Ginger Beer Gives a Buck more Bang
July 24, 2009
My latest story in the San Francisco Chronicle (from Sunday's paper) went online today. Read it here.
Ginger beer gives a buck more bang
Camper English, Special to The Chronicle
Friday, July 24, 2009
When ginger ale or beer is mixed with citrus in a drink, it is - or more accurately, was - known as a buck.
Early cocktail books list recipes for the gin buck or London buck cocktail, and variations of rum bucks were called the Shanghai buck, Jamaica buck or Barbados buck, depending on the type of rum used. If you squeeze your lime garnish into a Dark 'n' Stormy, you've got a rum buck.
"The buck is one of those cocktails that works with every base spirit," says Erick Castro, beverage director at Rickhouse, the new Financial District bar. "Most cocktails don't work with gin and scotch and vodka and rum."
Camper English, Special to The Chronicle
Friday, July 24, 2009
When ginger ale or beer is mixed with citrus in a drink, it is - or more accurately, was - known as a buck.
Early cocktail books list recipes for the gin buck or London buck cocktail, and variations of rum bucks were called the Shanghai buck, Jamaica buck or Barbados buck, depending on the type of rum used. If you squeeze your lime garnish into a Dark 'n' Stormy, you've got a rum buck.
"The buck is one of those cocktails that works with every base spirit," says Erick Castro, beverage director at Rickhouse, the new Financial District bar. "Most cocktails don't work with gin and scotch and vodka and rum."
Read more about bucks and mules and get the recipe for Erick Castro's Kentucky Buck here.
No history of Ginger Beer vs. Ginger Ale??? Booooo Camper, boooo.
Check this article out from earlier this year.
http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/967/
Posted by: nw | July 26, 2009 at 10:19 AM
You're booing me? Tough crowd. Thanks for the link though- that's a good one.
Posted by: Camper English | July 26, 2009 at 02:34 PM
Link to the article isn´t working for me... :(
Posted by: Tony Harion | July 30, 2009 at 10:48 PM
fixed- thanks!
Posted by: Camper English | July 31, 2009 at 12:16 AM