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liquid courage with a passport, dressed up just enough to lie about being civilized
means A mixed drink combining spirits with other ingredients like juice, bitters, or vermouth, typically served with some flourish.
from The word surfaces in early-19th-century American English, first defined in print in 1806 as a mix of spirits, sugar, water, and bitters. Beyond that, nobody truly knows why a drink borrowed a rooster's tail. The folk stories pile up gloriously — that it came from "cock-tailed" horses (those with docked, jaunty tails, suggesting a spirited mongrel mix), or from a French "coquetier" (egg cup) used by a New Orleans apothecary, or from the dregs of a barrel called the "cock" and its "tailings." Charming all, proven none. The honest answer: the origin is uncertain, and the rooster has kept his secret.
- first definition
- 1806 newspaper called it spirits, sugar, water, bitters
- rooster origin
- name may come from cock's tail garnishes or feathers
- prohibition boom
- bad bootleg liquor demanded mixers to mask the taste
- molotov cocktail
- finns named the firebomb to mock a soviet minister
- martini math
- colder dilutes slower, so stirring beats shaking for clarity
margarita — tequila-based drink popularized in mexico in the 1930s, now the most ordered cocktail in america
mojito — cuban rum cocktail served in havana since the 16th century, famously enjoyed by ernest hemingway
martini — gin and vermouth drink created in martinez, california in the 1860s, james bond's iconic drink
daiquiri — rum-based cocktail named after daiquiri beach in santiago, cuba, invented in the 1890s