Horsefeather (cocktail) Horsefeather (cocktail) A Horsefeather is a whiskey cocktail. It was invented in Lawrence, Kansas in the 1990s. It remains a regional drink in the Kansas City region. The drink is an iteration of the classic cocktail Horse's Neck and is similar to a Moscow Mule. A horsefeather is traditionally rye whiskey or blended whiskey, ginger beer, three dashes of Angostura bitters, and a little lemon juice. A highball glass is filled 3/4 with ice. The ingredients are then poured into the glass and stirred. There are many variations such as substituting ginger beer with ginger ale, adding cherries, muddling the
Black Velvet (beer cocktail) Black Velvet (beer cocktail) The Black Velvet is a beer cocktail made from a stout (often Guinness) and white, sparkling wine, traditionally Champagne. The drink was first created by the bartender of Brooks's Club in London in 1861, to mourn the death of Prince Albert, Queen Victoria's Prince Consort. It is supposed to symbolise the black or purple cloth armbands worn by mourners. A Black Velvet is made by mixing equal parts of stout and Champagne or cider. A Black Velvet can also be made by filling a champagne flute halfway with sparkling wine and floating the chilled stout beer