Aubreyad Cocktails

On July 15, 2007, Lisa Baer wrote:
Whilst cleaning out my folders and backing up my files, I stumbled across a little project a friend and I completed this past spring that I thought my fellow Lissuns might enjoy. Granted, it wasn't an "official" project for any class - but this is what happens when professors don't keep their students busy enough with papers.
Having gone out a few times with friends over the course of my collegiate career, it was inevitable that I should notice the wide variety of mixed drinks offered at most bars nowadays and the fact that said drinks are often named after people. Well, thought I, why not create drinks to bear the names of my favorite characters from POB's books? So...that's exactly what my friend Grace and I did. That said, take POB, add in a bar crawl from the previous weekend, extreme boredom, and two girls with an odd sense of humor and you get the following.

The Aubreyad Cocktails
Lisa Baer
       Alcoholic Versions
             The Doctor Maturin
             The Don Esteban
             The Jack-in-Port
             The Lucky Jack Aubrey
             The William Babbington
             The William Mowett
             The Four Seamen
             The Tom Pullings
             The Diana Villiers
             The Sophie Williams

       Non-alcoholic Versions
             The Doctor Maturin
             The Don Esteban
             The Jack-in-Port
             The Lucky Jack Aubrey
             The Tom Pullings
             The William Babbington
             The William Mowett
             The Four Seamen
             The Diana Villiers
             The Sophie Williams

And more...
The Awkward Davies - Robin Welch
      Amendment by David Goldblatt
The Babbington - Kerry Webb
      And the toast... - Gary Sims
      The Merry Babbington - Kerry Webb
Boiled Shit and Boobies Blood - Lisa Baer
The Killick
      The Preserved Killick - Lisa Baer
      Heather Davies
      Shoshana Hathaway
      The Killick Pucker - Sara Waterson
      Robin Welch
      Bill Atkinson
The Laura Fielding - Katherine Tharpe
The Midshipman - Robin Welch
      The Parslow Variant - Bruce Trinque
The Molly Harte (2) - Shoshana Hathaway
      The Koenecke Side Dish
What The Doctor Ordered - Robin Welch
      The Padeen - Linda Laflamme
The Pullings Bracer - Sara Waterson
      The Fred Kiesche Alternative
Stephen's Composer Cocktail - Gerry Strey
And the Snacks - Gerry Strey
      Sophie's Bread and Butter Miss
      Laura Fielding's Hors d'ouevres

 

Lisa Baer

Jack and Stephen both get two because, well, they rather deserve it, I think.
 

The Doctor Maturin

Inspired by Stephen's love of coffee and the fact that he took coffee-flavored ice cream with Laura Fielding in Treason's Harbor.
1 oz Kahlua coffee liqueur
1 oz Bailey's Irish cream
3 scoops vanilla ice cream
Crushed ice
Mix in a blender by adding ice cream first, followed by the Bailey's and then the Kahlua. Blend until smooth; pour and serve with a dusting of ground coffee beans.
 

The Don Esteban

Inspired by his citrus tree with the mixed fruit and his Catalan heritage... Also, the floating lemon in the blue drink is supposed to represent how many times Stephen has gotten a dunking in the books.
1 oz Gran Torres (May substitute Grand Marnier based on availability)
1 oz Blue Curaçao
Lemonade
1 lemon wedge
Pour Torres and Curaçao over ice in a highball glass, fill with lemonade; let the lemon wedge float, and serve.

The Jack-in-Port (Or, Jack Ashore)
(Inspired by the fact that the RN first popularized the drinking of Port in England and well...because it was fun to do a Jackish pun. Sort of. The wit behind the name is all Grace. I am too dim for that sort of nift.)
3 oz Tawny Port
1 oz brandy
4 1/2 oz orange juice
1 tsp Grenadine
1 cherry
Pour over crushed ice in a double rocks glass; serve with a cherry skewered on a cocktail sword.

And now we get into the shots... Grace just-as-wittily came up with some pretty funny shot jokes too. Double-shotted and all that...you shoot your drink, slam the glass on the bar, and yell "RELOAD!"
 

The Lucky Jack Aubrey

(Inspired by Jack's equal love of coffee and the 24k gold flakes in Goldschlager which represents all his glorious prize money.)
1/3 oz Kahlua coffee liqueur
1/3 oz Amaretto almond liqueur
1/3 oz Goldschlager cinnamon schnapps
Layer ingredients in order listed in a shot glass and serve.
 

The William Babbington

(Inspired by the rum Babbs was served by Diana in PC before they set out for the ball at Melbury.)
1/3 Part Captain Morgan Spiced Rum
1/3 Part Grenadine Syrup
1/3 Part 7up
Mix with ice, strain into a shot glass, and serve.
 

The William Mowett

(Because Mowett to me is cuddly and cozy and comforting...this just seemed to fit.)
1 part Scotch whiskey
1 part apple cider
Grated cinnamon
Mix whiskey and cider in a shot glass, garnish with cinnamon and serve.

The Four Seamen (Or, Bonden, Killick, Plaice, and Davies)
(Inspired by the grog ration and Killick's obsession with silver.)
1/4 oz Bacardi Gold Rum
1/4 oz Bacardi Silver Rum
1/4 oz Bacardi O Rum
1/4 oz Bacardi Limon Rum
Granulated Sugar
1 Lime Wedge
Mix rums in a shot glass. Lick your thumb, sprinkle sugar on it, lick sugar, shoot the rum, and then bite into the lime wedge.

And now the shots end.
 

The Tom Pullings...

...Is a variation on a Tom Collins, but, it just seemed to fit dear Tom so well.
2 oz gin
1 oz fresh lime juice
1 tsp superfine sugar
3 oz club soda
1 slice lime
In a shaker half-filled with ice cubes, combine the gin, lime juice, and sugar. Shake well. Strain into a Collins glass almost filled with ice cubes. Add the club soda. Stir and garnish with the lime slice.
 

The Diana Villiers

(Inspired by Diana's passion and sophistication. As Grace said, champagne is the diamond of alcohol.)
3 oz passion fruit juice
Champagne
Pour passion fruit juice over ice in a highball glass. Fill with chilled champagne, stir gently, and serve.
 

The Sophie Williams

(Inspired by Sophie's sweetness, her lovely complexion, and gold hair.)
1 oz Swiss chocolate almond liqueur
1/2 oz Frangelico Hazlenut liqueur
1/2 oz Goldschlager Cinnamon Schnapps
Milk
Mix the liquor in a highball glass half-filled with ice. Fill with milk, stir gently, and serve.

There are also non-alcoholic variations for those of you who don't drink or are underaged.
 

The Doctor Maturin

1 oz strongly brewed coffee
1/2 oz cream
3 scoops of vanilla ice cream
Crushed ice
Mix in a blender by adding ice cream first, followed by the cream and then the coffee. Blend until smooth; pour and serve with a dusting of ground coffee beans.
 

The Don Esteban

2 oz Monin Blue Curaçao syrup
Lemonade
1 lemon wedge
Pour the syrup over ice in a highball glass. Fill with lemonade, let the lemon wedge float, and serve.

The Jack-in-Port (Or, Jack Ashore)
3 oz Welch's white grape cherry juice
1 oz Welch's sparkling red grape juice
4 1/2 oz orange juice
1 tsp Grenadine
1 cherry
Pour over crushed ice in a double rocks glass; serve with a the cherry skewered on a cocktail sword.
 

The Lucky Jack Aubrey

1 oz strongly brewed coffee
1/2 oz Amaretto almond syrup
1/2 oz Monin cinnamon syrup
Gold leaf flakes
Layer the ingredients in the order listed in a shot glass, top with gold flakes, and serve.
 

The Tom Pullings

1/4 oz juniper syrup (I warn you, this may be fairly difficult to find)
1 oz fresh lime juice
3 oz club soda
1 oz Sprite or 7up
1 slice lime
In a shaker half-filled with ice cubes, combine the syrup, lime juice, and Sprite. Shake well. Strain into a Collins glass almost filled with ice cubes. Add the club soda. Stir and garnish with the lime slice.
 

The William Babbington

1/3 Part rum flavor
1/3 Part Grenadine Syrup
1/3 Part 7up
Splash of Monin cinnamon syrup
Mix with ice, strain into a shot glass, and serve.
 

The William Mowett

1 part Lapsang souchong (chilled)
1 part apple cider
Grated cinnamon
Mix tea and cider in a shot glass, garnish with the cinnamon and serve.

The Four Seamen (Or, Bonden, Killick, Plaice, and Davies)
1/2 oz rum flavor
1/2 oz Sprite or 7up
Granulated sugar
1 lime wedge
Mix rum flavor and soda in a shot glass. Lick thumb, sprinkle on sugar, lick the sugar off, shoot the drink, and bite into the lime.
 

The Diana Villiers

3 oz passion fruit juice
Welch's sparkling white grape juice
Pour passion fruit juice over ice in a highball glass. Fill with chilled grape juice, stir gently, and serve.
 

The Sophie Williams

Splash of Nestle's chocolate syrup
Splash of Monin hazelnut syrup
Splash of Amaretto almond syrup
Milk
Gold leaf flakes*
Mix the syrups in a highball glass half-filled with ice. Fill with milk, stir gently, sprinkle in the gold, and serve.
*I think you may be able to find gold leaf either at a craft store or at a specialty cooking store.
 

The Awkward Davies - Robin Welch

6 oz rum
6 oz tequila
6 oz Jaegermeister

Amendment by David Goldblatt
If I might suggest, a full teaspoon of lime juice in the Awkward Davies
 

The Babbington - Kerry Webb

Any port in a storm
 

And the toast... - Gary Sims

And the toast: "Ah, mon sherry. Wilt thou lie with me?"
 

The Merry Babbington - Kerry Webb

Why didn't he have a more merry name, in which case she could reply:
Ah, mon Till, Ah do!
 

Boiled Shit and Boobies Blood

Dave Phillips asks, "But where is the drink based on boiled shit? (Ch. 6, HMS Surprise)

Lisa Baer replies...
Well...you asked for it, sir. I will be most happy to give you the general appearance, but I doubt anyone really wants the taste...

Boiled Shit and Boobies' Blood
4 oz. Godiva White Chocolate liqueur
1/2 scoop vanilla ice cream
Boiled chocolate milk
Combine ingredients, pour into a shot glass.

2 oz. Smirnoff Cherry Vodka
2. oz. Grenadine
Drizzle of Hershey's chocolate syrup
Combine ingredients in a shot glass.

Chase the first shot with the second.
 

The Killick

The Preserved Killick - Lisa Baer

Killick's agave-based drink
A take on the old grog ration again...
1 oz.saltwater
3 oz. your choice tequila
Dash of lime juice
Mix in a shot glass and serve.
 

The Killick - Heather Davies

Pineapple, tequila, saltwater,worm*... true Killick.
Which it'll cure that head-cold, now won't it? Drink it down, Sir!

*Which the worm was suggested by Bruce Trinque
 

Shoshana Hathaway

Killick ...likes leftover wine, or, I would assume, the tail end of the bottle (if there is any left) So ...mixed wines? Um ...ew. Never mind, LOL! Wine and grog together is ...pretty unthinkable ...but he makes good coffee, (at least when the rats haven't been at it), so ...tequilla and coffee?
(And maybe add a bit of Tia Maria, just for fun.)
 

Sara Waterson

I'd like to suggest an alternative cocktail for the Killick, whose spirit must I feel be gin, and whose drink-of-name must surely have a certain wince-making ingredient.

The Killick Pucker
2 oz Bombay Sapphire Gin
1/2 oz Vermouth [Dry if you can take it]
Dash of Angostura bitters
Splash of sugar syrup
Slice of lemon
 

The Killick - Robin Welch

The best Russian champagne
Which the label was damaged and it weren't fit for the captain's table anyway
Serve with toasted cheese
 

The Killick - Bill Atkinson

2 oz. Campari
a tsp of dry vermouth
a twist of lemon peel and a dash of Angostura bitters.
Pour over ice and fill with club soda.
 

The Laura Fielding - Katherine Tharpe

6 oz. Campari
6 oz. soda
Twist of lemon
Dash of Spanish fly
 

The Midshipman - Robin Welch

1/8 oz leftover yellow seal
1/8 oz leftover grog
1/8 oz leftover champagne
1/8 oz leftover sillery
1/8 oz leftover small beer
1/8 oz leftover port
6 oz leftover coffee
 

The Parslow Variant - Bruce Trinque

All the grog in the midshipmen's berth
Then point the drinker in the direction of the captain
 

The Molly Harte (2) - Shoshana Hathaway

Version 1
1-1/2 oz. Peach Schnapps
1-1/2 oz. Vodka
2 oz. Cranberry Juice
2 oz. Orange Juice
2 oz. Pineapple Juice
Combine ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a highball glass filled with ice.

Version 2
1 1/2 oz. vodka
3/4 oz. peachtree schnapps
1/2 oz. creme de cassis
2 oz. orange juice
2 oz. cranberry juice
orange slice, maraschino cherry
Shake all the ingredients in a shaker with ice and strain into a highball glass. Garnish with lime wedge.
 

The Koenecke Side Dish

With crabs as a side dish.
 

What The Doctor Ordered - Robin Welch

4 oz brandy
1000 drops laudanum
 

The Padeen - Linda Laflamme

Drink off the laudanum before mixing, replace with more brandy and call it the Padeen.
 

The Pullings Bracer - Sara Waterson

So maybe an alternative for the Pullings? - something manly, bracing, fortifying?

The Pullings Bracer
2oz Scotch whisky
1/2 oz of 'Curaçao of Curaçao'
2 oz of Ginger Beer, or to taste
Ice cubes optional, or rather, as available
 

The Fred Kiesche Alternative

2 oz of Ginger Beer, or to taste.
 

Stephen's Composer Cocktail - Gerry Strey

Laudanum
Asafoetida
Lime juice
 

And the Snacks - Gerry Strey

Sophie's Bread and Butter Miss

Bread, sliced very thin, crusts removed
Butter
 

Laura Fielding's Hors d'ouevres

Toast triangles
Hot chili paste
Cantharides