Harry MacElhone

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Harry’s New York Bar

A New York bar that was dismantled and brought across the Atlantic in the early 20th century, New York Bar opened in Paris on Thanksgiving Day, 1911. (When legendary Scottish…

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Pegu Club

The Pegu Club, located in Yangon, Myanmar, found itself at the center of British social life in 1920s. Its members, citizens of a bygone political era, knew the city as…

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Boulevardier

The Negroni's moodier counterpart.

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Turf Cocktail

There are several versions of the Turf Cocktail, each a slightly different variation on the Martini. The PUNCH version favors Harry McElhone's version, adjusted for the modern palate.

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White Lady

A smoothed out Gin Sour, the White Lady was made famous by its creator Harry MacElhone of Harry's New York Bar in Paris and Harry Craddock of The Savoy in…

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Sidecar

A gussied-up cognac sour made famous at Harry’s New York Bar in Paris.

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Old Pal

Harry MacElhone of Harry’s Bar in Paris credited his “old pal,” sports journalist and barfly William “Sparrow” Robertson, with the inspiration for this drink.

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Between the Sheets

This potent sour is a rum-laced riff on the Sidecar christened by Harry MacElhone of Harry's New York Bar in Paris.