1927 Barflies and Cocktails

Scoff-law Cocktail. One dash of Orange Bitters. r /J Rye, 1/ 3 .French Ver– mouth, r/ 6 Lemon Juice. r / 6· Grenadine. Chicago Tribune, January 2 7rb, I 9 24 : " Hardly bas Boston added to the Gaiety of Nations by adding to Web– ster' s Dictionary the opprobrious term of " sc.off-law" to indicate the chap who indicts the bootlegger, when Paris comes back wi th a " wet answer" - Jock, tbe genial bar– tender of Harry's New York Bar, yesterday invented tbe Scoff-law Cocktail. ;i.nd it bas already become exceedingly popular among American prohibition dodgers."

Scotch Highball. In a large tumbler put r Jump of Ice, squeeze a piece of Lemon "peel, hand Whisky to customer to serve himself, and fill with Soda.

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