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COCKTAILS History Types Recipes HISTORY The History of the Cocktail The true creation of a popular cocktail can be traced to the nineteenth century. One early written reference to the term cocktail (as a drink based on spirits with other spirits and additives) can be found in an American magazine, The Balance, published in May 1806. It stated that a Cocktail is a stimulating liquor, composed of spirits of any kind, sugar, water, and bitters... 1860 to 1920 – California: The Birthplace of the First Cocktails The cocktails fragmented history begins in the nineteenth century. One of the first modern cocktails to be named and recognized is the martini. It can be traced back to an 1862 recipe for the Martinez. This American recipe consisted of four parts sweet red vermouth to one part gin, garnished with a cherry. Professor Jerry Thomas tended the bar of the old Occidental Hotel in San Francisco and reputedly made the drink for a gold miner on his way to the town of Martinez, which lay forty miles to the east. The recipe for the Martinez in Thomas 1887 bartenders guide called for Old Tom gin, sweet vermouth, a dash of maraschino and bitters, as well as a slice of lemon and two dashes of gum syrup. ? What we do know is that by 1900, the martini had become known nationwide and had spread to the other side of the Atlantic. This is said by some to be the beginning of the golden age of cocktails. During this time a basic list of cocktails emerged and steadily became more and more popular. A popular story behind the Cocktail name refers to a roosters tail (or cock tail) being used as a Colonial drink garnish. There are no formal references in recipe to such a garnish. The rooster theory is also said to have been influenced by the colors of the mixed ingredients, which may resemble the colors of the cocks tail. This would be a good tale today given our colorful array of ingredients, but at the time spirits were visually bland. The British publication, Bartender,