Initially, the thoughts were that the Seelbach cocktail would have been created by Adam Seger at Seelbach Hotel in 1995.

However, the Louisville Courier-Journal reported that the cocktail was a rescued classic while Mr Seger started digging into the hotel’s history, founding old menus and convinced there had to be a Seelbach cocktail.

After two decades of yarn-spinning, Mr Seger, 47, who left the hotel in 2001 and recently helped open the Tuck Room in downtown Manhattan, has decided to come clean in an interview with The New York Times, where he concocted not only the drink but also the story behind it.

“I had no previous accolades in the bar world. I knew I could make a great drink. I wanted it to be this promotion for the hotel, and I felt the hotel needed a signature cocktail. How could you have a place that F. Scott Fitzgerald hung out in that doesn’t have a damn cocktail?”.

Fortunately, the hotel’s director confirms the cocktail been a tradition of the hotel and will remain part of its future.