{"id":886,"date":"2008-02-11T03:30:11","date_gmt":"2008-02-11T03:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cocktailians.com\/2008\/02\/the-filmograph.html"},"modified":"2008-02-11T03:30:11","modified_gmt":"2008-02-11T03:30:11","slug":"the-filmograph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cocktailians.com\/?p=886","title":{"rendered":"The Filmograph Cocktail"},"content":{"rendered":"

As noted earlier<\/a>, I was lucky enough to pick up a bottle of kola tonic a little while ago.  Dr. Cocktail’s writeup of the Filmograph Cocktail<\/a> in Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails<\/em> (an excellent, excellent read that’s worth picking up<\/a>)<\/small> caught my eye, so I thought I’d give it a whirl.<\/p>\n

Cola is a flavor I really like, but after what is probably too much diet soda
\nconsumption, regular colas tend to taste too sweet to me.  (Fentimans<\/a>‘
\nCuriosity Cola<\/a> is the standout, followed by Boylan’s Cane Cola<\/a>, not
\nthat you asked.)  I was very intrigued to try the taste of cola in a cocktail, rather than the usual soft drink form.<\/p>\n

Getting back to the Filmograph, I took Doc’s suggestion to switch out the sirop de citron<\/a> (he writes "substitute fresh lemon juice unless you like to drink maple syrup out of the can"), but wound up with a pretty sour drink that wasn’t too balanced.  I’ve noticed, though, that the lemons at my local supermarket seem to vary in acidity; perhaps it’s something to do with the time of year, or maybe they source them from different places at different times?  (In the spirit of further research, I guess I’ll just have to make myself some Filmographs year-round and compare.  Modern living is entirely about sacrifice for the common good.)<\/small><\/p>\n

Dropping the lemon juice from 3\/4 ounce to 1\/2 ounce didn’t seem to make much of a difference, so I abandoned that tack.  Instead, I upped the kola tonic from 1\/2 ounce to a full ounce, and got a Filmograph that I enjoyed very much indeed.  The kola tonic is richer and more complex than straight cola syrup, and it blends well with the brandy and lemon, creating a very nicely-balanced drink.  (The only problem with them is that I don’t want to drink them in the evening, as the caffeine will keep me up till all hours.)<\/p>\n

\"Filmograph\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Filmograph Cocktail<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n
  • 2 oz. brandy<\/li>\n
  • 3\/4 oz. lemon juice<\/li>\n
  • 1 oz. kola tonic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Shake with ice, strain into a cocktail glass, and garnish with a lemon wedge.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    (Sorry to have been away so long, by the by:  a long, hectic week has intervened, with parental visits, much tour-guiding, and not enough cocktailian, um, "research."  This should be rectified, and soon.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    As noted earlier, I was lucky enough to pick up a bottle of kola tonic a little while ago.  Dr. Cocktail’s writeup of the Filmograph Cocktail in Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails (an excellent, excellent read that’s worth picking up) caught my eye, so I thought I’d give it a whirl. Cola is a flavor […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocktailians.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocktailians.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocktailians.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailians.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailians.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailians.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/886\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocktailians.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailians.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailians.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}