History

Explaining the history of cocktails is not that simple. There are many myths and different stories about the origin if it. So it is nearly impossible to tell how exactly it was created.

One of these myths tells of a man who once had a famous fighting-cock. One night this cock disappeared and nobody had a clue where it had gone. The man promised his daughter to that man bringing his cock back. And of course after a time of searching there came one man who had found the famous cock. The man was perfectly happy and gave his daughter to his hero plus he wanted to make him an extra gift and created a new and colourful drink. As colourful as the cock’s tail.

This is only one of many different legends around the true origin of the cocktail. A fact instead is that the cocktail is an American tradition. It seems to have its roots at the time of colonialism because at the time alcohol was of a rather low quality. So it was mixed with different juices and got like that a different and better taste. In America, only gangsters and thugs used to drink these cocktails but after a while the cocktail found it’s way to Great Britain. There, during the Roaring Twenties, the cocktail became an in-scene drink for the high-society. The cocktail became bigger and got new ingredients, champagne for example.
After this high-time the popularity of the cocktail fell immediately though it never died.
In the 80ies the cocktail had its comeback and is up to today popular.