Cocktails : Origin and Culture Today

  

HISTORY OF MIXOLOGY : ORIGN STORY 

The origin of the cocktail ventures back as early as the 1800s when the concept was introduced and ever since its inception, the cocktail has had a fluctuation of flavours and trends, but remains consistently popular and enjoyed by many. Cocktails have evidently evolved throughout the years as each decade made the creation its own, yet its never lost its original, visionary touch.

Mid 19th century, was the era of magnified popularisation of cocktails, which is believed to have been pioneered by bartender and saloon owner, Jerry Thomas, who to this day is often considered to be the founder of mixology.

Thomas’s early research and dedicated practice of trial and error is hugely responsible for the establishment of many of the rules and conventions of cocktail creation still being practised today.

TODAY’S COCKTAILS : CULTURE      

Many of today’s classic cocktail recipes originate to the era of bootleggers and speakeasies and have now been introduced into many bars and restaurants to be enjoyed by all. 

A leading characteristic of todays cocktails culture is the attention paid to ingredients and intricate flavours that can be detected by cocktail drinkers. Cocktails have endured and adapted to changing tastes and trends and continuously found new life, ultimately because they are about bringing people together.

Cocktail culture offers various prospects to our society today, the classics, cocktails that have been around since the inception, are living history and a strong connection to the past, which will be continued to be kept alive and celebrated… From the countless experiments carried out by Jerry Thomas at the beginning, to the vibrant nights at hidden speakeasies and cocktails bars around the world, to the convivial atmosphere enjoyed by todays fanatics, cocktails are a vitality that celebrate human spirit among other spirits, and serve a testimony to both tradition and creativity.          




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