Cocktail Recipe - French 75

History Who was the greatest bartender of all? Many have their favourites but Harry MacElhone would feature in most lists. Born in Dundee in 1890, Harry learned the ropes at the New York Bar in Paris before travelling to the best place to become a master of the trade - the States. After stints in Connecticut and New York and fulfilling his national duty in the Air Force in World War 1, Harry took up a position at Ciro’s Club in London. Following in the tradition started by the father of modern bartending Jerry Thomas (1830-1885), Harry had his first bartending book published in 1921, Harry of Ciro’s ABC of Mixing Cocktails. After moving to France to launch Ciro’s in the French seaside resort Deauville, he finally bought his first bar in 1923 - the very place he had started, now renamed Harry’s New York Bar. The history of cocktails, and alcohol generally, is a tapestry of competing origin stories and contradictory claims. MacElhone is credited with creating quite a few that are still w

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