Screwdriver: vodka + orange juice, popular US highball cocktail. Served on rocks w/ orange slice garnish. Mid-20th century origin.
Screwdriver: vodka + orange juice, popular US highball cocktail. Served on rocks w/ orange slice garnish. Mid-20th century origin.
Moscow Mule: classic cocktail w/ vodka, ginger beer, and lime juice. Served in copper mug on rocks w/ lime. Also called Vodka Buck. Created in 1940s NYC. Mule added for ginger beer kick.
Mai Tai: rum-based cocktail from 1944 Oakland. Shaken w/ ice and strained into old-fashioned glass. Popularized in 1950s by Elvis Presley and Tiki culture.
NYC classic cocktail from the 1970s. Made with vodka, orange liqueur, cranberry juice, and lime juice. Gained fame in the 1990s via Sex and the City. Shaken with ice, served in a martini glass with a lemon twist. Popular globally.
Tequila Sunrise: classic cocktail w/ tequila, orange juice, and grenadine syrup. Thanks to the Rolling Stones. Served on rocks in tall collins or highball glass for sunrise effect.
Root beer: non-alcoholic, sweet, carbonated beverage with sassafras root origin. Originally used for medicinal purposes by indigenous peoples of America. Commercial root beer first marketed by pharmacist Charles Elmer Hires in 1876.