Miss
Charming's Alcohol Timeline
2000's
Common names for bars and clubs are; Tangerine,
The Opium Den, The Blue Martini, Ghost Bar, The Town Pump, Buddha
Lounge, Whiskey Park, Sky Bar, The Well, Beauty Bar, Fifty-Seven
Fifty-Seven, Narcissus, Balance, Tantra, Honey, Envy, Liquid,
Tonic, Cream, Light, Rain, Room, Thin, Here, Meet, and The Pegu
Club.
Drinking words heard are; boneless, get the fade on, tight,
torqued, wired to the tits, bulletproof, shined, picassoed, locked
out of your mind, jagged up, in the paint, pixilated, jackassed,
punch drunk, and drink as hell.
2000 The film Coyote Ugly shows scantily clad cowgirl bartenders
slinging whiskey and dancing on the bar top.
2000 The Beekman Arms of Rhinebeck in NY is the oldest continuously
operating tavern in America.
2000 Alizé Red Passion is introduced.
2000 Wild Turkey Russell’s Reserve is introduced to America
only.
2000 Smirnoff twist flavored vodkas are introduced.
2000 Tequiza Extra hits the shelves.
2000 Baffert’s gin is introduced.
2000 Doc Otis Hard Lemon hits the market.
2001 Fidel Castro and the Cuban government shocks the world when
they announce that they will begin to produce their own rum and
name it Bacardi, saying, the famous rum is his and better than
theirs. As of 2006, no rum has been produced from Castro.
2001 Michelob Ultra is introduced.
2001 Gary Regan introduces his Cocktails in the Country Bartender
Workshops.
2001 Hpnotiq plans to launch on September 11th, but America is
attacked on that day so the launch takes place months later.
2001 James Zemaitis, the Vice President of Sotheby's, organizes
the first show and sale of cocktail shakers & barware for
Phillips Auction in NYC and coins the words, Cocktail Modernism
for the thirty-featured items.
2002 James Bond orders a Mojito in the film, Die Another Day,
and revives this classic cocktail exploding it worldwide.
2002 Wet by Beefeater is marketed.
2002 Smirnoff Black Ice is launched.
2002 Hiram Walker introduces the first liqueur with 100% natural
ingredients called Fruja.
2002 Matusalem Rum is re-launched.
2003 Absolut Vanila hits the market with a frosted bottle.
2002 The Bordeaux Ecole de Management offers a masters wine program.
2003 New York, Florida, Maine, Connecticut, Alabama, and Oklahoma
pass smoking bans for bars.
2003 Blavod black vodka from America is marketed.
2003 Heaven Hill buys Hpnotiq.
2003 Archaeologists find five earthenware jars of 2,000 BC year
old rice wine in an ancient Han dynasty tomb in Eastern China.
The bouquet is still intact.
2004 The top ten best selling beers in America are; Bud light,
Bud, Miller Lite, Coors Light, Natural Light, Corona, Busch, Busch
Light, Miller High Life, and Heineken.
2004 The top ten best selling spirits in America are; Smirnoff,
Bacardi, Absolut, Jack Daniel’s, Jose Cuervo, Captain Morgan,
Hennessy, Johnnie Walker, and Jim Beam.
2004 The American Beverage Institute introduces the public service
message; Drink Responsibly. Drive Responsibly.
2004 Absolut Raspberri is introduced.
2004 Iceberg vodka made from the water of melted icebergs is introduced.
2004 DNA alcohol evidence is found in Peruvian mummy hair.
2004 Perrier launches the portable plastic bottle.
2004 Archeologists find 7000 BC winemaking pottery in Northern
China.
2004 The hit film, Sideways, skyrockets the sales of Pinot Noir.
2005 The Museum of the American Cocktail opens in New Orleans,
founded by Dale and Jill DeGroff, Anistatia Miller, Jared Brown,
Robert Hess, Ted Haigh, Dave Wondrich, and Phil Greene.
2005 The FBA Pro Tour of International Flair Bartending competitions
is created.
| 2005 Gary Regan introduces Regan’s Orange
Bitters. |
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2005 There are 565,000 licensed alcohol beverage outlets in America.
316,000 are licensed for on-premise sales.
2005 NAVAN, a vanilla flavored cognac from Grand Marnier is launched.
2005 Captain Morgan Tattoo is introduced.
2005 The first scholarly journal of the cocktail, Mixologist:
The Journal of the American Cocktail, is published by Anistatia
Miller and Jared Brown.
2005 All American states adopt a BAC level of 0.08.
2005 Absolut Apeach is introduced.
2005 Anistatia Miller and Jared Brown launch their own formulation,
Heavy Water Vodka.
2005 Goya, The largest cocktail bar in the world opens in Berlin.
2005 Molson merges with Coors.
2005 Bailey’s Caramel is launched.
2005 Bailey’s Chocolate Mint is launched.
2006 The Tequila Trade Agreement is signed by the United States
and Mexico allowing the continued bulk import of Tequila into
the United States.
2006 South Carolina’s bartenders no longer have to use miniature
liquor bottles.
2006 Beverage Alcohol Resource (BAR), the very first culinary
mixology course for the appreciation, understanding, and service
of adult beverages opens in New York City.
| 2006 Oprah Winfrey makes a Pomegranate Martini
on her show and bartenders across America get bombarded with
requests for the Martini even though most bars don’t
carry pomegranate juice. |
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2006 The largest Champagne Pyramid is constructed in Amsterdam.
37, 820 glasses are used and it stands 60 stories high.
2006 A new category of tequila is established. It's
an ultra-aged/vintage aged in oak barrels for 3 yaers. It's called
"maduro".
2006 The Museum of the American Cocktail opens in Las Vegas, after
Hurricane Katrina destroys most of New Orleans.
2006 CMT airs a reality show called Inside the Real Coyote Ugly.
Ten girls are chosen out of one thousand to learn how to bartend
Coyote Ugly style.
2006 On May 13th cocktail connoisseurs worldwide gather in many
locations to celebrate the 200th year of the cocktail.
2007 Absolut Pears is introduced.
