Ted Haigh
also known as Doctor Cocktail.
Biography
Ted Haigh (1956- )
Studied historic cocktails from the late 1960s. Began acquiring bar guides in the late 1970s. Amassed one of the largest collections of historic cocktail constituents in the world by the mid-1990s.
Became America Online's Food & Drink Network's Cocktail & Spirits Maven in 1996
Worked with John Fee of Fee Brothers to recreate peach bitters in 1998-99.
Worked with Fee Brothers again in 2002 to produce a Falernum syrup flavor best suited to the heyday of tiki drinks.
In 2004 wrote the book Vintage Spirits & Forgotten Cocktails, published by Quarry Press.
In January 2005, wrote, designed, configured and mounted the inaugural New Orleans exhibit for The Museum of the American Cocktail, and was elected to their Board of Directors.
In 2005 Haigh's historical examination of the Singapore Sling was published in Mixologist: The Journal of the American Cocktail.
In 2006 designed, augmented, configured and mounted the Las Vegas exhibit for The Museum of the American Cocktail.
Currently working on several new cocktail-oriented book projects.
Cocktail Creations of Ted Haigh
Lemony Snicket Cocktail
