1935 Old Waldorf-Astoria Bar Book

GLOSSARIAL known, signifies "horse-power,'' "kick,'' or "alcoholic con– tent,'' and is used as being more in accord with this age of electricity. DEFINITIONS ABSINTHE-Usually a green, bitter, aromatic liquor, impregnated with wormwood, though there was also a white variety manufactured in France. Deriv., Latin, ab– sinthium, "wormwood." ,Long a resort for parodists in such lines as "Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder." Taken "neat" and · often, was guaranteed to produce visions of snakes, et~. Voltage, 58.93. ANISETTE-A liquor made in France by distillation from anise seed. Voltage, 42. APPLEJACK-Often used synonymously with apple brandy or apple whiskey and supposed to be a distilla– tion. New Jersey continued producing tae one-or the three-right through prohibition. AROMATIC SPIRITS OF AMMONIA.-A fragrant distillation from a colorless, pungent, suffocating gas (NH 3 ) obtained from nitrogenous- organic bodies, such as coal, bones, blood, etc. BENEDICTINE-A cordial or liqueur, distilled for cen– turies at Fecamp, in France, by the Benedictine monks. Its composition was kept secret and some persons be– lieved its distillation was accompanied by religious rites. However, after the French Revolution, discovery was made that it could be produced by the laity and by strictly secular methods. Its components have been kept a trade secret, but it was believed to contain the volatile constituents of cardamom seeds, arnica flowers, angelica