Oh Holy Day! This Friday, December 5, marks the 75th anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition

Friday is the 75th Anniversary of the repeal of the 18th Amendment (with the ratification of the 21st). Tope, oh boozehounds, your favorite tipple in good health. I shall be checking out this den of iniquity. What are your boozy plans?

I have the day off, but I need to watch a pile of movies before the boozing starts, unless I get a better offer.

Seems like an ideal day to watch 'Thin Man' movies.

I have no tree to pick off the ornaments w/ my BB gun.

"He didn't come anywhere near my tabloids!"

Nora: Is that my drink over there?
Nick: What are you drinking?
Nora: Rye.
Nick: (He picks up the glass and slugs down its contents.) Yes. That's yours.

I plan to use the time wisely and drink until I pass out no less than 3 times in 24 hours.

Scotch and Soda anyone?

I didn't think so..... well bugger the Soda water, we'll just have Scotch!

I have heard rumors of a recently finished batch of some rather excellent Moonshine.

A couple jiggers and your nose is toasty and numb.

That should fit in nicely with the theme of the day.......

Look, make sense now. Any answer not involving tommy guns and talking out of the corner of one's mouth is clearly a nonsense.

failing that then clearly we must fall back on the old reliable of steady consumption before cessation of consciousness, but that, frankly, lacks the old AAD college spirit, which, as we all know, was scotch, aside from those with postal diplomas who had to make do with the lower order of liqueurs

I refer, specifically, to cointreau, naturally. Poor saps.

Anyhoo, I shall mark the occasion by finding a car with a running board and boring myself by continuing this premise for further than a couple of paragraphs. Poor show.

I am attending this:

On December 5th, The DC Craft Bartenders’ Guild is inviting Washington area residents to party like it’s 1933. The group, made up of DC’s top mixologists, is hosting Washington’s only Repeal Day party, taking place at The City Tavern Club from 8 P.M. to midnight. Priced at $80 per person if purchased before November 20th ($90 per person thereafter) with proceeds benefiting the Club’s Preservation Fund and the Museum of the American Cocktail, this fundraising event honors the 75th anniversary of the date when the 18th Amendment – which established Prohibition in the United States – was repealed.

Guests will be treated to true classic cocktails, recreated by the best in the business, including locals Owen Thompson (Bourbon), Gina Chersevani (EatBar) and Derek Brown (The Gibson). Special guests will include Tony Abou-Ganim (Host of Fine Living Network’s “Raising the Bar”), Jeffrey Morgenthaler (RepealDay.org founder) and other top bartenders from throughout the United States. Hors d'oeuvres will be provided throughout the night by the City Tavern Club and a 1930s jazz band will set the mood and provide the tunes for dancing.

Matt, if the car doesn't have a stumbling board or a sleeping it off in the gutter board, you're really not celebrating with enough vigor.

I maintain that not to get legless, blind drunk, potted, stewed, or heated tonight (or today, depending on one's predilections) constitutes a slur on the memory of all those who fought and died, cadged and offered rounds, distilled and smuggled for our right to booze.

I pulled the head off Elvis, filled Fred up to his pelvis...

Breaking out the cheap wine even now...

I am attending this:

On December 5th, The DC Craft Bartenders’ Guild is inviting Washington area residents to party like it’s 1933. The group, made up of DC’s top mixologists, is hosting Washington’s only Repeal Day party, taking place at The City Tavern Club from 8 P.M. to midnight. Priced at $80 per person if purchased before November 20th ($90 per person thereafter) with proceeds benefiting the Club’s Preservation Fund and the Museum of the American Cocktail, this fundraising event honors the 75th anniversary of the date when the 18th Amendment – which established Prohibition in the United States – was repealed.

Guests will be treated to true classic cocktails, recreated by the best in the business, including locals Owen Thompson (Bourbon), Gina Chersevani (EatBar) and Derek Brown (The Gibson). Special guests will include Tony Abou-Ganim (Host of Fine Living Network’s “Raising the Bar”), Jeffrey Morgenthaler (RepealDay.org founder) and other top bartenders from throughout the United States. Hors d'oeuvres will be provided throughout the night by the City Tavern Club and a 1930s jazz band will set the mood and provide the tunes for dancing.

ooo, please report back.

mango juice+wild turkey

Not recommended

A show of hands please......

How many here believe that the ending of prohibition was intentionally timed to coincide with the upcoming Christmas Parties?

I thought of that when I came to lying on my back looking up at the Mistletoe wondering why everything smells like old Egg Nog.

I am fairly certain it was timed to coincide with the burning desire to get a drink asap.

Aimless, please forebear in future to use desire and burning in the same sentence - it gives me the willies.

But what doesn't, in these troubled times?

I have taken note and shall attempt compliance. NB: I presume this is because your "willies" are subject both to desires and certain burning sensations. Have you tried seltzer? It is supposed to work on at least one of these problems.

My cousin had a bad case of burning willie every time he peed.... after his trip to Holland.

Two months of penicillin fixed him right up!

Have you tried seltzer?

If for no other purpose than sight gags, it's a veritable tonic.

The DC Craft Bartenders Guild Repeal Day Ball was pretty amazing - about 10 different drinks being served at different stations around the room. Tony Abou Ganim's Tom & Jerry Punch was incredible, as was the Black Pepper Pisco Punch.

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What did they consist of (roughly)?

I don't have the recipe for the black pepper pisco punch - I'm assuming it was something like pisco, lime, and simple syrup w/ a topping of thick black pepper foam. There may have been more ingredients.

Here's a Tom & Jerry recipe from Tony Abou Ganim's website, so I'm assuming what he served was similar:

Helen's Tom & Jerry Batter

Ingredients :

* 8 jumbo eggs
* 1 ½ cups powdered sugar
* ½ teaspoon cream of tartar
* Freshly grated nutmeg
* Hot water

For each drink:

* ¾ ounce Appleton Jamaican Rum
* ¾ ounce Hennessey VS Cognac

Directions:Separate egg whites and yolks. In a large mixer, beat yolks until thin, transfer to another bowl. Clean mixer and add the egg whites and cream of tartar, beat until stiff. Add powdered sugar and fold in yolks. Mix until batter is thick, but light.

In a pre-heated mug, add 1 heaping ladle of batter. Add rum and cognac. Top with hot water and dust with freshly grated nutmeg. Serve with a paddle or spoon.

Hmmm, sounds very wintry.

and a video on making the pisco punch...

http://dcist.com/2008/12/05/dcist_videos_how_to_make_pisco_punc.php

That cannot be the REAL recipe for a Tom and Jerry.

Not a single cat nor mouse in the mix!

HARUMPHFFff

I believe in the idea of TRUTH in ADVERTISING.

MY home made Bass Ale has at least on whole bass per sixpack.

That's why I've been wary of Dogfish Head beers.

wheras MY home-made bass ale emits a constant low drone, off-putting to the novice, but relished by those who enjoy the noisier drinks. On special occasions the Jazz Port comes out and then, well, goodness...

On special occasions the Jazz Port comes out

Pardon my asking, but what does it come out of?

Why, the port saxophone, naturally; a flat G can neatly decant at five paces

I have never seen nor heard a port saxophone but I did room once with a starboard violin.

Horrible horrible screeching noises at all hours of the day.