Blue Angel (cocktail)

The Blue Angel is an Italian alcoholic cocktail .

 History 
The origin of the conctail is unknown, and people do not agree. Some people say hthat it might have been a variant of rthe Blue Lagoon, a cocktail that originated in Italy in the 1950s. and 1960s. The cocktail, known almost exclusively in Italy (in Italian : Angelo Azzurro ), has become famous since the 1990s. At that time, nightclub customers began to request it, because of its high alcohol content.

In November 2020, Bartales magazine published an article by Bastian Contrario in which he attributed the creation of the cocktail to the historic bartender of the Capital Giovanni " Mammina ». There are many testimonies to this effect, besides the fact that this paternity perfectly explains the fact that the cocktail is distributed almost exclusively in Italy and also the period of diffusion. So this is one of the last " classics » Italians.

 Preparation 
In the original recipe, the cocktail is made of gin, Cointreau and blue curaçao. It was never codified by the IBA, which codified in 1987 the Blue Lagoon, which, although contemporary, is a different drink : 1/10 blue curaçao, 3/10 lemon juice, and 6/10 vodka.

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Category:Cocktails