Facing the bitter truth and failing to strike gold, Thomas headed back to the East Coast where his bartending career would take off. Jerry Thomas came from humble beginnings and learned the craft of bartending in New Haven, Connecticut before setting off on the Gold Rush in California.
Who Were America's First Bartenders? Jerry Thomas, The Father of Mixology Ada worked at the prestigious Savoy Hotel as is credited with crafting the "Hanky Panky" cocktail. Ada Coleman, perhaps the most famous bartender from the early years, arose during 1920s London. In fact, during the 1920s over half of the bartenders in London were woman.
Barmaids because the craft was generally relegated to women. Prior to becoming known as bartenders, they were often referred to as barmaids or barkeep. In fact at the height of Jerry Thomas' career, he was making more per week than the Vice President. For example, mixing drinks with some sort of juice or heavy amounts of sugar to mask the taste.Īs people like Jerry Thomas, America's "first" bartender, turned the craft into more of an entertainment experience, then bartending became more of a sought after profession and something that you could turn into a career. However, early bartenders would often make sours or punches. The craft of making cocktails had generally not taken off. Historically innkeepers and innkeepers wives would serve whatever local alcohol they could get their hands on. Prior to the mid 1860's, bartenders were generally seen as a low class profession generally tended to by women. Stuck with cheap and generally distasteful alcohol, bartenders had no choice but to work their magic and create something special. Ironically Prohibition, which was supposed to cease alcohol consumption, actually revived the dormant cocktail industry. While cocktails certainly existed prior, no one had take the effort to write down these fabled recipes. In fact, the first cocktail book wasn't written until 1862 by Jerry Thomas. Drinking was a means to an end versus an art and craftsmanship that we see today. For most of human existence, we merely drank wine, beer, or flavorless distilled spirits. But the truth is, modern bartending as we know it, is a relatively recent creation. The sound of ice sloshing back and forth between two tin cups seems like a tale as old as time. HISTORY OF THE MOSCOW MULE AND THE COPPER MUG.HISTORY OF THE MARTINI AND MARTINI GLASS.DRINKWARE AND LIQUOR HISTORY Expand submenu.HISTORY OF COCKTAILS AND DRINKWARE Expand submenu.
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