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A cocktail is a style of mixed Drink . A cocktail usually contains one or more types of Liquor and flavourings, usually one or more of a Liqueur , Fruit , sauce, Honey , Milk or Cream , Spice s, etc. The cocktail became popular during Prohibition in the United States primarily to mask the taste of Bootlegged alcohol, the Bartender s at a Speakeasy would mix it with other ingredients, both alcoholic and non-alcoholic. Until the 1970s , cocktails were made predominantly with Gin , Whiskey or Rum , and less commonly Vodka . From the 1970s on, the popularity of vodka increased dramatically. By the 1980s it was the predominant base for mixed drinks. Many cocktails traditionally made with gin, such as the Gimlet , or the Martini , may now be served by default with vodka. Non-alcoholic carbonated beverages that are used nearly exclusively in cocktails, or in non-alcoholic soda fountain drinks, such as the Egg Cream , include Soda Water , Tonic Water and Seltzer . Liqueurs are also common cocktail ingredients. HISTORY which is ignited prior to consumption.]] The earliest known printed use of the word "cocktail," as originally determined by Dr. David Wondrich in October 2005, was from "The Farmer's Cabinet", April 28, 1803, p {Link without Title} : '' "11. Drank a glass of coctail--excellent for the head ... Call'd at the Doct's. found Burnham--he looked very wise--drank another glass of cocktail."'' The second earliest known printed use of the word "cocktail" (and the most well-known) was in the May 13 1806 edition of the ''Balance and Columbian Repository'', a publication in Hudson, New York , where the paper provided the following answer to what a cocktail was: "Cocktail is a stimulating liquor composed of spirits of any kind, sugar, water, and bitters--it is vulgarly called a bittered sling and is supposed to be an excellent electioneering potion, inasmuch as it renders the heart stout and bold, at the same time that it fuddles the head. It is said, also to be of great use to a Democratic candidate: because a person, having swallowed a glass of it, is ready to swallow anything else." The first publication of a as an ingredient, although it is not to be seen in very many modern cocktail recipes. During Prohibition in the United States ( 1919 - 1933 ), when alcohol possession was illegal, cocktails were still consumed in establishments known as Speakeasies . Not only was the quality of the alcohol available far lower than was previously used, but the skill and knowledge of the bartenders would also decline significantly during this time. ETYMOLOGY There are several plausible theories as to the origin of the term "cocktail". Among them are:
Non-alcoholic cocktails are referred to as being "Virgin Cocktails", free from the "sin" of alcohol consumption. NOTES SEE ALSO DERIVATIVE USES The word "cocktail" is sometimes figuratively been used for a mixture of liquids or other substances that are not necessarily fit for consumption. For example, the usage of such a word could be as follows: "''120 years of Industry have dosed the area's soil with a noxious cocktail of Heavy Metals and Chemical Contaminant s''". EXTERNAL LINKS
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