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The Stories Behind 11 Famous Cocktails

mentalfloss.com — When you belly up to the bar, how well do you know the cocktail you’re ordering? The ingredients of these famous tipples may be familiar to bar patrons the world over, but some of their origins are as debatable as those of the Flaming Moe. Here’s a quick rundown of where some of your favorite drinks entered a glass for the first time.

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  • Surferess, on 01/06/2009, -0/+16Dugg for cocktails!
  • inactive, on 01/06/2009, -0/+12Had to stop at 3, thats my limit ;)
  • gregdigg, on 01/07/2009, -0/+8Agains? Disese? And alcoholism is the disease, not alcohol. Were you drunk when you typed that?
  • whazdown, on 01/07/2009, -0/+6When the weight of the world has got you down...
    And you want to end your life...
    Bills to pay, a dead end job
    And problems with your wife

    But, don't throw in the towel cause there's
    A place right down the block
    Where you can drink your miserie away...

    At Flaming Moe's; so go to Flaming Moe's..
    Where Liquor in a mug
    Can cheer you like a hug

    Happiness is just a Flaming Moe away...
    Happiness is just a Flaming Moe away...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvSzKKARw20
  • JonnyCasino, on 01/06/2009, -0/+6Dugg for using White Peach Puree to describe the ingredients in a Bellini. It truly is a heavenly drink, and using white peach provides just the right about of light airy sweetness without being too sweet or heavy.
  • 5plic3r, on 01/07/2009, -0/+5Based on your English skills, you seem to be losing your battle against alcoholism.
  • contact, on 01/07/2009, -0/+4No story behind the JagerBombs?!?

    I really like reading about guidos..
  • bytor4232, on 01/07/2009, -0/+4What, no Screwdriver? Inaccurate I say!

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screwdriver_%28cockta ...

    History

    The earliest written reference to the Screwdriver is from the October 24, 1949 issue of Time:

    "In the dimly lighted bar of the sleek Park Hotel, Turkish intelligence agents mingle with American engineers and Balkan refugees, drinking the latest Yankee concoction of vodka and orange juice, called a 'screwdriver.'"

    The drink got its name because the American engineers surreptitiously added vodka to small cans of orange juice and stirred the mixture with their screwdrivers.[1]

    I'm biased thou, Vodka + ________ = PureAwesome
  • Murdats, on 01/07/2009, -0/+4why do many people glorify cars when they kill many people?

    people drink, deal with it. some people have problems, deal with it.
  • ileftfark, on 01/07/2009, -0/+3I can assure you the inventor of the Mongolian ***** was not Mongolian, but he sure as ***** was a dedicated alcoholic.

    http://www.drinksmixer.com/drink12064.html

    And it actually tastes good before you lose consciousness.
  • heybeevo, on 01/06/2009, -1/+4chocolate martinis for breakfast- just simply beautiful
  • AHammer16, on 01/06/2009, -0/+3Campari, sweet vermouth and gin?!!!! That just made my hair stand on end!!!
  • AHammer16, on 01/06/2009, -0/+3Perfect start for a VERY short day.
  • VirtualCtor, on 01/07/2009, -0/+3Yes they are. Please give them back to me.
  • deaconyermouf, on 01/07/2009, -0/+3Once I tried to pick up a girl with the line, "You know, I actually came up with the idea for the rum and coke."
  • rowlodge, on 01/07/2009, -0/+2"cuba libre" probably invented here.
  • tubbylardman, on 01/07/2009, -0/+2On New Years, I went to a bar and asked for a Martini and the Bartender only gave me vermouth. Boy was I annoyed. Had a 10min long argument about what a Martini was. He was a real prick about it as well. Usually they will check the book and show you but this guy really got up in my face and was claiming I was drunk even though the Martini was going to be the first drink of the night for me. Its as if no one goes to bartending school anymore. It was the third time I had been to that bar and the third time they have made my cocktail wrong. I wont be returning there soon unless they start giving proper training to their stuff. Lol.
  • cJw314, on 01/07/2009, -0/+2Gloryifying!
  • Scira, on 01/07/2009, -0/+2In Soviet Russia, Vodka is the only thing that has to do with you.
    ?
  • tubbylardman, on 01/07/2009, -0/+2The story behind the Jagerbomb has been lost over time due to the lack of memories surrounding the drink.
  • inactive, on 01/07/2009, -0/+2OMG, shut your trap.
  • ShaveTheWhales, on 01/07/2009, -0/+1"...Rosebud Butt, a bartender at the Oak Beach Inn in Hampton Bays, invented the drink in 1976..."

    Rosebud Butt? Are you kidding me?
  • spurandthedeb, on 01/07/2009, -0/+1It's childrens cough syrup
  • VirtualCtor, on 01/07/2009, -0/+1Those are so yummy!
  • harrythe3rd, on 01/07/2009, -0/+1anything from mental_floss is worth reading, pick up the magazine and support knowledge
  • sdellboy, on 01/07/2009, -0/+1I...love...you-sh...you ish...my besht friend....
  • stopbrorape, on 01/07/2009, -0/+1Dugg for saying "*****".
  • Starwind3, on 01/07/2009, -0/+1buried for lack of molotov
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molotov_cocktail
  • Leviathan433, on 01/07/2009, -0/+1you're*
  • CaptainNoPants, on 01/07/2009, -0/+1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JMOh-cul6M

    starts at 2:14
  • ihavebeenseen, on 01/07/2009, -0/+1No Harvey Oswald
  • allcdnboy, on 01/07/2009, -1/+1Buried for stealing directly from the most recent Uncle John's Unsinkable Bathroom Reader ... and for being a power user.
  • naifen102, on 01/07/2009, -0/+0I like to taste different cocktail
  • CaptainNoPants, on 01/07/2009, -1/+1What about a holy bartender?


    oh come on, no one else thought of that? ahhh

  • tubbylardman, on 01/07/2009, -1/+1Its called a Screwdriver and by no means did you think of it.
  • fancywares319, on 01/07/2009, -0/+0your drunk
    your sexy
  • SinCityExaminer, on 06/22/2009, -0/+0Got some good ones here.
  • radye, on 01/07/2009, -0/+0i don't know about this..but i got idea...it's working?
  • inactive, on 01/07/2009, -2/+1office
  • everack, on 01/07/2009, -1/+0Good stories, I need to read it carefully, I like cocktail.
  • inactive, on 01/07/2009, -2/+1I thought of a drink, it's soo good. Pour vodka over ice then add orange juice.
  • syntaxgs, on 01/07/2009, -11/+1why does digg.Com insist on gloryifying alcohol when many people battle agains alcohol as a disese.

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