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see America drinking fabulous cocktails
I make America's getting stinking on
something I stir or shake for this list
we're taking a look at fascinating back
stories behind cocktails whether these
stories are grounded in fact or legend
they can certainly make for interesting
conversation pieces at the pub number 10
Tom Collins it sounds like something
you'd see in the movies but this
cocktail is actually rooted in a proven
hoax God this is a delicious Tom Collins
it first occurred in 1874 and people
started asking have you seen Tom Collins
chances are the listener would respond
no who's Tom Collins the pranker
proceeded to tell the listener that Tom
Collins said some nasty things about
them and he can be found at a nearby
watering hole instead of finding a
person though the only Tom Collins
waiting for them is a mixed drink
sometimes the bartender would fix them a
Tom Collins letting the poor sap know
that they've been duped other times the
victim of the prank was informed that
Collins went to another bar across town
keeping the hoax going so I put two
million in cash in Los Angeles Bank
under the name of mr. and mrs. Tom
Collins this was strictly my shakedown
and kidnapping money number nine here
Tom Collins might not be a real person
but this French wine cocktail is named
after Phoenix cure a priest turned
resistance fighter who served as mayor
of dijon from 1945 until his passing in
1968 the drink didn't always share cures
name however comprised of white burgundy
wine and creme de cassis the cocktail
was originally known as a blonde cassis
kir loved this local drink so much that
he would serve it to delegates people
came to associate the drink with the
politician eventually earning Tears
moniker having helped nearly 5,000
prisoners of
or escape during World War two here is
somebody we can all raise our glasses to
number eight mint julep
you're sure to find people drinking this
cocktail at the Kentucky Derby and
various Southern establishments you
probably wouldn't expect your doctor to
prescribe you a mint julep though
believe it or not the drink was
initially used to treat sickness of the
stomach in 1755 the julep was defined as
an extemporaneous form of medicine made
of simple and compound water sweetened
serving for a vehicle to other forms not
so convenient to take alone just a
spoonful of mint and sugar makes the
medicine go down over time the julep
became recreational with consumers
adding bourbon to the mix by the time
Kentucky Senator Henry Clay brought the
drink to Washington DC the mint julep
was more for social occasions than
medical purposes
number seven screwdriver the screwdriver
has become a go-to alcoholic beverage
for brunches but why exactly is it named
after something you'd find in a toolbox
the answer is actually quite
straightforward but still surprising
then the less during the late 1940s some
American engineers were working in a
Persian Gulf oil field to spice up their
orange juice a little bit they decided
to add vodka since nobody had a spoon
however they had to improvise and stir
the drink with a screwdriver probably
not the most sanitary way to mix a
cocktail but the name caught on and soon
everyone was getting hammered on
screwdrivers number 6
cosmopolitan Carrie Bradshaw popularized
the cosmopolitan on Sex in the City
although this cocktails Genesis remains
up for debate
that afternoon I dragged my poor
tortured soul out to lunch with Stanford
Blatch and attempted to stun it
senseless with cosmopolitan
various people have taken credit for
creating the cosmopolitan over the
decades but the most colorful origin
story can be traced back to 1975 Neal
Murray a black college student was
allegedly denied a bartending job at a
Minneapolis steakhouse due to his skin
color when the managers went out of town
the restaurants bookkeeper decided to
give Murray a shot
menteng behind the bar Murray added
cranberry juice to a kamikaze saying it
could use some color he wasn't just
talking about the drink but also the
mostly white staff the first person to
taste the drink said how cosmopolitan
coining the cocktails immortal name you
know what I think I need to get a drink
I'll get it
cosmopolitan right number five mojito
well we know that it originated in Cuba
the mojito has varying backstories all
of which are equally surprising
you should try it some say that Cuban
farmers added lime sugarcane juice and
mint to rockgut rum in order to block
out its taste hello baby with that kind
of money let's go find an island
somewhere and sit on a beach drinking
mojitos till we go toes up others claim
that slaves working a Cuban sugar cane
field created the mojito during the late
1800s it's even believed that Sir
Francis Drake an English pirate helped
concoct the drink to combat seasickness
as for the name it's possible that
mojito drives from Moho a Cuban sauce
containing lime it's also been
speculated that mojito comes from the
word mo Haditha which is Spanish for a
little wet
however the mojito came into fruition
Ernest Hemingway certainly drank a lot
of them mojitos
number four Long Island iced tea you
could have a Long Island iced tea would
that calm my nerves calm the pants off
me a couple times working as a bartender
in Long Island New York
Robert rosebud but entered a drink
making contest sponsored by triple sec
during the 1970s but couldn't help but
notice that his creation shared a
resemblance to an iced tea and for the
lady a Long Island iced tea even though
there isn't traditionally any tea in the
recipe
the name Long Island iced tea caught on
regardless almost 50 years earlier
during the u.s. Prohibition era old man
Bishop supposedly crafted a similar
drink in Long Island Tennessee it
shouldn't come as a surprise that the
Long Island iced tea was created in Long
Island what is surprising is that nobody
knows for sure if Long Island New York
or Long Island of the Holston should be
considered the drinks true birthplace
ooh that is a treat that's hard to beat
number three the Manhattan this is
another cocktail with a few different
origin stories but the most popular one
by far is linked to the Manhattan Club
in New York as legend has it Lady
Randolph Churchill hosted a party at the
club for u.s. Democratic presidential
candidate Samuel J Tilden in 1874 during
the banquet dr. Ian Marshall fashioned a
new cocktail that would be named after
the club as intriguing as this all
sounds there's a major hole in the
Manhattan's supposed back story at the
time Lady Randolph was pregnant in
France with her son future British Prime
Minister Winston Churchill it may be a
tall tale but it is one we can all toast
to number two
margarita some historians believe that
this cocktail stemmed from a drink
called the Daisy which translates to
margarita in Spanish margarita mother is
two o'clock in the afternoon if you're
looking for a fun story to tell at your
next dinner party though let's travel
back to 1938
when Carlos Danny Herrera supposedly
invented the drink at herrera's
restaurant dancer Marjorie King informed
him that she was allergic to virtually
every alcohol except tequila since she
wouldn't drink tequila on its own
Herrera mixed in some Cointreau lemon
juice and shaved ice
dubbing his creation margarita after
Marjorie by 1947 the story caught the
attention of bartender Albert Hernandez
who helped get the word out about
margaritas in San Diego while there are
other possible origin stories this one's
definitely the juiciest margaritas are
great and whoever planted that in your
head is crazy
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the cocktails on this list the origins
of the martini might be the most heavily
contested dry martini we miss you
wait three measures of Gordon's one of
vodka not the measure of kina Lillet
shake it ever rise and then add a thin
slice of lemon peel yes one theory
claims that a bartender created the
drink on the spot in Martinez and a gold
miner brought the recipe to San
Francisco yet some have said that the
martini was really created in San
Francisco and then made its way to
Martinez another story suggests that
Jerry Thomas created the drink at the
San Francisco's Occidental hotel his
customers were usually about to take the
ferry to Martinez laying the groundwork
for the martini many also assumed that
it derived from martini and Rossi an
Italian alcoholic beverage company
whichever story you like best one thing
is for sure James Bond prefers his
shaken not stirred oh come on Sammy
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