Death in the Gulfstream was first published by Charles H. Baker in his Gentlemen’s Companion Vol 2 or Around the World with Jigger Beaker and Flask in 1939. We have spoken a lot about Baker on this channel and featured many of the great cocktails he first published but let’s take a refresher on who Baker was, shall we? Charle’s H. Baker Jr. was basically the David Wondrich of his day, most of his career was spent traveling the globe and writing about food and drink. He wrote three cocktail books which have become highly collectible for cocktail nerds like me, and many of the drinks have been resurrected (and sometimes reconstructed) during what we now call “The Cocktail Renaissance.” The Books are: The Gentleman’s Companion Vols. 1 & 2 and The South American Gentleman’s Companion. He lived a truly blessed life counting William Faulkner and Ernest Hemmingway as drinking companions. He died in Naples Florida in 1987.
Here’s a bit on Genever:
This style should taste like it’s ingredients, it may taste and smell of juniper berries, citrus peel and other spices or citric elements with a strong underlying flavor of grain. There are three basic types and they begin with moutwijn, which is a pot stilled product of rye, barley malt and corn or wheat which has often been aromatized with juniper berries and other flavor enhancing products. The Three styles are:
Corenwijn: (Oldest) This is a blend of moutwijn blended with a lighter column-distilled neutral grain spirit but still very heavy on the moutwijn. The botanicals are often softer in this style. It is usually aged in barrels and sweetened slightly.
Oude: (Old) Genever uses a lot less moutwijn which makes it a but lighter in body and more botanical forward. This style is also aged a bit and sweetened.
Jonge: (Young) Genever uses little to no moutwijn. It is unsweetened and not aged. The recipe for this was not developed until after WWI making it the Youngest of the three varieties.
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Here’s links to the tools I use in this episode:
Barfly Copper Measuring Cup
Barfly Shaking Set (Gold)
Japanese Bitters Dasher
Angostura Bitters
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Death in the Gulf Stream
Ingredients
- 2 oz Genever
- 1 oz Lime Juice
- .75 oz Simple Syrup
Top
- 3-4 dashes Angostura Bitters Double if using a Japanese Bitters Bottle
Garnish
Instructions
- Add ingredients to Tin
- Add shaking ice
- Shake 8-10 seconds
- Strain into glass
- Fill with crushed ice
- Top with 3-4 dashes Angostura Bitters (double with Japanese Dasher bottle)
- Garnish with Fresh Mint Sprig
