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A smash is a casual icy julep (spirits, sugar, and herb) [32] cocktail filled with hunks of fresh fruit, so that after the liquid part of the drink has been consumed, one can also eat the alcohol-infused fruit (e.g. strawberries). The history of smashes goes back at least as far as the 1862 book How to Mix Drinks. [33]
The Blue bird is a gin or vodka cocktail with blue curacao. The Savoy Cocktail Book gives the recipe as gin with Angostura bitters and curacao. [1] Another recipe from the Café Royal Cocktail Book (1937) uses vodka instead of gin, adding maraschino liquor, and fresh lemon juice. The original gin-based cocktail was reimagined by Bill Tarling ...
Like other alcoholic drinks, liquor is typically consumed for the psychoactive effects of alcohol. Liquor may be consumed on its own (i.e. "neat"), typically in amounts of around 50 millilitres (1.7 US fluid ounces) per served drink; or frequently mixed with other ingredients to form a cocktail. In an undiluted form, distilled beverages are ...
The origins of the yellow bird name is unclear. [2] Some sources mention that the cocktail was named after the Haitian tune "Yellow Bird", [2] [3] that was first rewritten in English in 1957 [2] that became a sort of national anthem of the Caribbean due to the popularity of Harry Belafonte's recording. [3]
Developed in 1934 by Wilhelm and Curt Mast, [2] [3] it has an alcohol by volume of 35% (61 degrees proof, or US 70 proof). The recipe has not changed since its creation, [4] and the drink continues to be sold in a green glass bottle. [5] It is the flagship product of Mast-Jägermeister SE headquartered in Wolfenbüttel, Germany.
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Experience showed that it was safer to drink alcohol than the typically polluted water in Europe. [citation needed] Alcohol was also an effective analgesic, provided energy necessary for hard work, and generally enhanced the quality of life. For hundreds of years the English ancestors of the colonists had consumed beer and ale. Both in England ...