Boulevardier Cocktail

The origins of this cocktail go so far back that it's tough to trust anyone who says they created it. The original name was Whiskey Cocktail as it reflected the characteristics of the classic cocktail formula laid down in 1806; spirit, sugar, water and bitters The proliferation of new liqueurs available to bartenders from the 1870s resulted in a treadmill of new 'improved' Whiskey Cocktails... but which also led to a revolt amongst those who yearned for the original drink. Hence the Old Fashioned Whiskey Cocktail.

Manhattan cocktail has been famous since the beginning. They said that it was created around the 1870 at Manhattan Club in New York by Ian Marshall during the reception organized by Jennie Jerome (aka Lady Randolph Churchill, mother of Winston Churchill) in honor of the presidential candidate Samuel J. Tilden.The drink had a great success and became vary trendy so people begun to order it referring to the club where it was born, The Manhattan. the cocktail soon became very popular also in Europe, probably helped by its name which represents a perfect synthesis of the Big Apple enclosed in a glass.

Si ritiene che il whisky sour sia stato creato dall'Inglese Elliott Stubb che, sbarcato nel porto di Iquique (al tempo appartenente allo Stato del Peru) nell'anno 1872, aprì un bar e sperimentando diversi aperitivi arrivò a miscelare l'autoctono "limon de pica" con Whisky e zucchero, creando un perfetto mix tra lo stile anglosassone e il frutto sudamericano.

In realtà questo cocktail viene già citato nel famoso libro di Jerry Thomas del 1862 "How to Mix Drinks: The Bon-vivant's Companion", anche se con una ricetta leggermente diversa. Il whiskey sour, pur avendo un’anima d’acciaio, è un cocktail avvolgente e seducente, dal sapore preciso e netto, con i profumi caramellati e affumicati del bourbon che si ritrovano rinfrescati dalla carica aromatica del limone.