It’s Friday, and I could totally use a drink!
This is Blue Devil Cocktail!
AuthorRetroRuth
From Bottom's Up, 1934
Tested Recipe!
[cooked-sharing]
Shake well and strain into a cocktail glass.
Ingredients
Directions
Shake well and strain into a cocktail glass.
Notes
This cocktail is from “Bottoms Up”, one of our favorite vintage cocktail manuals. Some of the drink books we have just recycled classic drinks over and over again from decade to decade, but this one has some very unique and fun drinks. Plus, how can you argue with 1930’s cartoon drawings?
“This is really good!”
“Good. From the smell I was afraid it would be too sweet.”
“Nope, not too sweet. But it so strong it’s making my lips a little numb.”
The Verdict: Good and Strong
From The Tasting Notes –
Fruity, but in a good way. The lemon and cherry undertones paired well with the aromatic notes in the gin, and tended to make you forget it was strong enough to numb lips.
From the title I assumed it contained blue curaçao, and I was glad that it didn’t (too literal), but if you Google it, every single other recipe for that drink does — usually 1/2 tsp, just to give it a blue tinge. You might as well use a drop of food colouring, honestly.
Any idea why it’s called the Blue Devil? When I saw the post title and then the picture I thought to myself “oh, yeah, R said she wasn’t able to get BLUE Curacao last time didn’t she?” only to see…no Curacao of any color went into the drink.
Oooh, that looks good! Is Maraschino just the liquid from Maraschino cherries?
The blue is because they used Bombay Sapphire gin! Ooooo, la de da, lol. There are a couple of gins sold in blue bottles, am I right?
Maraschino as in Luxardo Maraschino Liqueur?
I actually learned not too long ago from reading comments on this very blog that Maraschino is actually a liqueur made from cherries, and that what we call “maraschino cherries” used to be made by soaking in this liqueur. The most cherrytastic cherries ever!
This looks yummy! Gin based cocktails are my favorite, and this cocktail manual looks like a real gem.
This is similar to the Aviation cocktail…which is blue because it contains creme de violet.
Also, check out the Blue Blazer, another vintage cocktail. Not blue (it’s whiskey), but that one is set on fire!