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Manning, Rich. “The Cocktail That Defines Every Decade Since Prohibition [Timeline].” VinePair. 2026-04-27. Accessed September 6, 2026. https://vinepair.com/articles/cocktails-that-define-each-decade-since-prohibition-timeline/.
An explicitly subjective decade-by-decade cultural selection, with honorable mentions and exclusions, not a measured popularity ranking or invention chronology.
Rich Manning, “The Cocktail That Defines Every Decade Since Prohibition [Timeline],” VinePair, 2026-04-27, accessed September 6, 2026, https://vinepair.com/articles/cocktails-that-define-each-decade-since-prohibition-timeline/.
Rich Manning, “The Cocktail That Defines Every Decade Since Prohibition [Timeline],” VinePair, 2026-04-27, accessed September 6, 2026, https://vinepair.com/articles/cocktails-that-define-each-decade-since-prohibition-timeline/.
All honorable mentions
Introduction and three selection rules
Manning, “The Cocktail That Defines Every Decade Since Prohibition [Timeline].”
Introduction and three selection rules; 1930s through1960s; 1970s through2000s; 2010s and2020s; All honorable mentions
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Rich Manning, “The Cocktail That Defines Every Decade Since Prohibition [Timeline],” VinePair, 2026-04-27, accessed September 6, 2026, https://vinepair.com/articles/cocktails-that-define-each-decade-since-prohibition-timeline/.
Bibliography: Manning, Rich. “The Cocktail That Defines Every Decade Since Prohibition [Timeline].” VinePair. 2026-04-27. Accessed September 6, 2026. https://vinepair.com/articles/cocktails-that-define-each-decade-since-prohibition-timeline/.
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