Cocktail Old Fashioned

It is believed that the whiskey sour was created by the Englishman Elliott Stubb who, having landed in the port of Iquique (at the time belonging to the State of Peru) in the year 1872, opened a bar and experimenting with different aperitifs came to mix the native "limon de pica "with Whiskey and sugar, creating a perfect mix between the Anglo-Saxon style and the South American fruit. In fact, this cocktail is already mentioned in the famous book by Jerry Thomas of 1862 "How to Mix Drinks: The Bon-vivant's Companion", albeit with a slightly different recipe. Whiskey sour, despite having a steel soul, is an enveloping and seductive cocktail, with a precise and clear flavor, with the caramelized and smoky aromas of bourbon that are refreshed by the aromatic charge of lemon.

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.

This story begins in Paris Harry’s Bar where the famous barman Harry McElhone invented this cocktail for Erksine Gwynne. Thanks to Gwynne the Boulevardier cocktail became famous, because he cited it in his “Barflies and Cocktails” published in 1927.Erskine Gwynne was famous because he was the grandson he magnate Alfred Vanderbilt and because he founded a monthly magazine called "Boulevardier”.

This classic twist on combine with elegance the intense and spicy flavour typical of bourbon, the sweet vanilla and finally the elegant and aromatic coffee. Vanilla, due to its soft and sweet taste, perfectly mix the honey and slightly smoky aromas of oak wood and the bitter and pungent tones of coffee.It results in a unique and original cocktail with a sweet vanilla smell. As soon as it is tasted, it leaves the palate a sensation of warmth caused both by the strong character of bourbon and by the robust and toasted notes of coffee.