#WorldCocktailDay

Since World Cocktail Day is coming up tomorrow, it seems like a good time to take a look at how to make a few cocktails. Today's blog post is based on an article from The Art of Manliness:

There’s been a trend lately to get back to the old way of doing things, especially when it comes to things we ingest. People are eating organic produce, for example, and some are going as far as planting their own gardens. Many chefs are serving old-world comfort food right next to their innovative dishes. This trend has also entered the world of libations. Drink menus around the country are starting to have more of the old classics included on them. Many mixologists are using these cocktails as starting points for newer versions that take advantage of the plethora of products out there today. Recipe books from classic bars such as the Old Waldorf-Astoria, The Savoy, and the Stork Club are available in reprint editions for the new generation to use. And who can forget Old Mr. Boston? They’ve been printing those books since 1935 and still do to this day. 

I remember my dad having a copy of the Mr. Boston book when I was a kid.

But you don’t need a recipe book to get started mixing up some of the classic cocktails men have been drinking for decades (and in some cases, more than a century). Here’s how to create the 5 classic cocktails every man should know.

1. The Old Fashioned
2. The Manhattan
3. The Tom Collins
4. The Sidecar
5. The Martini

Complete recipes are available in the article.

This also ties in with #14 from yesterday's blog post by having a cocktail tasting party. And it's also just in time for World Whisky Day on Saturday.

What's your favorite cocktail? Is it one of the five presented here? Or is it something different?

Interesting days

Today - Fibromyalgia Awareness Day, Poem on Your Pillow Day, Odometer Day, Nutty Fudge Day and Limerick Day

Tomorrow - Numeracy Day, Top Gun Day, Receptionists Day, Apple Pie Day, World Cocktail Day, International Hummus Day, Leprechaun Day, Root Canal Appreciation Day, Donate A Day’s Wages To Charity Day, Third Shift Workers' Day and Frog Jumping Day

Next Tuesday - May Ray Day

June 12 - Superman Day, Red Rose Day, Flip-Flop Day, International Falafel Day, Peanut Butter Cookie Day and Loving Day

Week long celebrations:

Jun 8 - Jun 14: Love your Burial Ground Week