Harry MacElhone
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Harry MacElhone was a notable Scottish bartender and bar owner. - AsNotedIn
Harry MacElhone was a notable Scottish bartender and bar owner. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1915/00/00 | Barman Harry MacElhone creates an early version of the French 75 at the New York Bar in Paris. It is said to have such a kick like the powerful French 75mm field gun. | Barman | Harry's New York Bar | Paris | French 75 | ||
| 1919/00/00 | Originally using creme de menthe, Harry MacElhone creates "White Lady" at Ciro's Club in London. Clement Hobson opened Ciro's London in Orange Street, behind the National Gallery, in May 1915 as a private club. | Barman | National Gallery | London | White Lady | ||
| 1922/00/00 | The first recipes for the Sidecar cocktail appears in Harry MacElhone's "Harry's ABC of Mixing Cocktails" and Robert Vermeire's "Cocktails and How to Mix Them". | Barman | Harry's New York Bar | Paris | Sidecar (cocktail) | ||
| 1923/00/00 | The New York Bar becomes Harry's New York Bar when Harry MacElhone, a former bartender there and at the Plaza Hotel in New York, buys it. | Owner | Harry's New York Bar | Paris | |||
| 1925/00/00 | Harry MacElhone creates The Monkey Gland cocktail. Its named after the technique started in 1920 by Dr Serge Voronoff who implanted slivers of freshly-vivisected monkey testicle into the scrota of elderly Frenchmen. | Barman | Harry's New York Bar | Paris | Monkey Gland | ||
| 1929/00/00 | Harry MacElhone replaced creme de menthe with gin at Harry's New York Bar in Paris. | Barman | Harry's New York Bar | Paris | White Lady |
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