The Caesar is Canada's tomato-and-clam-juice cocktail, vodka with Clamato, hot sauce, Worcestershire and celery salt rim. It is Canada's national cocktail and ordered hourly at Toronto bars.

The Caesar was invented in 1969 by Walter Chell at the Calgary Inn, who blended fresh-mashed clams, tomato and spices to create a Canadian version of the Bloody Mary. Mott's launched the Clamato clam-tomato juice base shortly after, locking the recipe into industrial production. By the 1980s the Caesar had become Canada's national cocktail; Toronto bars including Allen's on the Danforth pour it as a brunch and aperitif standard alongside variations with smoked-salt rims and pickled-bean garnishes.

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Make it at home

Serves Serves 13 minEasy

Ingredients

  • 45ml vodka
  • 150ml Clamato juice
  • 3 dashes hot sauce, Tabasco or Frank's
  • 3 dashes Worcestershire sauce
  • Pinch of black pepper
  • Celery salt for the rim
  • Lime wedge
  • Celery stick and skewered olives or pickled bean to garnish
  • Ice cubes

Method

  1. Run a lime wedge around the rim of a tall glass. Dip the rim in celery salt to coat.
  2. Fill the glass with ice cubes.
  3. Add vodka, then top with Clamato juice.
  4. Dash in hot sauce, Worcestershire and a grind of black pepper. Stir gently.
  5. Garnish with a celery stick and a skewer of olives and a pickled bean. Squeeze the lime in.

Editor tip. The celery salt rim is non-negotiable. Use Mott's Clamato; homemade clam-tomato purees don't carry the same balance. A splash of pickle brine helps.

Common allergens: Shellfish.