![]() I profiled the Americano Cocktail way back in 2012 with my post entitled surprisingly enough Americano (□□□.) Now the Americano can be had in two different ways with its base spirits being the same. Bond is at the Hermitage Bar awaiting the arrival of Mathis and Vesper Lynd when he orders the Milanese cocktail that was known as the Milano-Torino and now the more commonly referred to as the Americano, That distinction belongs to the Americano. ![]() Heck, his signature cocktail which would be christened the Vesper Martini in this book isn't even the first drink that Bond has. Unlike the movies where Bond is forever known for his Martini, shaken not stirred shtick, the Bond of the books consumes a variety of spirits and cocktails during his missions. This is why the Daniel Craig debut Bond movie Casino Royale came out in 2006, almost 40 years after the Peter Niven Casino Royale movie that isn't in the Bond movie continuity. On a side note, due to licensing and other issues surrounding the Bond franchise, the movies were released in a different order than the books were written in. Casino Royale was the first of 11 novels and a number of short stories that revolved around James Bond. ![]()
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