Joe Gilmore

The Blenheim

Type	Cocktail
Primary alcohol by volume	Brandy
Served	Straight up; without ice
Standard drinkware	Cocktail glass
Commonly used ingredients	3 parts Brandy 2 parts Yellow Chartreuse 1 part Lillet 1 part Orange Juice 1 part Dubonnet
Preparation	Shake ingredients together with ice, and strain into a cocktail glass.

Churchill

Type	Cocktail
Primary alcohol by volume	Scotch whisky
Served	Straight up; without ice
Standard drinkware	Cocktail glass
Commonly used ingredients	3 parts Scotch whisky 1 part Lime Juice 1 part Sweet Vermouth 1 part Cointreau
Preparation	Shake ingredients together with ice, and strain into a cocktail glass.

Common Market

Type	Cocktail
Served	Straight up; without ice
Standard drinkware	Cocktail glass
Commonly used ingredients	1 part Elixir d’Anu (Belgium) 1 part Cherry Brandy (Denmark) 1 part Noilly Prat (France) 1 part Schlichte (West Germany) 1 part Sloe gin (Britain) 1 part Orange Curacao (Netherlands) 1 part Dry White Wine (Luxembourg) 1 part Coffee Liqueur (Ireland) 1 part Carpano (Italy)
Preparation	Shake ingredients together with ice, and strain into a cocktail glass.

Four Score

Type	Cocktail
Primary alcohol by volume	Brandy
Served	Straight up; without ice
Standard garnish	Lemon
Standard drinkware	Cocktail glass
Commonly used ingredients	Three parts Brandy Two parts Lillet One part Yellow Chartreuse
Preparation	Stir together with ice, strain into glass, garnish with a twisted lemon rind
Notes	This cocktail is very similar to The Blenheim

Golden Doublet

Type	Cocktail
Served	Straight up; without ice
Standard drinkware	Cocktail glass
Commonly used ingredients	3 parts Orange juice 1 part Lime Juice 1 part Grand Marnier
Preparation	Shake ingredients together with ice, and strain into champagne cocktail glass, and fill with champagne.

Kensington Court Special

Type	Cocktail
Primary alcohol by volume	Vodka
Served	Straight up; without ice
Standard drinkware	Cocktail glass
Commonly used ingredients	1 part Passion Fruit Juice 1 part Lime Juice 1 part Apricot Brandy 3 parts Vodka
Preparation	Shake ingredients together with ice, and strain into a cocktail glass.

Link Up

Type	Cocktail
Primary alcohol by volume	Whiskey Vodka
Served	On the rocks; poured over ice
Standard drinkware	Cocktail glass
Commonly used ingredients	1 part Southern Comfort 1 part Russian Vodka Teaspoon of fresh Lime Juice
Preparation	Shake well, serve on the rocks.

Lorraine

Type	Cocktail
Primary alcohol by volume	Gin
Served	On the rocks; poured over ice
Standard drinkware	Cocktail glass
Commonly used ingredients	2 parts Gin 1 part Lillet 1 part Grand Marnier
Preparation	Stir with ice, strain into glass, and serve.

Missouri Mule

Type	Cocktail
Primary alcohol by volume	Bourbon whiskey Campari
Served	Straight up; without ice
Standard drinkware	Cocktail glass
Commonly used ingredients	2 parts Bourbon whiskey 2 parts Applejack 2 parts Lemon Juice 1 part Campari 1 part Cointreau
Preparation	Shake ingredients together with ice, and strain into a cocktail glass.

Moonwalk

Type	Cocktail
Served	Straight up; without ice
Standard drinkware	Cocktail glass
Commonly used ingredients	1 part fresh Grapefruit Juice 1 part Grand Marnier 2 dashes Rosewater
Preparation	Shake well, strain into wine glass and top up with champagne.

Joe Gilmore (19 May 1922 – 18 December 2015) was one of the longest running Head Barmen at The Savoy Hotel's American Bar. He was born in Belfast and moved to London in 1938. Gilmore started as a trainee barman at The American Bar in 1940 and was appointed Head Barman in 1955, a position he held until he retired in 1976. Over his years as Head Barman, Gilmore invented numerous cocktails to mark special events and important guests, a longstanding tradition at the American Bar. Gilmore has invented cocktails in honor of a number of royalty, politicians and celebrities including The Prince of Wales, Prince William, The Princess Anne, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, The Prince Andrew, Sir Winston Churchill, and American Presidents Harry S. Truman and Richard Nixon. He also invented cocktails to commemorate the first walk on the moon in 1969 by Neil Armstrong, and the American and Russian link-up in space in 1975.

In addition to serving five generations of royals at private receptions and parties, Gilmore has also served Errol Flynn, Laurel and Hardy, Charlie Chaplin, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Grace Kelly, George Bernard Shaw, Ernest Hemingway, Noël Coward, Agatha Christie, Alice Faye, Ingrid Bergman, Julie Andrews, Laurence Olivier Joan Crawford, Judy Garland, Liza Minnelli, Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra.

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