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The Fabled Pour

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Cocktail history, shelved by era

Where drinks came from, told from the record. Where the record runs out and the stories begin, we say so.

  1. The vermouth age 1860 to 1910

    • The vermouth age · 1860 to 1910

      The Manhattan, the Martini and the vermouth age

      When Italian and French vermouth reached American bars in the decades after the Civil War, the cocktail changed shape. The Manhattan came first, the Martinez followed, and the Martini spent fifty years getting drier.

      5 min read · 5 sources