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all the rage... enough already ! |
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COCKTAIL TIME CAPSULE 1800-1860...TODDY, PIMMS CUP, SWIZZLE, SIDE CAR 1874...MANHATTAN...a bartender invented the manhattan at the request of Sir Winston Churchills mother, Lady
Randolph Churchill. 1880...COCA-COLA was invented...thus...the cubra libre (which means FREE CUBA ! 1910...THE SINGAPORE SLING, GIBSON 1920...BETWEEN THE SHEETS, OLD FASHIONED, MINT JULEP
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1930...MARTINI...FDR toasted the end of PROHIBITION with a DIRTY MARTINI in 1933 1950...SCREWDRIVER...named after the 1st missile with atomic warhead 1970...TEQUIALA SUNRISE, PINA COLADA, HARVEY WALLBANGER, days of watergate and disco
are
you strong enuf
...to
play with the girls
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1980...TRENDS TOWARD WINE AND HEALTH EVOLVE, MANY CRAZY SHOOTERS, AND CRAZY NAMED DRINKS 1990...CIGARS, especially the ladies, COSMOS, MARTINI'S ON THE RISE 2000...THE MILLENIUM...CHAMPAGNE SALES
SKYROCKET AS WELL AS THE WINE MARKET...MARTINI'S COME IN MANY FLAVOURS
YET TO COME ? WITH EVERYTHING FLAVOURED WHO CAN BE SURE. HOWEVER I SEE THE OLE CLASSICS COMING
BACK...CLEAN, SIMPLE.
CHEERS !
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