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B-52 (and related B-50 series cocktails) B & B (brandy and Bénédictine) Baby Guinness; Bacardi cocktail; Backdraft (also a pepperdraft variation) Batida (traditionally made with cachaça) Bay breeze; Bee's knees
Cocktail historian David Wondrich speculates that "cocktail" is a reference to gingering, a practice for perking up an old horse by means of a ginger suppository so that the animal would "cock its tail up and be frisky", [19] hence by extension a stimulating drink, like pick-me-up. This agrees with usage in early citations (1798: "'cock-tail ...
The use of the words "corpse reviver" to describe a mixed drink appears in literature as early as an issue of Punch in 1861. [4] A recipe appeared in the Gentleman's Table Guide in 1871 that called for 1/2 a wine glass of brandy, 1/2 a wine glass of Maraschino, and two dashes of Boker's bitters. [5]
There are two general types of the cocktail: The IBA official cocktail is made from vodka, peach schnapps, orange juice, and cranberry juice. [1] The 2008 Mr. Boston Official Bartender's Guide (67th edition) provides an alternative recipe made from vodka, Chambord, Midori Melon Liqueur, pineapple juice, and cranberry juice. [2]
Simply mix 1.5 ounces (a shot) of the mixer with hot water, and you have a ready-to-drink hot cocktail that should taste just like one you'd order at a bar. I was skeptical. I’m not the biggest ...
When Bad Day at Black Rock was released, the reviews were almost universally positive, with, for example, John O'Hara in Collier's hailing it as "one of the finest motion pictures ever made". [14] Many reviewers noted the film's Western-like elements, comparing it favorably with High Noon , and cinematographer William C. Mellor was widely ...
Three wise men is a drink consisting of three types of whiskey with brand names that are each named after a man (ordinarily Johnnie Walker, Jack Daniel and Jim Beam). [1] The three named men are the "wise men" in the name of the drink, which is an allusion to the Biblical Magi . [ 2 ]
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]