100 Years Of Cocktails (Taste Test)

When was your favorite cocktail first created? Let's talk about that. Good. Mythical Morning. Today we're doing something that we don't normally do because of a. few profound words that someone recently shared with me. They said. You got this. They said, it's five o'clock somewhere. Great. You did it. You did it, man.

So now that we know that to be true, we felt it was perfectly acceptable to do today's episode, which does. in fact involve getting our drink on. Specifically cocktails. Not enough to get drunk, but enough to get our sea legs before. you know what. You know when. He's talking about Good Mythical Evening in a few weeks. It's time for A Shuffle In Time. Cocktails Edition. Welcome to the Shuffle in Time Zone. Okay, boys, you're going to taste a classic cocktail.

Then shuffle your pucks to the decade you think it was created. It's been a long minute, but back in April, you tied. But the time before that, Rhett won, so he's going to be shuffling first. Okay. And your first drink is being delivered by the one and only Mythical. mixologist, Lily. Hello, fellas. Hey. Oh, you have an espresso martini for us. Yes. This is an espresso martini. It's a vodka based cocktail with coffee liqueur. and fresh espresso. I like to start.

my evenings. with one of these. many a time. I'm always afraid of these because. caffeine keeps me up. Exactly. And I don't like a martini except when it's. full of espresso. And that one. It's nice. That one's full of. It's real nice. Oh, my goodness. It's real nice. You ever take one of the little beans and just chew on it? Sometimes. If I'm really. planning for.

giving it a go that evening. Give it a go. Okay. We've got basically all of the nineteen hundreds to consider here, give or take. I don't know if there's any gaps. We'll figure it out as we go. There probably are. If you had asked me. Rhett, when do you think the espresso martini was invented? Twenty fourteen. I mean, I would have thought it was very recent. It feels new to me. Feels new to me. Like I didn't see a bunch of them until recently.

Yeah. But, that's not an option Link, so this has to be. somewhat of a resurgence. Martini. We know that's been around for a while. Martini was pretty big. during the Bond years. The Bond years. When did Bond come out for the first time? Was that a sixties thing? Sixties, and then they and then they were shaking it. They were not stirring it. They were then saying, oh, we need some. espresso. in the seventies.

It's way back there, though, Rhett. Wow. Maybe it was the eighties. I think it was the eighties. Just because I don't want to go all the way to the back. Because then what's the fun in that? It leaves too much of the board open for you. Well, you can try to stop on eighty. I can try successfully. Oh, man. Perfect circumnavigation. On the eighties. I mean, I don't know if it's right or not, but I did it right. You sent your Rhett juice right down there. No, that's Rhett's booze. That's Link's juice. Oh, okay.

There's a difference. That's what it says on them. So what am I gonna do? Can I do some sort of offensive. bump? I've never been one to do a successful clear out, so I'm not trying that. These are things that are heavy to do. What do you think about my guess? That seems late to me. I know. Based on everything you were saying. Yeah. Because. if twenty ten was on the list, I would be going really early. But now. you swayed me. If I bump you to the left a little bit, I gotta get you off eighty.

To the left. To nineteen hundred. I'm actually fine leaving you in nineteen eighty. Oh, no bumps. Smooth. I'm gonna take the rest of the board. Except for nineteen sixty. I don't like leaving that there, but. So you're trying to nestle in the fifties? I'm trying to nestle in between you and nineteen fifty, yeah. Little nestle. You know, I can give you a little bump too. It'll be all right. That's risky. Oh, stop, stop, stop.

What happened? I had that velocity to give you. a bump, but I didn't hit you. You have the seventies and the nineties locked down. So. Something that's gonna wake me up, then F me up. That's what a supermodel requested the night London's godfather of cocktails, Dick Bradsell, concocted the espresso martini. Legend has it that the model was either Naomi Campbell or Kate Moss. That fateful night in. Nineties. Take your pick.

Nineteen eighty-three. Yes! Yes! Thank you, Dick Bradsell. So. that would have made. Naomi Campbell thirteen, and Kate Moss eleven. That doesn't make any. Legend is wrong. I will say. So, it has to be nineteen ninety. No, it's eighty-three. But it has to be another supermodel that just, the math isn't mathing. Eighties were a wild time. I think we might have to lose that round.

entirely. I don't know. It seems like there's too much in question. What do you think, Lily? I don't know. I'm just here to serve drinks. Okay. What are you serving here? This is a Bloody Mary. It's a vodka based cocktail with tomato juice, Worcestershire sauce, horseradish, spices, and Tabasco. Enjoy it. Good morning. See, we got two morning drinks. This is also a good plane drink. P-L-A-N-E. That's the only place.

I drink. all types of tomato juices. It is a good plane drink. Brunch drink. Have you ever had one of those Bloody Marys where they put, like, a. burger on top of it? No. I did it once. You guys have both had that on the show, I think a couple times. Yeah. Us on the show. Remember? Talking about show us? Yeah, I remember. I'm a Bloody Mary fan. I don't get them very often anymore because sometimes the spicy. can up except my aging tummy.

You have to start thinking about these things as you get into middle age. You have to make smart decisions. You don't want to go hard. You want to go smart. That's right. Yeah. Yeah. That's hard. That's hard calculus for me. But tomato juice. is just an old idea. Adding vodka to it, also a pretty old idea. How old? Over a hundred years, Link. Over a hundred years. When did the Titanic launch?

Was that the teens? Sure. Yeah. Nineteen thirteen, I believe. I don't know when the Titanic sets out, but I do believe. that Bloody Marys. Were on it. Were on it. The people on the Titanic didn't survive, but their drinks did. Nineteen ten. Your aim is pretty nice, man. Yeah, yeah. I'm just trying to think.

Yeah, like making. a cocktail out of a vegetable juice. Right. It seems really old fashioned. You know when we would taste all that? Like, the party foods from the sixties and seventies. So. that's a little newer, actually, to be seeing seventies and sixties. But I can. It kind of goes with that type of vibe. Let's see. Sixties is at the top. Seventies is behind you.

So you're forcing. a decision. here. My answer is nineteen sixties. I don't think it's. I can just see it in the hand of. somebody just, like, wearing a lot of velour. Okay. Right there, nineteen sixty. And then I'm gonna come across. here a little bit. You gonna bump? Nope. Good going. Keep going, keep going. Nice! Well, that's shorter than I wanted it to be.

I wanted to nestle up against you. My shuffles aren't great. The creation of the Bloody Mary is credited to Hollywood star George Jessel. After an all nighter, Jessel needed a pick me up before a morning volleyball game. Of course. A bartender suggested vodka. Jessel added tomato juice, Worcestershire sauce, and lemon to hide the smell on his breath. And thus, the Bloody Mary was born in.

the nineteen twenties. The nineteen twenties? Nineteen twenties. That's way back there. Pretty close to where I'm at. Dagnum it. Since we're drinking adult beverages, it does remind me. Good Mythical Evening is coming up. Yes. It's less than one month. until our favorite night of the year, where we get R rated. You never know what's gonna happen. And we're gonna. We're gonna drink till our heart's content.

And we're gonna celebrate life together. with you live. Get your ticket at goodmythicalevening.com. and clear your calendar. Clear it. For Friday, October twenty-fifth. Well, clear it and then add it to the calendar. Yeah. Don't just clear, because then nothing will be there. October twenty-fifth to the calendar, because we gonna get. scary, sexy. and. stupid. Yeah, Lily. Yeah! This is a boilermaker.

This is some beer and a shot of whiskey. Okay. Some beer. So. Boiler maker. Stevie, I'm supposed to just drop this in, right? You just drop a shot in like they do in the movies. I've been told it happens multiple ways. I've never seen that. I've seen the shot. And then, and then you sip on your beer. But you got so much experience. in the bars. Please. Let's do this. For the sake of entertainment right now. Yeah. Hell yeah. Drop it in. Let's make a boiler.

Three, two, one. Mine got a lot more head on it than yours. Yeah, man, that's funny. Where is the shot glass? It's just in there. In the bottom. I can't say I like it. I gotta pour my head on your. On yours. I can't say I like that. Is it supposed to be good? I just told you that I've never seen anyone do it that way.

Yeah, they're not good mixed. There's something in my beer, Daddy. You calling me daddy? No, I call the bartender daddy. Okay, well, that's Lily. Well, I just mean in general. Okay. All right. Hey, Pops, shoot me a boilermaker. That kind of thing. Boilermaker. What does the term boilermaker. mean? Isn't that a.

slogan for a team? What's it called? When the slogan is embodied in a person. A mascot. Yeah. The boilermakers are. When a person is embodied in a team, otherwise known as a mascot. A slogan is embodied. in a person. Is it Purdue? Purdue. They're the Boilermakers. Boilermakers. Is that people who just make boilers? They make boil. No, they make boilers. This was something that people who were making boilers.

did. on the weekends. And when was the biggest boiler making boom? Whiskey and beer mixed together. This is old, old, old. This is the oldest we got. This is eighteen ninety. That's when they were making boilers, Link. Don't look. Right there. Behind it. Is where you wanted to go? Nineteen ten. Yeah. You got all these. I think you're right, man.

You got these people making boilers, and they're like. They're going, you know, it's five o'clock somewhere type vibe. Yes. It's a hard job making a boiler. And then they want to raise their boilermaker, and when you dunk it in there, it starts to spew. Yep. Just like a boiler. It boils. Yeah. So it makes your beer a. boiling cauldron. You know what? Maybe it's nineteen hundred. That's what I was thinking.

Should I push you somewhere? I need to. I need to really make a move here. Yeah, you got to get a point here. I've got to bump. I gotta bump him to the right. Yep. Without sending him squarely into nineteen ten. I'm just gonna give a little kiss. Just a kiss. A little kiss. And then where's yours going? Nineteen hundred. Well, I own more of your answer,

which is probably my best bet. Eighteen nineties, Stevie. Tell me that Rhett's right so that I can get the point. Despite the name, the history of the boilermaker has nothing to do with a boiler or its maker. No. The cocktail originated in Butte, Montana, where they were served to local miners. And I'm not talking about the Naomi Campbell and Kate. Moss in eighty-three minor. Oh, hey. After they finished their shifts way back when, in the. eighteen nineties..

Dang it! I knew it. I knew it. I owned it. I got it. The point is mine. Victory cometh. A frozen. A nice little treat for you next. Thank you, daddy. Hey, I'm fine with it if you are. Yeah, I'm fine. This is a Piña Colada. It is a rum frozen based cocktail with fresh pineapple juice and coconut cream.

Belly be up to the pool bar. Right? You're right, man. Belly be up to the pool bar. Belly be up. My belly be up to the pool bar. All right. Try to keep me at bay. Because I'm coming for you. Okay. I'm one down. But I could tie it with this one. And then if I tie it, we have an idea to make it interesting. Yeah, we do. But, hey, don't get ahead of yourself. When did they come up with this?

I'm trying to remember the things that have been chosen already. I feel like this is going to be the fifties or the sixties. Why? Because I have this, like. you know, you had a picture of the person in the velour suit. I was wrong. I've got a picture of just a. A couple. going out to Palm Springs. You know, they're in a convertible.

Okay. And. you know what? Their relationship is not going that great, actually. And they think that this little trip to Palm Springs is gonna. spice things up, save things. And if it doesn't, they're definitely gonna get divorced. Right. And she wonders if he's got something with the secretary. And she's gonna be left behind. making a Piña Colada for one.

And anyway, when they go to the hotel pool, they order a Piña Colada. And it is nineteen fifty-nine. It's almost the sixties. It's almost the sixties, but it's not. It's not. It's not. There he is, toying with the fifties. Toying with it. Rhett, you're on the right track. Here's the thing that unlocked it for me.

Frozen daiquiri. Frozen. You gotta have ice. What kind of ice? You need. this. Crushed. Did not come about until the advent of the home. blender. Home blenders. I think, really started to show up. in the sixties. So. I'm right here. at the tip of the. pyramid. That's right.

Going for the sixties. Home blender. Home blender. Getting that frozen dak action. Does our couple. in question. have a home blender? They do. Rhett. And she gets it in the divorce. Oh, she takes the blender? Yeah. Who gets the convertible? She gets that too. But he gets all the job prospects. Yikes. All right. Mad Men, great show.

At least they don't have kids. Hush now. Link's gonna bang his juice. Nineteen sixty. You know what? I think I'm gonna bump you back there to the back too, and get nineteen fifty while I'm at it. Link getting greedy. Can you bump in the final round? Yes. If we're just going upsies, there's nothing special happening here. No hanky panky. Okay. Here we go.

I love that. I love it. Are we going into overtime? Is it going to be a newfangled sudden death experience. for the first time ever on Good Mythical Morning. Rhett, you look so good with the drink, like the, it just, the straw and your shirt. Yes. Look at that. It just. And it's so kind of tropical. It feels like you were made for it. But, Link, I really liked it when you said, hush now,

because. I felt like you should say that more. It felt right. No, we don't want him saying that. Okay. There are. four claims to the invention of the Piña Colada, including the tale of a pirate captain who served the drink. to his men to avoid a mutiny. But the earliest documented claims state that the drink was invented at San Juan, Puerto Rico's Caribe Hotel in. the nineteen fifties. Oh, yes. I was right.

Dang. Okay, Link, you're closer. Let's bring out the second stick. We have a new idea. Here's the new rule. Add this to the scroll. Link, could you fetch the drinky drinks? Well, of course. If. both. players. doeth. enter. unto a tie. At the end of. At the end of four rounds of play. Yes.

Each player. shall grasp his own. Staff. Staff. Pusher. Staff pusher. For a. To commence a sudden death. Yep. Exercise in which. In which. The puck in question, actually, both pucks. Shall be. Released simultaneously. Towards the end of the play. Field of play. Yeah, the boards.

Whichever player. gets his pucketh. Closeth. Closeth. To the back without touching. Without. toucheth. Without thou toucheth thy end. Without thou toucheth bumpeth or otherwise grazeth. Yes. Whoever gets closest to the end wins. Without touching. Without touching. Okay, Stevie, we need a countdown. A three. Hold on, let me get. Two,

one. Yes! Yes! You got. You got scared. Oh, man. I gave up too early. I gave up too early. Yes. And I claim the sudden death. And also, that means, Rhett, you have to dress as Shirley Temple on Good Mythical More. Thanks for subscribing and clicking that bell. You know what time it is. Hi, I'm Emerson. And I'm Sherri. And we're Third Degree Mythical Society members.

And we just got back from Good Mythical Tour in Columbus, Ohio, where Link inadvertently broke my mother's glasses and gave her. a black eye with a dodgeball. It's true. We still love you, though, Link. We do. And it's time to spin the Wheel of Mythicality. Heads up! Actually should mean. heads down. Sorry. Click the top link to watch us pull off bartender tricks and.

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