1, one is in the American War of Independence in the ascendant, a pair of Irish generals and couples married soon after Mr. died on the battlefield, due to the general's life by the cavalry's love and respect, the general's wife and brewed a handful of good wine, and the ministry so that the general's wife to help the general's money to help the opening of the bar in the barracks.

One night, in order to repay the cavalry for their care, the General's wife sneaked into the house of the opposition landlord, who was usually hated by the soldiers, stole the landlord's favorite beautiful rooster and cooked it, and then she mixed all the different kinds of wine she made and invited the soldiers to **** and enjoy the good food and wine.

The generals were so happy that after eating the rooster's meal, they inserted the colorful feathers of the rooster's tail into their glasses and mixed it with wine, and from then on, this mixture was called "cocktail".

2, after the American Revolutionary War, in Kentucky fried chicken store in a bar, often gathered some love "cockfighting" activities of the drinkers, they discuss the cockfighting skills and knowledge, talking about the store's wine all drank up and asked the boss to continue to add wine, the boss had no choice but to put the store left over! The owner had no choice but to mix all the leftover wine in the shop without categorizing it and give it to the customers for free.

From then on, the rumor spread, and everyone had to go to this bar to listen to the story about the rooster and drink the free mixed wine, so they called this kind of wine Cock (rooster) plus Tale (story), and together they turned into Cocktail - cocktail.

Expanded Information

Classic Drinks:

1, Margarita (Margarita)

The taste is strong, with fresh fruit and tequila's special flavor, the mouth is tart and sweet, very refreshing.

Birthplace: Mexico

Ingredients: 40 ml tequila, 20 ml Cointreau, 20 ml lime juice.

2. Singapore Sling

Sweet and sour on the palate, plus a throbbing carbonation gas and fruity booze aroma

Birthplace: Raffles Hotel, Singapore

Ingredients: 40 ml Gin, 20 ml Cherry Brandy, 30 ml Lemon Juice, 10 ml Pitney Bowes Pomegranate Juice, 1 shot of Angostura Bitters, chilled club soda.

3, Bloody Mary (Bloody Mary)

Bright red in color, sweet, sour, bitter, spicy, stimulating

Birthplace: Harry New York Bar in Paris

Ingredients: 50 ml of vodka, 10 ml of lemon juice, freshly ground pepper, salt, 2 Tabasco, 4 Worcester, 120 ml tomato juice.

4, Gin Fizz (Gin Fizz)

Flavor refreshing, taste exciting

Birthplace: the United States

Ingredients: 50 ml of gin, 20 ml of lemon juice, 10 ml of Pitney Bowes pomegranate juice, chilled soda water.

5, Manhattan (Manhattan)

Invented by the mother of the famous British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, the taste is strong and direct, so it is also known as the "man's cocktail"

Birthplace: Manhattan, USA

Ingredients: 40 ml of Canadian whiskey, 20 ml of Mimosa, 2 ml of Mistral, 2 ml of Mistral, 2 ml of Mistral. ml of Mimosas, 2 shots of Angostura Bitters (a bitter liqueur made with gentian and bitter orange).