Post #3972 by TikiMaxton on Thu, Jul 18, 2002 10:12 AM

My favorite non-tiki drink is an ancient (ca 1820s) American cocktail called a Stonewall:

1 part dark rum
2 parts hard apple cider

mix together and serve over cubed (not crushed) ice.

I don't know how many of you realize this, but America in the 1820s-1850s was a seriously sauced country. That period marked a level of alcohol consumption that has never been matched, before or since, in this country. Supposedly the modern concept of a "cocktail" was invented during that golden age of alcoholism...