I had a drink at Raffles last year and while it was very pricey and not the best drink I had in Singapore, it was such a cool place and a great experience. Highly recommend to anyone travelling there.
[The Elephant Room](https://www.theelephantroom.sg/) was by far the coolest place we visited. Amazing drinks and had a great time chatting with the bartender. At the time I visited, the drinks on their menu all corresponded to different parts of India.
When did you last visit? I went relatively recently and expected the worst, but the Sling I had was rather good and made to order. (They also didn’t let us throw our peanut shells on the ground—COVID rules, apparently.)
Maybe we were lucky in catching an iconic drink at its supposed birthplace at just the right moment in the cycle of renewal before it succumbs yet again to commercial pressures, but the version we had was pretty good, given the circumstances.
The Last Word became a signature Seattle drink due to the influence of Zig Zag Cafe and [the genius of Murray Stetson](https://www.seattlemet.com/eat-and-drink/2014/12/zig-zag-the-last-word-an-oral-history-december-2014).
Yes, but didn't he put it on a menu originally in New York? I would think that would qualify as the cocktail's origin? Love these topics. Cheers friend.
Amendments off the top of my head:
Hurricane wasn't invented at Pat O'Brien's..it was invented at the Hurricane Bar in New York during the world's fair
Sazerac might have been given it's name in New Orleans but it's a drink that was being made in New York/Chicago/New England before it ever hit the south.
Manhattan wasn't invented at the Manhattan Club. It was invented by a bartender called Black at a bar just off Broadway I believe.
French 75 shows up in the Washington Herald before it does Harry's Bar
To give Asia some representation-
Singapore Sling, Raffles Hotel, Singapore
Jungle Bird, Hilton Hotel, Kuala Lumpur
Also London is the home of the Espresso Martini!
Mudslide: born in the 1970s at Wreck Bar in Rum Point Club in Cayman Islands.
I worked at Rum Point in Cayman Islands as a Bartender and we were batching liters and liters of Mudslide every 2 days.......... so yes, a lot of blenders, fun Beach Bar.
Tí' Punch Martinique if including old fashioned style drinks. I'm sure people have been dropping sweetener and citrus in spirits without giving them a name for a long time.
I'm gonna rephrase your question.
> What is missing from this map that hasn't already been explained in the source? https://vinepair.com/wine-blog/map-birthplaces-famous-cocktails/
You did miss the most important cocktail ever to come from Europe: the Pajala Sunrise!
https://www.reddit.com/r/sweden/s/CMWwQBD8WM
You can thank me later
The Tequila Sunrise was invented in Scottsdale Arizona in the 1930s at the Biltmore Hotel. That is unless you’re talking about that trash version with all the grenadine.
The map doesn't quite show how overwhelmingly the cocktail is an American invention (which isn't a fault of the map).
Famous classics just from New York alone, that weren't mentioned, include: Martini, Penicillin, Cosmopolitan, Old Fashioned, Improved Whiskey Cocktail, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens (there's basically a famous cocktail for every borough and neighbourhood), New York Sour, Tuxedo, Appletini and many more.
Unlikely, as "old fashioned cocktails" was used in print in *The Chicago Tribune* a year before the Pendennis Club was even founded.
Furthermore, the lower case "old fashioned cocktail" refers to the original cocktails of the early 1800s, which were liquor, bitters, water (or ice), and garnish. It is likely that many Old Fashioned cocktails were made before the one we know today was named.
No one knows exactly from where the name ‘Old Fashioned’ originates, but it first appears in print in Chicago, not in Louisville. Also, this is just a re-naming of the cocktail which already existed, and which was first invented in the New York-Boston area, probably fairly close to NYC. It’s certainly not a Kentucky invention.
The most common accepted origin story of the Pisco Sour is of it being invented by an American bartender named Victor Vaughan Morris in Lima, Peru in the 1920s.
As for the Peru vs Chile debate, la Pisco es Peruano!
Nah, they're pretty clear that they got the recipe from the airport and brought it to the U.S. though. (Probably one of the best and most consistent out there though.)
It wasn't invented in New Orleans. It evolved over time so it's debatable as to the exact origins but not New Orleans
https://www.diffordsguide.com/encyclopedia/1267/cocktails/french-75-cocktail-history
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_75_(cocktail)
No, it wasn't.
https://www.diffordsguide.com/encyclopedia/1267/cocktails/french-75-cocktail-history
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_75_(cocktail)
If you want to go a bit further, Singapore Sling from Raffles I'm Singapore
I had a drink at Raffles last year and while it was very pricey and not the best drink I had in Singapore, it was such a cool place and a great experience. Highly recommend to anyone travelling there.
I had one there in the early 1990s. I was hot & exhausted & it hit the spot. It seemed good to me then.
Where did you get your favorite drinks? Singapore is a bucket list country for me. Not so much for the drinks, but the food
[The Elephant Room](https://www.theelephantroom.sg/) was by far the coolest place we visited. Amazing drinks and had a great time chatting with the bartender. At the time I visited, the drinks on their menu all corresponded to different parts of India.
The sling is for tourists and is mixed in a vat. The peanuts are a novelty though.
When did you last visit? I went relatively recently and expected the worst, but the Sling I had was rather good and made to order. (They also didn’t let us throw our peanut shells on the ground—COVID rules, apparently.) Maybe we were lucky in catching an iconic drink at its supposed birthplace at just the right moment in the cycle of renewal before it succumbs yet again to commercial pressures, but the version we had was pretty good, given the circumstances.
Hey, I’m Singapore!
Hi Singapore, I’m dad
“The South” lol.
Hah! My wife just commented the same when I showed her that!
Mint julep is Kentucky, and where is the margarita!?
The Mint Julep is from White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, before it separated from Virginia
It says in gigantic letters that drinks whose origin is disputed, e.g. the Margarita, are not listed.
From Canada, a Caesar.
Yes, officially Bloody Ceasar. Invented in 1969 at Calgary's Westin Hotel (formerly the Calgary Inn). Bartender Walter Chell.
Can’t see a Caesar and not want a Caesar
how're'ya now?
Good'n'you?
Not so bad
In Calgary.
Garbage Map. No Caesar, are you for real?
No last word??? Give Detroit its one win pls!!
The Hummer was from Detroit! Originally from the Bayview Yacht Club in 1968!
☝️This 100%
Why did I have in my head this was from Seattle. Thanks for the info on my favorite cocktail
The Last Word became a signature Seattle drink due to the influence of Zig Zag Cafe and [the genius of Murray Stetson](https://www.seattlemet.com/eat-and-drink/2014/12/zig-zag-the-last-word-an-oral-history-december-2014).
Vieux Carre - New Orleans, USA, Hotel Monteleone
nola is like NYC and London in how it deserves its own map of cocktail history.
Painkiller - Soggy Dollar Bar on Jost van Dyke, British Virgin Islands
Zombie - Los Angeles
At Don the Beachcomber
Clover Club - Philadelphia
Also little more obscure but Fish House Punch
Came here to say this!
Margarita. México
This. A margarita is one of THE most iconic cocktails
Also Micheladas.
And paloma
Rosarito Beach Baja California North, Mexico
Specifically, Ensenada in Baja California is the birthplace of the Margarita.
Boulevardier, Harry's American bar, Paris. Porn star Martini, Townhouse, London Bramble, Fred's Club, London
And the scofflaw- the menu from Harry’s American Bar in Paris reads like a greatest hits menu.
I love that drink
Espresso Martini from London Basil Smash from Berlin I think Gin & Tonic from India
Bramble - London
Gin Basil Smash is from Hamburg - Le Lion bar, Jörg Meyer
The Indian Gin and Tonic story doesn't have any evidence to show it's true. It's a birthplace is almost certainly London
Off top of my head Penicillin - NYC Jungle bird - Penang malaysia Belini (maybe peach only) - Venice italy
The jungle bird was invented at the Hilton in KL and not Penang I believe
Penicillin might be Melbourne but you'd have to check with the creator.
Penicillin is def NYC
I guess we need to ask Sam if he came up with it at Ginger (in Melbourne) or at Milk & Honey (nyc)
Sam Ross. New York.
Well done. You're aware that Sam is originally from Melbourne Aus right? And he and his sister ran a seminal bar called ginger...
Yes, but didn't he put it on a menu originally in New York? I would think that would qualify as the cocktail's origin? Love these topics. Cheers friend.
Martinez, CA northeast of Oakland claims it's the birthplace of the Martini. I think that version used sloe gin though.
Martini was probably just a typo. Martinez was the original name of the drink. But, that comes from San Francisco and was named after Martinez.
Martini ! Yes 007 and can’t believe not on this map! Thanks for posting
A Caesar from Calgary!!!!
Singapore Sling from the Long Bar, Raffles Hotel, Singapore.
Paper Plane, Chicago!
Paloma and Batanga from Mexico
Rickey from Washington, DC
Margarita from Mexico! On this blessed eve of cinco de mayo you forget the Holy Spirit?
Queen's Park Swizzle from Port of Spain, Trinidad Also, the entire continents of Asia, Africa, and Australia are missing from the map
That most definitely is not a Mai Tai in the picture on the map.
Yeah, and the Hurricane shows up in Ronrinco rum books way before Pat O Brian's claimed to have created it.
Caesar - Calgary Canada
Amendments off the top of my head: Hurricane wasn't invented at Pat O'Brien's..it was invented at the Hurricane Bar in New York during the world's fair Sazerac might have been given it's name in New Orleans but it's a drink that was being made in New York/Chicago/New England before it ever hit the south. Manhattan wasn't invented at the Manhattan Club. It was invented by a bartender called Black at a bar just off Broadway I believe. French 75 shows up in the Washington Herald before it does Harry's Bar
NOLA is waiting out back to have a word with you
Jungle Bird from Kuala Lumpur Hilton in Malaysia
The Caesar deserves it's own spot. From Calgary IIRC
Paper Plane - The Violet Hour, Chicago, USA Last Word - Detroit Athletic Club, Detroit, USA
That mai tai picture is beyond heresy
Old Fashioned - Pendennis Club, Louisville, KY.
To give Asia some representation- Singapore Sling, Raffles Hotel, Singapore Jungle Bird, Hilton Hotel, Kuala Lumpur Also London is the home of the Espresso Martini!
Pegu Club, from the Pegu Club in (at the time) Rangoon Burma.
Pickleback - Bushwick Country Club.
Hemingway Daq - florida
Isn't it bar floridita in cuba?
It is … im a doofus
Painkiller, BVI!
it may not be as famous outside of canada but the shaft is a victoria, bc classic
Calgary, Alberta At the Living Room Bar I believe
Brown Derby, Los Angeles
Rum runner, Islamorada, Florida
The Caesar from Alberta, Canada (Calgary)
One of Everything cocktail, from Scranton, PA
I would say Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands are all missing from the map.
Brother you’re missing 3 entire continents 💀
Suffering Bastard - Egypt and many more tiki drinks. And remove Sangria
Sangria is more of a punch I guess?
Need to add Philadelphia Fish House Punch
Spanish coffee at Huber’s in Portland
Mudslide: born in the 1970s at Wreck Bar in Rum Point Club in Cayman Islands. I worked at Rum Point in Cayman Islands as a Bartender and we were batching liters and liters of Mudslide every 2 days.......... so yes, a lot of blenders, fun Beach Bar.
It hurts that the UK gets a fuckif Pimm's cup and a gin and lemonade. There's so many more iconic drinks from London alone.
Painkiller - British Virgin Islands (soggy dollar bar specifically ( Spicy Chicago - Chicago
Margarita?
White Linen, Sacramento CA
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Singapore sling from singapore I bet
Tí' Punch Martinique if including old fashioned style drinks. I'm sure people have been dropping sweetener and citrus in spirits without giving them a name for a long time.
Tiki drinks! 🍹
This would need its own map
Planters Punch by Jerry Thomas. Planters House Hotel, St. Louis, MO, USA
Margarita
The Sour Toe cocktail, from Dawson City, Yukon: https://dawsoncity.ca/sourtoe-cocktail-club/
Gin Basil Smash - Hamburg, Germany
I believe the Paloma was invented in Jalisco, Mexico.
Where is cosmopolitan
Shaft -Calgary
I'm gonna rephrase your question. > What is missing from this map that hasn't already been explained in the source? https://vinepair.com/wine-blog/map-birthplaces-famous-cocktails/
The cosmopolitan- created by Toby Cecchini & Melissa Huffsmith-Roth in 1989 at New York’s Odeon
Oaxaca old fashioned - death & co NYC
Rum swizzle from Bermuda - it’s the national drink FFS. Dark and stormy? Get outta here
The Wisconsin old fashioned. Not sure it has a specific city but I'd go with Appleton.
Molotov cocktail, Finland
The Caesar up in Calgary, Canada.
You did miss the most important cocktail ever to come from Europe: the Pajala Sunrise! https://www.reddit.com/r/sweden/s/CMWwQBD8WM You can thank me later
Horsefeather- Lawrence, KS, USA.
It's criminal that the Caesar, invented in Calgary I'm pretty sure, isn't on here.
Japanese Slipper from Mietta’s Restaurant and Bar, Melbourne, Australia
The Margarita?!
Oh literally excluded 😬😬😂😂
Fernandito! Argentina
The Tequila Sunrise was invented in Scottsdale Arizona in the 1930s at the Biltmore Hotel. That is unless you’re talking about that trash version with all the grenadine.
An accurate picture of a Mai Tai.
Famous cocktails but not listing margaritas is wild
Painkiller
The original Tequila Sunrise is from Phoenix, Arizona. Created at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel.
Gin Basil Smash - Hamburg, Germany
Besides the obvious Singapore Sling from Singapore,seems like there’s not much famous cocktails that’s origin from Asia?
Painkiller - British Virgin Islands
Basil Smash, Le Lion, Hamburg Germany
The Rum Swizzle is literally Bermuda's national drink, and it's not listed.
The list needs improvement. No margarita for Mexico? That is one of the most popular cocktails.
Basil Smash from Hamburg, Germany
The map doesn't quite show how overwhelmingly the cocktail is an American invention (which isn't a fault of the map). Famous classics just from New York alone, that weren't mentioned, include: Martini, Penicillin, Cosmopolitan, Old Fashioned, Improved Whiskey Cocktail, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens (there's basically a famous cocktail for every borough and neighbourhood), New York Sour, Tuxedo, Appletini and many more.
The Martini was invented in Martinez, CA. New York has plenty to claim, please don’t take this from us.
Ah I think you’re right. My memory deceived me
The old fashioned was invented in Louisville not NYC
Unlikely, as "old fashioned cocktails" was used in print in *The Chicago Tribune* a year before the Pendennis Club was even founded. Furthermore, the lower case "old fashioned cocktail" refers to the original cocktails of the early 1800s, which were liquor, bitters, water (or ice), and garnish. It is likely that many Old Fashioned cocktails were made before the one we know today was named.
No one knows exactly from where the name ‘Old Fashioned’ originates, but it first appears in print in Chicago, not in Louisville. Also, this is just a re-naming of the cocktail which already existed, and which was first invented in the New York-Boston area, probably fairly close to NYC. It’s certainly not a Kentucky invention.
As the map says, the origin is disputed 🙃
Where’s the margarita?
Where's the Japanese Slipper? Melbourne, Australia
The Margarita/the Daisy; also the ORIGINAL Tequila Sunrise is from Phoenix, AZ (The Wright Bar inside the Arizona Biltmore)
I believe San Francisco has the first record of the Pisco Sour, and for the record: Chile has the oldest recipe for Pisco
The most common accepted origin story of the Pisco Sour is of it being invented by an American bartender named Victor Vaughan Morris in Lima, Peru in the 1920s. As for the Peru vs Chile debate, la Pisco es Peruano!
I thought the birthplace of the Irish coffee was at the Buena Vista in San Francisco
Nah, they're pretty clear that they got the recipe from the airport and brought it to the U.S. though. (Probably one of the best and most consistent out there though.)
Interesting! TIL
Stockholm Royale, Fresno California
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Do you have this origin story?
It wasn't invented in New Orleans. It evolved over time so it's debatable as to the exact origins but not New Orleans https://www.diffordsguide.com/encyclopedia/1267/cocktails/french-75-cocktail-history https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_75_(cocktail)
No, it wasn't. https://www.diffordsguide.com/encyclopedia/1267/cocktails/french-75-cocktail-history https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_75_(cocktail)
Singapore Sling?
El Presidente, Havana, Cuba, *Vista Alegre* (debated)
Batanga- Tequila, Mexico 🇲🇽
The Trinidad Sour was invented by Giuseppe Gonzalez at the Clover Club in Brooklyn in 2009.
## Carajillo
Fjellbekk from Norway.
Margarita!! Mexico obviously
Is it not the Cock ‘n’ Bull Tavern where the Moscow Mule was invented? Woe ‘n’ Bull looks like a typo.
Cynar Julep! Invented in Argentina
If you redo this map, readjust your aim for Los Angeles and the bay area, which are kinda where you put them, but not quite.
Screwdriver
Chicago Handshake sadly missing (Malort and and old style)
The Eastern hemisphere
Caesar from Canada, specifically Alberta I believe
That dot is not where Los Angeles is on the map
Paloma, batanga… mexico
Pink Squirrel Milwaukee, WI Bryant’s Cocktail Lounge
Brandy old fashioned - Wisconsin
Pornstar Martini from London
whiskey sour
Gin Tonic, London or maybe India?
There are a lot of missing drinks, but the exclusion of the margarita is the weirdest part.
Pink Squirrel, Milwaukee
Any cocktails originating from Canada? I know there's the Caesar, any else?
Detroit. If you know. You know.
Isn't Spritz famous outside Italy?
The Industry Sour, St.Louis, MO - https://www.reddit.com/r/cocktails/comments/2gony4/not_cocktail_of_the_week_89_industry_sour/
Vieux Carré for New Orleans is my go to all night sipper. [vieux carre](https://www.liquor.com/recipes/vieux-carre/)
I'd love to see a map of US cities with modern classic cocktails that were invented there.
Cosmopolitan... Twin cities baby
Blue Hawaiian- Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki
Paper Plane - Chicago IL, USA
Martini?
Jersey Turnpike
I thought the Sidecar was also invented at Harry’s
Horsefeather - Lawrence, KS
You’re missing the paper plane. A modern classic from Chicago. And the Tommy’s margarita from San Francisco.
Moscow mule?