The Chanticleer Society - A Worldwide Organization of Cocktail Enthusiasts - by Robert Hess Vor einigen Tagen haben ich von der Chanticleer Society gelesen. Robert Hess hat diese neue "wohltätige" Plattform ins Leben gerufen. Wie man auf der Webseite der Gesellschaft lesen kann, wird das Drinkboy Forum im Februar 2009 von Microsoft abgeschaltet. Zitat Robert Hess: "We were looking for a name to christen a new organization of cocktail enthusiasts, and after a little head scratching David Wondrich uncovered the following quote: "The Sunday Mercury says that if you are at a hotel, and wish to call for a beverage compounded of brandy, sugar, absynthe, bitters and ice, called by the vulgar a cocktail, ask for une queue de chanticleer-it will be an evidence at once of your knowledge of French and of Chesterfield." - The New Orleans Daily Picayune, February 2, 1843, p.2 which provides an interesting alternative term for cocktail. Listed here "une queue de chantic...