1918 First Note Of Cocktail Maturation

As the head bartender at Cotton Club, New York, Alois was authorized to organize Al Capone's 29th birthday party. The entire American underworld and the Mafia elite were invited. Alois had pre-prepared several barrels with cocktails because he thought the turn-up would be high and killers generally hate to wait for cocktails. The party was a success and no lives were lost. However, a single barrel was left forgotten in the cellar. Six months later, Alois found it and discovered its contents were not bad at all, to the contrary: the cocktail had acquired flavour and fineness. This made him think he would not use barrels only to store bootleg alcohol but particularly pre-prepared drinks. He used such drinks as special presents for his chums.