True to its name, the Old Fashioned is deemed one of the oldest alcoholic drinks. Historians claim that the drink was first developed at the Pendennis Club in Louisville Kentucky in the 1880s.

British sailors promoted and drank the Gimlet in the 19th century as a way to ward off scurvy. The drink was first recommended as a cure for the disease by Sir Thomas Gimlett, a naval doctor.

The Manhattan is believed to have been created by a man named Black at Hoffman House in New York City. Another story goes that it was invented at a political event in the Manhattan Club in New York for Winston Churchill’s mother.