But the reason behind the famous French 75 cocktail to be called French 75 lies in the context of the time in which it was born: It is a contemporary cocktail of the First World War, in which the Canon de 75 modèle 1897 was used by the French army, but was also fabricated in the United States of America due to a license deal. Yet it is a cocktail on a champagne base, which is definitely not an ingredient that is most likely to make you think of guns or that is somehow associated with a militaristic flair. One of the most famous examples is for sure the drink I’d like to write about today which owns its name to nothing less than a French field artillery gun. In earlier days, however, that was sometimes the case. Meanwhile it has become a rather rare habit (one that is also a little frowned upon) to metaphorically name a cocktail after its alcoholic effect. Most of the drinks in present times own their name to either a certain flair that emphasizes the idea behind the cocktail, or the name is an allusion to people, places or bars that have played an important role in the drink’s genesis. It is not always an easy thing to name a newly created cocktail properly.

Canon de 75 modele 1897