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The typical ingredients are: 1 oz. (28ml) creme de cacao liqueur; 1 oz. (28ml) peppermint schnapps liqueur; One popular recipe involves shaking all ingredients with crushed ice and serving in a shot glass with a mint leaf as garnish. [1] The drink can also be served in a shot glass without ice, or "on the rocks" in a rocks glass.
The recipe for the old fashioned dates to the early 1800s, though not by that name. The term "old-fashioned cocktails" dates to 1880, [2] and recipes by that name appear in cocktail books of the late 1880s and 1890s, with Proulx (1888) of Chicago the earliest known.
Cocktail glass: IBA specified ingredients† 3 cl crème de menthe (green) 3 cl crème de cacao (white) 3 cl cream; Preparation: Pour ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake briskly and then strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Commonly served: After dinner † Grasshopper recipe at International Bartenders Association
Common modifications of the original recipe are a sugar rim, added sugar syrup, and an orange twist or lemon twist. Recipes of the craft cocktail renaissance of the 2000s are closer to the British ratio of 2:1:1, but almost always add sugar syrup, as the drink is otherwise considered too dry and tart. [6]
The old fashioned is an IBA official cocktail in the "Unforgettables" category. The IBA official cocktails are cocktails recognised by the International Bartenders Association (IBA) to be the most requested recipes. [1] The list was developed starting in 1960, and the first version was announced in 1961, comprising 50 cocktails. [1]
The Last Word is a gin-based cocktail originating at the Detroit Athletic Club in the 1910s, shortly before the start of Prohibition.After a long period of obscurity, it enjoyed a renewed popularity in the cocktail renaissance of the early 2000s after being discovered by bartender Murray Stenson of the Zig Zag Café in Seattle.
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A lemon drop is a vodka-based cocktail that has a lemony, sweet and sour flavor, prepared using vodka, triple sec, and fresh lemon juice. [1] It has been described as a variant of, or as "a take on", the vodka martini, but is in fact closer to a white lady variant. [2]