Page 26 - Thirst Magazine Issue 1 (Feb 2017)
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THE HISTORY OF
CLASSIC COCKTAILS
The origin of the term “cocktail” t’s July 21, 1796. You sit in the Big Brass
Rail, the most famous pre-Prohibition bar
is relatively unknown beyond in America. Located on New York’s Fifth
Avenue, this is the very spot where the
traditional lore. One popular IEmpire State Building will be built in the
future. The great Scottish poet Robert Burns
story involves a woman named passed away on this day. In his honour, you
hold in your hand a new drink: the Bobby
Betsy Flanagan, who put Burns, with malt scotch, sweet vermouth, and
Benedictine. You take a deep sip of history in
a rooster tail into her drinks. the making.
Such is the appeal of the American
cocktail. The drinks themselves tell a part of
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