How did alcoholic drinks get the name “cocktails”?
As we learned from a search on “cocktails origin term,” this is yet another of those hotly debated questions that will probably never have a definitive answer. However, we did uncover a barload of interesting theories for your consumption. Among them: • The term may derive from the story of Betsy Flanagan, an innkeeper during the Revolutionary War who mixed her own drinks. This barkeep stole chickens from her British neighbor and served them roasted to her clientele. After the sumptuous meal, she served her guests a special alcohol concoction in glasses decorated with the tail feathers of the unlucky fowl. One of her appreciative French customers happily declared, “Vive le cocktail!” • Another version of this same tale has a group of American soldiers stealing pheasants fro
