204 Years of Cocktails

May marks the 204^th anniversary of the first published use of the word “cocktail.” It was described by the Hudson County, NY daily newspaper The Balance and Columbian Repository, as a “stimulating liquor, composed of spirits of any kind… an excellent electioneering potion inasmuch as it renders the heart stout and bold, at the same time that it fuddles the head.”

Over the past 200 years there have been endless variations. Here are four cocktails featuring vodka, which has expanded flavor profiles to become the most traditional—and most innovative—cocktail mixer.

White Russian Martini

1 oz. Three-O Triple Shot Espresso
1 oz. white chocolate liqueur
2 oz. cream

Mix with ice and strain into a martini glass
Garnish with espresso beans.

Cherry-Lime Gimlet

1 1/2 oz. Three-O Cherry Vodka
1/2 oz. fresh lime juice
½ oz. simple syrup

Add ice and shake well. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass with ice and garnish with a lime wedge

Bloody Mary

2 oz. Three-O Tomato Vodka

Top with Bloody Mary mix. Add a few dashes of hot sauce and sliced jalapenos.

Mix in a glass filled with ice and garnish with speared peppers.

Mango Cosmo

3 oz. Three-O Mango Vodka
½ oz. Triple Sec
1 oz. cranberry juice

Splash fresh lime juice. Shake with ice and strain into a chilled martini glass, garnish with lime wedge.

Edited by Patricia D. Sherman

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