Cosmopolitan (cocktail) Cosmopolitan (cocktail) A cosmopolitan, or informally a cosmo, is a cocktail made with vodka, triple sec, cranberry juice, and freshly squeezed or sweetened lime juice. The International Bartenders Association recipe is based on vodka citron, lemon-flavored vodka. The cosmopolitan is a relative of cranberry coolers like the Cape Codder. Though often presented far differently, the cosmopolitan also bears a likeness in composition to the kamikaze cocktail. The origin of the cosmopolitan is disputed. While the cocktail is widely perceived to be a more modern creation, there is a strikingly similar recipe for a cosmopolitan which appears in "Pioneers of Mixing
Bushwacker (cocktail) the drink and its celebrity status. U.S. President Barack Obama was photographed by the Associated Press drinking a bushwacker at an Orange Beach, Alabama restaurant on July 15, 2010 while touring the areas affected by the BP "Deepwater Horizon" oil spill. Bushwacker (cocktail) The Bushwacker is a cocktail invented in 1975 at a bar called The Ship's Store/Sapphire Pub in Sapphire Village, Saint Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands. It was later enhanced and gained much notoriety at the Sandshaker Lounge in Pensacola Beach, Florida. Reference to the Virgin Island origins of the drink can be found on the Sandshaker's