![The Hailstorm (basically a mint julep shaken with ice in a Mason jar) at The Fort near Morrison, Colorado. From “The Fort Cookbook”:
Back in the 1830s at Bent’s Fort in southeastern Colorado, the favorite hot-weather drink, especially on the Fourth of July, was the Hailstorm. Enjoyed by trappers, voyageurs (traveling men employed by fur trade companies), Mexicans and Native Americans alike, it is the earliest known mixed drink in Colorado and was described in a number of journals of the early West. The Hailstorm was originally made with either Monongahela [ed: rye] whiskey from Pittsburgh or a wheat whiskey from Taos [ed: likely Taos Lightning, if you’re a “Deadwood” fan], three hundred miles to the south of Old Bent’s Fort.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwxkynNj5b1qksgrao1_1280.jpg)
The Hailstorm (basically a mint julep shaken with ice in a Mason jar) at The Fort near Morrison, Colorado. From “The Fort Cookbook”:
Back in the 1830s at Bent’s Fort in southeastern Colorado, the favorite hot-weather drink, especially on the Fourth of July, was the Hailstorm. Enjoyed by trappers, voyageurs (traveling men employed by fur trade companies), Mexicans and Native Americans alike, it is the earliest known mixed drink in Colorado and was described in a number of journals of the early West. The Hailstorm was originally made with either Monongahela [ed: rye] whiskey from Pittsburgh or a wheat whiskey from Taos [ed: likely Taos Lightning, if you’re a “Deadwood” fan], three hundred miles to the south of Old Bent’s Fort.
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