Drinks in cocktail families are made the same way and according to their respective categories. For instance, if one is to make Brandy or Whiskey Crusta, the only change that has to be made is to substitute the primary liquor. Once you know …
Today’s definition of a cocktail is often associated with a myriad of mixed drinks. There are no clearly defined rules of what constitutes a cocktail as used to be with the old-fashioned cocktails. At the beginning of the 1800s, there wasn’t any need …
CHRYSANTHEMUM cocktail was first published in 1930 in The Savoy Cocktail Book.
The recipe was first published in the 1871 book Gentleman’s Table Guide by E. Ricket and C. Thomas. It’s part of the category “pick me up” drinks prescribed by the barkeepers at that time for a hangover cure. They are many variations but …
It is named after the pseudo-scientific idea that grafting monkey testicle tissue into humans would increase longevity, the concept developed by the Russian doctor Serge Voronoff.[2] It was created by Harry MacElhone, Harry’s New York Bar in Paris.
There is not much I can say about Bloody Mary, probably the best selling drink on the planet and beyond 🙂 There are a few stories of who created the drink. I’m going with one from the 1920s, a bartender in Harry’s American …
Gimlet was very popular with the British Navy. To prevent scurvy, a severe and sometimes deadly disease caused by Vitamin C deficiency, they were given preserved lime juice, but no self-respected sailor would’ve drunk straight lime juice. It sure tastes much better if …
Stinger is an after-dinner cocktail, very popular from the beginning of the 20th century through the Prohibition up until 1960-the 70s. Initially, Stinger was seen as the drink of the upper society. During Prohibition became widely popular as the creme de Menthe was …
The predecessor of Martini probably was the Martinez, which had more sweet vermouth than gin, according to a recipe from the 1887 Jerry Thomas book Bartender’s Guide, How to Mix All Kinds of Plain and Fancy Drinks. A year later, in 1888, Harry …
Rob Roy is a variation of Manhattan; instead of bourbon or rye, use scotch whisky. I came across two stories about this drink. The first one is the drink was served first 1894 at Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York, and the second …
There are few stories about how Manhattan was created. The first time it was served at the Manhattan club was when Jenny Churchill had a party for the newly elected governor of New York, Samuel Tilden. The problem with this story is that …
