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6 / the tasting panel / november 2016 lemon and a whole egg in a play on a classic flip inspired by the egg custard that would have graced Lizzie's table. Scarlett O'Hara, cast by Margaret Mitchell in Gone with the Wind as a fictional heroine of the Civil War, depicts the Antebellum period before the Civil War, a time when Basil Hayden Sr. supplied bourbon and provisions to the Colonial Army. Robinson created the Scarlett O'Hara cocktail to combat Kentucky's humid summer afternoons, modeling it after the classic Mint Julep by muddling strawberries with Basil Hayden's, Brovo Amaro No. 10 by Suzanne Mille and mint for a sipper served over crushed ice. An ideal solution to the heat for our fashionable heroine, who was confined by a tightly corseted bodice and the massive hoop skirt of the era. "In 1899, the Old Grand Dad Distillery, named by Basil Hayden's grandson in tribute to his distiller grandfather, was taken over by the Wathen family," said Breier. "The whiskey industry entered a turbulent period as the turn of the century brought with it the second industrial revolution and rustlings of the temperance movement." While Carry Nation began her fevered assault, modern women like Mina Harker of Bram Stoker's Dracula were among the first of the Victorian power dressers. Aperol, Lillet Blanc and raspberry honey stirred over an Angostura and raspberry–infused specialty ice cube transform Basil Hayden's into Robinson's Mina Harker cocktail. Our Post War heroine, Virginia Woolf's society hostess the elegant Clarissa of Mrs. Dalloway, wore the robe de style, the signature design of the French couturier Jeanne Lanvin. This pre-Prohibition period and Woolf's novel itself display the tenets of modernism and post-war excess as exemplified by our cocktail, the Mrs. Dalloway. Cognac, Drambuie and Angostura bitters are stirred with Basil Hayden's, strained and served in a coupe, as elegant in its excess as our fictional hostess. —Deborah Parker Wong Book heroine–themed cocktails were paired with costumes from the corresponding time periods. by Suzie Robinson and Jordan Sakai ◗ 1½ oz. Basil Hayden's bourbon whiskey ◗ ¾ oz. Calvados ◗ ½ oz. lemon juice ◗ ½ oz. simple syrup ◗ 1 sprig rosemary ◗ 1 whole egg Combine all ingredients in a tin and shake with ice. Strain. Dry shake, then fine strain long and neat into a Collins glass. Top with soda. Garnish with a rosemary sprig. Elizabeth Bennet inspired by Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice PHOTO: CRAIG LEE PHOTO: CRAIG LEE