Loggerhead (tool)

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A loggerhead tool bulb that is being heated with a propane torch flame. Loggerhead Tales of the Cocktail.jpg
A loggerhead tool bulb that is being heated with a propane torch flame.

A loggerhead is a type of tool consisting of a ball or bulb (for example, of iron) which would be heated up attached to a long handle. Used to heat or melt solids and solidified liquids, it was formerly a fairly common tool. For example, loggerheads were used by shipbuilders to melt pitch. [1] Although not its intended purpose, it was also used in American taverns in the 17th and 18th centuries in the making of the then popular mixed drink flip. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Curtis, Wayne (2007). And a bottle of rum: A history of the new world in ten cocktails. Broadway Books. p. 74. ISBN   978-0307338624.


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