While the first written definition of the term cocktail is documented in 1802 and essentially describes the Old Fashioned, the term “Old Fashioned” appears to have first been claimed in 1881 at the Pendennis Club of Louisville, Kentucky and is purported to have been created for distiller Colonel James E. Pepper by a barman working there. This naturally, would make the term more practical having existed in structure for at least 80 years at the time. The first Rum Old Fashioned riff is unknown.