Even though I’ve read quite a bit on Jerry Thomas – there was a lot of fun little tidbits of information. If you haven’t read much about Jerry Thomas – this article really captures the highlights of his life and the contribution he’s made to modern day mixology.
The Jerry Thomas Project is the re-creation of all of Jerry Thomas’ cocktails from Jerry Thomas’ Bar-Tenders Guide: Receipts for Mixing in their purest form. Jerry Thomas is considered America’s father of mixology publishing the first cocktail book in 1862.