1899 The Mixicologist by C F Lawlor

THE MIXICOLOGIST.

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There is all the difference in the world between the two beverages, says a writer in the New York World. They are made, in the first place, of different materials. Beer being a rparkling beverage, is heavily charged in the proces', of fermentation with carbonic acid gas, while whiskey is quiet, and, in this respect, inoffensive. Beer contains very little alcohol in proportion to the whole quantity of fluid, sometimes but four percent, while,whiskey contains from forty to fifty percent. Beer is therefore largely made up of water. Whiskey has very little water in its composition. Beer has a "bead," while whiskey has none. Beer is liable to spoil unless kept cold. Whiskey will keep at any temperature. Adulterated beer is, without question, much more unhealthful than pure beer made of hops and malt, but when the healthfulness of any sort of beer is compared with whiskey, it is not so much the ingredients of the beer that enter into the question as the general character of the liquid, and the effect of great quantities of it on certain organs, especially the liver, the kidneys,and the bladder. A man who habitually drinks beer takes a much greater quantity of liquid into his system than one who

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