Today in History Special Cocktail Edition April 27 - May 3, 2024

National Pool Opening Day
Strawberry Lemonade
Frose

St. Louis Mary de Montfort
Ginger Cranberry Spritz

Uma Thurman
Uma Thurman Cocktail

Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington Sugar Rum Cherries

Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson Chicken-Fried Steak

1759 John Adlum was born
KY Catawba Punch

1884 Michael Thomas Bass Jr Died
Brown and Bitter

National Bubble Tea Day
Bubble Tea

Kirsten Dunst
Uncle Julian’s Rarebit
The Sweet and Boozy Interview

1900 Casey Jones Died
Moonarita
Cannonball Express Cocktail

1904 The Louisiana Purchase Exposition opened
St. Louis Ice Water Cocktail
St. Louis Iced Tea

1955 “Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White”
Apple Blossom Cocktail
National BBQ Month
Grilled Peaches with Bacardi Gold Rum

May Day International Workers Day
Mai Bowle

1893 The World’s Columbian Expo in Chicago opened.
Orange Cider Original
Orange Cider (Drink of the Gods)
Orange Cider (Soul Destroying Version)

1931 Empire State Building Opens
Empire State Elixer
1519 Leonardo da Vinci Died
Acquarossa (Rose Water

1942 Moonlight Cocktail hit #1
Moonlight Cocktail

1960 The Queen e
Elizabeth 2 British Luxury Liner set sail
Chilled Nectarine Soup
Rose Lassi

1974 Filming for Jaws began at Martha’s Vineyard
Jaws Breakfast
Blood in the Water Cocktail

1939 The Andrew Sisters recorded ‘Beer Barrel Polka’
Beer Barrel Polka Bratwurst

1944 Most Wartime Meat Rationing ended in the US
1940’s Orangeade Drink

1947 Sylvester tried to eat Tweety Bird
Tweety Bird Cocktail