Back in 1933 on this day, Prohibition ended and over a decade of supposed temperance came to a close. Which essentially meant that bootleggers and speakeasies were out of business and drinking became just something to do again as opposed to something fun and illegal. Whenever I think of 1920s cocktails, the Bronx and the Clover Club come to mind. The frothy-topped Clover Club originated before Prohibition at the all male Philadelphia Clover Club; it involves gin, grenadine, lemon juice and egg white and seems a little girly for early 20th century gentlemen to have been drinking with pride, plus the foam probably got all over their bristly mustaches. The Bronx was first mixed in either Philly again or at the Waldorf in Manhattan (sources claim both sites), and involves gin, sweet red vermouth, dry vermouth and orange juice. Both the Clover Club and the Bronx are poured into your classic long-stemmed cocktail glass and surely best enjoyed while debating as to who's the better writer -- F. Scott Fitzgerald or Ernest Hemingway.
(Pictured: Scott Fitzgerald in 1921, quite possibly getting ready to take a Bronx break)
