Caesar

The Caesar has a savory, umami, spicy, tangy, refreshing flavor profile. Canada's iconic savory cocktail featuring vodka, Clamato juice, and a distinctive rim of celery salt. This umami-rich drink is garnished with celery and lime, creating a complex flavor profile that's both refreshing and satisfying.

A Caesar requires 9 ingredients: Vodka, Clamato juice, Fresh Lime Juice, Worcestershire sauce, Hot sauce, Celery salt, Lime Wedge, Celery stalk, Pickled bean.

A Caesar takes about 3 minutes to prepare and is considered easy difficulty.

A Caesar is traditionally served in a highball, garnished with Celery stalk, lime wedge, and pickled bean.

Yes, you can make a mocktail version of the Caesar by substituting the spirits with non-alcoholic alternatives such as seedlip, non-alcoholic distilled spirits, or flavored syrups and juices that mimic the original flavor profile.

The Caesar was born in 1969 at the Calgary Inn in Alberta, Canada, created by bartender Walter Chell to celebrate the opening of a new Italian restaurant in the hotel. Chell wanted to craft a signature drink that would complement Italian cuisine, drawing inspiration from the classic Bloody Mary but with a distinctly Canadian twist. The key innovation was using Clamato juice—a blend of clam and tomato juices that had been invented just two years earlier. What started as a regional specialty quickly spread across Canada, becoming so beloved that it's now consumed more frequently than the Bloody Mary north of the border. The drink's popularity exploded in the 1970s and 1980s, with Canadians consuming over 350 million Caesars annually by some estimates. The cocktail has become deeply woven into Canadian culture, often served at brunches, cottage weekends, and hockey games, representing a uniquely Canadian approach to the savory cocktail category.