Mary Pickford (cocktail)

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Mary Pickford
IBA official cocktail
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Type Cocktail
Base spirit
Served Straight up: chilled, without ice
Standard drinkware
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Cocktail glass
IBA specified
ingredients†
PreparationShake and strain into a chilled large cocktail glass
Commonly servedAll Day
Mary Pickford recipe at International Bartenders Association

A Mary Pickford is a Prohibition Era cocktail made with white rum, fresh pineapple juice, grenadine, and Maraschino liqueur. It is served shaken and chilled, often with a Maraschino cherry.

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History

Named for Canadian-American film actress Mary Pickford (1892–1979), it is said to have been created for her in the 1920s by either Eddie Woelke [1] or Fred Kaufmann at the Hotel Nacional de Cuba on a trip she took to Havana with Charlie Chaplin and Douglas Fairbanks. [2]

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References

  1. "Mary Pickford Cocktail". Imbibe Magazine . Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  2. Thompson, Kester (2011). Cocktails, Cocktails, and More Cocktails . Watertown, MA: Imagine Pub. p.  82. ISBN   978-1-60734-423-0. mary pickford cocktail.