1887 The bar-tender's guide

ABSINTHE AND WATER,

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Shandy Gaff.

(Use large bar-glass, or mug.)

Fill the glass half full of Ale, and the remaining half with Irish ginger ale. In England, where this drink had its origin, it is made with Bass' ale, and Ginger ale, half and half.

Half and Half.

(Use metal or stone bar-mug.

Mix half old and half new ale together. This is the American method.

u Arf and Arf."

(Use metal or stone bar-mug.)

Mix porter or Stout, with Ale in equal quantities, or in proportions to suit the taste. This is the English method, and usually, " draw it mild, Mary, the ale first.

Absinthe and Water.

(Use large bar-glass.)

Take 1 pony-glass of Absinthe. Fill an absinthe glass, (which is a glass made pur- posely with a hole in the bottom), with shaved ice and water. Raise this glass about one foofc above the tumbler containing the absinthe, and let sufficient water drip into it.