Oldest cocktails in the world
By 1806, The Balance and Columbia Repository magazine in New York defined the term cocktail as a combination of water, sugar, bitter drink, and liquor.
Here are some of the oldest and most classic cocktails in the world:
Old-Fashioned
Old fashioned classic cocktail
What do you need?
Sugar
Angostura bitters
Water
Bourbon
Garnish: Orange peel
History
Classic recipe credited with creating Colonel James E. Pepper and originating from the Pendennis Club, an exclusive gentlemen’s club in Louisville, Kentucky. In 1880 the term Old Fashioned was born since the fashion of “drinking the old way” became popular, making this the name of the cocktail.
Sazerac
What do you need?
Absinthe
Sugar cube
Coldwater
Peychaud’s bitters
Angostura bitters
Whiskey
Cognac
Garnish: lemon peel
History
An apothecary, Antoine Peychaud Jr, begins brewing his father’s secret recipe and begins making medicinal bitters in the French Quarter of New Orleans at his pharmacy called Pharmacie Peychaud. From this recipe came the “Peychaud Bitters” and he began selling in his pharmacy a punch he called “medicinal tonic”, which contained his bitters mixed with Sazerac de Forge et Fils cognac and sweetened with a sugar cube. He then began to call the Sazerac cocktail.
Pisco Sour
What do you need?
Pisco
Lime juice
Simple syrup
Egg white
Garnish: Angostura bitters
History
It was created approximately in 1916 by Víctor Morris, owner of the Morris Bar and he made a version of the Whiskey Sour by combining pisco and lemon juice, egg white, and rubber syrup.
Manhattan
What do you need?
Whiskey
Sweet Vermouth
Angostura bitters
Orange bitters
Garnish: Brandied cherry or lemon twist
History
The origin of this cocktail is based on legends. One of the most assertive legends is that the recipe originated in the Manhattan Club in New York for a special occasion.
Mint Julep
What do you need?
Mint leaves
Simple syrup
Bourbon
Garnish: Mint Sprig
Garnish: Angostura bitters
History
The origin of this cocktail goes back centuries to the Middle East where there was an Arabic drink made with water and rose petals called Gulab. Julep is derived from this word and once the drink was introduced to the Mediterranean countries they began to replace the rose petals with mint leaves.
Gin Fizz
Tropical Gin Fizz Cocktail
What do you need?
Gin
Lemon Juice
Simple syrup
Egg white
Club soda
History
Created by Henry C. Ramos in 1888, at his bar The Imperial Cabinet Saloon in New Orleans. The word Fizz comes from the sound it makes when adding soda.
Sidecar
What do you need?
Cognac
Orange liqueur (Cointreau
Lemon Juice
Garnish: Orange Twist
Garnish: Sugar Rim
History
The origin of this cocktail is not clear, however, everything indicates that its origin comes from Paris or London and that it was created during the First World War.
Gin Rickey
Fresh lime drinks macro shot
What do you need?
Gin
Lime Juice
Club soda
Garnish: Lime Wheels
History
Around 1880 in Washington D.C. a bartender along with Democratic lobbyist Colonel Joe Rickey created a drink by combining bourbon, lime juice, simple syrup, and a little soda. A decade later it became popular when it was mixed with gin.
Aviation
What do you need?
Gin
Maraschino liqueur
Creme de Violette
Lemon juice
Garnish: Brandied cherry
History
By the beginning of the 20th century, aviation began to revolutionize the world. This cocktail emerges as an authentic tribute to that moment in history.
Blue Blazer
What do you need?
Sugar
Angostura bitters
Water
Bourbon
Orange peel
History
Blue Blazer was created by Jerry Thomas at the end of the 18th century. Thomas was a master of showmanship who made it clear that in this profession of cocktail making it was important to expose the work to the client in the form of a show.
