Schmid, Albert W. A. The Old Fashioned: An Essential Guide to the Original Whiskey Cocktail. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2013.
A historically contested Old Fashioned preparation choice should be asked or disclosed to the guest.
Albert W. A. Schmid, The Old Fashioned: An Essential Guide to the Original Whiskey Cocktail (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2013), PDF sheets 28–29.
Albert W. A. Schmid, The Old Fashioned: An Essential Guide to the Original Whiskey Cocktail (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2013), PDF sheets 28–29.
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Schmid, The Old Fashioned, PDF sheets 28–29.
To muddle or not to muddle?
Locator and paraphrase verified against the complete extracted text and rendered PDF sheets 28–29 on 2026-08-27.
Supported evidence
EXT-1024 records Schmid's recommendation that a bartender ask whether Old Fashioned fruit should be muddled or disclose the choice on the menu.
Locator
PDF sheets 28–29, section To muddle or not to muddle?
Use
Use for the service and guest-agency claim: a consequential, historically contested variation should be made visible rather than silently assumed.
Qualification
The passage supports disclosure and preference, not the historical priority or universal superiority of either version.
Verification
The locator, paraphrase, Source relation, Literature Note relation, Excerpt relation, and CLM-33 relation were verified on 2026-08-27. Citation is Ready.