An explicit specification exposes the variables that can be adjusted while preserving a recognizable form; it should be cited as practitioner guidance, not historical proof.
The author moves from history into a clearly identified practitioner recommendation.
Schmid gives a preferred Old Fashioned specification that makes the whiskey, sweetener, bitters, water, ice, garnish, and mixing procedure explicit, while acknowledging alternate spirit choices.
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Making the Old Fashioned
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Evidence
Schmid gives a preferred Old Fashioned specification that makes the whiskey, sweetener, bitters, water, ice, garnish, and mixing procedure explicit, while acknowledging alternate spirit choices.
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Start: PDF sheet 36
End: PDF sheet 38
Source section: Making the Old Fashioned
Context
The author moves from history into a clearly identified practitioner recommendation.
Annotation
An explicit specification exposes the variables that can be adjusted while preserving a recognizable form; it should be cited as practitioner guidance, not historical proof.
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Verified against rendered PDF sheets 36–38 on 2026-08-24.