Lion's Tail

A bourbon sour with a Caribbean accent: lime and a teaspoon of sugar sharpen the whiskey while allspice dram laces it with clove, nutmeg and warm pimento spice, and a dash of Angostura ties the whole thing together. First recorded in the 1937 Café Royal Cocktail Book and credited to L. A. Clarke, the drink takes its name from the old phrase "twisting the lion's tail" — needling the British. It faded with allspice dram's mid-century disappearance and returned with the liqueur's 2000s revival.