Lion's Tail

Mixing Instructions

The Lion’s Tail first appeared in “The Café Royal Cocktail Book,” which was published in 1937. But it’s likely the drink was born during Prohibition, when onerous laws couldn’t keep thirsty denizens from partaking in illicit concoctions. The book was published in London, but many believe the cocktail was created by an American. Their reasoning: The drink’s name refers to the saying “twisting the lion’s tail,” a phrase that describes provoking the British, whose royal coat of arms features a lion.