Talk:Cosmopolitan (cocktail)

message: It is a splash of cranberry not 3 cl. 3 Cl would make it red. The drink it meant to be pink and primarily lime juice.   — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.89.198.121 (talk) 14:13, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Recipe Wrong

message: There's a Flash game involving mixing a Cosmopolitan: . 66.92.237.111 01:28, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Ha-ha. Thanks for the link. It is a good game, and the company provides a lot of information that shows the Cosmopolitan (or is it just the game and the funny bartender character) is very popular. --Willscrlt 06:29, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Pop culture reference

message: In the section about variations it says that you can use Triple Sec instead, but isn't Cointreau a variation of Triple Sec (like Grand Manier, etc)? --90.184.164.224 16:11, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Based on what I have read, they are all variations on orange liqueur (or brandy). Triple Sec appears to be the ingredient used in the "original" versions of the cocktail. This is probably because it is a more common and less expensive mixer at bars in the U.S. than Cointreau or Grand Marnier. Cointreau became a part of this drink when Cecchini used it in his version. Since the IBA based its version of the Cosmo on Cecchini's version, Cointreau became the international standard, even though Triple Sec was the more traditional mixer. As noted in the article, any decent orange flavored spirit could probably be substituted. The relative sweetness of the alcohol would alter the sensation, with several people commenting that Grand Marnier makes the drink too sweet and cloying. Some people disagree with including Cointreau in the description of this drink (it has been removed from the article several times in the past), but it is common (and even internationally standardized in the IBA version). I hope that helps clear things up a little. --Willscrlt (Talk) 13:10, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Isn't Cointreau a Triple Sec?

message: Has this drink actually been served anywhere?  Has anyone tried to reproduce it?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.175.203.241 (talk) 01:26, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: As with most pop-culture references on The Simpsons, I assume that the drink is make-believe, but based on things in the real world. I could be wrong though. :-) --Willscrlt (Talk) 13:10, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lobsterpolitan? 

message: In the "Preparation and serving" section, it says
"Traditionally a coin sized piece of orange should be "flamed" across the top of the drink."
What in the heck is "flamed across the top of the drink"? A link to a Wiki page explaining this use of "flame" would be great.
Thanks!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tyranny Sue (talk • contribs) 03:14, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: +1 to that.Shardok (talk) 07:44, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Explanation of "flamed"?? 

message: In all my old cocktail books (which are about 15 to 20 years old, reasonably reputable, although not really intended for professionals; Salvatore Calabrese's Classic Cocktails for instance)Vodka, not Citron Vodka, is specified as the base spirit for this cocktail.
If the 1970's (or earlier) version is accepted for the origin of this drink then Absolut Citron was  not available. Was another Citron Vodka on the market and used at this time? If so then what and if not then surely a standard Vodka must have been used.
As far as I can tell, the use of Vodka Citron is largely in emulation of Dale deGroff who served it this way when Madonna was famously pictured drinking Cosmos, helping to spread their popularity.
Considering the numerous inconsistencies in the history section I can't help but suspect that a dubious bid for 'authenticity' and one-upmanship is behind the insistence upon Citron Vodka and that yet another cocktail myth is being manufactured. Considering how widely it has been used, at least in the past, surely it should be mentioned in this article that regular Vodka has been and perhaps still is acceptable in a Cosmopolitan (and may actually be more 'authentic' if, and I do mean if, the original concoction is what is being aimed for). There still seem to be many Cosmo recipes on the net,and many by good bartenders, favouring regular Vodka. That no mention of this is made here strikes me as rather dubious. As it  stands, without any mention of standard vodka as a viable alternative (I'll add a mention to the preparation section myself -and we'll see how long it lasts!) it looks suspiciously like a product advertisement. Personally I find it hard to take any cocktail remotely seriously if it relies wholly upon a novelty product such as a flavoured vodka anyway.General blackblood (talk) 12:00, 29 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vodka Citron or regular Vodka? 

message: That 1930's drink has only the faintest resemblance to a Cosmo, and no historical evidence that they're related is offered.  Delete?  I'd delete it now myself, but I'm not a very frequent editor and I don't want to upset any applecarts. VaneWimsey (talk) 03:44, 31 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  The 1930's 

message: We've got this statement:
:However, many bartenders continue to use a standard unflavoured vodka and this alternative would undoubtedly be historically consistent with any of the supposedly predecessors of this drink that were popular in Ohio, Provincetown, or Minneapolis during the 1970s, or in San Francisco during the 1980s.
This is followed by way too many refs. Most of them are just recipes. I suspect what happened is someone looked up all these recipes and came to the conclusion about flavored vodka. We can't use this because it's original research. We would need a reliable source that says this. I removed a bunch of recipes but someone needs to find out whether any of these sources support the statement. Kendall-K1 (talk) 16:51, 25 February 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Preparation 

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