Editing Cocktail (section)

== History ==

[[File:Cocktail accessories - Aigai.jpg|thumb|Cocktail accessories dating back to the 4th century BCE. Museum of the Royal Tombs of Aigai, Greece]]
A well-known 'cocktail' in ancient Greece was named [[kykeon]]. It is mentioned in the Homeric texts and was used in the [[Eleusinian Mysteries]]. 'Cocktail' accessories are exposed in the [[Museum of the Royal Tombs of Aigai (Vergina)|Museum of the Royal Tombs of Aigai]] (Greece). They were used in the court of [[Philip II of Macedon]] to prepare and serve mixtures of wine, water, honey as well as extracts of aromatic herbs and flowers, during the banquets. 

In the United States, a written mention of 'cocktail' as a beverage appeared in ''The Farmers Cabinet,'' 1803. The first definition of a cocktail as an alcoholic beverage appeared three years later in ''The Balance and Columbian Repository'' ([[Hudson, New York]]) May 13, 1806.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|date=May 13, 1806|title=The Coalead|volume=V|page=146|work=The Balance and Columbian Repository|issue=19|url=http://www.imbibemagazine.com/images/Balance_5-13-1806.pdf|url-status=dead|access-date=April 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140713113329/http://www.imbibemagazine.com/images/Balance_5-13-1806.pdf|archive-date=July 13, 2014}}</ref> Traditionally, cocktail ingredients included spirits, sugar, water and bitters;<ref name="Professor" /> however, this definition evolved throughout the 1800s to include the addition of a [[liqueur]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name="Professor" />

In 1862, [[Jerry Thomas (bartender)|Jerry Thomas]] published a bartender's guide called ''How to Mix Drinks; or, The Bon Vivant's Companion'' which included 10 cocktail recipes using bitters, to differentiate from other drinks such as punches and cobblers.

Cocktails continued to evolve and gain popularity throughout the 1900s, with the term eventually expanding to cover all mixed drinks.  In 1917, the term ''[[cocktail party]]'' was coined by Julius S. Walsh Jr. of [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]]. With wine and beer being less available during the [[Prohibition in the United States]] (1920–1933), liquor-based cocktails became more popular due to accessibility, followed by a decline in popularity during the late 1960s. The early to mid-2000s saw the rise of cocktail culture through the style of mixology which mixes traditional cocktails and other novel ingredients.<ref name="Mixellany">{{Cite book|last=Brown|first=Jared|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/806005376|title=Mixologist. Volume two, The Journal of the American Cocktail|publisher=Mixellany|others=Anistatia Miller|year=2006|isbn=9780976093718|location=London|oclc=806005376|access-date=September 20, 2020|archive-date=April 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428202956/https://www.worldcat.org/title/mixologist-volume-two-the-journal-of-the-american-cocktail/oclc/806005376|url-status=live}}</ref> By 2023, the so-called "cocktail in a can" had proliferated (at least in the United States) to become a common item in liquor stores.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=<!-- no author attribution --> |date=July 2023 |title=Cocktails to Go |department=CRInsights |magazine=[[Consumer Reports]] |volume=88 |issue=6 |page=15}}</ref>

In the modern world and the [[Information Age]], cocktail recipes are widely shared online on websites. Cocktails and restaurants that serve them are frequently covered and reviewed in tourism magazines and guides.<ref>{{Cite web|date=August 24, 2019|title=Pittsburgh's 17 Essential Cocktail Bars|url=https://goodfoodpittsburgh.com/pittsburghs-17-essential-cocktail-bars/|access-date=May 10, 2021|website=Good Food Pittsburgh|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=July 11, 2019|title=The 7 best Beijing bars to have excellent craft cocktails|url=https://www.lifestyleasia.com/kl/food-drink/drinks/7-best-beijing-bars-craft-cocktails/|access-date=May 10, 2021|website=Lifestyle Asia Kuala Lumpur|language=en-US}}</ref> Some cocktails, such as the [[Mojito]], [[Manhattan (cocktail)|Manhattan]], and [[Martini (cocktail)|Martini]], have become staples in restaurants<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Dangremond|first1=Sam|last2=Hubbard|first2=Lauren|date=June 24, 2020|title=The Easiest Classic Cocktails to Make at Home|url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/drinks/g13092298/popular-bar-drinks-to-order/|access-date=May 10, 2021|website=Town & Country|language=en-US}}</ref> and pop culture.