Message 30910 of 39188 in General Discussion

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> 
> Before Manhattans came along, people were drinking whiskey cocktails; 
> when Vermouth became the big thing in America, the Manhattan came 
> along.
>

Interresting. I have been thinking a lot about bartending being more about 
trends and less about technique. The Manhattan which, nowadays, a lot people 
seem to advocate as a complex, interresting, difficult, etc. mixture was 
originally just a trendy addition of vermouth to booze and not the whole 
balancing, combining flavours, special ratios, etc. stuff. It seems 
plausible... what else could they use to mix in those times?