# Essential Drinks of mixology (a dismal list) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cocktail Kingdom Library\ **Created:** [October 25, 2019, 5:43pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/essential-drinks-of-mixology-a-dismal-list/181 "2019-10-25T17:43:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Splificator](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/user_avatar/spiritsandcocktails.community/splificator/32/89_2.png) [@Splificator](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/Splificator)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2021, 10:20pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/essential-drinks-of-mixology-a-dismal-list/181/21 "2021-11-29T22:20:29Z")
It seems to be a 1930s drink, popular in the mixed Anglo-Hawaiian sporting fraternity that was unique to Honolulu; I can find no trace of it before 1937, anyway. I doubt they often used the legal oke, though–there was a great deal of illicit stuff made, some of it quite good, and those were the people to know about that. The legal stuff was mostly marketed to tourists. ---
**Author:** ![martin](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/user_avatar/spiritsandcocktails.community/martin/32/777_2.png) [@martin](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/martin)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2022, 7:54pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/essential-drinks-of-mixology-a-dismal-list/181/22 "2022-07-11T19:54:39Z")
A version of this Essential Drinks list is now an exhibit on the Cocktail Kingdom Library site. I’m still adding recipes, but we’ve got a good start. Like the discussion, here, it’s a “living document” that we’ll continue to update. > **[Essential Drinks of the American Bar](https://library.cocktailkingdom.com/exh.essential-drinks.html)** > > For better or worse, the drinks that have represented cocktail culture in the mainstream, and why [Previous page](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/essential-drinks-of-mixology-a-dismal-list/181.md?page=1)