New Mexico Cocktails: A History of Drinking in the Land of by Greg Mays

By Greg Mays

New Mexico might seem to be the land of 1000 Margaritas, yet its distilleries and historical cocktails are advanced adequate to fulfill even the main discerning palate. Cowboys and banditos alike distilled and drank their strategy to infamy. Prohibition drinkers masked the questionable spirits with cocktails at neighborhood joints just like the mythical triple-level speakeasy of Santa Fe that was once so mystery, it had no identify. even though the country had no criminal distilleries for numerous many years following Prohibition, Arturo Jaramillo created the indispensable New Mexican cocktail in 1965. while Don Quixote Distillery opened in 2005, it set the degree for a cocktail revolution. Cocktail fanatic Greg Mays explores a boozy historical past spiked with anecdotes and garnished with over 100 easy recipes for the house bartender.

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