One cocktail per era, from Homer to today.
Loosely inspired by Homer, The Odyssey
Amber rum · White vermouth · Honey-rosemary syrup · Saline bitters · Citrus zest
Rum for the sea, honey for ancient hospitality, olive and rosemary for Ulysses' Greece.
Loosely inspired by Sun Tzu, The Art of War
Sake · Green tea-infused gin · Miso-caramel syrup · Ginger bitters · Soda
Balance wins the battle. Sake for discipline, green tea gin for clarity, miso caramel for unexpected depth.
Loosely inspired by Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream
Floral gin · Blackberry liqueur · Sweet vermouth · Rose bitters · Hibiscus foam
Floral gin for illusion, blackberry for passion, hibiscus for theater.
Loosely inspired by Balzac, La Comédie humaine
Cognac · Cold brew coffee · Hazelnut liqueur · Brown sugar syrup · Chocolate bitters
Balzac's intensity and his coffee-fuelled nights. Cognac and cold brew for a rich base, hazelnut and cacao for the everyday pleasure of good food.
Loosely inspired by Baudelaire, Les Fleurs du mal
VSOP cognac · Red vermouth · Violet liqueur · Absinthe · Orange-cacao bitters
Elegance brushes against bitterness. Cognac and violet for nineteenth-century Paris, absinthe for vertigo, cacao for spleen.
Loosely inspired by Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet
Elderflower infusion · Pear juice · Pressed cucumber · Lychee syrup · Sparkling water
Rilke's inward poetry. White flowers for contemplation, pear for the softness of silence, cucumber for breath.
Loosely inspired by Albert Camus, The Stranger
Blanco tequila · Grapefruit juice · Agave syrup · Smoked salt · Tonic
A minimalist reading of Camus. Clean tequila, grapefruit for sunlit bitterness, smoked salt for fatality.
Loosely inspired by Octavio Paz, The Labyrinth of Solitude
Mezcal · Roasted pineapple purée · Lime juice · Spiced agave syrup · Smoked cacao bitters
Burning, ritual poetry. Mezcal for sacred smoke, roasted pineapple for time, chilli for desire and solitude.
Loosely inspired by Jacques-Yves Cousteau, The Silent World
Plain kombucha · Grapefruit juice · Light honey syrup · Saline solution · Sparkling water
Not green freshness, but the sea in its depth. Kombucha for life, grapefruit for bitterness, salt for immersion.
Loosely inspired by Marcel Pagnol, Childhood Memories
Mediterranean gin · Honey-lavender syrup · Lemon juice · Thyme infusion · Soda
Pagnol's luminous Provence. Mediterranean gin, lavender honey, thyme and rosemary: the herbs of the garrigue and the south in a glass.
A tribute to noir fiction
Red-berry vodka · Red vermouth · Blackcurrant liqueur · Smoked bitters · Activated charcoal
Dark and unsettling. Red berries for blood, smoked bitters for the heavy atmosphere, charcoal for ink-black depth.
A tribute to the imagination
Lavender gin · Elderflower liqueur · Green apple juice · Lemon · Tonic
A modern potion. Lavender and elderflower for magic, green apple for childhood, bubbles for the spell's fizz.
Rémy's house-infused rum.
“A book, a glass: two ways to leave without moving.”
Parodic tributes: names and references have no affiliation with the authors or their estates. Alcohol is not sold to anyone under 18. L'abus d'alcool est dangereux pour la santé, à consommer avec modération. (Excessive drinking is dangerous to health. Drink responsibly.)
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