Gibson (cocktail) bartenders' guides sometimes gave the recipe as 50/50 gin and vermouth, Gibsons in the early days were much drier than other martinis. A third version, supported by Kazuo Uyeda in "Cocktail Techniques", states that Gibsons started as very dry martinis garnished with a cocktail onion to distinguish them from traditional martinis, but as the fondness for drier martinis became popular the onion became the only difference. There is no direct evidence that Charles Dana, or any other Gibson, created the drink. But, Charles Dana Gibson was certainly the artist who created the Gibson Girl illustrations—popular from the 1890s through about
Home Is the Sailor (Cheers) According to a recipe book "The Boston Chef's Table", this cocktail is sold in the Cheers Beacon Hill, the pub the show was modeled after. The recipe book itself also provides ingredients of this cocktail: "orange-infused rum, dark rum, amaretto, cranberry juice, and pineapple juice". Colleen Graham from About.com provides different ingredients for the "Screaming Viking" cocktail recipe: "vodka, dry vermouth, lime juice, celery stalk, and [garnished] cucumber spear". A restaurant from Charleston, South Carolina, sells a cocktail variation with different ingredients: seedless cucumber, "garnish[ed]" cucumber slice, mint leaves, gin, and tonic water. Home Is the Sailor (Cheers) "Home is