10 Cocktails That Aren't Made The Way They Used To Be - Tasting Table

"If there's one thing humans have been consistently doing for thousands of years, it's drinking. Whether it was medicinal, religious, or just social, people found reasons to consume alcohol and make mixed beverages. As time passed, trends changed, and technology evolved, so too did our palates and, naturally, our cocktails. We've come a long way from the days of the Ancient Greeks mixing wine and honey or the colonial-era Americans making punches."

"Nowadays, mixology has bloomed into a major culinary movement. Bartenders experiment with house-made syrups, fat-washed liquors, and unique garnishes. Cocktail bars often have seasonal menus and drinks unique to their establishment. If you're a traditionalist, you may find safety in the classic cocktails section of these menus, but some of those drinks may not actually be as classic as you would think. Many of the household drinks we know and love today aren't made the way they used to be."

"Although this drink was first created in 2007, the Paper Plane has solidified itself as a modern classic. Created by award-winning bartender Sam Ross at the Violet Hour Bar in Chicago, the drink emerged as a riff on the Prohibition-era cocktail known as the Last Word. While the ingredients of the Last Word - gin, lime juice, green chartreuse, and maraschino liqueur - are completely different than those of the Paper Plane,"

Humans have consumed alcoholic beverages for millennia for medicinal, religious, and social reasons, evolving from Ancient Greek wine-and-honey mixes and colonial punches to modern cocktails. Mixology has become a culinary movement with bartenders creating house-made syrups, fat-washed spirits, and seasonal menus. Many drinks labeled as classics have been reinvented or standardized differently than historical recipes. The Paper Plane emerged in 2007 as a modern classic that follows an equal-parts framework, inspired as a riff on the Last Word. Its recipe settled with bourbon, lemon, Aperol, and Amaro Nonino.

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