It is generally accepted that the first published reference to the term “Cock tail” was in 1806 in the Balance and Columbian Repository and was defined as, “a stimulating liquor, composed of spirits of any kind, sugar, water and bitters”. Today there are many theories as to when the “Cock tail” was referred to as
Richard Boccato and Michael McIlroy created the American Trilogy in 2007 while bartending together at New York’s, Little Branch. This Old Fashioned-style cocktail follows the same bitters, sugar, whiskey and orange peel profile as the classic, but uses orange bitters, a brown sugar cube and one part applejack and one part rye whiskey. As the
A variation of the Manhattan and a true classic cocktail that first appeared in print in George J. Kappeler’s 1895 bartending guide, “Modern American Drinks”.