Hi, I’m Tom Bullock
Boundary Breaker
And Tastemaker
May i Tempt
You With My
Burnt Orange
Bourbon?
The Original
Tastemaker
Perhaps
A Taste Of My
Old Tom Gin
& Sweet Lime?
while i might be a legend.
i am also very real.
In the 1910s, I was one of the world’s most influential bartenders, tending bar at
the prestigious St. Louis Country Club, wowing fans - including presidents - with
my signature cocktails. Some people even say that I “wrote the book” on cocktail
recipes. (And that’s not far from the truth.)
In 1917, I published “The Ideal Bartender,” one of the most influential cocktail
recipe books of all time.
That’s right, at a time when a Black man could hardly walk into a “white” bar, I
was the reigning king. I was not only allowed IN the bar, but people came to the
bar FOR me – in order to sample my cocktails, shake my hand, and get me to sign
my book for them. (Actually, I was the first Black American to publish a cocktail
recipe book.)
I realized a few things behind the bar:
1. Superb cocktails inspire all types of people to congregate.
2. Being a true Tastemaker is about breaking down preconceived ideas, and
bringing new flavors together.
3. The same is true for bringing people together.
This is my
Burnt Orange
Bourbon
Building On My Predilection (And My Fame) For Accenting Bourbon Cocktails With Orange Peels Set Aflame, I Have Crafted A Bourbon Like No Other: Smooth, 4 Years Old, Bottled In Kentucky And Kissed With The Sweet, Smoky, Caramelized Grace Of Burnt Orange Rind.
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This Is My
Old Tom Gin
With (A Touch Of) sweet Lime
AS PROOF OF MY IMPECCABLE TASTE, my Old Tom Gin is imported from a two-centuries-old London distiller. And, in keeping with my reputation for creating distinctive cocktails with exotic fruit, my gin is delicately infused with the peel of a curious Chinese citrus called “Sweet Lime.”
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Cocktail Recipes
OVERALL JULEP—St. Louis Style
Use a large Mixing glass; fill with Lump Ice
⅔ Wineglass Tom Bullock’s Burnt Orange Bourbon
⅔ Wineglass Tom Bullock’s Old Tom Gin w/ Sweet Lime
½ Wineglass Grenadine
Juice ½ Lemon
Juice ½ Lime
Shake well; pour into tall, thin glass; add one bottle Club Soda and serve
OLD FASHION COCKTAIL
Use a Toddy glass
1 lump of Ice
2 dashes of Angostura Bitters
1 lump of Sugar dissolved in water
1½ jiggers of Tom Bullock’s Burnt Orange Bourbon
Twist a piece of Lemon Rind over the drink and drop it in. Stir well and serve
GILLETTE COCKTAIL—Chicago Style
Use a large Mixing glass; fill with Lump Ice
Juice ½ Lime
1½ Tom Bullock’s Old Tom Gin w/ Sweet Lime
½ teaspoonful Bar Sugar
Stir well and strain into a Cocktail glass
HORSE THIEF COCKTAIL
Fill a large Mixing glass with Lump Ice
2 dashes green Absinthe
½ pony Italian Vermouth
1 jigger Tom Bullock’s Old Tom Gin w/ Sweet Lime
Stir well and serve in a Cocktail glass
