Doug explains the role of vodka culturally starting in Russia to France and creeping into America to create the Bloody Mary...which likely is not an American innovation. Also a deep dive into tomato juice and how long canned tomato juice was a product on grocery store shelves.

While the Singapore Sling was born of a traditional beverage recast in the east, it's history is now known to be propaganda created by a hotel owner in Singapore. Doug describes the historical path of this elusive drink, how its ingredients and name shifted over time on its journey to land in America as a tiki favorite.

Doug sets the record straight on the Algonquin cocktail detailing how there were actually two separate drinks, one possibly named for the Algonquin Club and the other possibly named for the Algonquin Hotel and then some travels Along the Wine Trail.

In this episode Cameron extols the virtues of the Alamagoozlum cocktail while he also learns from Doug that the word was also commonly attributed to crude oil and became the name of an oil boom town in Pennsylvania. Also, J.P. Morgan starts a club.

Follow the evolution of the Navy Grog from its fundamental useful recipe to a high octane premier drink at popular mid 20th century Tiki bars in the US.

Doug tells the tale of Count Camilo Negroni, the aristocratic young adventurer who discovered drinking American style and brought it back to his homeland to turn an Italian favorite into a legend.

Doug discusses the actual story behind the Sazerac including the original recipe that many would call blasphemy.

Doug discusses the evolution of the drink as technology and styling for champagne changed over the course of the 18th century