Blood and Sand

The Blood and Sand cocktail takes its name from the 1922 Rudolph Valentino film of the same name.

Mark Twain

Mark Twain Cocktail 1 1/2 ounces Scotch whisky 3/4 ounce fresh lemon juice 1 ounce simple syrup 2 dashes of Angostura bitters Shake all the ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. This drink was described by Mark Twain in a letter to his wife Olivia from London in January, 1874: Livy my darling, I want you to be [...]