Martin Doudoroff
@doudoroff.com
Publisher of popular cocktail/tropical drink software, Cocktail Kingdom Librarian, notorious pedant, and fan of Oxford comma. He/him/hey you.
Admiral Russell’s Punch
November 27, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Admiral Russell’s Punch
The grave of Pedro Chicote, Spain’s most famous bartender
November 8, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The grave of Pedro Chicote, Spain’s most famous bartender
Our buddies in Campeche a couple years back
November 7, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Our buddies in Campeche a couple years back
Taberna Angel Sierra
November 2, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Taberna Angel Sierra
Three Adonises and one Grasshopper at Del Diego, Madrid
November 1, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Three Adonises and one Grasshopper at Del Diego, Madrid
New timeline feature by Beachbum Berry on Planter’s Punch for all Total Tiki Online and Total Mixology subscribers!
October 23, 2025 at 9:37 PM
New timeline feature by Beachbum Berry on Planter’s Punch for all Total Tiki Online and Total Mixology subscribers!
From the 1927 “El Arte de Hacer un Cocktail”, published in Cuba.
October 11, 2025 at 1:07 PM
From the 1927 “El Arte de Hacer un Cocktail”, published in Cuba.
Pro tip: these books will make great gifts, so buy a stack and hand them out like candy.
September 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Pro tip: these books will make great gifts, so buy a stack and hand them out like candy.
New recipe for September now available for Total Tiki Online and Total Tiki (app) customers!
September 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
New recipe for September now available for Total Tiki Online and Total Tiki (app) customers!
One of the various bar life illustrations from Petits & Grands Verres, 1927
August 27, 2025 at 1:48 PM
One of the various bar life illustrations from Petits & Grands Verres, 1927
If you’re interested in rum, exotic drinks, or naval history, “The Rum Never Sets” is a book you’re going to want: it demystifies London Dock Rum and Navy Rum with original archival research. Detailed, but not TOO detailed. You will enjoy reading it, then keep the book on your shelf for reference.
August 21, 2025 at 5:14 PM
If you’re interested in rum, exotic drinks, or naval history, “The Rum Never Sets” is a book you’re going to want: it demystifies London Dock Rum and Navy Rum with original archival research. Detailed, but not TOO detailed. You will enjoy reading it, then keep the book on your shelf for reference.
My $36 Martini at the Waldorf.
July 30, 2025 at 11:27 PM
My $36 Martini at the Waldorf.
It’s got those dreaded “dashes” in it. Do you still hew to ~1/4 oz lemon juice, 1 tsp simple syrup, to 1-1/2 oz each scotch and sloe?
July 17, 2025 at 11:39 AM
It’s got those dreaded “dashes” in it. Do you still hew to ~1/4 oz lemon juice, 1 tsp simple syrup, to 1-1/2 oz each scotch and sloe?
Edit from an ad in the 1869 Haney’s Steward & Barkeeper’s Manual
July 4, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Edit from an ad in the 1869 Haney’s Steward & Barkeeper’s Manual
Unsurprisingly, the full entry is a great read. [Aside: if a second edition of the Oxford comes to be, I hope it can get a full index!] Here’s the Loftus ad from McElhone’s book for everyone’s amusement.
July 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Unsurprisingly, the full entry is a great read. [Aside: if a second edition of the Oxford comes to be, I hope it can get a full index!] Here’s the Loftus ad from McElhone’s book for everyone’s amusement.
Another example I have at hand is from this 1949 Albert Pick catalog. “Boston shaker” was surely a term in use, but they felt no obligation to use it. This was not a “set”, either, just the tin portion, which you could pair with various glasses they also sold.
July 1, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Another example I have at hand is from this 1949 Albert Pick catalog. “Boston shaker” was surely a term in use, but they felt no obligation to use it. This was not a “set”, either, just the tin portion, which you could pair with various glasses they also sold.
This is from the 1953 UKBG book. They label the cobbler shaker as merely a “cocktail shaker”, the French shaker as a Boston shaker, and the Boston shaker as an “American Type Cocktail Shaker”.
July 1, 2025 at 12:32 PM
This is from the 1953 UKBG book. They label the cobbler shaker as merely a “cocktail shaker”, the French shaker as a Boston shaker, and the Boston shaker as an “American Type Cocktail Shaker”.
Public service announcement from 1871 (Ricket and Thomas’ The Gentleman’s Table Guide)
June 30, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Public service announcement from 1871 (Ricket and Thomas’ The Gentleman’s Table Guide)
New recipes live for June for Total Tiki Online and Total Tiki customers, including this guy’s competition-winner! (Photo courtesy of Caroline Pupule)
June 11, 2025 at 7:12 PM
New recipes live for June for Total Tiki Online and Total Tiki customers, including this guy’s competition-winner! (Photo courtesy of Caroline Pupule)
Self portrait by Beauford Delaney. From an excellent show at the Drawing Center in SoHo… up through September.
June 8, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Self portrait by Beauford Delaney. From an excellent show at the Drawing Center in SoHo… up through September.