1927 Drinks of All Kinds

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SUMMER DRINKS

CRUSTAS. The Crusta is commonly supposed to be an improve ment on the Cocktail. Brandy. This is made the same as the Fancy Brandy Cocktail, with a little lemon-juice and a small lump of ice added. Mix the ingredients in a small tumbler; then take a fancy red wineglass, pare half a lemon all in one piece, the paring to fit the glass, and strain the mixture into it, having previously frosted the rim of the glass by damping the edge with lemon and dipping it in icing sugar. Gin. Put into a small tumbler thirty drops of gum, ten drops of Angostura bitters, a wineglass of English gin, and ten drops of cura9oa; fill one- third with ice, shake well, and strain into a coloured wineglass; pare half a lemon in one piece and place the paring round the rim, after damping with juice of lemon, and frosting by dipping the edge of the glass in sugar. Whisky. The Whisky Crusta is made the same as the Brandy Crusta, using whisky instead of brandy.