Happy Hour: The Sour

A classic cocktail that can easily go very right or very wrong. The sour is a well known drink across the world. Technically speaking it’s a family of drinks, as it…

Happy Hour: The Old Fashioned

One of THE original cocktails. Do you know how it originated? The Old Fashioned, unlike most other of the earliest recorded cocktails, wasn’t invented in New York City. The year…

Happy Hour: The Margarita

Although we’ve all probably enjoyed one too many of this classic cocktail, do you know it’s origin story?? As with most drinks, the origins of the classic Margarita are widely…

Happy Hour: The Vesper

It’s time for another edition of Cocktail 101. Small talk ammunition, fully loaded. Do you think it’s possible for a drink to be invented by a fictitious character? If you…

Happy Hour: The Daiquiri

Time for another healthy dose of Cocktail 101. Jennings Cox, and American mining engineer was in Cuba at the time of the Spanish-American war, around the year 1902. He is…

Happy Hour: The Moscow Mule

It’s that time again! Let’s delve into the history of one of your favorite drinks. The year is 1941. John G. Martin, an American east coast spirit distributor, Jack Morgan,…