Cocktail Origin Stories

Question 1

The Negroni

Answer 1

Born in Florence France in 1919 after an Italian Count Camillo Negroni requested that his server strengthen his Americano cocktail by switching out the soda water for Gin

Question 2

The Manhattan

Answer 2

Believed to be Created for an event at the Manhattan club in 1874 for Lady Randolph Churchill mother of Winston Churchill

Question 3

The Old Fashioned

Answer 3

One of the oldest recorded cocktails in the world even being documented in a recipe book from 1806, giving it its very fitting name

Question 4

Espresso Martini

Answer 4

Created in the late 80’s when a young Kate Moss went up to a very famous bartender (Dick Bradsell) and asked for a drink that would both wake her up and get her drunk her exact words being “make me a drink that will wake me up, then fuck me up” and so the espresso martini was born