Why is it called a cocktail?

Answer 1

Cocktails were originally a morning beverage, and the cocktail was the name given as metaphor for the rooster (cocktail) heralding morning light of day. This was first posited in 2004 by Ted Haigh in "Vintage Spirits & Forgotten Cocktails", and can be distinguished from the theory "take two snips of the hair of the dog that bit you", which refers to consuming a small bit of alcohol the morning after a "binge drinking night" to curb the effects of the symptoms of the hangover, which symptoms are actually the result of a effect.

The word could also be a distortion of Latin [aqua] decocta, meaning "distilled water".

There are lots of different versions as to how the name cocktail came about and along with the op's reasons above it has also been suggested that it comes from a mixed drink called Cock's Ale which was served at cock fights and sounds absolutely disgusting.

Another version is that it's a mispronunciation of the French word coquetier which means egg cup which was what an early cocktail called the Sazerac was served in when it was first created in New Orleans by Antoine Peychaud.

Answer 2

cockatil are dress are usualy gown (dress) which worn on semi-formal part, where usually people used to have cocktail drinks. Sometimes it worn of formal occasion.

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Answer 3

Back in the early 1900s, they used to decorate cocktails with the tail of a cock for decoration. So "Cocktails."

Needless to say with the invent of the health department, this practice was deemed obsolete, but the name stuck. At least that's one of the variations to the story.

Answer 4

A cocktail is something small to be eaten standing up, finger snacks, e.g. small cocktail sausage, (early 17th century, having a tail that sticks up like a horse or dog with a docked tail). Now the drinks that go with such food are also known as cocktails, they used to be called cocktail drinks.

Answer 5

In medieval Europe ,when various festivities were held, the chickens on the menu, some female, some male, or "cocks",especially, had their tail feathers saved and placed into the drinking mugs of Noblemen,to show status.

Answer 6

Barrel taps are known as cocks and the term tailsusually referred to the dregs of distillate left at the end of a run in a distillery or at the bottom of a cask.

Answer 7

Here is a link that will best describe what, why and when it was, and still is, called a "cocktail".

Answer 8

The etymology is uncertain. It possibly derives from bowse or the Dutch word busen.

A large liquid container is called a bowser so it may be a corruption of this.