Friday Happy Hour: Golden Cadillac

This Friday, we're taking another guilty nip from Grandma's liquor cabinet, as this creamy confection of a drink brings both sheer enjoyment and shame. Our drink is #14 in the veritable line-up of guilty drinks above. Taken from Galliano's "Welcome to Galliano's World of New Tastes" (circa late 1960s), here's the recipe:

Actually, the spread pictured above constitutes Galliano's suggestions for "after dinner drinks." From the looks of the candles, the romantic mood is burning brightly! Here's another version of the drink from "The Bartender's Guide":

This, obviously, trades out creme de cacao for triple sec, for a more "orangy" taste. The Golden Cadillac is the kind of drink you'd find on a bar menu in a supper club or old restaurant that hasn't been updated in 30 or 40 years. And, yes, they'll probably make this drink in a blender. Here's the "You Are What You Drink" take on this venerable cocktail:

Suppository fashion?! Well, anyway, cheers!

Friday Happy Hour: a Harvey Wallbanger

Doesn't this tray present a tempting choice of options? Harvey is #3, there on the right. (The tall one!) (and, yes, those are cocktail weenies!) Here's how you can recreate this kind of magic yourself:

This is taken directly from Galliano's circa-early 70's promotional recipe booklet entitled "Welcome to Galliano's World of New Tastes" where they promise that "Italy's premier liqueur is also the perfect mixing ingredient."

The Harvey Wallbanger is probably single-handedly responsible for popularizing Galliano, and why you can spot its signature narrow, skinny, spire of a bottle with its golden liqueur in the back row of every bar.

The Harvey Wallbanger is pretty much the quintessential 70's drink. Equally good as an eye-opener or as a drink of choice at one of those singles bars that became so popular in that decade, it proved a reliable stand-by drink order.

Where did the name come from, though? Well, here's one take on the origins of the drink:

We suppose that story works. Here's another take on a Harvey Wallbanger, from one of those singles bars:

Penny pinching, indeed.

Cheers!