Invented by a Russian immigrant with a surplus of copper cups, the new owner of the then floundering Smirnoff distillery and the owner of the Cock and Bull pub on Sunset Strip who had a new ginger beer recipe to pitch! Put them all together in the same pace at the same time and time and serendipity occurs! I wonder if a lime salesman was there? LOL. This is a delightful and refreshing cocktail made for spring and summer (Fall and winter too, for that matter) Do yourself a favor and try one.