Stirred, shaken, neat, on the rocks, straight up, with a kick, या dirty. However आप order them, everyone (save for maybe some Mormons and recovering alcoholics) loves a good cocktail. They have inspired world leaders, famous artists and poets, the शीर्षक for a cheesy 1988 Tom Cruise film, socialite parties, a genre of above-the-knee dresses, business executives and bar tenders’ creativity. The कॉकटेल has infused itself into our popular, historical and literary culture, often becoming as iconic as the famous men and women who drank them.
Can आप imagine Churchill without a मार्टीनी, मार्टिनी, एक प्रकार की बन्दूक in hand या a book द्वारा Hemmingway that didn’t describe copious कॉकटेल variations? But, have आप ever wondered where and when your प्रिय 5 o’clock drink came from? Was a Manhattan truly invented in Manhattan? Where do Mojitos really come from? Who was Tom Collins anyway? Is a Mai Tai really Hawaiian? From the classic मार्टीनी, मार्टिनी, एक प्रकार की बन्दूक to the lesser known Singapore Sling, here is a सूची of 10 classic cocktails and the often-controversial stories behind them.
Read away and the अगला time आप are downing your drink at your प्रिय watering hole या politely sipping your drink at a fancy कॉकटेल party, आप can impress your फ्रेंड्स with your knowledge of where that delightful (or not so delightful) mixture of alcohols really originated.
1. The Mojito
The drink of sailors? Traditionally made using white rum, sugar या sugar cane juice, lime, carbonated water and mint muddled together, many believe the Mojito is quite possibly world’s first cocktail. Although the image of hardened sailors drinking रम mixed with mint, चूना, चूने and sugar may not match your vision of straight-from-the-bottle gulping pirates, the Mojito has been enjoyed as early as the 16th century.
One story traces the origins of the Mojito back to 16th century Cuba, where the drink was called the “El Draque” in honor of explorer and sailor Sir Francis Drake. Legend has it the drink was first created as a means of covering up the often harsh taste of tafia/aguardiente, a primitive form of rum. The drink improved greatly during the 19th century with the introduction of copper stills that led to the modern (and much better tasting) form of rum. The contemporary name for the drink probably comes from a Cuban sauce called mojo, which is made from garlic, जैतून oil and citrus juice. Perhaps in reference to चूना, चूने as a main ingredient, the drink became known as a कॉकटेल with “a little mojo” or, in Spanish, a “Mojito.” While the Mojito may be one of the world’s first cocktails, it certainly has not waned in popularity over the years. In fact, the drink first invented to make bad रम tolerable is now a widely लोकप्रिय कॉकटेल around the world and is an especially लोकप्रिय and refreshing summer drink.
2. The Singapore Sling
A classic कॉकटेल often appearing in various forms on drink menus around the world, the Singapore गोफन was appropriately first concocted in Singapore. While the exact साल this कॉकटेल was created is open to some debate, most agree that the कॉकटेल was first created द्वारा a Hainanese-Chinese bartender named Mr. Ngiam Tong Boon at the Raffles Hotel’s Long Bar in Singapore. It is believed the bartender first mixed up the कॉकटेल sometime between 1910 and 1915.
The cocktail, which is made from a mixture of gin, चेरी ब्रांडी and Benedictine in equal parts with a dash of कड़वा, कड़वाहट and Cointreau and finished off with pineapple and चूना, चूने रस and grenadine, was modified in the middle of the 20th century द्वारा the original creator’s nephew. The newer recipe has been used since and is the base for the modern Singapore Sling. In the Raffles Hotel Museum, visitors can view the सुरक्षित where Mr. Ngiam locked away all of his secret कॉकटेल recipe books.
Included is also a hastily written recipe for the Singapore Sling, which was jotted down in 1936 द्वारा a visitor who asked the bartender for the recipe. Today, the drink is served on all Singapore Airlines flights and is mentioned in many लोकप्रिय culture फिल्में and books, including Hunter S. Thompson’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, in which lead character Raoul Duke talks about drinking “Singapore Slings with mescal on the side.” आप can also still order an original Singapore गोफन at the Raffles Hotel’s Long Bar, where आइकनों like Rudyard Kipling and others would once sip this famous, fruity cocktail.
3. The Sidecar
A classic कॉकटेल dating back about 100 years, the एक प्रकार का मादक द्रव्य, साइडकार, sidecar mixes equal parts ब्रांडी या Cognac, Cointreau and नींबू juice. The origin of the एक प्रकार का मादक द्रव्य, साइडकार, sidecar is largely debated, but लोकप्रिय wisdom is that the drink was probably first created in Paris sometime during या just following WWI. In the 1948 book द्वारा David A. Embury, The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks, the लेखक credits the invention of the drink to an American Army captain in Paris during WWI.
Supposedly the drink was named after the motorcycle एक प्रकार का मादक द्रव्य, साइडकार, sidecar “in which the good captain was driven to and from the little बिस्टरो where the drink was born and christened.” Harry’s Bar in Paris is the “little bistro” in which the लेखक is referring to and is often credited as the birthplace of this sweet yet tangy cocktail. Supposedly the mixture of ingredients was first blended when the American captain asked for pre-dinner कॉकटेल that would help ease the chill he had caught outside. The French bartender was faced with a dilemma. He knew ब्रांडी would be the best liqueur to take off the chill, but he also refused to serve the traditional after रात का खाना drink alone as a pre-dinner cocktail. The result was the bartender mixing ब्रांडी with the नारंगी, ऑरेंज flavored Cointreau and adding fresh नींबू रस to make an appropriate pre-dinner cocktail, and Voila – the एक प्रकार का मादक द्रव्य, साइडकार, sidecar was born.
This कॉकटेल was especially लोकप्रिय in England and France, where ex-pats like Hemmingway would sip Sidecars at the bar. Although आप may have an eyebrow raised if आप are under 70 and ordering this drink today, the एक प्रकार का मादक द्रव्य, साइडकार, sidecar is regaining popularity and making a resurgence on contemporary bar menus.
4. The Pisco Sour
Another कॉकटेल on the सूची with a controversial history is the Pisco Sour. A drink made from Pisco (a regional ब्रांडी from South America), नींबू juice, कड़वा, कड़वाहट and egg whites, many वाद-विवाद whether the national origin of this drink is Peruvian या Chilean.
Pisco itself dates back to the 16th century. The liqueur distilled from grapes द्वारा Spanish colonialists in South America in an attempt to make an inexpensive version of Spanish brandy. In Peru, the creation of the Pisco खट्टा is attributed to American expatriate Victor “Gringo” Morris at the Morris Bar in Lima, who blended up the drink as a variation of a whiskey sour. The drink immediately became so लोकप्रिय that other major hotels began serving it in their bars also, quickly popularizing the कॉकटेल with a international crowd.
In Chile, it is believed the birth of the Pisco खट्टा can be attributed to the English steward of a sailing ship, which was stopped at the then Peruvian and now Chilean port city of Iquique in 1872. It was the steward, who द्वारा mixing the regional liqueur with limes grown in the area, created the first Pisco Sour. Whatever the origins of the famous drink, the Pisco खट्टा is the iconic कॉकटेल of both Peru and Chile. In fact, both countries celebrate the famous कॉकटेल with National Pisco खट्टा Days (Peru’s in the first Saturday of February and Chile’s is celebrated May 15th) and there are many variations of the original कॉकटेल found around the world today.
5. White Russian
Not named for the country of its origin, but rather for the वोडका, वोदका used in the recipe, White Russians have recently made a booming resurgence in part due to the cult movie classic The Big Lebowiski. The movie’s main character, The Dude, drinks a steady stream of White Russians throughout the film. The use of the word Russian in the name of this drink was mostly due to the fact that when it was first invented sometime in the 1930s, prior to the huge वोडका, वोदका marketing campaign of the 1950s, when वोडका, वोदका was a little known liquor in the United States usually directly associated with its nation of origin, Russia.
The White Russian did not get its current recipe (the drink combines equal parts cream, वोडका, वोदका and Kahula) या moniker until the 1960s. In 1961, the Diner’s Club Drink Book, gave a recipe for a “Black Russian” without cream, implying that the same कॉकटेल with cream would therefore be named a White Russian. Today White Russians have inspired a drinking game among college students, who try to keep up with The Dude in their consumption of the कॉकटेल while watching The Big Lebowski.
The drink is also the प्रिय drink of lightweights and lushes, as White Russians effectively obfuscate the hefty dose of alcohol in them that they go down the hatch with ease. That’s great for those who rarely drink या for those who drink a little too much (i.e. The Dude, who gets most of his daily nutrition from these creamy little cocktails).
5. The Manhattan
Often called the “King of Cocktails” या the “Drinking Man’s Cocktail,” The Manhattan is a very potent drink and one of the legendary six classic cocktails included in David Embury’s famous book, The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks. The Manhattan is a कॉकटेल made with a mixture of whiskey, sweet वरमाउथ and कड़वा, कड़वाहट and garnished most often with a maraschino cherry.
Regularly regarded as one of the best cocktails ever created, the Manhattan has a long and debated history. The कॉकटेल was supposedly first invented at the Manhattan Club in New York City in the early 1870s. Legend has it that the drink was invented for a banquet hosted द्वारा Lady Randolph Churchill (Winston Churchill’s mother) in honor of presidential candidate Samuel J. Tilden. The success of the banquet quickly made the कॉकटेल fashionable in New York City’s powerful circles and prompted many people to request the drink द्वारा referring to the name of the club where it originated, calling it “the Manhattan cocktail.”
However, like with almost every कॉकटेल on this list, there is great वाद-विवाद as to the truth behind this account of the Manhattan. In fact, some claim that while the drink may have first been mixed at the Manhattan Club, Lady Churchill had nothing to do with the banquet honoring Samuel Tilden and, in fact, was in England at the time giving birth to her soon-to-be famous son. Another legend says that a bartender with the last name Black invented the Manhattan at a bar on Broadway in New York City sometime in the 1860s. Whatever the true story, this कॉकटेल does indeed भालू the name of the island from which it came.
6. The Mai Tai
The fruity, tropical Mai Tai is another कॉकटेल with conflicting stories of origin. The drink, which is made of a mixture of white and सोना rum, pineapple juice, नारंगी, ऑरेंज and/or चूना, चूने juice, is of American origin despite its Polynesian name. The favored history, however, is that the drink was first created द्वारा Victor Buergon, better known as “Trader Vic” who invented the कॉकटेल at the Polynesian-style restaurant in Oakland, California that bore his name.
Supposedly, Buergon created the first Mai Tai in honor of some फ्रेंड्स who were visiting from Tahiti in 1944. After mixing रम with just the right combination of फल juices and नारंगी, ऑरेंज flavored liqueur, he served the new कॉकटेल to his फ्रेंड्स who cried out, “Maitai roa!” (which literally means “very good”), and the कॉकटेल was born. However, like most लोकप्रिय cocktails, the Mai Tai’s history is not without controversy.
Trader Vic’s amicable rival, founding father of tiki restaurants, bars and क्लब्स Donn समुद्र तट (of Don the Beachcomber restaurants), also claims to have created in the first Mai Tai in 1933 at his newly opened restaurant in Hollywood. Donn समुद्र तट (the founder legally changed his name after the success of his tiki restaurant chain) is known as the originator of Polynesian style restaurants that became a लोकप्रिय culture craze following WWII. While both men claim to be the original creator of this drink, the Mai Tai’s huge popularity can be mostly owed to both men, who sold the drinks in their wildly लोकप्रिय restaurant chains and forever associated the fruity drink with Hawaii – despite its California origins.
7. Tom Collins
There are a few different legends surrounding the name of the famous and classic Tom Collins cocktail. While many assume the drink was named after a real person, there is much वाद-विवाद whether there ever really was a Tom Collins and whether he lent to his name to this कॉकटेल of gin, नींबू and चूना, चूने रस and soda water. One लोकप्रिय account says the कॉकटेल was named after not a Tom, but a John Collins who was a headwaiter at a लंडन Hotel in the early 19th century. The cocktail’s name was changed to a Tom Collins when Old Tom brand जिन (a sweetened जिन rarely used today) was substituted for the drier जिन in the original recipe.
Another story, which is the most probable of the various legends, involves a hoax that took over New York City in 1874. The prank went something like this: A friend would run into आप on the सड़क, स्ट्रीट and, with great concern, tell आप he just overheard someone named Tom Collins at a bar down the सड़क, स्ट्रीट saying hateful and libelous things about you. आप race to that bar to confront the bounder, where आप would be told that Tom Collins had just left for a bar several blocks away. When आप get there, Collins would already have decamped for another joint across town. As आप chase all over the city, your फ्रेंड्स convulse with laughter. The prank gained such notoriety, that even local newspapers started reporting the hoax. In 1874, the Steubenville Daily Herald reported that the hoax caused “frantic young men to rush wildly through the streets of the city on Saturday hunting for the libelous Tom Collins.” These young men were often directed to find legendary Tom Collins at a local bar.
So how did the hoax turn into the name of a drink? According to दीवार सड़क, स्ट्रीट Journal columnist and कॉकटेल historian Eric Felten, “It doesn’t take much to imagine how Tom Collins came to be a drink. How many times does someone have to barge into a saloon demanding a Tom Collins before the bartender takes the opportunity to offer him a कॉकटेल so-named?” In any event, this लोकप्रिय कॉकटेल has become a fixture in कॉकटेल culture, inspiring the name of a glass (a Collins glass) as well as a pre-mixed and लोकप्रिय Collins Mix.
9. Bloody Mary
Like every other कॉकटेल on this list, the history behind the Bloody Mary is also a bit cloudy. One लोकप्रिय legend says that the original Bloody Mary, which was then made using equal parts टमाटर रस and वोडका, वोदका and used as a hangover cure, was invented द्वारा comedian, songwriter and movie producer George Jessel (aka the “Toastmaster General of the United States”). Jessel claimed he created the drink one morning in Palm समुद्र तट during the 1950s, when he mixed टमाटर रस and वोडका, वोदका as a way to recover from an entire night spent drinking. Jessel even appeared in Smirnoff वोडका, वोदका ads in the 1950s declaring, “I, George Jessel invented the Bloody Mary.” However, as aptly put द्वारा दीवार सड़क, स्ट्रीट Journal columnist and कॉकटेल historian Eric Felten, “Given Jessel’s knack for self-promotion, many doubted his claim,” which made skeptics to खोजिए for the true origin of the drink and opened the door for a legend involving the head bartender at the St. Regis Hotel in New York named Fernand “Peter” Petriot.
Starting in the 1940s, Petriot was supposedly serving up Blood Marys under the alias of “Red Snappers” at the hotel’s King Cole Bar. After the लोकप्रिय टमाटर रस based कॉकटेल became लोकप्रिय in the 1950s, Petriot would claim that he actually first invented the कॉकटेल while working at Harry’s Bar in Paris during the 1920s (also supposed birthplace of the Sidecar). However, in reality, the Bloody Mary लोकप्रिय today is in fact a combination of the two men’s creations. Petriot himself admitted that “George Jessel कहा he created it, but it was really nothing but वोडका, वोदका and टमाटर रस when I took it over.” While Petriot did inadvertently give credit for the original drink to Jessel, he also specified that it was he who added salt, pepper, cayenne and Worcestershire sauce to the concoction, creating the modern Bloody Mary.
10. The Martini
And, last, but certainly not least, on this सूची of cocktails is the Martini. The most well-known of cocktails, Western culture has created quite the lore and mythology surrounding the drink. The three-martini lunch became a लोकप्रिय phrase coined for expensive, long lunches taken द्वारा business executives. In fact, the मार्टीनी, मार्टिनी, एक प्रकार की बन्दूक has become और of a class of drinks than one drink in particular – with variations like Appletinis, वोडका, वोदका martinis and others becoming लोकप्रिय over the years.
The famous and powerful people who have favored the simple, yet potent, original – Winston Churchill, Truman Capote, Ernest Hemmingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald to name a few – have only added to the lore of this लोकप्रिय classic cocktail. The first मार्टीनी, मार्टिनी, एक प्रकार की बन्दूक – या Martini-like drink – was poured sometime between 1862 and 1871 and was called a Martinez, a name to honor the humble town of Martinez, California, where it was purportedly first dreamed up द्वारा bartender Julio Richelieu, proprietor of the eponymous Julio Richelieu Saloon. That similar (but sweeter) version of the कॉकटेल consisted of sweet vermouth, gin, कड़वा, कड़वाहट and was garnished with a maraschino cherry. This version (which was essentially a जिन Manhattan) eventually gave way to the और contemporary drier version that includes gin, वरमाउथ and कड़वा, कड़वाहट and was supposedly first made लोकप्रिय when John D. Rockefeller started downing them at the turn of the 20th century.
Although the origins of the first Martinez तारीख, दिनांक back to the 1860s, the modern मार्टीनी, मार्टिनी, एक प्रकार की बन्दूक first rose in popularity starting in 1900s. During prohibition, the मार्टीनी, मार्टिनी, एक प्रकार की बन्दूक became the drink of choice (or no choice in many cases) in speakeasies across the country due to the quick accessibility and production of gin. In fact, it was often a जिन मार्टीनी, मार्टिनी, एक प्रकार की बन्दूक या no drink at all for customers hiding out in their secret watering holes. The modern वोडका, वोदका Martini, which James Bond stalwarts will surely order shaken not stirred, was not created until much later and many मार्टीनी, मार्टिनी, एक प्रकार की बन्दूक purists still claim the idea of a मार्टीनी, मार्टिनी, एक प्रकार की बन्दूक made with वोडका, वोदका is preposterous. A steadfast and iconic cocktail, however, the classic मार्टीनी, मार्टिनी, एक प्रकार की बन्दूक is here to stay, whether made with वोडका, वोदका या gin, dirty या not, with varying amounts of vermouth, neat, या over ice.
Can आप imagine Churchill without a मार्टीनी, मार्टिनी, एक प्रकार की बन्दूक in hand या a book द्वारा Hemmingway that didn’t describe copious कॉकटेल variations? But, have आप ever wondered where and when your प्रिय 5 o’clock drink came from? Was a Manhattan truly invented in Manhattan? Where do Mojitos really come from? Who was Tom Collins anyway? Is a Mai Tai really Hawaiian? From the classic मार्टीनी, मार्टिनी, एक प्रकार की बन्दूक to the lesser known Singapore Sling, here is a सूची of 10 classic cocktails and the often-controversial stories behind them.
Read away and the अगला time आप are downing your drink at your प्रिय watering hole या politely sipping your drink at a fancy कॉकटेल party, आप can impress your फ्रेंड्स with your knowledge of where that delightful (or not so delightful) mixture of alcohols really originated.
1. The Mojito
The drink of sailors? Traditionally made using white rum, sugar या sugar cane juice, lime, carbonated water and mint muddled together, many believe the Mojito is quite possibly world’s first cocktail. Although the image of hardened sailors drinking रम mixed with mint, चूना, चूने and sugar may not match your vision of straight-from-the-bottle gulping pirates, the Mojito has been enjoyed as early as the 16th century.
One story traces the origins of the Mojito back to 16th century Cuba, where the drink was called the “El Draque” in honor of explorer and sailor Sir Francis Drake. Legend has it the drink was first created as a means of covering up the often harsh taste of tafia/aguardiente, a primitive form of rum. The drink improved greatly during the 19th century with the introduction of copper stills that led to the modern (and much better tasting) form of rum. The contemporary name for the drink probably comes from a Cuban sauce called mojo, which is made from garlic, जैतून oil and citrus juice. Perhaps in reference to चूना, चूने as a main ingredient, the drink became known as a कॉकटेल with “a little mojo” or, in Spanish, a “Mojito.” While the Mojito may be one of the world’s first cocktails, it certainly has not waned in popularity over the years. In fact, the drink first invented to make bad रम tolerable is now a widely लोकप्रिय कॉकटेल around the world and is an especially लोकप्रिय and refreshing summer drink.
2. The Singapore Sling
A classic कॉकटेल often appearing in various forms on drink menus around the world, the Singapore गोफन was appropriately first concocted in Singapore. While the exact साल this कॉकटेल was created is open to some debate, most agree that the कॉकटेल was first created द्वारा a Hainanese-Chinese bartender named Mr. Ngiam Tong Boon at the Raffles Hotel’s Long Bar in Singapore. It is believed the bartender first mixed up the कॉकटेल sometime between 1910 and 1915.
The cocktail, which is made from a mixture of gin, चेरी ब्रांडी and Benedictine in equal parts with a dash of कड़वा, कड़वाहट and Cointreau and finished off with pineapple and चूना, चूने रस and grenadine, was modified in the middle of the 20th century द्वारा the original creator’s nephew. The newer recipe has been used since and is the base for the modern Singapore Sling. In the Raffles Hotel Museum, visitors can view the सुरक्षित where Mr. Ngiam locked away all of his secret कॉकटेल recipe books.
Included is also a hastily written recipe for the Singapore Sling, which was jotted down in 1936 द्वारा a visitor who asked the bartender for the recipe. Today, the drink is served on all Singapore Airlines flights and is mentioned in many लोकप्रिय culture फिल्में and books, including Hunter S. Thompson’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, in which lead character Raoul Duke talks about drinking “Singapore Slings with mescal on the side.” आप can also still order an original Singapore गोफन at the Raffles Hotel’s Long Bar, where आइकनों like Rudyard Kipling and others would once sip this famous, fruity cocktail.
3. The Sidecar
A classic कॉकटेल dating back about 100 years, the एक प्रकार का मादक द्रव्य, साइडकार, sidecar mixes equal parts ब्रांडी या Cognac, Cointreau and नींबू juice. The origin of the एक प्रकार का मादक द्रव्य, साइडकार, sidecar is largely debated, but लोकप्रिय wisdom is that the drink was probably first created in Paris sometime during या just following WWI. In the 1948 book द्वारा David A. Embury, The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks, the लेखक credits the invention of the drink to an American Army captain in Paris during WWI.
Supposedly the drink was named after the motorcycle एक प्रकार का मादक द्रव्य, साइडकार, sidecar “in which the good captain was driven to and from the little बिस्टरो where the drink was born and christened.” Harry’s Bar in Paris is the “little bistro” in which the लेखक is referring to and is often credited as the birthplace of this sweet yet tangy cocktail. Supposedly the mixture of ingredients was first blended when the American captain asked for pre-dinner कॉकटेल that would help ease the chill he had caught outside. The French bartender was faced with a dilemma. He knew ब्रांडी would be the best liqueur to take off the chill, but he also refused to serve the traditional after रात का खाना drink alone as a pre-dinner cocktail. The result was the bartender mixing ब्रांडी with the नारंगी, ऑरेंज flavored Cointreau and adding fresh नींबू रस to make an appropriate pre-dinner cocktail, and Voila – the एक प्रकार का मादक द्रव्य, साइडकार, sidecar was born.
This कॉकटेल was especially लोकप्रिय in England and France, where ex-pats like Hemmingway would sip Sidecars at the bar. Although आप may have an eyebrow raised if आप are under 70 and ordering this drink today, the एक प्रकार का मादक द्रव्य, साइडकार, sidecar is regaining popularity and making a resurgence on contemporary bar menus.
4. The Pisco Sour
Another कॉकटेल on the सूची with a controversial history is the Pisco Sour. A drink made from Pisco (a regional ब्रांडी from South America), नींबू juice, कड़वा, कड़वाहट and egg whites, many वाद-विवाद whether the national origin of this drink is Peruvian या Chilean.
Pisco itself dates back to the 16th century. The liqueur distilled from grapes द्वारा Spanish colonialists in South America in an attempt to make an inexpensive version of Spanish brandy. In Peru, the creation of the Pisco खट्टा is attributed to American expatriate Victor “Gringo” Morris at the Morris Bar in Lima, who blended up the drink as a variation of a whiskey sour. The drink immediately became so लोकप्रिय that other major hotels began serving it in their bars also, quickly popularizing the कॉकटेल with a international crowd.
In Chile, it is believed the birth of the Pisco खट्टा can be attributed to the English steward of a sailing ship, which was stopped at the then Peruvian and now Chilean port city of Iquique in 1872. It was the steward, who द्वारा mixing the regional liqueur with limes grown in the area, created the first Pisco Sour. Whatever the origins of the famous drink, the Pisco खट्टा is the iconic कॉकटेल of both Peru and Chile. In fact, both countries celebrate the famous कॉकटेल with National Pisco खट्टा Days (Peru’s in the first Saturday of February and Chile’s is celebrated May 15th) and there are many variations of the original कॉकटेल found around the world today.
5. White Russian
Not named for the country of its origin, but rather for the वोडका, वोदका used in the recipe, White Russians have recently made a booming resurgence in part due to the cult movie classic The Big Lebowiski. The movie’s main character, The Dude, drinks a steady stream of White Russians throughout the film. The use of the word Russian in the name of this drink was mostly due to the fact that when it was first invented sometime in the 1930s, prior to the huge वोडका, वोदका marketing campaign of the 1950s, when वोडका, वोदका was a little known liquor in the United States usually directly associated with its nation of origin, Russia.
The White Russian did not get its current recipe (the drink combines equal parts cream, वोडका, वोदका and Kahula) या moniker until the 1960s. In 1961, the Diner’s Club Drink Book, gave a recipe for a “Black Russian” without cream, implying that the same कॉकटेल with cream would therefore be named a White Russian. Today White Russians have inspired a drinking game among college students, who try to keep up with The Dude in their consumption of the कॉकटेल while watching The Big Lebowski.
The drink is also the प्रिय drink of lightweights and lushes, as White Russians effectively obfuscate the hefty dose of alcohol in them that they go down the hatch with ease. That’s great for those who rarely drink या for those who drink a little too much (i.e. The Dude, who gets most of his daily nutrition from these creamy little cocktails).
5. The Manhattan
Often called the “King of Cocktails” या the “Drinking Man’s Cocktail,” The Manhattan is a very potent drink and one of the legendary six classic cocktails included in David Embury’s famous book, The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks. The Manhattan is a कॉकटेल made with a mixture of whiskey, sweet वरमाउथ and कड़वा, कड़वाहट and garnished most often with a maraschino cherry.
Regularly regarded as one of the best cocktails ever created, the Manhattan has a long and debated history. The कॉकटेल was supposedly first invented at the Manhattan Club in New York City in the early 1870s. Legend has it that the drink was invented for a banquet hosted द्वारा Lady Randolph Churchill (Winston Churchill’s mother) in honor of presidential candidate Samuel J. Tilden. The success of the banquet quickly made the कॉकटेल fashionable in New York City’s powerful circles and prompted many people to request the drink द्वारा referring to the name of the club where it originated, calling it “the Manhattan cocktail.”
However, like with almost every कॉकटेल on this list, there is great वाद-विवाद as to the truth behind this account of the Manhattan. In fact, some claim that while the drink may have first been mixed at the Manhattan Club, Lady Churchill had nothing to do with the banquet honoring Samuel Tilden and, in fact, was in England at the time giving birth to her soon-to-be famous son. Another legend says that a bartender with the last name Black invented the Manhattan at a bar on Broadway in New York City sometime in the 1860s. Whatever the true story, this कॉकटेल does indeed भालू the name of the island from which it came.
6. The Mai Tai
The fruity, tropical Mai Tai is another कॉकटेल with conflicting stories of origin. The drink, which is made of a mixture of white and सोना rum, pineapple juice, नारंगी, ऑरेंज and/or चूना, चूने juice, is of American origin despite its Polynesian name. The favored history, however, is that the drink was first created द्वारा Victor Buergon, better known as “Trader Vic” who invented the कॉकटेल at the Polynesian-style restaurant in Oakland, California that bore his name.
Supposedly, Buergon created the first Mai Tai in honor of some फ्रेंड्स who were visiting from Tahiti in 1944. After mixing रम with just the right combination of फल juices and नारंगी, ऑरेंज flavored liqueur, he served the new कॉकटेल to his फ्रेंड्स who cried out, “Maitai roa!” (which literally means “very good”), and the कॉकटेल was born. However, like most लोकप्रिय cocktails, the Mai Tai’s history is not without controversy.
Trader Vic’s amicable rival, founding father of tiki restaurants, bars and क्लब्स Donn समुद्र तट (of Don the Beachcomber restaurants), also claims to have created in the first Mai Tai in 1933 at his newly opened restaurant in Hollywood. Donn समुद्र तट (the founder legally changed his name after the success of his tiki restaurant chain) is known as the originator of Polynesian style restaurants that became a लोकप्रिय culture craze following WWII. While both men claim to be the original creator of this drink, the Mai Tai’s huge popularity can be mostly owed to both men, who sold the drinks in their wildly लोकप्रिय restaurant chains and forever associated the fruity drink with Hawaii – despite its California origins.
7. Tom Collins
There are a few different legends surrounding the name of the famous and classic Tom Collins cocktail. While many assume the drink was named after a real person, there is much वाद-विवाद whether there ever really was a Tom Collins and whether he lent to his name to this कॉकटेल of gin, नींबू and चूना, चूने रस and soda water. One लोकप्रिय account says the कॉकटेल was named after not a Tom, but a John Collins who was a headwaiter at a लंडन Hotel in the early 19th century. The cocktail’s name was changed to a Tom Collins when Old Tom brand जिन (a sweetened जिन rarely used today) was substituted for the drier जिन in the original recipe.
Another story, which is the most probable of the various legends, involves a hoax that took over New York City in 1874. The prank went something like this: A friend would run into आप on the सड़क, स्ट्रीट and, with great concern, tell आप he just overheard someone named Tom Collins at a bar down the सड़क, स्ट्रीट saying hateful and libelous things about you. आप race to that bar to confront the bounder, where आप would be told that Tom Collins had just left for a bar several blocks away. When आप get there, Collins would already have decamped for another joint across town. As आप chase all over the city, your फ्रेंड्स convulse with laughter. The prank gained such notoriety, that even local newspapers started reporting the hoax. In 1874, the Steubenville Daily Herald reported that the hoax caused “frantic young men to rush wildly through the streets of the city on Saturday hunting for the libelous Tom Collins.” These young men were often directed to find legendary Tom Collins at a local bar.
So how did the hoax turn into the name of a drink? According to दीवार सड़क, स्ट्रीट Journal columnist and कॉकटेल historian Eric Felten, “It doesn’t take much to imagine how Tom Collins came to be a drink. How many times does someone have to barge into a saloon demanding a Tom Collins before the bartender takes the opportunity to offer him a कॉकटेल so-named?” In any event, this लोकप्रिय कॉकटेल has become a fixture in कॉकटेल culture, inspiring the name of a glass (a Collins glass) as well as a pre-mixed and लोकप्रिय Collins Mix.
9. Bloody Mary
Like every other कॉकटेल on this list, the history behind the Bloody Mary is also a bit cloudy. One लोकप्रिय legend says that the original Bloody Mary, which was then made using equal parts टमाटर रस and वोडका, वोदका and used as a hangover cure, was invented द्वारा comedian, songwriter and movie producer George Jessel (aka the “Toastmaster General of the United States”). Jessel claimed he created the drink one morning in Palm समुद्र तट during the 1950s, when he mixed टमाटर रस and वोडका, वोदका as a way to recover from an entire night spent drinking. Jessel even appeared in Smirnoff वोडका, वोदका ads in the 1950s declaring, “I, George Jessel invented the Bloody Mary.” However, as aptly put द्वारा दीवार सड़क, स्ट्रीट Journal columnist and कॉकटेल historian Eric Felten, “Given Jessel’s knack for self-promotion, many doubted his claim,” which made skeptics to खोजिए for the true origin of the drink and opened the door for a legend involving the head bartender at the St. Regis Hotel in New York named Fernand “Peter” Petriot.
Starting in the 1940s, Petriot was supposedly serving up Blood Marys under the alias of “Red Snappers” at the hotel’s King Cole Bar. After the लोकप्रिय टमाटर रस based कॉकटेल became लोकप्रिय in the 1950s, Petriot would claim that he actually first invented the कॉकटेल while working at Harry’s Bar in Paris during the 1920s (also supposed birthplace of the Sidecar). However, in reality, the Bloody Mary लोकप्रिय today is in fact a combination of the two men’s creations. Petriot himself admitted that “George Jessel कहा he created it, but it was really nothing but वोडका, वोदका and टमाटर रस when I took it over.” While Petriot did inadvertently give credit for the original drink to Jessel, he also specified that it was he who added salt, pepper, cayenne and Worcestershire sauce to the concoction, creating the modern Bloody Mary.
10. The Martini
And, last, but certainly not least, on this सूची of cocktails is the Martini. The most well-known of cocktails, Western culture has created quite the lore and mythology surrounding the drink. The three-martini lunch became a लोकप्रिय phrase coined for expensive, long lunches taken द्वारा business executives. In fact, the मार्टीनी, मार्टिनी, एक प्रकार की बन्दूक has become और of a class of drinks than one drink in particular – with variations like Appletinis, वोडका, वोदका martinis and others becoming लोकप्रिय over the years.
The famous and powerful people who have favored the simple, yet potent, original – Winston Churchill, Truman Capote, Ernest Hemmingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald to name a few – have only added to the lore of this लोकप्रिय classic cocktail. The first मार्टीनी, मार्टिनी, एक प्रकार की बन्दूक – या Martini-like drink – was poured sometime between 1862 and 1871 and was called a Martinez, a name to honor the humble town of Martinez, California, where it was purportedly first dreamed up द्वारा bartender Julio Richelieu, proprietor of the eponymous Julio Richelieu Saloon. That similar (but sweeter) version of the कॉकटेल consisted of sweet vermouth, gin, कड़वा, कड़वाहट and was garnished with a maraschino cherry. This version (which was essentially a जिन Manhattan) eventually gave way to the और contemporary drier version that includes gin, वरमाउथ and कड़वा, कड़वाहट and was supposedly first made लोकप्रिय when John D. Rockefeller started downing them at the turn of the 20th century.
Although the origins of the first Martinez तारीख, दिनांक back to the 1860s, the modern मार्टीनी, मार्टिनी, एक प्रकार की बन्दूक first rose in popularity starting in 1900s. During prohibition, the मार्टीनी, मार्टिनी, एक प्रकार की बन्दूक became the drink of choice (or no choice in many cases) in speakeasies across the country due to the quick accessibility and production of gin. In fact, it was often a जिन मार्टीनी, मार्टिनी, एक प्रकार की बन्दूक या no drink at all for customers hiding out in their secret watering holes. The modern वोडका, वोदका Martini, which James Bond stalwarts will surely order shaken not stirred, was not created until much later and many मार्टीनी, मार्टिनी, एक प्रकार की बन्दूक purists still claim the idea of a मार्टीनी, मार्टिनी, एक प्रकार की बन्दूक made with वोडका, वोदका is preposterous. A steadfast and iconic cocktail, however, the classic मार्टीनी, मार्टिनी, एक प्रकार की बन्दूक is here to stay, whether made with वोडका, वोदका या gin, dirty या not, with varying amounts of vermouth, neat, या over ice.