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The Cocktail Companion. Cheryl Charming
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Автор произведения Cheryl Charming
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1736 − The Gin Act is passed in England to curb the consumption of gin.
1740 − Is grog the first Daiquiri? On August 21, fifty-five-year-old Vice Admiral Edward Vernon of the Royal Navy issues an order that the daily rum ration should be mixed every day with a quart of water, half pint of rum, lime juice, and sugar mixed in a scuttled butt on the deck in the presence of the Lieutenant of the Watch. (Vernon’s nickname was “Old Grog” because of the waterproof cloak he would wear on deck, which was made of grogram cloth. The sailors named the drink “Grog.”) Well, grog appears to have the same ingredients of a classic Daiquiri—just without the ice. Before you pull out your cell phone and google “scuttled butt,” it was equivalent to the modern-day office water cooler but made out of a wooden cask (barrel) that sailors gathered around. A hole was cut on top to allow the grog to be served to each man.
1742 − Eliza Smith publishes the first known American cookery recipe book. It is the fifth edition of The Compleat Housewife: Or, Accomplish’d Gentlewoman’s Companion
1743 − The Glenmorangie distillery is established in Scotland.
1744 − A man visiting Philadelphia named William Black records in his diary that he was given:
−“Cider and punch for lunch; rum and brandy before dinner; punch, Madeira, port, and sherry at dinner; punch and liqueurs with the ladies; and wine, spirit, and punch till bedtime; all in punch bowls big enough for a goose to swim in.”
1745 − Drambuie is produced in Scotland. The most popular modern cocktail made with Drambuie is the Rusty Nail.
1749 − Appleton rum is produced in Jamaica.
−J&B Scotch is produced.
1751 − England passes another Gin Act.
−The first health warning is printed on a bottle of gin.
1755 − The Marie Brizard Company is founded in Bordeaux, France.
1757 − The first U.S. president, George Washington, writes about his personal beer recipe and titles it “To Make Small Beer.”
1758 − Admiral Nelson’s Premium Rum is produced.
−George Washington campaigns with a barrel of Barbados rum.
−Don Jose Cuervo receives a land grant to cultivate agave plants in Mexico.
1759 − Arthur Guinness signs a 9,000-year lease on an unused brewery at St. James’s Gate in Dublin.
1760 − George Washington is introduced to Laird’s applejack.
−Cruzan Rum from the Virgin Islands is produced.
1761 − Bombay Gin from England is produced.
1765 − Richard Hennessy founds Hennessy Cognac.
1769 − Gordon’s gin is produced. Gordon’s gin will be mentioned in the first James Bond novel, 1953’s Casino Royale, when Bond orders a Vesper.
−The Henriod sisters advertise their elixir d’absinthe.
1771 − Evan Shelby opens the first rye whiskey distillery in Tennessee.
−Discoveries on how to create carbonated water are documented.
1780 − Jacob Beam builds a whiskey distillery in Kentucky.
−John Jameson opens a whiskey distillery in Dublin, Ireland.
−Johann Tobias Lowitz develops charcoal filtration for vodka.
−Elijah Pepper builds a log cabin distillery in Kentucky.
1783 − Evan Williams Bourbon is produced.
1784 − Philadelphia physician and politician Benjamin Rush publishes a pamphlet titled An Inquiry into the Effects of Spirituous Liquors on the Human Mind and Body.
1786 − Antonio Carpano invents vermouth in Italy.
1789 − Reverend Elijah Craig ages corn whiskey in charred oak barrels in Kentucky.
−The first temperance society forms in Litchfield County, Connecticut.
1790 − Jean-Jacob Schweppe makes artificial mineral water.
1791 − George Washington imposes a whiskey tax.
1792 − Pernod absinthe is produced.
1795 − Old Jake Beam Sour Mash whiskey is introduced.
1796 − Harvey’s Bristol Cream Sherry is produced.
1791 − George Washington becomes a whiskey distiller.
1798 − Anistatia Miller and Jared Brown are credited with finding the most current recording of the word “cocktail.” On Friday, March 16, the Morning Post and Gazette in London, England, reported that a pub owner won a lottery and erased all his customers’ debts:
A publican, in Downing-street, who had a share of the 20,000 l. prize, rubbed out all his scores, in a transport of joy: This was a humble imitation of his neighbor, who, when he drew the highest prize in the State Lottery, not only rubbed out, but actually broke scores with his old customers, and entirely forgot them.
−Four days later, on Tuesday, March 20, the customer’s debts were published in the same newspapers. The word “cocktail” appears:
“Mr. Pitt, two petit vers of “L’huile de Venus”
Ditto, one of “perfeit amour.”
Ditto, “cock-tail.” (Vulgarly called ginger.)
−Esteemed spirits and drink historian David Wondrich is of the opinion that the usage of the word “cocktail” (at this time) came from the horse trade. He learned that to make an older horse you were trying to sell look frisky, one would use a chunk of ginger (probably peeled) as a suppository that would cock up the horse’s tail.
−The cocktail John Collins is invented in London.
1800s
Cocktails and cocktail making took the stage with a bright white spotlight in the 1800s and American bartenders were the cocktail stars of the whole world. They wore pressed jackets, diamond tiepins, crisp collared shirts; basically, they dressed to the nines. The first recipe books were published, the availability of pond ice (and later, artificial ice) were game changers, and the golden age of the cocktail shone the brightest it has to date. The position of a bartender—even though blue collar—was seen as the aristocracy of the working class. In those days, you had to be a bartender apprentice for several years before you could be a bartender. One celebrity bartender, Jerry Thomas, traveled the world with a set of solid silver bar tools and he published the first known American cocktail recipe book, Bar-Tender’s Guide, How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant’s Companion in 1862.
This century began with an American population of around five million and by 1899 unbelievably increased to a staggering seventy million. Much advancement happened during this time that laid the foundation for the next century. This included gas lighting, sewing machines, the telegraph, Morse code, bicycles, typewriters, mail order catalogs, Coca-Cola, matchbooks, and ice delivery. Moreover, like always, only the wealthy were able to enjoy these modern inventions in the beginning.
These times brought on civilized behavior with new technological advances. A prominent white man at a fancy bar could order a cobbler, crusta, flip, grog, Champagne Cocktail, Manhattan, Earthquake, Martinez, Old-Fashioned, Hailstorm, Rob Roy, Tom & Jerry, Snow-Storm, Roffignac, Eye-Opener, Ramos Gin Fizz, Sazerac, Santa Cruz Punch, smash, Stone-Fence, sour, toddy, or Tom Collins.
Some names of alehouses, taverns, saloons, and bars include Bull and Mouth, Bush Tavern, Chapter House, Crystal Palace Saloon, Golden Cross, Grove House Tavern, Hustler’s Tavern, Jack’s Elixir Bar, Knickerbocker Saloon, Iron Door Saloon, McSorley’s Old Ale House, Old Absinthe House,