How to make drinks preferred by the famous super agent. Here are 10 of James Bond's favorite cocktails that have featured in films and novels about the most famous superspy.
In the Bond films, 007 drinks mostly champagne and vodka with martinis, but in the literary source his wine list is much richer. Let's call a spade a spade: Fleming's Bond is an alcoholic. But his taste is excellent, and his manner of drinking is the subject of many cultural and even scientific research. For example, the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Western Ontario in Canada conducted a whole study to figure out whether it is more correct to drink vodka with a martini - shaking or mixing. Not only did the scientists have a good time, but they also found that a shaken smoothie contains more antioxidants and, in moderation, helps prevent cataracts and heart attacks.
vodka martini
In the entirety of Bond, Agent 007 only deviated from the "shake but don't mix" rule twice. The first time is in the episode of the film "You Only Live Twice", when the liaison treats him with a cocktail prepared in reverse. Being a gentleman, Bond barely noticeably winces, but replies to the landlord that he has never tasted anything tastier in his life. The second time is when Bond loses millions of dollars to Le Chiffre at the poker table at Casino Royale. Simultaneously devastated and enraged, the hero orders a vodka with a martini, and the snide bartender asks: “Shake or mix?” Bond snaps, "Do I look like I give a damn?" “Do I look like someone who doesn’t give a damn?”
Recipe: 75 ml of vodka, 15 ml of dry vermouth, 1 green olive and 1 lemon wedge. Add a drop of orange bitter or agnosto if desired. Shake in a shaker with ice for 30 seconds. Pour into a chilled martini glass and garnish with an olive or lemon.
Black Velvet
One of the most original British cocktails is an incredible mix of champagne and beer. In Bond, oddly enough, it is mentioned only once - in the novel "Diamonds Are Forever", during a short visit of a super agent to London. The cocktail has been around for a century and a half, but it has only recently gained moderate international popularity. Boom in the world Japanese cuisine, and Black Velvet, as it turned out, goes well with sushi and seafood.
Recipe: Pour 120 ml of champagne into a beer mug and slowly (very slowly) add 120 ml of chilled stout (dark beer like porter). If you like it, you can experiment by increasing the proportion of champagne, but adding more beer is not recommended - it will not taste good.
Brandy Alexander
Aristotle Kristatos, the villain from the movie For Your Eyes Only, was a man in full height, but could not deny himself a feminine cocktail "Brandy Alexander". Bond discovered that Aristotle used the unpopular drink to signal his accomplices. We are not in international wanted list, so we can use the cocktail for its intended purpose - for example, in order to keep warm in winter.
Recipe: shake 30 ml of cream, 30 ml of brandy and 30 ml of cocoa in a shaker with ice. Pour into a chilled cocktail glass. Add powdered nutmeg. Eat chocolate.
Vesper Martini
The cocktail was described by Ian Fleming back in 1953, but reached the wide screens only in 2006, when the film adaptation of the novel Casino Royale was released. In the film, Bond appears in a new role for himself as a hero with a wounded heart: he falls in love with Vesper Lind, realizes that she is too good for him, but cannot fix anything - the girl dies. The sentimental agent decides to honor the memory of his lady by naming an alcoholic cocktail after her.
Recipe: Mix three parts Gordon's gin, one part good vodka and half a part Lillet wine in a blender. Shake with ice until the mixture is scalding cold. Garnish with a snake of lemon peel.
Americano
This Italian cocktail is one and a half centuries old, and it was originally called Milano-Torino - after the place of birth. However, during the era of Prohibition, American tourists vacationing in Europe became so addicted to the drink that the people began to call it Americano. This cocktail is the first thing that James Bond ever ordered, but it hardly appears in films about the superspy.
Recipe: 30 ml Campari aperitif, 30 ml sweet vermouth, sparkling water and lemon curl or lemon wedge. A tall glass is first filled with ice cubes, then Campari is poured, followed by vermouth. The third layer is soda (the volume is at the discretion of the super agent). The composition is crowned with a lemon or an orange.
Mojito
In the books, Bond loved to chill mojitos during business trips to countries with a tropical climate, but on the big screen, for some reason, he disdained a cocktail until 2002, when the episode "Die Another Day" was released. Probably, the super agent was embarrassed to repeat after Hemingway, who valued only daiquiri above mojito.
Recipe: 2 teaspoons of sugar and a bunch of mint are placed in a tall glass, then 50 ml of soda is poured. After that, a lime cut in half is squeezed into a glass, after which the second half of the fruit is placed in it. Then add 60 ml of rum. Stir, fill glass with ice and pour back some soda. Decorate with a sprig of mint.
Gin and tonic
In general, Bond has a rule: do not drink more than one cocktail before dinner. And a number of deviations from this rule: the glass has the right to be very large, and the drink - very strong. In 50 years on Her Majesty's secret service, Bond has changed his principle only once: in the novel Dr. No, the agent relaxes and knocks over four gin and tonics per evening. It can be understood: it is one of the simplest and most delicious cocktails in the wine list of any bar.
Recipe: Pour 60 ml of gin and 150 ml of tonic into a tall glass filled with ice, stir well and garnish with a lime wedge.
Old Fashion
The editors of the Cocktails section of About.com were not too lazy and calculated that in half a century of his secret activity, Bond ordered this boring cocktail four times. "Old Fashion" is often drunk before bed to fall asleep faster. Maybe that's why it's such a boring recipe.
Recipe: put a cube of sugar on the bottom of a low glass, add 2-3 drops of angostura bitters, put an orange slice on top. Stir, add ice. Pour 90 ml of bourbon, and mix the cocktail thoroughly again. Garnish the drink with another orange slice and a cherry.
Scotch soda
In the books, Bond uses this uncomplicated cocktail even more often than vodka with a martini, but in the films you don’t catch him with him - too simple a drink for such a complex nature. Bond's father is Scottish, but the hero does not show fanatical patriotism in his choice of alcohol. Scotch, and American bourbon, and even brandy are suitable for him. Moreover, Bond often forgets to add soda.
Recipe: pour 60 ml of scotch (bourbon, brandy, Irish whiskey) into a tall glass with cubes of people, add soda to taste, wait 2 minutes until the drinks touch, and slowly drink.
Mount Gay rum and soda
In Casino Royale, when Bond beats yet another Aston Martin DB5 villain at the poker table in the Bahamas, the first thing he does is order a rum. mount gay with a soda, and only then leaves in a trophy car with a trophy girlfriend. Mount Gay is an obvious product placement, but the drink is really considered good: otherwise Bond would have been substituted when ordering a rum with that name.
Recipe: 45 ml of rum and 150 ml of soda water (it can be replaced with cola) are added to a glass with ice and mixed thoroughly. If desired, you can decorate the cocktail with a lime slice and add a couple of drops of bitters.
The James Bond cocktail recipe, which is most often found in stories about the legendary spy, is made with vodka and martini.
Pour vodka and martini into a shaker, put a few pieces of ice in it and shake for 29-30 seconds.
After that, the drink will need to be poured into a pre-chilled glass and garnished with a slice of lemon and an olive.
Bond's champagne and beer cocktail recipe
An equally popular Bond cocktail recipe consists of chilled champagne and dark beer. To prepare it, you need to take:
- Champagne - 120 ml
- Beer - 120 ml
Pour chilled champagne into a large glass or mug and carefully pour dark beer in a thin stream. Drinks should be very cold and poured into a slightly tilted glass so that there is no strong foam.
It is desirable to take dark beer, but options are possible to your taste.
James Bond brandy and cream cocktail
The magnificent James Bond cocktail of cream and brandy not only tastes good, but also warms you up wonderfully in cool weather. One or two cocktails will help you cope with a cold and always be in great shape.
Required Ingredients:
- Cream - 30 ml
- Brandy - 30 ml
- Cocoa - 30 ml
Pour cocoa powder into a small bowl, add a little water and sugar and bring to a boil. Cool the drink. Pour cream, brandy into a shaker and add ready-made cocoa and ice. You can use instant cocoa, in which case you just need to pour it into the cream. Shake well and carefully pour into a chilled glass.
To give a spicy taste, you can add a little crushed nutmeg or cinnamon.
Dark chocolate is perfect as a snack. The Bond cocktail can be made ahead of time and refreshed with ice and shaken lightly before serving.
Secret Agent Bond, James Bond was born in 1953 thanks to the writer Ian Fleming. He provided a fictional character with a long life. Bond became the subject of 12 novels and two collections of short stories. His adventures have been adapted for television, radio, comics, video games, but 23 films have become the most popular. Bond is the longest-running film series in the history of cinema.
Ian Fleming
Ian Fleming created agent 007 in his own image and likeness, giving him his own features and habits. Bond is a hundredfold improved copy of the writer himself, this is who Fleming really wanted to be - a superman without fear and reproach, a life-burner and a conqueror female hearts, a gentleman to the core.
“Bond is the sort of man that every woman secretly dreams of. He leads the life that every man would like to lead... Wouldn't any of us prefer to enjoy gourmet cuisine, stay in first-class hotels and drive expensive cars? He dresses in Savile Road, I dress in Cork Street. It's somewhat cheaper”- this is how the writer himself spoke about his character.
Ian Fleming was born, as they say, with a silver spoon in his mouth. His grandfather was a financier and banker, his father was a member of parliament. Having studied at Eton and at the Sandhurst Military Academy and never completed a full course anywhere (women and booze interfered), Fleming worked for several years as a journalist in the Reuters and Times news agencies. On the eve of the Second World War, in May 1939, Fleming joined the British Navy, where he served in the intelligence line. In Her Majesty's secret service, the future writer participated in the development and conduct of intelligence operations. It is said that his colorful reports were read by the entire intelligence department, and the experience gained was later useful for describing the adventures of the most famous spy.
fateful novel "Casino Royale" Fleming wrote after retiring from his Goldeneye bungalow in Jamaica. Answering the question of what prompted him to take up the creation of the book, the writer frankly said:
I was on the eve of my marriage, and I was not comfortable with this prospect, because I had led the life of a bachelor for a very long time. I wanted to escape from this painful situation, and I decided to write a book. So Bond was the shock of getting married at 43.
Unsinkable agent 007 triumphantly began to conquer the world. Fleming, with enviable methodicalness, worked out one novel a year, and openly said that he wrote for pleasure and money. A heavy smoker and drinker (a day's worth of a bottle of gin), Fleming died at the age of 56 from a heart attack. It happened on August 12, 1964, but even 50 years after the death of the author, the super spy he invented is one of the most popular literary and film heroes in the world.
Meticulous researchers of the legacy of Ian Fleming have calculated that Bond drinks alcohol, on average, on every seventh page, and in the movies he drinks every 24 minutes.
The famous phrase " Mix but do not shake ” (Shaken not stirred) became the hallmark of James Bond. She first appeared in the book Diamonds Are Forever (1956), but received star status after the release of the film Goldfinger (1964), where Sean Connery speaks it. Since then, it has been featured in films all the time. The phrase has become so hackneyed that in the movie "Casino Royale" James Bond (Daniel Craig) to the bartender's ironic question " Mix but don't shake? replies irritably“Yes, it doesn’t matter!”
Actually shake and stirre- two methods of making cocktails, well known to bartenders. “Shake” means that the ingredients of the cocktail must be mixed in a shaker, shaking vigorously, with a sufficient amount of ice cubes, and “stirre” means to mix in a special mixing glass.
The discerning Bond connoisseur knows perfectly well that a cocktail shaken in a shaker cools better and has a more uniform taste.
Bond's favorite cocktail “Vodka Martini”
(mentioned 19 times in novels, featured 20 times in films)
Ingredients :
- Vodka - 50 ml.
- Martini Extra Dry - 25 ml.
- Olive - 1 pc.
Put 4-5 ice cubes in a shaker. Pour in vodka and martini. Shake the mixture vigorously for about ten seconds. Pour into a glass. Garnish with an olive.
In principle, any dry vermouth is suitable for making this cocktail. It is only necessary to observe the proportions: vodka - 2/3 parts, dry vermouth - 1/3 part.
Bond not only appreciates well-made cocktails, but he is also able to create an author's recipe himself.
In chapter 7 of Casino Royale, a super spy gives detailed description cocktail of their choice.
Bond ... looked at the bartender carefully.
- A dry martini. In a big glass.
— Oui, monsieur.
- One second, not yet. Three fingers of Gordon, one of vodka, half a finger of Kina Lillet. Shake well in a shaker, and then put a large slice of lemon. Remember?
"Order accepted, monsieur," the bartender said, and looked respectfully at Bond.
“Damn it, this is the recipe!” Leiter exclaimed.—When I'm gathering my strength," Bond said with a smile, "I never drink more than one glass before dinner. But I like it to be a big glass of a very strong, cold and very well prepared cocktail. I hate half-heartedness in everything. Especially if the taste of the cocktail suffers from it. By the way, I invented it myself. I’ll definitely patent it as soon as I choose a name.”.
Bond named Vesper cocktail (evening star) in honor of Vesper Lind: “ Vesper - beautiful and very suitable for that afternoon hour in which from now on the whole world will drink my cocktail". The International Bartending Association has included the Vesper cocktail in official list in the category "drinks of the new time".
The tragically deceased lover of Bond and part-time double agent became the only woman whom the incorrigible conqueror of hearts truly fell in love with. In the film "Casino Royale" her role was played by French actress and model Eva Green. Interestingly, of all the Bond girls, only Vesper is not inferior to him in terms of the amount of alcohol consumed.
One of the ingredients of the Vesper cocktail Kina Lillet belongs to the family of French aperitifs (a mixture of Bordeaux wines and citrus liqueurs with the addition of quinine). Currently refers to lost ingredients. In 1980, the company that produced the drink changed its composition, reducing bitterness and increasing the fruit component. The updated aperitif began to come out under the name Lille Blanc .
But in the novel Diamonds Are Forever, Bond drinks an unthinkable British mix of beer and champagne - a cocktail Black Velvet.
“Bond's tanned face relaxed.
“Well, Bill,” he said. “If that’s the only thing, then I’m ready to treat you to dinner.” Anyway, today is my turn, and besides, I would like to mark this task. After all, it means that for the summer I am free from all paperwork. Let's go to Scott's where they serve stuffed crabs for a pint of Black Velvet. You took a stone from my soul. I thought there was something wrong here.”
This famous drink was invented in 1861 in London. Brooks's Club. In Britain at this time, mourning was observed on the occasion of the death of the husband of Queen Victoria, Prince Consort Albert. The bartender of the club announced that even champagne should be in mourning and mixed it with dark beer. New cocktail liked it and Black Velvet
became extremely popular. In Germany, this cocktail became famous under the name "Bismarck", because, according to legend, " iron chancellor' was his great admirer.
Classical Cocktail “Black Velvet” – layered, consisting of 1 part dark beer “ Guinness” and 1 part champagne ( brut).
First you need to fill the glass halfway with beer, and then carefully pour champagne over the knife without mixing the layers. In a simplified version, the two ingredients are simply mixed in a glass.
Compared to the movies, the book James Bond was much more creative with cocktails. Here we must pay tribute to Ian Fleming and his rich experience.
Bar card "agent 007" includes, in addition to the traditional whiskey and soda and vodka and tonic, mojito, old fashion, Alexander brandy, americano (the first drink ordered by James Bond in Ian Fleming's first novel), negroni, and even such an unmanly cocktail as "Stinger".
"Stinger" is mentioned in " Diamonds forever” and “ball lightning”. Despite the name Stinger translated as a sting) the cocktail has a mild taste and cooling effect and is great for desserts. It is based on brandy and mint white liqueur. The earliest mention of this cocktail is contained in the book “ The perfect bartender” (The Ideal Bartender,1917) of the legendary Tom Bullock the only African American to write cocktail recipe book.
It is said that the Stinger was especially popular during Prohibition, as the menthol smell was excellent for filling the fusel spirit of homemade brandy. Naturally, James Bond preferred ingredients only highest quality. The International Bartenders Association has included the Stinger in the official list of cocktails in the category " The Unforgettable"(unforgettable).
Cocktail “Stinger”
Ingredients :
- 7 parts brandy
- 3 parts Crema di menta mint liqueur
Shake the brandy and liqueur quickly and vigorously in a shaker and strain into a cocktail glass.
In 2015, the release of the next 24 films about the legendary agent 007 is planned. And, as before, the quote from Goldfinger is still relevant:
— Where is he going?
- Two options: either to the lady, or to drink!
There is probably no such person who would not watch a movie about James Bond - agent 007. Every fan of these films knows the answer to the question of what kind of alcoholic drink he drank. Of course, this is a martini, the agent used it in many parts of this story. James Bond's favorite cocktail was a martini with vodka and ice. Although there is no such movie where he did not drink at least something. What other cocktails did he drink? Let's talk about it today.
Alcohol for James Bond
As it turns out, the vodka martini isn't the agent's only drink. Although he chooses it nineteen times in the movies, almost the same number of gin martinis (sixteen times). At literary hero Bond's preferences were much greater. Let's remember a dozen cocktails that James loved and which appeared in novels and films about the famous super agent.
Would you like to drink like you have a license to kill? Then you need to stock up on alcohol, because now we will cook more than one James Bond cocktail.
Martini with vodka
Ingredients: seventy-five grams of vodka, fifteen grams of dry vermouth, one slice of lemon and one olive. Preparation: all liquid components are shaken in a shaker with ice added to it. The contents are poured into a glass and garnished with lemon and olive.
James Bond's Vodka Martini can be seen in the films Casino Royale, You Only Live Twice and Goldfinger. In one of them, he says the phrase: “Shake without mixing!” It will become popular and will be used by him in the future. It is known that shaking an alcoholic drink becomes colder and sharper.
Vesper cocktail
Ingredients: 3 parts Gordon's gin, 1 part vodka, 1/2 part Kina Lillet wine. Preparation: place all ingredients together with ice in a shaker and shake until the mixture becomes very cold. You can decorate with lemon peel, making a snake out of it.
This James Bond cocktail (Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace) was named after Vesper Lind, the double agent he loved in the film.
Cocktail "Black Velvet"
Ingredients: one hundred and twenty grams of champagne, one hundred and twenty grams of dark beer. Preparation: pour champagne into a beer glass and slowly add beer.
This alcoholic drink was consumed by 007 in the movie Diamonds Are Forever. This was the only time the agent drank such alcohol.
Cocktail "Brandy Alexander"
Ingredients: thirty grams of cream, thirty grams of brandy, thirty grams of cold cocoa. Preparation: mix all the ingredients in a shaker with ice, add nutmeg, previously ground into powder, have a bite of chocolate.
This James Bond cocktail Taken from the movie For Your Eyes Only.
"Americano"
Ingredients: thirty grams of Campari and red sweet vermouth, soda or sparkling water. Preparation: a glass is filled with ice, Campari is poured, and then vermouth. The third layer is soda or soda.
This James Bond cocktail was the first alcoholic drink ordered by a super spy in Ian Fleming's first book.
"Mojito"
Ingredients: two teaspoons of tea sugar, fifty grams of soda, a bunch of mint, lime, sixty grams of rum. Preparation: put sugar and mint in a glass, pour soda. Then squeeze the juice from half a lime there, put the second half of it in a glass. Add rum, mix everything, add ice and a little soda.
The agent drank this drink in the film "Die Another Day".
Cocktail "Old Fashion"
Ingredients: one sugar cube, one drop of bitter, two drops of soda, ninety grams of bourbon, a cherry. Preparation: sugar is put in a glass, bitters and soda are added, everything is crushed with muddler and bourbon is added. Decorate the glass with a cherry.
Strong "Old Fashion" in most cases they drink in order to sleep better. The super agent always needs to be on the alert, so in his entire history he ordered this alcohol only four times.
"Gin and tonic"
Ingredients: sixty grams of gin, one hundred and fifty grams of tonic, lime wedge. Preparation: pour all the ingredients into a glass and mix, decorate with lime.
Whiskey (Scotch) with soda
Ingredients: sixty grams of Irish whiskey, soda to taste. Preparation: all components are poured into a glass and left for two minutes until the drinks touch. It is recommended to drink slowly, in small sips.
Bond is half Scotch, so it's not uncommon for soda to be left out of the recipe.
Rum with soda
Ingredients: forty-five grams of Mount Gay rum, one hundred and fifty grams of soda (cola), a few drops of bitters. Preparation: mix rum and soda, add drops of bitter.
It is known that James Bond's favorite cocktail includes a martini. If we consider only the movie, then James Bond drinks a serving of alcohol every twenty-three minutes. And if you count how much they drank in total, you get three hundred and seventeen servings of various alcoholic beverages. Only one ingredient remained unchanged - the martini.
As it turned out, James Bond martini cocktail vodka" is the most favorite. In films, he drinks it most often. It happened that in one picture the agent uses more than one cocktail. It all depended on the frequency of visiting clubs, bars and restaurants. And the super agent had many reasons to drink.
Scientists, having conducted research on the consumption of alcoholic beverages by agent 007, came to the conclusion that the average volume of alcohol consumption by him is ninety-two units per week. This is four times the legal limit. The authors of the study insist that a large number of film fans underestimate by 30% the scale of the superspy drunk.
October 5, 2012 marks exactly 50 years since the first film about the legendary agent 007 was released.
If you carefully study everything drunk by James Bond (the hero of both films and books), it turns out that the drink that he drank constantly was - he treated himself to them 65 times. However, if Scotch whiskey and bourbon are considered drinks of the same order, then whiskey will take first place: agent 007 drank 99 servings.
If we talk only about the movie, Bond consumes a portion of alcohol every 24.3 minutes. And if you calculate how much was drunk by the screen spy, you get 317 servings of various alcoholic beverages. Vodka martini appears only 41 times in films and books, while gin and martini of an "indeterminate" variety - 21.
The famous cliché "shaken but not stirred" first appeared in the book Diamonds Are Forever in 1956, but did not acquire its star status until 3 years later with the release of the book "Dr. No" in 1959.
And after "Goldfinger" (1964), the phrase "shake, but do not stir" became the hallmark of James Bond. It was vodka with martini that James bought most often - 20 times, and in books he used gin instead of vodka to make a cocktail. Only one ingredient remained unchanged - the martini.
1. Vodka martini
So, to prepare a cocktail you will need 75 g of vodka or gin, 15 g of dry vermouth, 1 green olive.
Cooking:
1. Pour all ingredients into a cocktail glass with ice cubes.
2. Shake for 30 seconds.
3. Pour in a thin stream into a cocktail glass.
4. Garnish with an olive.
2. Vesper martini
James Bond's favorite martini recipe was detailed in Chapter 7 of Casino Royale (1953): "Three shots of Gordon, one shot of vodka, half a shot of Kina Lillet, shake well, add plenty of ice, and then a long, thin spiral of peel lemon."
In fact, this was the only time James was seen mixing vodka and gin. It is also known that the creator of James Bond, Ian Fleming, himself preferred a martini shake with gin for a long time until, on the advice of a doctor, he switched to bourbon. James Bond names this cocktail Vesper after Vesper Lind, a double agent and his lover. By the way, of all the Bond girls, Vesper is the record holder for drinking alcohol.
If you've never tasted a properly made Vesper, consider yourself missing out on the greatest adventure ever. By the way, Kina Lillet, mentioned by James, is a dry vermouth that has been produced in France since 1800 and is called "an aperitif from Bordeaux". It should be served in a deep champagne glass.
3. Whiskey and soda
Although Bond's taste for whiskey and soda did not make it into the films, in the books he mixes the drink 21 times. Of course, as a true Englishman, he gravitates more towards Scotch whiskey, but on occasion he does not refuse bourbon or. A simple and quick drink to prepare - just what a secret agent who is constantly on the move needs. A soda mix is a great way to enjoy a good Scotch whiskey while retaining its flavor.
So, to make a cocktail, you will need 60 g of scotch and some soda: pour whiskey into a tall glass with ice, pour soda on top.
4. Vodka with tonic
In 1958, Fleming allowed Bond to drink gin and tonic in Dr. No, but in 1963, in the novel In the Service of Her Majesty, James already prefers. In the same place, Bond adds a certain “secret ingredient” to the cocktail - Angostura bitters.
To make a cocktail, you need 60g of vodka, 60g of tonic water and a thin lime peel spiral: Pour the ingredients into a tall glass filled with ice and garnish with a thin lime peel spiral.
5. Americano
The Americano is a hallmark of Bond's refined drinking style. Bond really begins to appreciate this drink only in A View to a Kill. The Americano is more suitable as an aperitif than the stronger drinks he used to drink before dinner. In addition, we learn that he prefers Perrier. In his opinion, this expensive water was the cheapest way to improve a bad drink.
Cooking:
1. Fill a short wide whiskey glass with ice cubes.
2. Pour campari (30 g) and vermouth (30 g sweet vermouth) on top.
3. Top with soda.
4. Garnish with a lemon peel spiral or an orange slice.
6. Vintage cocktail
Another classic cocktail that 007 occasionally drinks is the 1880s Kentucky. For its preparation, as a rule, bourbon is used, but you can also replace it with another type of whiskey. Bond drinks it at meals or before bed and usually doubles.
Cooking:
1. Place a sugar cube in a short, wide whiskey glass.
2. Dissolve a sugar cube with a beater (15 g of Angostura).
3. Add an orange slice.
4. Mix, fill the glass with ice cubes.
5. Add bourbon (90 g).
6. Garnish with a second orange slice.
7. Stinger
Bond not only drinks it with Tiffany in Diamonds Are Forever, but also orders it at Thunderball along with coffee at the Nassau casino bar. The reason why this cocktail didn't make it into the movies seems to be that it's the most unmanly cocktail, despite the formidable name (stinger is English for "anti-aircraft missile"): whiskey is mixed with menthol white cream liqueur and served as a dessert.
To prepare a cocktail, you will need 50 g of brandy and 20 g of menthol white cream liqueur: pour the ingredients into a wide whiskey glass with crushed ice and stir well.
8. Mojito
Mojito was never mentioned in the books, but quite unexpectedly hit the screen. This happened in 2002 in the film "Die Another Day": Bond, getting acquainted with the next one, treats her to a mojito.
This cocktail owes its origin to Cuba. After the daiquiri, it was Hemingway's second favorite drink, and since the 1980s has become the most fashionable exotic cocktail. In addition, it is very easy to prepare.
To prepare a cocktail, you will need 2 tsp. sugar, 6-8 mint leaves, soda, 1 lime, cut in half, 60 g of rum, sprig of mint for decoration.
Cooking:
1. Place the sugar, mint leaves and some soda in a tall glass.
2. Stir well so that the sugar dissolves and the mint gives flavor.
3. Squeeze the juice of a whole lime into a glass, throw half into a glass.
4. Add rum, stir.
5. Fill the glass with ice.
6. Add remaining soda.
7. Garnish with a sprig of mint.
9. Black velvet
The drink was supposedly invented in 1861 during mourning ceremonies in London when Victoria's husband died. Despite this, in the classic English series of novels where so much is drunk, this cocktail is mentioned only once. In Diamonds Are Forever, Bond stops at a London pub for "stuffed crab and a pint of black velvet". For many, the combination of dark beer with champagne may seem strange, but in combination with seafood - this is what you need!
To prepare a cocktail, you will need 120 g of champagne and 120 g of well-chilled dark beer.
10. Negroni
The short and obscure story "Risk" mentions several cocktails, including the Negroni, of course with gin. The very invention of Negroni is attributed to Count Camillo Negroni, in 1920 he ordered an Americano with gin in a cafe in Florence and asked to add Campari there. To prepare a cocktail, you will need 45 g of sweet vermouth, 45 g of campari, 45 g of gin, an orange slice for decoration.
