This Week's Cocktail Museum: Fizz Countdown

Sunday, January 23, 9 p.m.-midnight:United Service Punch $6London’s United Service Club was founded in 1815 as a way to bring together senior officers of the British Army & Navy following the Napoleonic Wars. The club’s punch was a traditional affair straight out of the previous century: black tea, Arrack (a rum-like Indonesian spirit), lemon juice and lemon oil, sugar. And appropriately so – it was British and Dutch sailors and merchants who most likely hit upon ...the idea of combining Arrack with citrus, water and sugar in the 17th century – the punch template. Served hot.Nos. 36 to 39 in the Fizz Countdown:Bismarck Fizz $6White wine (Kung Fu Girl Riesling), raspberry syrup, lemon juice, club soda, up. From the old Waldorf-Astoria, and allegedly a favorite of statesman Otto von Bismarck.Holland Fizz $8Old Tom gin, lemon juice, simple syrup, egg white, mint, up. Essentially a Silver Fizz with mint garnish.Pineapple Fizz $7Light rum (Matusalem), pineapple juice, simple syrup, club soda, up.Ruby Fizz $8A minor variation on a Sloe Gin Fizz which add a bit of pomegranate syrup to the formula: sloe gin, lemon juice, sugar, grenadine, club soda, up.