted from one published in Jeff Berry's Sippin' Safari, which Jeff sourced from the 1937 notebook of Beachcomber's waiter Dick Santiago.
