French 75 is a cocktail made from gin, Champagne, lemon juice, and sugar. It is also called a 75 Cocktail, or in French simply a Soixante Quinze (Seventy Five). The drink dates to World War I, and an early form was created in... Read More
Sir Dubonnet conceived the drink as a way to get the French Foreign Legionnaires, serving on the front lines in North Africa, to drink quinine—an all-important natural malaria preventive too bitter to sip straight. This... Read More
The exact origin of the sidecar is unclear, but it is thought to have been invented around the end of World War I in either London or Paris. The drink was directly named for the motorcycle attachment, which was very commonly used... Read More
A sophisticated blend of bourbon, bitters, soda and sugar, the Old Fashioned cocktail has roots that go all the way back to the 1800s! The name comes from the way it is made, with people heading to cocktail bars and requesting... Read More
The Vesper, also known as the Vesper Martini, was made famous by James Bond. The cocktail was invented by none other than Bond author Ian Fleming. The Vesper first appeared in his book “Casino Royale,” which was published... Read More
The most widely reported version of this drink's origin is that it was invented at Caffe Casoni in Florence, Italy in 1919. Legend tells that Count Camillo Negroni asked his friend, bartender Forsco Scarselli, to strengthen... Read More
The Between the Sheets is a classic cocktail with real style. It's thought to have been created in the 1920s at Harry's New York Bar in Paris. This was a hotspot for great cocktails like the French 75 and the Monkey Gland,... Read More
They say he first served it to his fellow Masons after hours in an egg cup –a coquetier—a word that some insist morphed into “cocktail.” The name of the drink comes from Peychaud's favorite French brandy,... Read More
Like so many cocktails, the origins of the Manhattan are lost in time. The Democrat newspaper remarked in 1882 that, “It is but a short time ago that a mixture of whiskey, vermouth and bitters came into vogue” and... Read More
The Boulevardier Cocktail is an alcoholic drink composed of whiskey, sweet vermouth, and campari. Its creation is ascribed to Erskine Gwynne, an American-born writer who founded a monthly magazine in Paris called Boulevardier,... Read More
The Last Word is a Prohibition-era cocktail that got its beginnings in the Detroit Athletic Club's bar in the early 1920s. The drink was served at the bar throughout this period and was spread further afield by vaudeville... Read More
