1967 Cocktails and Mixed Drinks by Charles A Tuck

Basic Ingredients

You can prepare a great variety of good drinks from a very short list of ingredients. Here is my own personal choice: Dubonnet,Gin,Vodka,Scotch Whisky,Bourbon Whisky, Rye Whisky,Sweet Vermouth,Dry Vermouth,Angostura Bitters,Pernod,Rum (light and dark),Cointreau,Apricot Brandy, Cherry Brandy, Grenadine, various fruit juices, cube sugar, nutmeg, oranges and lemons,castor sugar. As many drinks MUST be served cold, you should always have chippedice available.

Measures

Each recipe in this collection represents one drink for one person. The proportions shown are based on the standard bartender's measure. A standard spirit bottle contains abf fl. oz. To deter mine the measures per bottle, refer to the table below: Quantity Mumber of Measures Measure {Imperial) of Measure per Standard Bottle ^ gill = I fl. oz. aGf I gill = f fl. oz. 32 standard bartender's measure In case it is wished to translate these measures into their metric counterparts, the following comparison is provided: A standard bottle contains f litre (75 ml.). J gill = 2.85 ml. i gill = 2.36 ml. I ds means'one dash'from an Angostura sprinkler.

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