why its known as cocktail?

Question

Mixed rum, brandy, whisky and someother called as cocktail? whats the reason....

Answer 1

In order to decorate the container or the glass in which the drink is served containing the fruit juice or lemon, a piece of the lemon or orange cut across and kept tucked on the rim of the glass which used to resemble a cocktail and hence the name struck.

Answer 2

It signifies the end of a work day when the rooster crows in the morning it signifies the start of the work day, so when it crows in the evening it also signifies the end of the work day or the "tail" end of the work day and time for a refreshing drink before dinner or supper. It used to be a glass of wine which is a softer drink than hard alcohol, hence we have today the "mixed" drink known better as a "cocktail" or rooster's tail (the end of the work day).

Answer 3

****·tail (kktl) KEY

NOUN:

Any of various mixed alcoholic drinks consisting usually of brandy, whiskey, vodka, or gin combined with fruit juices or other liquors and often served chilled.
Medicine
A mixture of drugs, usually in solution, for the diagnosis or treatment of a condition.
A treatment regimen that includes a combination of several drugs, so that their combined effect is more potent than that of any of the drugs used individually.
An appetizer made by combining pieces of food, such as fruit or seafood: fruit cocktail; shrimp cocktail.

http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/cocktail

Answer 4

The Origin of the Word "Cocktail" - is a contested story whose truth may never fully come to light. For centuries, all over the western world, people have been experimenting with mixing drinks, both alcoholic and non-alcoholic. The origin of the name "cocktail" itself is not certain. Some of the more common (and amusing!) explanations are…

The Englishman's Misfortune
In 1779, after her husband was killed in the American War of Independence, innkeeper Betsy Flanagan opened an inn near Yorktown that was frequented by American and French soldiers. An English chicken farmer lived nearby. Due to the political climate at the time, Betsy was probably not too fond of her neighbor, prompting her to promise her American and French customers that she would serve them a meal of roast chicken one day. Her guests occasionally mocked her boasts saying she would never go through with it. One evening, an unusual number of officers gathered at her inn, so Betsy served a lavish meal of chicken, stolen from her English neighbor. When the meal was over, Betsy moved her guests to the bar, where she served up drinks decorated with a tail-feather from the chickens. The officers drank until morning, periodically making rowdy calls for more "**** tails."

A Ceramic Rooster
The owner of an American bar had a large ceramic container in the form of a rooster. The container was filled with the leftovers from drinks. The less affluent could get a drink from this container, served from a tap at the tail. Hence, the name cocktail became associated with a mix of drinks. Some say the quality was always high after English sailors had been in, as there was a good mixture of rum, gin and brandy in the cocktail.

Virginian Dregs
In nineteenth century America, a **** was a tap, while its tail was the last, muddy dregs of the tap. Colonel Carter, of Culpepper Court House, Virginia, was served the tail at his local tavern. Seeing it as a disgrace, he threw it to the floor and said from then on he would only drink "**** tails" of his own design. His concoction was a mix of gin, lemon peel, bitters and sugar, and is possibly the ancestor of modern cocktails.

Night-mare-ish Strength
A "cocktailed horse" was a term for one whose tail has been bobbed, giving it a flamboyant and jolly appearance. As the mixed drinks served in the bars and inns had a very high alcoholic content, the name "cocktail" possibly came from its ability to "**** the tail", or get a careless customer drunk very quickly.

There Once Was a Girl in Mexico…
In the early 1800s, the southern states had reached a peace agreement with King Axolot VIII of Mexico. At peace ceremonies, a drink was served to seal the agreement. At one ceremony, a pretty young woman brought forth the drink (she was also the one to concoct the drink) in an intricately decorated gold cup. As she was approaching the king and the general who represented the states, she realized that with only one cup, she would have to serve one before the other, causing embarrassment for one of the men. So instead of committing the social faux pas, she quickly drank the contents of the cup. The general asked the king who the girl was. The king replied "My daughter, Coctel."
http://www.drinkfocus.com/cocktails/word-origin-cocktail.php

ALSO:
1>Supposedly, bartenders used to drain the dregs off all the barrels and mix them together, serving the resultant muddle at a reduced price. "****" was another name for spigot, and "tailings" is the last bit of alcohol, so this drink was called "****-tailings," quickly shortened to "cocktail."

2>. A similar theory claims that leftover liquors from drinks served were dumped into a ceramic container shaped like a rooster, and you could get cheap drinks from a tap set in the tail of the rooster; hence these drinks were called "****'s tail."

See:http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mcocktail.html

NOTE: Yahoo has edited the word C O C K into ****

Answer 5

In the past there were no specific breeds of poultry birds.The male poultry birds were/are also called cocks and females are called hens.The tail of male birds (cocks) consisted of multi-cloured feathers.Such cocks can be easily seen in rural homes of punjab even today.As ****'s tail comprised of multi-coloured feathers and if we mix multi-coloured/type of alcohols,it becomes a cocktail.This word originated in scotland in medieval times.

Answer 6

its a cocktail glass they serve it in or a high ball or a shot

Answer 7

after taking one dose or three doses the behaviour of people changes and they act like foolish and when they drink by mixing then they behave like ****