Smith and Wesson
Vodka, coffee liqueur, and cream topped with cola — a fizzy, dessert-style cocktail that adds effervescent lift to the rich coffee-cream combination.
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The Smith and Wesson cocktail borrows the name of the iconic American firearms manufacturer — Smith & Wesson, founded in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1852 — for a dessert-style cream and coffee cocktail that references the brand's reputation for power and reliability. The drink typically combines vodka, coffee liqueur, cream, and cola to create a fizzy variation on the White Russian, with the soda element providing effervescence that lightens the otherwise rich coffee-cream combination. The playful misappropriation of a weapons brand name for an innocuous sweet drink belongs to the American cocktail tradition of military and weapon references — the B-52, the Kamikaze, the Grenade — that apply masculine, dangerous names to friendly, social drinks.
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