May 13: World Cocktail Day

World Cocktail Day is a global celebration of cocktails of the 13th of May. It marks the publication date of the first definition of a cocktail on May 13 in 1806.

A cocktail is used to refer to a drink that contains two or more ingredients with at least one of the ingredients alcohol. The word ‘cocktail’ has now become embedded in our drinking vocabulary as the drinks are widely accessible with their ingredients easy to adapt to suit every taste.

We thought you should do the same! World Cocktail Day is celebrated in high spirits with heavy drinks, and we thought you should do the same! You can simply celebrate the day with your loved ones by whipping up some of the simplest, quickest recipes at home.