24 Comments on Happy Hour – How Famous Cocktails Got Their Name
“I feel sorry for those of you that don’t drink… because when you wake up in the morning that’s as good as you’re gonna feel all day.”
– Dean Martin
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YEARS AGO A GIRL AT THE HOUSE OF BLUES ASKED ME IF I WANTED A BLOWJOB
I LOOKED AT MY WATCH BECAUSE IT WAS GETTING LATE AND I HAD TO GO TO WORK EARLY
THAT’S WHEN I LEARNED IT WAS A DRINK
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“Alcohol is not the answer. Alcohol is the question. Yes is the answer”
-Said by someone much wittier than I.
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I’m surprised we didn’t get an explanation for a “Bloody Mary”. It’s probably a good thing.
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cocktail (n.)
“strong, stimulating, cold American drink,” first attested 1806
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Unsynchronize Your watches…The Beer Light is on..If Anyone needs Me…I’ll be
on the Front Porch with a Yuengling Light, and Matt Scudder.
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Pro_20:1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Origins of Bud Light: Augie Busch’s Clydesdales got loose and pissed in a vat meant for real beer. Augie, being cheap, decided that some Americans would drink anything, so he bottled it and called it Budweiser. However, the horses had trouble keeping up despite all of water they were forced to drink, so Augie Busch figured hipsters would embrace a “lower calorie” version of watery horse piss and Bud Light was born.
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Maybe I lead a sheltered existence, but I had not heard of half of those.
Like Joe6pak, I was waiting for Bloody Mary. I also wanted to know who Tom Collins was.
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Might have to watch Tom Cruise’s ‘Cocktail’ again.
I forgot how good that flick was…
Imagine how rich he is, still making money from that 1988 movie.
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Where are my current drinkd? Gibson, Manhatten, Old Fkashioned, Zombie.
as a foolish NCO at Las Pulgas (fleas) I took some me to a bar having a “special” on “Mules”. I had some. Put the cups in my car trunk. (Must have been ”
wasted” one of my men put a skirt in there. Being NCO I got weekends off. Drove hom Fri afternoon. Told wife about the Mules. Went out to car, [ened trung and there was a skirt. Fortunately she believed me (as I told the truth; she’d told me before if I ever “fooled around” she’d cut my nuts off! She has MacCraken blood; MacCraken’s are hard chargers; I believe her still!) when I said “I know not how that got there; never sw it before! Still have 2 of those cups 58 years later!We joke about how drumk I must have been.
BTW The Corps was formed by a bunch of drunks IN A BAR! Think about it! Who , sober, in their “right mind” would join an outfit where half will die in combat!
58 men got orders to nam with me; 14 months later only 29 of us were walking around. And i have 3 scars over 55 years old. And only a great DOC kept me alive.
I thank you again DOC! I owe you my life! Danks, Merci, gracias!
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DANKA. no S!
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I’m thinking of selling empty cans.
Going to call it Biden’s.
No taste and it’s basically worthless.
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I named a cocktail after Chasten.
It’s called a “Fizzy Jizzy.”
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My version of a Manhattan is what I call a Turkey Club.
1 shot of Wild Turkey
1 shot of Canadian Club
1 shot of sweet vermouth
Over ice of course
Then 2 – 3 shakes of Angostura, a Maraschino cherry and maybe some cherry juice depending on how sweet you like it.
Then there’s the Hitchcock & Bull Mule which will leave you wondering where the MacGuffin is!
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I don’t drink very often (birthday and anniversary). My favorite drink is a SideCar.
My next favorite is a warmed Beautiful (a brandy snifter resting over a glass with hot water). Discovered it during a miserably cold and rainy Memorial Day weekend in Cannon Beach OR years ago.
Both have cognac and Grand Marnier. Funny, bartenders never seem to know the recipes for either one.
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I like most of my Bozzages as God intended:
1) Straight up if it is exceptional – ie, Ardbeg AN OA
2) On the Rocks if it is of good quality & Hot out – ie, Woodford Bourbon
3) Dick Shrinking COLD if it is a GOOD beer.
4) Left on the shelf or shot if endorsed By ASSHOLES – ie. BudFucker & Ass Hammer Light.
Cheers, with a Craggenmore 12 at the moment.
“Give me a Rock, Vasily, One Rock only, please.” – almost a Quote from The Hunt for Red October
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A Sidecar for me please. Great drink invented in Paris at Harry’s American Bar.
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Whenever I end up at a tiki bar, I will have a Suffering Bastard. I’ve always hoped it was named after a Democrat.
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the hell w/ the drink origins … where’d they come up w/ the word ‘cocktail’?
nevermind, I’m not sure I really want to know
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@Μολων Λαβε — Not to worry. Even the OED fails to come up with the connection to mixed drinks:
cocktail,n. and a.
[A slang name, of which the real origin appears to be lost.] 3.a A drink, consisting of spirit mixed with a small quantity of bitters, some sugar, etc. orig. U.S.
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kcir – Try some Monkey Shoulder whiskey some time.
I enjoy it on the rocks.
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TRF,
I have had it.
It is very nice.
Thank you.
1
I invented a cocktail. I called it Le Girafe (The Giraffe)
Served in a tall glass with a marachino cherry on top. That kind of drink is actually known a “Highball”.
“I feel sorry for those of you that don’t drink… because when you wake up in the morning that’s as good as you’re gonna feel all day.”
– Dean Martin
YEARS AGO A GIRL AT THE HOUSE OF BLUES ASKED ME IF I WANTED A BLOWJOB
I LOOKED AT MY WATCH BECAUSE IT WAS GETTING LATE AND I HAD TO GO TO WORK EARLY
THAT’S WHEN I LEARNED IT WAS A DRINK
“Alcohol is not the answer. Alcohol is the question. Yes is the answer”
-Said by someone much wittier than I.
I’m surprised we didn’t get an explanation for a “Bloody Mary”. It’s probably a good thing.
cocktail (n.)
“strong, stimulating, cold American drink,” first attested 1806
Unsynchronize Your watches…The Beer Light is on..If Anyone needs Me…I’ll be
on the Front Porch with a Yuengling Light, and Matt Scudder.
Pro_20:1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Origins of Bud Light: Augie Busch’s Clydesdales got loose and pissed in a vat meant for real beer. Augie, being cheap, decided that some Americans would drink anything, so he bottled it and called it Budweiser. However, the horses had trouble keeping up despite all of water they were forced to drink, so Augie Busch figured hipsters would embrace a “lower calorie” version of watery horse piss and Bud Light was born.
Maybe I lead a sheltered existence, but I had not heard of half of those.
Like Joe6pak, I was waiting for Bloody Mary. I also wanted to know who Tom Collins was.
Might have to watch Tom Cruise’s ‘Cocktail’ again.
I forgot how good that flick was…
Imagine how rich he is, still making money from that 1988 movie.
Where are my current drinkd? Gibson, Manhatten, Old Fkashioned, Zombie.
as a foolish NCO at Las Pulgas (fleas) I took some me to a bar having a “special” on “Mules”. I had some. Put the cups in my car trunk. (Must have been ”
wasted” one of my men put a skirt in there. Being NCO I got weekends off. Drove hom Fri afternoon. Told wife about the Mules. Went out to car, [ened trung and there was a skirt. Fortunately she believed me (as I told the truth; she’d told me before if I ever “fooled around” she’d cut my nuts off! She has MacCraken blood; MacCraken’s are hard chargers; I believe her still!) when I said “I know not how that got there; never sw it before! Still have 2 of those cups 58 years later!We joke about how drumk I must have been.
BTW The Corps was formed by a bunch of drunks IN A BAR! Think about it! Who , sober, in their “right mind” would join an outfit where half will die in combat!
58 men got orders to nam with me; 14 months later only 29 of us were walking around. And i have 3 scars over 55 years old. And only a great DOC kept me alive.
I thank you again DOC! I owe you my life! Danks, Merci, gracias!
DANKA. no S!
I’m thinking of selling empty cans.
Going to call it Biden’s.
No taste and it’s basically worthless.
I named a cocktail after Chasten.
It’s called a “Fizzy Jizzy.”
My version of a Manhattan is what I call a Turkey Club.
1 shot of Wild Turkey
1 shot of Canadian Club
1 shot of sweet vermouth
Over ice of course
Then 2 – 3 shakes of Angostura, a Maraschino cherry and maybe some cherry juice depending on how sweet you like it.
Then there’s the Hitchcock & Bull Mule which will leave you wondering where the MacGuffin is!
I don’t drink very often (birthday and anniversary). My favorite drink is a SideCar.
My next favorite is a warmed Beautiful (a brandy snifter resting over a glass with hot water). Discovered it during a miserably cold and rainy Memorial Day weekend in Cannon Beach OR years ago.
Both have cognac and Grand Marnier. Funny, bartenders never seem to know the recipes for either one.
I like most of my Bozzages as God intended:
1) Straight up if it is exceptional – ie, Ardbeg AN OA
2) On the Rocks if it is of good quality & Hot out – ie, Woodford Bourbon
3) Dick Shrinking COLD if it is a GOOD beer.
4) Left on the shelf or shot if endorsed By ASSHOLES – ie. BudFucker & Ass Hammer Light.
Cheers, with a Craggenmore 12 at the moment.
“Give me a Rock, Vasily, One Rock only, please.” – almost a Quote from The Hunt for Red October
A Sidecar for me please. Great drink invented in Paris at Harry’s American Bar.
Whenever I end up at a tiki bar, I will have a Suffering Bastard. I’ve always hoped it was named after a Democrat.
the hell w/ the drink origins … where’d they come up w/ the word ‘cocktail’?
nevermind, I’m not sure I really want to know
@Μολων Λαβε — Not to worry. Even the OED fails to come up with the connection to mixed drinks:
cocktail,n. and a.
[A slang name, of which the real origin appears to be lost.] 3.a A drink, consisting of spirit mixed with a small quantity of bitters, some sugar, etc. orig. U.S.
kcir – Try some Monkey Shoulder whiskey some time.
I enjoy it on the rocks.
TRF,
I have had it.
It is very nice.
Thank you.
I invented a cocktail. I called it Le Girafe (The Giraffe)
Served in a tall glass with a marachino cherry on top. That kind of drink is actually known a “Highball”.