Cocktail party

For other uses, see Cocktail party (disambiguation).

A cocktail party At The Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, Japan, March 13, 1961

A typical cocktail, served in a cocktail glass

A cocktail party is a party at which cocktails are served. It is sometimes called a cocktail reception. A cocktail party organized for purposes of social or business networking is called a mixer.

A cocktail hour is sometimes used by managers of hotels and restaurants as a means of attracting patrons between 4 pm and 6 pm.

Some events, such as wedding receptions, are preceded by a cocktail hour. During the cocktail hour, guests socialize while drinking and eating appetizers. Organizers of these events use the cocktail hour to occupy guests between related events and to reduce the number of guests who arrive late.

Although it has been said that the inventor of the cocktail party was Alec Waugh of London,^[1] an article in the St. Paul Pioneer Press in May 1917 credited its invention to a certain Mrs. Julius S. Walsh Jr. of St. Louis, Missouri. Mrs. Walsh invited 50 guests to her house on a Sunday at high noon for a one-hour affair. "The party scored an instant hit," the newspaper declared, and stated that within weeks cocktail parties had become "a St. Louis institution".^[2] It is however unlikely this individual could be the progenitor of the cocktail party.

Alec Waugh noted that the first cocktail party in England was hosted in 1924 by war artist Christopher Nevinson.

Dress

Women who attend a cocktail party may wear a cocktail dress. A cocktail hat is sometimes worn as a fashion statement.

References

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↑ Ayto, John. (2006) Movers And Shakers: A Chronology of Words That Shaped Our Age. Page 61. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-861452-7.
↑ Felten, Eric (2007-10-06). "St. Louis - Party Central". The Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones & Company. p. W4. Retrieved 2007-10-06.

Cocktails

List of cocktails

Absinthe	Corpse Reviver #2 Death in the Afternoon Earthquake Green Russians Green Vesper The Modernista Moloko Plus Sazerac

Beer	Black and Tan Black Velvet Boilermaker Brass Monkey Hangman's Blood Irish Car Bomb Michelada Porchcrawler Sake Bomb Shandy Snakebite U-Boot

Brandy or cognac	B & B The Blenheim Brandy Manhattan Brandy Sour (Cyprus) Brandy Sour/Brandy Daisy Chicago Cocktail Curacao Punch Four Score Hennchata Incredible Hulk Jack Rose Nikolaschka Orgasm Panama Piscola Savoy Affair Savoy Corpse Reviver Tom and Jerry Zombie

Cachaça	Batida Caju Amigo Leite de Onça Quentão Rabo-de-galo Royce

Champagne	Black Velvet Buck's Fizz Kir Royal

Gin	20th Century Alexander Bijou Bloodhound Bronx Gibson Gimlet Gin and tonic Gin buck (a Buck variant) Gin pahit Gin Sour Hanky-Panky Joker The Last Word Lime Rickey Lorraine Marjorama Mickey Slim My Fair Lady Old Etonian Pall Mall Paradise Pegu Pimm's Cup (incl. Nos. 1, 3, 6, and variants) Pink Gin Pink Lady Royal Arrival Salty Dog Shirley Temple Black Tom Collins White Lady or Delilah Wolfram

Ouzo	Ouzini

Rum	Blue Hawaii Brass Monkey Bumbo (also called a Bombo or Bumboo) Bushwacker Caribou Lou Cojito Corn N' Oil Culto A La Vida El Presidente Fish House Punch Flaming Dr Pepper Flaming Volcano Fluffy Critter The Goldeneye Grog Gunfire Havana Cooler Hurricane Jack's Shadow Jagertee Macuá Painkiller Royal Bermuda Cocktail Rum Swizzle Staten Island Ferry Sundowner Ti' Punch Tom and Jerry Tschunk Yellow Bird Zombie

Sake	Ginza Mary Sake Bomb Tamagozake

Tequila	Bananarita Bloody Aztec Chimayó Cocktail El Toro Loco Patron and Redbull Juan Collins Matador Paloma Slammer Royale or Tequila Slammer The T.J. Tequila and Tonic Tequila Mockingbird Tequila Sour Torito Tequila Cocktail Two kids in A Cup

Vodka	Agent Orange Apple Martini or Appletini Astro pop Batida Bay Breeze BLT cocktail Blue Lagoon Bull Shot Caesar Caipivodka Cape Cod Chi-Chi Colombia Fizzy apple cocktail Flirtini Gimlet The Goldeneye Greyhound Harrogate Nights Hi-fi Ice Pick Kensington Court Special Kremlin Colonel Lemon Drop Lime Rickey Link Up Mudslide Orange Tundra Paralyzer Red Lotus Red Russian Rose Kennedy Cocktail Salmiakki Koskenkorva Salty Dog Vodka Gimlet Vodka Martini or Kangaroo. Vodka McGovern Vodka Sundowner Vodka Sunrise Wassa World White Russian Woo Woo Yorsh

Whisky	Amber Moon Blue Blazer Bobby Burns Bourbon Lancer Brooklyn Churchill Farnell Four Horsemen Jack and Coke Jungle Juice Lynchburg Lemonade Missouri Mule Nixon Rob Roy Seven and Seven Three Wise Men Ward 8 Whisky Mac

See also	Cocktail glass Cocktail party Cocktail shaker Dale DeGroff Flaming beverage Highball List of duo and trio cocktails List of IBA official cocktails Mixed drink The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks

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