16 Jan On Prohibition’s centenary: spawning of the cocktail
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the start of Prohibition in America, a 13-year-long nationwide ban on alcoholic beverages. “The darkest hour is just before the dawn,” the saying goes. And in the case of the 18th amendment, the gloom of its ratification was immediately followed by a burst of DIY ingenuity that directly led to the creation of the cocktail.