1933 The Merry Mixer by William Guyer

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A NOTE ON GINS

Gin is an aromatic liquor distilled from vari ous grain, and blended with extract of Juniper ...from which it derives its name. In the mak ing of cocktails the following types are indi cated:

Silver Wedding Dry Gin—Ginfree from any sweetening or flavoring. Distilled with many rare ingredients.

Old Tom—Gin sweetened with pure granu lated sugar.

Plymouth—Dry gin to which a flavoring ex tract has been added.

Sloe Gin—A dry gin assimilated with the sloe berry,a small,plumlike,astringent fruit,and granulated sugar. Not to be confused with the real gin.

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