In 1862 Jerry Thomas published a
bartendersโ guide called
How to Mix Drinks; or, The Bon Vivant's Companion which
included 10 cocktail recipes using bitters to differentiate from other
drinks such as punches and cobblers. Cocktails continued to evolve and
gain popularity throughout the 1900s, and in 1917 the term
"cocktail party" was coined by Mrs. Julius S. Walsh Jr.
of St. Louis, Missouri. With wine and beer being less available during
the Prohibition in the United States (1920โ1933), liquor-based cocktails
became more popular due to accessibility, followed by a decline in
popularity during the late 1960s. The early to mid-2000s saw the
rise of cocktail culture through the
style of mixology which mixes traditional cocktails
and other novel ingredients.
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