Category Archive for champagne
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Edison 77
This week back in 1877, Thomas Edison announced he'd invented the first working recording device -- the phonograph. 134 years later we've got Dolby, THX... and this custom cocktail inspired by the phonograph's special sound. Read more...
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The FXO7
This week in 1883, gentleman thief Black Bart finally botched a job...after pulling off 27 stagecoach robberies. The lyrical larcenist left poems - but never dead bodies - at the scene of his crimes. Hold up a custom cocktail in his dishonor. Read more...
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The Swede '67
This week in 1967, all at once, Swedish traffic moved from the left to the right side of the road. The massive campaign surrounding "Dagen H" produced cultural touchstones like the contest-winning song "Keep to the Right, Svensson!" and underwear emblazoned with H logos. Read more...
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The Mona Lisa in Florence
100 years ago this week, the most famous painting in the world turned up missing. Learn about brazen thief Vincenzo Peruggia, who claimed he did it all for his mother country... then celebrate art with this Italian take on the "Mona Lisa" cocktail -- pioneered by a bar right next to the Louvre called Le Fumoir. Read more...
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Past-Time
This week back in 1972, Bernice Gera became the first female umpire in pro baseball history...and then immediately resigned. Learn why she took herself out of the ballgame, then steal home to mix this All-American cocktail. Read more...
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Death On The Rocks
On January 12th, 1967, Dr. James Bedford became the first person to be cryonically preserved, his body sealed in a capsule full of supercold liquid nitrogen. Read more...
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The French 75
Created by French WWI fighter pilots. Read more...
