Pink Lady (cocktail) Caryll of the same name, or named in the honour of its star Hazel Dawn who was known as "The Pink Lady". During the prohibition era (1920-1933) the cocktail was already widely known. In those years it was a popular drink at the Southern Yacht Club in New Orleans, where it was offered under the name "Pink Shimmy" as well. Its recipe was due to Armond Schroeder, an assistant manager at the club. The popularity of the Pink Lady might partially be explained by the frequently poor quality of gin during the prohibition era, due to which there was a
Tert-Butyl alcohol Tert-Butyl alcohol tert"-Butyl alcohol (TBA), also called tert"-butanol or "t"-butanol, is the simplest tertiary alcohol, with a formula of (CH)COH (sometimes represented as "t"-BuOH). It is one of the four isomers of butanol. "tert"-Butyl alcohol is a colorless solid, which melts near room temperature and has a camphor-like odor. It is miscible with water, ethanol and diethyl ether. "tert"-Butyl alcohol has been identified in beer and chickpeas. It is also found in cassava which is used as fermentation ingredient in certain alcoholic beverages. "tert"-Butyl alcohol is derived commercially from isobutane as a coproduct of propylene oxide production. It can also