Scofflaw Cocktail - The Cocktail Spirit with Robert Hess - Small Screen

Sign up for the Small Screen Email Newsletter: http://vid.io/xdM Be the first to know when new episodes air on our site! The word "Scofflaw" has come to mean "A person who flouts the law, especially an unsustainable one." But such was not always the case. It was in 1923, when Delcevare King, a member of the Anti-Saloon League, posed a contest to create a new word in order to combat the continued drinking which was going on during American Prohibition. The new word was to be one "which best expresses the idea of a lawless drinker, menace, scoffer, bad citizen, or whatnot, with the biting power of 'scab' or 'slacker.'" The $200 prize elicited a huge response. On January 16th, 1924, the Boston Herald announced the winning word as "scofflaw", with the winnings shared by the two Boston area residents, Henry Irving Dale and Kate L. Butler, who both submitted it. This was not the end of the story however, in just a little over a week, a salvo was launched from Harry's New York Bar in Paris, where they created a new drink and christened it the "Scofflaw". Watch on Small Screen: http://www.smallscreennetwork.com/video/362/cocktail_spirit_scofflaw/ Recipe: 1 oz canadian whisky 1 oz dry vermouth dash grenadine 1/4 oz lemon juice dash Angostura Orange Bitters Instructions: Stir with ice. Strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with an orange twist.