The heavyweight champion of cocktails that demands respect: The Manhattan

This truly classic drink that survived various historical upheavals like prohibitions, wars and the great depression is also the first cocktail that used Vermouth as a modifier long before the Rob Roy, Bobby Burns, and Martini. We first hear of the Manhattan cocktail in an article written in 1882 about a cocktail called The Manhattan …

The True Godfather of Cocktails: The Negroni

Legend has it that this cocktail was invented in 1919 at the Casoni Bar in Florence by a bartender called Fosco Scarselli for Count Camillo Negroni who had just returned from America. It is said that the count asked the bartender to strengthen his favourite cocktail, the Americano by replacing the soda with gin. Apparently, the …

A drink that has launched a thousand heated arguments: The Martini

Shaken, stirred, dirty or dry: there are many ways to make the perfect Martini, and just about as many opinions about which method is the best. It seems that everyone – from master bartenders to amateur mixologists, from Martini business lunchers to casual after-work drinkers – think they’ve got the magic formula deciphered. “The only …

A delicious alternative to your Vodka or Gin Martinis: Bamboo Cocktail

A German bartender is attributed with the creation of an American style drink in a Japanese hotel with a Spanish Sherry and a French Vermouth to quench the thirst of visiting international dignitaries! This can happen only in the world of cocktails. There is absolutely nothing Japanese about this cocktail other than the name and …

The heavyweight champion of cocktails that demands respect: The Manhattan

The True Godfather of Cocktails: The Negroni

A drink that has launched a thousand heated arguments: The Martini

A delicious alternative to your Vodka or Gin Martinis: Bamboo Cocktail

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