1939 The Gentleman's Companion volume II Beeing an Exotic Drinking Book

THE GENTLEMAN'S COMPANION

CALIBRATION CHART for FREDERICK .ABrLDGAARD FENGER's MALLINGHOLM SwrzzLEs, ABILDGAARD--CREDIT IT or not-BEING Hrs GENUINE MIDDLE NAME & the ONE under which HE WROTE as CAPTAIN ABILDGAARD for SoME YEARS in YACHTING MAGAZINE

Vermouth

(ltalian-swcc_t)-

Whisky

tBittcrs

No.4

No.3

No.2

No.1

ADDENDA: t Orange bitters lends a smooth change from Angostura in every case, when so desired. • Indicates benedictine or Creme de Cacao. The bar glass shown is the conventional 5 to 6 oz size called a Star or Sour glass. The amount of vermouth may be lessened in No. 2, and rum increased. In general, after a bit of practice, both vermouth and bitters should be regulated, to individual taste. . AFTER ICING WE SHAKE in a SHAKER or SwrzzLE with a SWIZZLE STICK, but Do NoT Srurn. . . . ,THERE SHOULD BE a BEAD on EACH GLASS THE WEST INDIAN SWIZZLE STICK, what IT IS There is a wide cloud of misinformation on this subject. The au– thentic swizzle sticks are the peeled stem of a plant owning, at base,

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