An Ode To Hip Flasks

I stumbled across this really well written article over at livemint.com that is essentially an ode to hip flasks.  Titled On The Hip, it details the history of the hip flask from inception to today’s versions. There are a lot of cool nuggets in here, like the medieval origin of the flask as a drinking vessel made of leather and slung over your steed.  These eventually morphed into pilgrim’s bottles, which were adorned with jewels detailing these travelers journeys.

Eventually, glass became the vessel of choice so the bearer could see just what they were drinking.  These morphed into flasks being made of sterling silver, a safe metal that would not taint the alcohol inside (like lead or other metals might).  Well, I don’t want to plagiarize the whole article,  because quite honestly, its writer Joel Harrison, who runs a blog called Cask Strength,  does a top notch job that I couldn’t compete with anyway!  Suffice it to say that the flask eventually morphed into the stainless steel and leather wrapped versions we have today.  And thank God it did because I don’t know how I would get through the weekend without my trusty flask!

-Simon

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