Stirred, shaken, neat, on the rocks, straight up, with a kick, または dirty. However あなた 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 タイトル for a cheesy 1988 Tom Cruise film, socialite parties, a genre of above-the-knee dresses, business executives and bar tenders’ creativity. The カクテル has infused itself into our popular, historical and literary culture, often becoming as iconic as the famous men and women who drank them.
Can あなた imagine Churchill without a マティーニ in hand または a book によって Hemmingway that didn’t describe copious カクテル variations? But, have あなた ever wondered where and when your お気に入り 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 マティーニ to the lesser known Singapore Sling, here is a 一覧 of 10 classic cocktails and the often-controversial stories behind them.
Read away and the 次 time あなた are downing your drink at your お気に入り watering hole または politely sipping your drink at a fancy カクテル party, あなた can impress your フレンズ 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 または 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 ラム, ラム酒 mixed with mint, ライム 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, オリーブ oil and citrus juice. Perhaps in reference to ライム as a main ingredient, the drink became known as a カクテル 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 ラム, ラム酒 tolerable is now a widely 人気 カクテル around the world and is an especially 人気 and refreshing summer drink.
2. The Singapore Sling
A classic カクテル often appearing in various forms on drink menus around the world, the Singapore スリング was appropriately first concocted in Singapore. While the exact 年 this カクテル was created is open to some debate, most agree that the カクテル was first created によって 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 カクテル sometime between 1910 and 1915.
The cocktail, which is made from a mixture of gin, チェリー ブランデー and Benedictine in equal parts with a dash of 苦味の, ビターズ and Cointreau and finished off with pineapple and ライム ジュース and grenadine, was modified in the middle of the 20th century によって 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 安全, 安全です where Mr. Ngiam locked away all of his secret カクテル recipe books.
Included is also a hastily written recipe for the Singapore Sling, which was jotted down in 1936 によって a visitor who asked the bartender for the recipe. Today, the drink is served on all Singapore Airlines flights and is mentioned in many 人気 culture 映画 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.” あなた can also still order an original Singapore スリング at the Raffles Hotel’s Long Bar, where アイコン like Rudyard Kipling and others would once sip this famous, fruity cocktail.
3. The Sidecar
A classic カクテル dating back about 100 years, the サイドカー mixes equal parts ブランデー または Cognac, Cointreau and レモン juice. The origin of the サイドカー is largely debated, but 人気 wisdom is that the drink was probably first created in Paris sometime during または just following WWI. In the 1948 book によって David A. Embury, The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks, the 作者 credits the invention of the drink to an American Army captain in Paris during WWI.
Supposedly the drink was named after the motorcycle サイドカー “in which the good captain was driven to and from the little ビストロ where the drink was born and christened.” Harry’s Bar in Paris is the “little bistro” in which the 作者 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 カクテル that would help ease the chill he had caught outside. The French bartender was faced with a dilemma. He knew ブランデー would be the best liqueur to take off the chill, but he also refused to serve the traditional after ディナー drink alone as a pre-dinner cocktail. The result was the bartender mixing ブランデー with the オレンジ flavored Cointreau and adding fresh レモン ジュース to make an appropriate pre-dinner cocktail, and Voila – the サイドカー was born.
This カクテル was especially 人気 in England and France, where ex-pats like Hemmingway would sip Sidecars at the bar. Although あなた may have an eyebrow raised if あなた are under 70 and ordering this drink today, the サイドカー is regaining popularity and making a resurgence on contemporary bar menus.
4. The Pisco Sour
Another カクテル on the 一覧 with a controversial history is the Pisco Sour. A drink made from Pisco (a regional ブランデー from South America), レモン juice, 苦味の, ビターズ and egg whites, many ディベート whether the national origin of this drink is Peruvian または Chilean.
Pisco itself dates back to the 16th century. The liqueur distilled from grapes によって Spanish colonialists in South America in an attempt to make an inexpensive version of Spanish brandy. In Peru, the creation of the Pisco サワー 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 人気 that other major hotels began serving it in their bars also, quickly popularizing the カクテル with a international crowd.
In Chile, it is believed the birth of the Pisco サワー 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 によって mixing the regional liqueur with limes grown in the area, created the first Pisco Sour. Whatever the origins of the famous drink, the Pisco サワー is the iconic カクテル of both Peru and Chile. In fact, both countries celebrate the famous カクテル with National Pisco サワー Days (Peru’s in the first Saturday of February and Chile’s is celebrated May 15th) and there are many variations of the original カクテル found around the world today.
5. White Russian
Not named for the country of its origin, but rather for the ウォッカ 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 ウォッカ marketing campaign of the 1950s, when ウォッカ 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, ウォッカ and Kahula) または 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 カクテル 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 カクテル while watching The Big Lebowski.
The drink is also the お気に入り 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 または 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” または 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 カクテル made with a mixture of whiskey, sweet ベルモット and 苦味の, ビターズ 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 カクテル 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 によって Lady Randolph Churchill (Winston Churchill’s mother) in honor of presidential candidate Samuel J. Tilden. The success of the banquet quickly made the カクテル fashionable in New York City’s powerful circles and prompted many people to request the drink によって referring to the name of the club where it originated, calling it “the Manhattan cocktail.”
However, like with almost every カクテル on this list, there is great ディベート 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 カクテル does indeed くま, クマ the name of the island from which it came.
6. The Mai Tai
The fruity, tropical Mai Tai is another カクテル with conflicting stories of origin. The drink, which is made of a mixture of white and ゴールド rum, pineapple juice, オレンジ and/or ライム juice, is of American origin despite its Polynesian name. The favored history, however, is that the drink was first created によって Victor Buergon, better known as “Trader Vic” who invented the カクテル at the Polynesian-style restaurant in Oakland, California that bore his name.
Supposedly, Buergon created the first Mai Tai in honor of some フレンズ who were visiting from Tahiti in 1944. After mixing ラム, ラム酒 with just the right combination of フルーツ juices and オレンジ flavored liqueur, he served the new カクテル to his フレンズ who cried out, “Maitai roa!” (which literally means “very good”), and the カクテル was born. However, like most 人気 cocktails, the Mai Tai’s history is not without controversy.
Trader Vic’s amicable rival, founding father of tiki restaurants, bars and クラブ Donn ビーチ (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 ビーチ (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 人気 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 人気 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 ディベート whether there ever really was a Tom Collins and whether he lent to his name to this カクテル of gin, レモン and ライム ジュース and soda water. One 人気 account says the カクテル was named after not a Tom, but a John Collins who was a headwaiter at a ロンドン Hotel in the early 19th century. The cocktail’s name was changed to a Tom Collins when Old Tom brand ジン (a sweetened ジン rarely used today) was substituted for the drier ジン 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 あなた on the 通り, ストリート and, with great concern, tell あなた he just overheard someone named Tom Collins at a bar down the 通り, ストリート saying hateful and libelous things about you. あなた race to that bar to confront the bounder, where あなた would be told that Tom Collins had just left for a bar several blocks away. When あなた get there, Collins would already have decamped for another joint across town. As あなた chase all over the city, your フレンズ 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 ウォール 通り, ストリート Journal columnist and カクテル 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 カクテル so-named?” In any event, this 人気 カクテル has become a fixture in カクテル culture, inspiring the name of a glass (a Collins glass) as well as a pre-mixed and 人気 Collins Mix.
9. Bloody Mary
Like every other カクテル on this list, the history behind the Bloody Mary is also a bit cloudy. One 人気 legend says that the original Bloody Mary, which was then made using equal parts トマト ジュース and ウォッカ and used as a hangover cure, was invented によって 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 ビーチ during the 1950s, when he mixed トマト ジュース and ウォッカ as a way to recover from an entire night spent drinking. Jessel even appeared in Smirnoff ウォッカ ads in the 1950s declaring, “I, George Jessel invented the Bloody Mary.” However, as aptly put によって ウォール 通り, ストリート Journal columnist and カクテル historian Eric Felten, “Given Jessel’s knack for self-promotion, many doubted his claim,” which made skeptics to 検索 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 人気 トマト ジュース based カクテル became 人気 in the 1950s, Petriot would claim that he actually first invented the カクテル while working at Harry’s Bar in Paris during the 1920s (also supposed birthplace of the Sidecar). However, in reality, the Bloody Mary 人気 today is in fact a combination of the two men’s creations. Petriot himself admitted that “George Jessel 発言しました he created it, but it was really nothing but ウォッカ and トマト ジュース 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 一覧 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 人気 phrase coined for expensive, long lunches taken によって business executives. In fact, the マティーニ has become もっと見る of a class of drinks than one drink in particular – with variations like Appletinis, ウォッカ martinis and others becoming 人気 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 人気 classic cocktail. The first マティーニ – または 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 によって bartender Julio Richelieu, proprietor of the eponymous Julio Richelieu Saloon. That similar (but sweeter) version of the カクテル consisted of sweet vermouth, gin, 苦味の, ビターズ and was garnished with a maraschino cherry. This version (which was essentially a ジン Manhattan) eventually gave way to the もっと見る contemporary drier version that includes gin, ベルモット and 苦味の, ビターズ and was supposedly first made 人気 when John D. Rockefeller started downing them at the turn of the 20th century.
Although the origins of the first Martinez 日付 back to the 1860s, the modern マティーニ first rose in popularity starting in 1900s. During prohibition, the マティーニ 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 ジン マティーニ または no drink at all for customers hiding out in their secret watering holes. The modern ウォッカ Martini, which James Bond stalwarts will surely order shaken not stirred, was not created until much later and many マティーニ purists still claim the idea of a マティーニ made with ウォッカ is preposterous. A steadfast and iconic cocktail, however, the classic マティーニ is here to stay, whether made with ウォッカ または gin, dirty または not, with varying amounts of vermouth, neat, または over ice.
Can あなた imagine Churchill without a マティーニ in hand または a book によって Hemmingway that didn’t describe copious カクテル variations? But, have あなた ever wondered where and when your お気に入り 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 マティーニ to the lesser known Singapore Sling, here is a 一覧 of 10 classic cocktails and the often-controversial stories behind them.
Read away and the 次 time あなた are downing your drink at your お気に入り watering hole または politely sipping your drink at a fancy カクテル party, あなた can impress your フレンズ 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 または 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 ラム, ラム酒 mixed with mint, ライム 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, オリーブ oil and citrus juice. Perhaps in reference to ライム as a main ingredient, the drink became known as a カクテル 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 ラム, ラム酒 tolerable is now a widely 人気 カクテル around the world and is an especially 人気 and refreshing summer drink.
2. The Singapore Sling
A classic カクテル often appearing in various forms on drink menus around the world, the Singapore スリング was appropriately first concocted in Singapore. While the exact 年 this カクテル was created is open to some debate, most agree that the カクテル was first created によって 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 カクテル sometime between 1910 and 1915.
The cocktail, which is made from a mixture of gin, チェリー ブランデー and Benedictine in equal parts with a dash of 苦味の, ビターズ and Cointreau and finished off with pineapple and ライム ジュース and grenadine, was modified in the middle of the 20th century によって 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 安全, 安全です where Mr. Ngiam locked away all of his secret カクテル recipe books.
Included is also a hastily written recipe for the Singapore Sling, which was jotted down in 1936 によって a visitor who asked the bartender for the recipe. Today, the drink is served on all Singapore Airlines flights and is mentioned in many 人気 culture 映画 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.” あなた can also still order an original Singapore スリング at the Raffles Hotel’s Long Bar, where アイコン like Rudyard Kipling and others would once sip this famous, fruity cocktail.
3. The Sidecar
A classic カクテル dating back about 100 years, the サイドカー mixes equal parts ブランデー または Cognac, Cointreau and レモン juice. The origin of the サイドカー is largely debated, but 人気 wisdom is that the drink was probably first created in Paris sometime during または just following WWI. In the 1948 book によって David A. Embury, The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks, the 作者 credits the invention of the drink to an American Army captain in Paris during WWI.
Supposedly the drink was named after the motorcycle サイドカー “in which the good captain was driven to and from the little ビストロ where the drink was born and christened.” Harry’s Bar in Paris is the “little bistro” in which the 作者 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 カクテル that would help ease the chill he had caught outside. The French bartender was faced with a dilemma. He knew ブランデー would be the best liqueur to take off the chill, but he also refused to serve the traditional after ディナー drink alone as a pre-dinner cocktail. The result was the bartender mixing ブランデー with the オレンジ flavored Cointreau and adding fresh レモン ジュース to make an appropriate pre-dinner cocktail, and Voila – the サイドカー was born.
This カクテル was especially 人気 in England and France, where ex-pats like Hemmingway would sip Sidecars at the bar. Although あなた may have an eyebrow raised if あなた are under 70 and ordering this drink today, the サイドカー is regaining popularity and making a resurgence on contemporary bar menus.
4. The Pisco Sour
Another カクテル on the 一覧 with a controversial history is the Pisco Sour. A drink made from Pisco (a regional ブランデー from South America), レモン juice, 苦味の, ビターズ and egg whites, many ディベート whether the national origin of this drink is Peruvian または Chilean.
Pisco itself dates back to the 16th century. The liqueur distilled from grapes によって Spanish colonialists in South America in an attempt to make an inexpensive version of Spanish brandy. In Peru, the creation of the Pisco サワー 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 人気 that other major hotels began serving it in their bars also, quickly popularizing the カクテル with a international crowd.
In Chile, it is believed the birth of the Pisco サワー 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 によって mixing the regional liqueur with limes grown in the area, created the first Pisco Sour. Whatever the origins of the famous drink, the Pisco サワー is the iconic カクテル of both Peru and Chile. In fact, both countries celebrate the famous カクテル with National Pisco サワー Days (Peru’s in the first Saturday of February and Chile’s is celebrated May 15th) and there are many variations of the original カクテル found around the world today.
5. White Russian
Not named for the country of its origin, but rather for the ウォッカ 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 ウォッカ marketing campaign of the 1950s, when ウォッカ 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, ウォッカ and Kahula) または 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 カクテル 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 カクテル while watching The Big Lebowski.
The drink is also the お気に入り 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 または 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” または 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 カクテル made with a mixture of whiskey, sweet ベルモット and 苦味の, ビターズ 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 カクテル 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 によって Lady Randolph Churchill (Winston Churchill’s mother) in honor of presidential candidate Samuel J. Tilden. The success of the banquet quickly made the カクテル fashionable in New York City’s powerful circles and prompted many people to request the drink によって referring to the name of the club where it originated, calling it “the Manhattan cocktail.”
However, like with almost every カクテル on this list, there is great ディベート 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 カクテル does indeed くま, クマ the name of the island from which it came.
6. The Mai Tai
The fruity, tropical Mai Tai is another カクテル with conflicting stories of origin. The drink, which is made of a mixture of white and ゴールド rum, pineapple juice, オレンジ and/or ライム juice, is of American origin despite its Polynesian name. The favored history, however, is that the drink was first created によって Victor Buergon, better known as “Trader Vic” who invented the カクテル at the Polynesian-style restaurant in Oakland, California that bore his name.
Supposedly, Buergon created the first Mai Tai in honor of some フレンズ who were visiting from Tahiti in 1944. After mixing ラム, ラム酒 with just the right combination of フルーツ juices and オレンジ flavored liqueur, he served the new カクテル to his フレンズ who cried out, “Maitai roa!” (which literally means “very good”), and the カクテル was born. However, like most 人気 cocktails, the Mai Tai’s history is not without controversy.
Trader Vic’s amicable rival, founding father of tiki restaurants, bars and クラブ Donn ビーチ (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 ビーチ (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 人気 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 人気 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 ディベート whether there ever really was a Tom Collins and whether he lent to his name to this カクテル of gin, レモン and ライム ジュース and soda water. One 人気 account says the カクテル was named after not a Tom, but a John Collins who was a headwaiter at a ロンドン Hotel in the early 19th century. The cocktail’s name was changed to a Tom Collins when Old Tom brand ジン (a sweetened ジン rarely used today) was substituted for the drier ジン 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 あなた on the 通り, ストリート and, with great concern, tell あなた he just overheard someone named Tom Collins at a bar down the 通り, ストリート saying hateful and libelous things about you. あなた race to that bar to confront the bounder, where あなた would be told that Tom Collins had just left for a bar several blocks away. When あなた get there, Collins would already have decamped for another joint across town. As あなた chase all over the city, your フレンズ 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 ウォール 通り, ストリート Journal columnist and カクテル 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 カクテル so-named?” In any event, this 人気 カクテル has become a fixture in カクテル culture, inspiring the name of a glass (a Collins glass) as well as a pre-mixed and 人気 Collins Mix.
9. Bloody Mary
Like every other カクテル on this list, the history behind the Bloody Mary is also a bit cloudy. One 人気 legend says that the original Bloody Mary, which was then made using equal parts トマト ジュース and ウォッカ and used as a hangover cure, was invented によって 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 ビーチ during the 1950s, when he mixed トマト ジュース and ウォッカ as a way to recover from an entire night spent drinking. Jessel even appeared in Smirnoff ウォッカ ads in the 1950s declaring, “I, George Jessel invented the Bloody Mary.” However, as aptly put によって ウォール 通り, ストリート Journal columnist and カクテル historian Eric Felten, “Given Jessel’s knack for self-promotion, many doubted his claim,” which made skeptics to 検索 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 人気 トマト ジュース based カクテル became 人気 in the 1950s, Petriot would claim that he actually first invented the カクテル while working at Harry’s Bar in Paris during the 1920s (also supposed birthplace of the Sidecar). However, in reality, the Bloody Mary 人気 today is in fact a combination of the two men’s creations. Petriot himself admitted that “George Jessel 発言しました he created it, but it was really nothing but ウォッカ and トマト ジュース 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 一覧 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 人気 phrase coined for expensive, long lunches taken によって business executives. In fact, the マティーニ has become もっと見る of a class of drinks than one drink in particular – with variations like Appletinis, ウォッカ martinis and others becoming 人気 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 人気 classic cocktail. The first マティーニ – または 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 によって bartender Julio Richelieu, proprietor of the eponymous Julio Richelieu Saloon. That similar (but sweeter) version of the カクテル consisted of sweet vermouth, gin, 苦味の, ビターズ and was garnished with a maraschino cherry. This version (which was essentially a ジン Manhattan) eventually gave way to the もっと見る contemporary drier version that includes gin, ベルモット and 苦味の, ビターズ and was supposedly first made 人気 when John D. Rockefeller started downing them at the turn of the 20th century.
Although the origins of the first Martinez 日付 back to the 1860s, the modern マティーニ first rose in popularity starting in 1900s. During prohibition, the マティーニ 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 ジン マティーニ または no drink at all for customers hiding out in their secret watering holes. The modern ウォッカ Martini, which James Bond stalwarts will surely order shaken not stirred, was not created until much later and many マティーニ purists still claim the idea of a マティーニ made with ウォッカ is preposterous. A steadfast and iconic cocktail, however, the classic マティーニ is here to stay, whether made with ウォッカ または gin, dirty または not, with varying amounts of vermouth, neat, または over ice.