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History of Cocktails

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A Cocktail is a mixed drink consisting of two or more ingredients which can be stirred, shaken or built up, with a good garnish & eye appealing look.  This is a considerable debate as to when & where cocktail was invented or who made the first cocktail? There's one theory that says that there was a barman in america who had large containers in which he used to pour out the left over drinks of the day, the container was in a shape of a cock and the tap of the cock was through the tail, this economical container drink got famous and was called cocktail by the locals  Whatever may be the theory around the word but the history of cocktails & its getting famous can be traced into the early 19th century, When there was a prohibition of sell & consumption of alcohol in America, This led to a cocktail revolution in the country as many illegal, speak-easy bars started serving them, this gave us some classic cocktails which are still famous today a good e...

Spirit aka Distilled Alcohol

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The foundation of spirit alcohol existence can be traced in the early 18th century where they were rough & ready made from the ordinary wines & were mostly straightforward. Credits:Pinterest Distillation of alcohol was firstly introduced into Europe, As wine had rose to prominence in the province & slowly but steadily people realized that anything which can be fermented can also be distilled to enhance the alcoholic percentage in the liquid which gave birth to Brandy.  The spirit made from wine was the first to receive acclaim  The first Latin name received by spirit was aqua-vitae meaning Water of life, The french called it  eau de vie  the Russians called it little water of Vodka  & Scandinavians called it aquavit . These were highly priced since then but have not  tasted particularly pleasant then as it was only distilled once hence a physicist known as Edouard Adam discovered the benefits of re-distillation this gave ...