A Phlump or Big Ginger is a cocktail

Cocktail

A cocktail is an alcoholic mixed drink that contains two or more ingredients—at least one of the ingredients must be a spirit.Cocktails were originally a mixture of spirits, sugar, water, and bitters. The word has come to mean almost any mixed drink that contains alcohol...

 made with Jameson Irish Whiskey

Jameson Irish Whiskey

Jameson is a single distillery Irish whiskey produced by a division of the French distiller Pernod Ricard. Jameson is similar in its adherence to the single distillery principle to the single malt tradition, but Jameson combines malted barley with unmalted or "green" barley...

, ginger ale

Ginger ale

Ginger ale is a carbonated soft drink flavored with ginger. Dr. Thomas Cantrell, an American apothecary and surgeon, claimed to have invented ginger ale and marketed it with beverage manufacturer Grattan and Company. Grattan embossed the slogan "The Original Makers of Ginger Ale" on its bottles...

 garnished with lime

Lime (fruit)

Lime is a term referring to a number of different citrus fruits, both species and hybrids, which are typically round, green to yellow in color, 3–6 cm in diameter, and containing sour and acidic pulp. Limes are a good source of vitamin C. Limes are often used to accent the flavors of foods and...

 and lemon. The Phlump or Big Ginger is the signature drink of The Local Irish Pub located in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota

Minnesota

Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...

. Due to the drink's popularity The Local holds the record for selling the most Jameson Irish Whiskey for the last three consecutive years. (2006–2008)

History

The Big Ginger was first promoted by The Local Irish Pub in 2002. The name was derived by the size of the cocktail and the ginger ale content. The drink quickly became the signature drink of The Local. The drink was later referred to as the Phlump by many patrons in honor of a Minneapolis businessman and social gadfly who only went by the moniker Phlump. He was often at The Local Irish Bar purchasing the Jameson and ginger ale cocktail for others in his desire to increase the drink's popularity.

Popularity

The popularity of The Phlump or The Big Ginger resulted in The Local Irish Pub being certified as selling the most Jameson Irish Whiskey in the world including Ireland

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

 between 2006 and 2008.http://www.startribune.com/local/40959712.htmlhttp://cbs5.com/watercooler/Minneapolis.Bar.Jameson.2.953906.html The sales of the Phlump led The Local Irish Pub to consume 22 bottles of Jameson Irish Whiskey per day for a total of 671 cases in 2008.

Owner of The Local Irish Pub, Kieran Folliard was quoted (2009) in Beverage World:

"Once again, we attribute our ranking as the world's top seller to our loyal Irish whiskey drinkers and our signature drink - the Big Ginger...[it] has become a huge hit - people ask for it by name, and we've noticed it's become increasingly popular with women who are new to whiskey drinking."

On March 9, 2009 top executives from the Irish Distillers

Irish Distillers

Irish Distillers is a subsidiary of the French drinks conglomerate Pernod-Ricard S.A.. It was acquired in 1988 in a friendly takeover.-History:...

 from Dublin, Ireland presented The Local with a plaque to honor the Jameson Whiskey sales achievement.

External links

• The Local Irish Pub
• Drink of the Week - The Phlump
• Prowling Minneapolis for Culture and 'Liquid Sin'
• Minneapolis & St. Paul Magazine